Nikon Monarch 7 and save yourself $500 if you can find them on sale. I recently owned Vortex Razor HD, Nikon Monarch 5 and 7, Leica Geovid and Swaro 10x50 HD flat vision. I have sold all of them and now carry Leica Binos and a Leica CRF 2400 monocular in 7x24
Realistically, once you get to $700, with no RF function, you have topped out the quality of lower priced glass in the 8-10 x 42 range. Once you go over 700 you won't see any difference until you get into the $2000 plus glass like Swaro or Leica, and even then the difference is not large. You can often pickup great used glass from Swaro or Leica in your 1000 price range and if I was looking to spend 1000 that is what I would be buying. I just bought a set of Leica Duovids in perfect condition for $1,200, new they are $3,200, and use those for extended glassing and the Leica CRF in my shirt pocket for regular intermittent glassing and Range Finding.
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