Which binocular?

[Baylian]

I went to Cabela's yesterday. Chris kept stirring me toward Cabela's binocs. He was a former student of mine so I trust him. How would you compare the Euro and XT to other companies. Personally, The Elites seem about the same as the DCF SP's. The Pinacles were slightly behind but I didn't like the focusing mechanism. Too much play. The Discoverers had some bad distortion toward the edge. It this normal? The XT's and Monarch's seemed about the same. The Legends just a little behind them. Chris said he traded his Discoverers for the XT's and thinks they are better. The XT's are $260. If I had to choose a low end now, I would pick the XT's in 8x42. Would this be a mistake? If I were choosing in the midrange, I would choose the DCF SP's in 10x43. They seemed the brightest of that bunch. But I didn't want to spend $600! What to do? Help me out here, please! I need education but I realize you can't make the decision for me. Also, we were outside with the sun setting behind the hills. All of the binocs had a pink horizon distortion. Is this normal?



Thank you, TJ