How good is the 18-105 kit lense for the D7000?

mosswings wrote:

It's probably the best bang-for-buck lens in Nikon's DX lineup and sports a FL range that will cover 95% of all of your shooting needs. The next lens up in the Nikon stable is the 16-85 f3.5-5.6, which is built better, has better VR and AF motor, and a useful extension on the wide angle side of the range at the small expense of telephoto - but its image quality improvements over the 18-105 are small and fiercely argued. Once you get beyond these two, you have to go to primes or low-zoom-ratio fast glass to improve matters, at a dramatic hike in price, size, and weight.