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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1593571" data-attributes="member: 56622">Mine is a B&L label from 2002 (maybe 03).  I take it because it is the only real small binocular I own, and on a harness, it is something I really do not notice.  I use it to check sprinkler head alignments, maybe 1/4 mile distant before pressuring the line, and I use it to check the distributions of the sprinkler heads (is any partially plugged etc) before I leave.  I generally do not get very wet, but I do not see where anything is going to get into that glass anyway.The real soaking I got was the time a faulty discharge hose chose the time for its complete failure should correspond exactly to the moment I was going to shut off the line and replace it (my mistake for using the bad one in the first place).  This is a sort of heavy rubberised fire hose arrangement, 4" in diameter.  When it let loose it was pointed right at me and the thing followed my every move.  This is fed by an 8" underground mainline and receives water from a 50 hp electric pump.  Short story is I got washed down maybe a 6 foot bank into a drain ditch with that blasted hose following my every move.  After a couple of seconds that amount of water (and pressure) loss depressurised the system and I was able to get out of the ditch.  I now understand why water hoses are effective crowd control devices.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  Now the peak pressure of probably 40 psi on the hose dropped pretty fast so what hit me was the equivalent of a 4" garden hose, but that is a lot of water, and I was standing on the downhill slope and all the water made the slope too slippery to stand on and well...I got real wet.  The binocular was on the harness.  As far as I can tell, there was no damage to the binocular.  It is as clear as it ever has been, and examination does not appear to show dust etc inside, although there probably is.  Now, I have read other comments about other 7x26 fogging up easily, so maybe mine is the exception.  Or maybe I just beat the odds that day.</blockquote>

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