What a great review!!
Thanks for taking the time to write it up for us.
My personal experience with Bushnell branded binoculars is not good.
I bought a pair of 12x50's, and paid good money for them, only to find that there was an air bubble in the lens, right near the middle, that distorted any star seen through it.
The camera store I bought them from then refused to refund my money by saying that all glass has bubbles in it.
I've owned the Dick Smith binos as well and they were pretty good for the price, $50. I got a lot of use out of them.
The best pair I've owned by far are my current ones. A pair of Vortex "Diamondback" 10x42. Exquisite optics!! You definitely get what you pay for.