Since the post is still active.....LOL
I stopped at Better Buy Sports in Halifax a few weeks ago and guess what they have them in stock. The salesman was telling me they are the best scope he has on the shelf, BLABLABLA. SO for the first and last time in my life I took one in my hand and went to the door to look outside. I could not believe it.......Wait........ They really are as bad as everybody is saying. There is an apparent bubble around the circumference of the glass and I could not even see leaves from trees across the street.
I then took a Zeiss Conquest for half the price and did the same and to my surprise I could see leaves and limbs on the tree, not just a fuzzy green thing.
Just my experience.