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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hermann" data-source="post: 3174362" data-attributes="member: 4925">Well, you can expect some damage when you drop a pair of binoculars. It doesn't always happen, but it can. But from a height of less than 1 m? Well, the bins really should have survived than no problem. And the front bridge broke off cleanly? No way. That should not have happened. Never ever. And the temperature doesn't really come into this at all. -4 C isn't "cold", it's pretty mild for many parts of the world. Sure, some materials can get brittle when it's really cold, but not at -4 C.I've been using binoculars from various manufacturers for more than 40 years, and I even though I'm pretty careful with my binoculars I dropped them quite a few times over the years. I also once had a very bad fall when I slipped when crossing a river and banged the binoculars really hard on some rocks. But I only once had to send a pair off to have the collimation checked one such incident. I expect Zeiss to repair the binoculars really quickly free of charge. I also expect them to explain what happened and make appropriate changes to prevent such things from happening in the future. A binocular that doesn't survive such a minor incident can't really be called fieldworthy in my not so humble opinion. Hermann</blockquote>