I see your issue with not being able to angle compensate under 100 yards if you are a bow hunter. And if you are a bow hunter, these rangfinding bino's are not for you.
I think it boils down to no one is making one instrument that works for everyone's needs all the time. I have the Leica's and a G7 and the Leica works best for me for my hunting purposes. I have never taken a shot or needed to take a shot at over 1,000 yards to date. I personally did not like having to carry a rangefinder AND my bino's so that is my only drawback on the G7 rangefinder.
My buddy has a pair of Swaro's with the built in rangefinder and while he likes them, I do not. I do not like how they give you the target in one eye (the right) and the range in ther other (the left). That was a big issue to me, I could never get the bino's adjusted to fit my eyes where I could see them both at the same time. He has no problem in doing so. The Leica's have both the target and the range in one eye (the right) and it is much easier to see. I am also a little prejudiced against Swaro's as several years ago I had a pair of their bino's (with no rangefinder) that fogged up internally the first time I took them out hunting. I returned them and the second pair did the same thing the first time I took them out. With Swaro's quality product, what are the odds of that???? But it happened and I am very gun shy on Swaro's because of that (but I do use their spotting scope)
I have heard about the glass issue in some of the early issued Leica's but I have compared mine with the Swaro's side by side several times at daylight, dusk and inbetween and if there is a difference, me nor my buddy can tell it.
As for getting them on the shelves, they have been in stock at Cabela's for at least 5 months as I bought mine there and I just checked on line and they have them in stock right now. Maybe Leica caught up with the initial demand?
I have compared compensated ranges between the Leica and the G7 up to 1,000 yards several times at my range (which is not flat) and I can tell you that EVERY time it has matched within 2 yards. For me, that's close enough. Well within a minute of elk. I have never tried to use them in the MOA readout mode as I have turrets for yardage on my scopes and I don't plan to use my bino's in the MOA mode so their rounding off does not effect ME. That does not mean it will work for YOU.
It does not bother me in the least if you think they are a piece of crap, everyone has their own needs and their own opinion.
But in summing all this up...if you want a rangefinding binocular NOW that compensates, you basically have two choices. Swaro or Leica. Figure out the limits and capabilities of both and see if it works for YOU. If not, don't buy them, carry two pieces of equipment and wait for the next round of technology to see if that works for you.
