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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gandytron" data-source="post: 1250613" data-attributes="member: 47750">This is the most important part of buying optics now for me; I bought my Leicas eight years ago and they will last me for many, many, many more years.  Recently I bought a new scope and one of my key thoughts in choosing to get  an ED scope which is nitrogen sealed was the fact that I would like to never have to buy another scope - perhaps that's a bit too ambitious, but the only thing I can see making me buy another scope is them having an integrated digicam in years to come.I have seen some people who seem to replace their top-end bins every couple of years, and there I do wonder if they are acting snobbinshly to "keep up" with the latest bins...? Or perhaps they are just unlucky and have had a series of thefts...</blockquote>