I have 2 sets of Maven B2 11x45s. I sold one set of my Swaros after buying the first set of Mavens.
Here is something from someone who wears glasses. -- It matters how "easy" the binos or how "forgiving" the eye box is especially if you are an eyeglass wearer. Sans the Geovids, the integrated binos really seem to be a step-down and NOT something I want to trade off as the seconds of ranging to the many hours of glassing is great.
Much like my ZCO, the larger ocular of some of the newer bino designs such as the Maven B2s and the Swaro 10x 42 NL Pure really make the images appear more like a large screen TV, wider edge to edge, more like our emersed in the image. You're not getting a wider FOV or more magnification, but it almost appears that is the case compared to some of the other binos. This is really apparent when you use glasses, and promotes a more natural glassing experience. If you pick up the newly designed Swaro NL Pures, you'll love looking through them; if you walk over and pick up the Maven B2 11x45, you'll love them. You need to go back and forth to find that the $3600 binos seem to have a more forgiving focus and edge out the $1100 B2s ever so slightly, mostly with the very, very out edge of the image. If money was zero issues, the NLs would be my choice, but not by much. I do not think there is a thing I can pick out with the NLs that I can just as easily id with the B2. If I am truly in a situation that I need to glass far, I am using the Swaro ATX and one of the objectives situation dependant. I still have a set of Swaros, but the B2s are in my hunt harness.
BTW - as your thinking also about a PLRF, you might want to see a tips and tricks thread I did for our UKD Team match.
It is a Sticky in the Advanced Marksmanship Forum:
https://www.snipershide.com/shootin...-for-ukd-team-field-match-or-hunting.6980614/
The tip on using a PLRF is the 4th or 5th link down.
You'll see that not all beams are what people think they are; how to map what you have. A far return is just that; you want the correct return, especially in a hunting situation, lazing through loops in vegetation or skylined targets. We set up a few in the match to test teams' awareness of the shortcomings and knowledge of how to work around them; it defeats a lot of the teams. In fairness, we only set a few targets like that or people would not have as much fun.
Below is an image from that thread.
