I spent a lot of time today working the focuser and a lot of the rough spots have evened out now. Much easier now to dial in focus although the overall tension is fairly loose on mine overall. Still lacks the smooth refinement of the Terra or Viper, definitely not "buttery" but acceptable. A small nit to pick but there nonetheless. I can console myself by noting that it feels about as good as a Swarovski focuser now
I wa a bit surprised at how large they were, based on the photos I was expecting more the size of the ZRS 8x32 but they are quite a bit larger. And they feel pretty hefty and substantial, no way that 17oz spec is accurate. Outside of the focus knob the level of build quality feels quite good.
I am also less bothered by the aesthetics in person, the weird pattern is less garish IRL than in the photos. The rubber armor is quite comfortable and I like the feel in the hand, the larger than expected size gives plenty of room for my last two fingers to wrap around the barrel.
While the sweet spot is very large for the price point, I wouldn't call it a "flat field" like some have mentioned. Although pincushion is minimal there is a decent amount of field curvature. With some refocusing to account for that however I can obtain a sharp imagine virtually to the edge so other aberrations seem well controlled.
They remind me quite a bit visually of my Minox BD BR 8x32 with its aspheric lenses -- wide sweet spot, minimal pincushion with a fair amount of field curvature but no other obvious defects. But the Mojave has both a wider FOV and a wider sweet spot, and is obviously brighter and more color neutral (much more modern coatings). In fact they seem almost perfectly neutral to me. The Mojave is also a bit better at controlling CA and quite a bit better with glare (I can't induce any veiling as of yet, just some light flare spots towards the edge). But they seem to be equally sharp.
The Mojave is feeling very close to perfect at the price point. If I could take the exact package but swap in the buttery focus knob and softer tapered eyecups of the Vortex Viper it would be basically perfect. Maybe that means I'd prefer the Monarch 8x30, although I wouldn't trade if it meant worse glare handling.