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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3916569" data-attributes="member: 26155">Sorry Andy.  I guess my attempts at humor fell flat.  If I wasn't retired I would be wise to keep my day job.I do think that the owners of the HG L's and LX L's don't have to worry too much about their binocular's coverings deteriorating over years of usage.If you wanted to see Nikon's with lousy coverings you should have had the USA version of the EDG.  That was the version we call the EDG I which came out in 2008 or so only in North America.   It had a cushion like leather covering that after 2 or 3 years of use started to bubble and come loose from the binocular.  I sent my 2 year old 10x32 back to Nikon when it happened to mine in 2012 and Nikon replaced it at no cost to me with a new 10x32 EDG II.  I'm still using it but I noticed that the plastic Blind Cap on the front of the hinge has a hairline crack in it after 7 years use.The old HG/HGLs and LX/LXLs do not have Blind Caps.  BobPS:  The coverings on my 10x32 EDG II are very similar to the coverings on my 10x32 LX/L.       Did you notice that the coverings on your EDGs are very similar to the coverings on the HG/Ls and LX/Ls?</blockquote>