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Message: <blockquote data-quote="npos" data-source="post: 1354210" data-attributes="member: 44219">Sorry about that; I was rather brief in my reply. I got caught with the SEs in a few drenchers and many rainstorms and showers, and used the shower cap (ocular cover) as much as practical, tucking them under an umbrella or rainjacket when walking around but, after a few years of tentative use, never "babied" them with only fair weather birding. They fogged considerably on the outer surfaces, but no moisture got inside and I can't recall an instance of internal condensation during field use. Nikon warrants these things for twenty five years and will service and repair this model for about $10 USD in this country--if I remember. (Fact-check this statement.) Anyway, SEs are quite robust and can put up with some drops to hard surfaces. They are not waterproof however and can't take a dunking. I don't think a warranty would be honored in a case of extreme misuse like this.I think a user who ventures out in a lot of very cold or foul weather could be more confident and might be better served with a totally waterproof, sealed binocular, not this one. Optical qualities are just one matter to think about in this regardNP</blockquote>