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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OwenM" data-source="post: 1251512" data-attributes="member: 63408">Yeah, I'm thinking that I might build a giant slingshot to launch my binoculars across a parking lot with. Got to make sure they can stand up to hanging around my neck and bouncing off my chest....About eleven years ago, I did actually take my Steiner 8x30s by the strap and bash them into a boulder after a friend asked me how durable they were. They also spent an hour at the bottom of a swimming pool to confirm that they were indeed "rainproof". I was still using them until earlier this year when they developed some kind of issue that was going to require me to pay for repair or replacement, at which point they were deemed expendable.The Steiner M-22 7x50s that we had on our HMMV when I was in the Army looked like they'd been dragged behind the vehicle for most of their life, but still worked fine. One of the reasons I was interested in the Peregrine XP(aside from getting to try a $1600 binocular for $750) was that I really do trust Steiner to make a very durable product. Shame two of those samples in the review were bad. That's just unacceptable, in my opinion.</blockquote>