Do you get veiling glare with your Sig Sauer 16x42? I liked mine when I had them, but I just couldn't tolerate the glare. I had the same glare as these fellows, and I had both the older version and the newer HDX version, and they both had glare. Likewise, I returned mine.
"Was really excited about these, but regretfully returning them. Chromatic aberration is well controlled and sharpness is good, but even normal daytime sun is enough to provoke terrible veiling flare and huge contrast loss, even when almost fully perpendicular to the sun. Even the color balance between the sunward and shadeward side changes noticeably. The stabilizer appears to make the flare even worse, it resulted in misty flare ghosts that I could toggle on and off repeatedly. Also, the eyepiece lens caps are incredibly loose, such a cheap afterthought, and the objective lenses are not well shielded and come with no cover. The strap is nice and even has quick-releases, but the final attachment to the binoculars with cheap split rings is incredibly lazy design."
"Regarding the performance of the product, and as some other user such as AdAstra has already stated, it is stated that the optical quality of the binocular and its low level of chromatic aberrations are tarnished by a notable predisposition to flare and loss of contrast as soon as the unit is oriented slightly against the light and the vision is moved vertically upwards. This defect is increased if the 2 stabilization modes are used. Likewise, in a nighttime use with lights in the field of view, for example in a nighttime use in a cityscape with light sources in the observed area, continuous, annoying ring-shaped flashes occur around each light source at the edges of the viewing area."
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