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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fernando np" data-source="post: 1646769" data-attributes="member: 13168">James,I've put my 8.5X42EL under the tap more than one hundred times  for sure. Running water is an excellent first step in the cleaning process, high volume of flow, low pressure... Last Monday I enjoyed birding in the first dam of the river Ebro with the mentioned binoculars and the Diascope85. During the morning rain was strong, from midday it turned to continuous shower. I think were're so used now to gore-tex and similars as for making us to forget the idea of the rain as a problem strong enough to change plans. On the other hand, I had to say than I've used the 8X32SE into blizzard and under snow. Their short barrels fix inside my hand and under the cover of the parka hood. In the ages of the non-sealed optic I had to send the zeiss 10X42Classic to the dealer for drying the inside.Fernando</blockquote>