Ok, I'm no expert reviewer nor an expert on glass, but I have spent some time with these under a few different conditions and will post up what I currently think of them.
Weight is 32.7 oz with supplied Butler Creek obj covers on.
Glass - the glass is about what I expected. It's more than good enough, for me. I don't do a whole lot of glassing with my binos for extended periods of time. I spend much more time behind the spotter. A couple nights ago I sat on a hill right at sunset and for some time after. The glass at that time was very crisp and clear. I was on the edge of town and there were quite a few things to range and look at. In that area there wasn't a huge pile of snow so most things were brown. Under those conditions I immediately thought they were better than Nikon Monarch and Vortex Talon HD glass, probably similar to Viper glass, but it's been awhile since I've handled Viper binos.
Today I was out of town a ways and was in an area with a lot more snow. The sun was bright, blue skies. In the snow I started to notice that dreaded blue tint the old ones were so famous for. But it wasn't bad at all, just a slight blue tint to them. I'd then look across to the west facing hills with no snow, and I wouldn't notice any blue tint at all. Also, heat waves were abundant this afternoon and that would be another reason the glass didn't look as crisp as Thursday night. But it's very usable, Id still rate it with or slightly better than Monarch and Talon HD glass. If you're expecting Swaro quality glass, you would be disappointed. I knew what the glass was going to be like going into it.
Display - The display has been GREATLY improved. I personally have had no issues reading the display. Obviously mid day with a white background the display won't be as easy to read as a brown background, or low light conditions. But that is the case with EVERY LRF. Also, the Bushnell Elite ARC 1600 RFs in low light situations will get washed out by the bright display. The entire display lights up. NOT the case at all with these 1 mile Fusions. They definitely improved the display
RF performance - BY FAR, the best performing rangefinder I've had, compared to Zeiss PRF, Leica CRF 1200 and Bushnell Elite ARC 1600....The laser in these things flat out performs. When I was sitting in the pickup Thursday there wasn't hardly anything I couldn't range out to 1820 yds with a solid rest. From houses, to single evergreens, hills with ground showing, etc. Snow covered hills were a little harder to pick up, but out to 1200-1400, it wasn't a problem right around sunset.
This afternoon were different conditions, as Iv'e already stated. I was out hiking around simulating hunting conditions. The best I was able to do today, while in the field, was 1200 yds, on a brown hill. I did pick up a deer at 1170, ranged from my knees, off hand. no other RF I mentioned can do that under similar conditions. Like I said, the sun was big and bright, heat waves, and lots of snow yet. Under 1000yds today, nothing was a problem to range, including snow covered hills. Once I got back to the pickup I cracked the window and rested them on a rest. I was then able to range stuff all the way out to a big building at 1816 yds. Snow covered hills were still more difficult beyond 1000, but trees and other darker landmarks were not......Awesome RF!!!!
Angle mode was briefly tested and worked just fine. Never tested brush mode yet. All in all I'm very happy with them so far. Will cover me from bow hunting, to rifle hunting, and certainly LR shooting at rocks and steel. I was anxious to see how I'd like having a bow in one hand, and quickly bringing up a set of binos in the other to range stuff. No issues with it whatsoever, quick and easy. The combo unit will be extremely convenient for bow hunting.
