Evaluation:  
Conclusion: Best of the crop
Review: Compact binoculars are always a compromise compared to full size binoculars, with small exit pupils that make using them fiddly and which compromise the low light viewing. On the upside, you can always have binoculars with you. I've had the Zeiss Conquest/Classic version of the 8x20, and by comparison the Zeisses are lighter, just as compact, and have a horizontal belt pouch that is a little less obtrusive to wear and easier to get the bins in and out of. The Leicas have better (especially brighter) optics, a better focus and diopter arrangement, longer eye relief, and easily adjustable eyecups as opposed to the stiff, roll-down cups on the Zeisses. I can see the whole field of view with my glasses on through the Leicas, the only compacts I've tried that I can say that about. The Leicas also have ocular covers which I at first thought were ridiculous but have come to find very useful at keeping the oculars clean, especially since the bins ride upright in their belt case. On the whole I give the Leicas the edge, but it's not a one sided comparison. If I were counting every ounce and didn't wear glasses, I'd probably prefer the Zeisses.
FWIW, I've also owned the Leica trinovid 10x25s, Zeiss Classic 10X25s, Redfield 8x25 compacts and B&L 7x26 custom compacts, as well as the much larger Leupold Katmai 6x30's. These are, overall, the best and most compact compact bins I've owned. For what they cost, they had better be.
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