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Message: <blockquote data-quote="temmie" data-source="post: 1333726" data-attributes="member: 58016">zeiss.All three have rather mediocre build quality compared to e.g. SLC, Trinovid, Zeiss Classic. I have seen:Leica HD with rubber coming off after 2 years of useSwarovski EL with water in the binocular after 1 month of useSwarovski EL with rubber coming of and one lens coloring yellow after 5 yearsZeiss with rubber coming off after one year of use, and top cap of barrel adjuster falling of after one year.Just to say they have all flaws, because they are made of plastic and are made too light to be durable as the ones they used to make. I have also seen perfect ones after many years. It all depends on the intensity of use: how many here go out in the pooring rain, and eat, sleap, camp with their bins, and use them in the tropics and on high altitudes? Or how many are just coming out with their bins on a lazy sunday afternoon in dry weather, or from the window of their car?My opinion is based on optics (and overall, I still consider optics most important). If I had to rank them according to ergnomics: Swarovski. Build quality: Leica.</blockquote>