Andy I have both too and I wouldn't say SF is any less well built. Mine have been bashed about a bit when scrambling over slippy rocks and tall fences, not to mention having been subject to the indignity of me lying on them on all kinds of ground including boggy, to take ground-level photos of flowers.
And during the time FL was a current model there was a feeling among some folks that the 'plastic' body meant it was built in a cheap and not durable way. I never agreed with this and it is great that you don't either. But after couple of years use and (almost) abuse in some of Scotland's wildest places I have absolutely no complaints about the durability of SF.
Lee
And during the time FL was a current model there was a feeling among some folks that the 'plastic' body meant it was built in a cheap and not durable way. I never agreed with this and it is great that you don't either. But after couple of years use and (almost) abuse in some of Scotland's wildest places I have absolutely no complaints about the durability of SF.
Lee