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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KorHaan" data-source="post: 1537557" data-attributes="member: 49910">True. Maybe we baby them too much, I will go and find a good harness for the little one. I had one from Swarovski which I didn't like much, all too elastic.And I had a French bino harness, a flimsy thing of black rope that kept creeping up my neck. The Swaro harness did that too, BTW. My experience with bino's in the rain is biased toward disaster, that is, with porro's. I vividly recall my very first quality pair of porro's, Optolyth Alpins 7x42, fogged up in light rain. And a pair of Optolyth Alpins 7x50 fogged up too.And several Russian porro's. Even in cold weather, from the warmth of my hands. Rainguards are indeed good to keep of food debris. I ate a hamburger once with too much sauce and bits, I wish I'd had a rainguard then! After cleaning the bins the fragrance of onion and tomato ketchup lingered on for weeks. Thanks for your advice, Kevin.Regards, Ronald</blockquote>