Well, I have made my decision:
I am going to go with the 17mm Vixen LVW. I tried the 24mm Panoptic and I honestly didn't care for it all that much.
Sure it was extremely sharp, but I think the 22mm Vixen LVW is a lot better. The 22mm LVW has much better eye placement and better eye relief and IMO is sharper across the field than the 24mm pan. Another thing I noticed a lot in the 24mm Pan that I missed before, was edge of field brightening.
Also, since I like to use 70x more than what a lower power EP will offer, I have decided to go for the 17mm Vixen LVW instead and keep my 38mm Q-70 as a finder eyepiece. I can always get a better lower power EP in the future as I don't spend much time at all with lower powers.
Thanks for the tips and suggestions !!!
Cheers!
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