LAST EDITED ON Nov-02-10 AT 04:19PM (MST)[p]I actually spent about an hour down at Cabelas the other day doing just that. I planned on going in spending $1399 on the SLC 10x42. I took the SLC, SLC HD, and EL Swarovision outside and looked over them with the optics guy. I had the 10x42 Euro's and I think that the SLC non hd were pretty comparable. The HD on the other hand are much nicer. Here are the new things I liked more than the standard. First they were lighter and just felt better in my hands. Two they have bigger exit pupil and HD lenses which made them brighter and more colorful to look through. Three the focusing knob much better IMO. So after I decided I wanted the HD instead of the regular I made the mistake of looking through the EL Swarovisions. Whoops there goes another $350. I loved the glasses. They have even bigger exit pupil and the field flattner lenses which make the image crisp from edge to edge. I looked at a white sign with the SLC HD and then the EL and there was a blue maybe black ring that was close to the edge through the SLC HD and in the EL it was perfect. I also think the color was a lot better on the EL. Overall I think the HD and the EL are very hard to beat but both deffinantly better than the regular SLC. Sorry that its not that professional of a review but that is the best I can describe them. I was going to pick my EL's up tonight because they r on layaway but, Cabelas has the Hometown Heroes thing next weekend so all Veterans and police and fire fighters get employee discounts. So I decided that if I get 10-15% off that would make up my 350$ from going to the EL's from the HD's.