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Message: <blockquote data-quote="F88" data-source="post: 3205772" data-attributes="member: 131692">Hi Bruce,There is a small gap around the solid construction of the objective lenses where it meets the lenses with a fair amount of movement. The gap would easily close up if the rubber was pressed but not stay closed.The optical tubes had a tiny bit of play, if pressed along the sides you could get a slight springy click out of them.It really does sound like I got a poor sample in many regards here.Another thing I noted was the serial number appeared particularly low for a 2015 purchase? The serial number was 70003X.I got the feeling this pair of binoculars had been inventoried for a long time due to the slight wear of the box externally but also on unpacking them. It just didn't seem right.Anyway, they were collected yesterday so a solution is hopefully  not too far away.Cheers,Dave</blockquote>