To set the record straight, I took the binoculars outside of the Lehi Cabelas store and glassed Tipanogus Mountain and the foothills above the store. It was less than 1/2 hour before sunset on an overcast day. The test that really separated the models was looking at a barbed wire fence at the top of the foothills, just below the skyline, several miles away. Only the Meoptas, Swaros, and the Steiner Merlins were able to resolve the individual strands of wire on the fence (verses just the fence posts). The Cabelas Model by Steiner were close, but did not resolve the wire for me. The Steiner Predators, Nikon Monarchs, and another Cabelas model were a tier below the other mentioned models. What really made the Meoptas stand out to me was the brightness and the trueness of the colors. I did not try any Zeiss or Leica models. All models that I tried were 10x(40mm-42mm). I didn't think the difference in either the Meoptas or the Swaros justified the difference in price for me, but I am a cheap sucker.
This test was limited to my eyes, my perception of the glass, the available daylight and conditions, and the available floor models at the Cabelas store (maybe a pair or two had been dropped one too many times or something). FWIW, my wife ranked them the same as I did, except she couldn't really say that the Meoptas were better or worse than the Swaros and she DID think they were both worth the extra $ over the Steiners.
