All the more reason why they should take the time to thoroughly test their chosen materials before they apply them to their already proven products and not quietly treat their customers as guinea pigs in the hope that it all turns out well and nobody notices the reduction in quality.
I see that they are still blaming sweaty palms for the problem, as if they expect the users of their very expensive product to endeavour not to let the coating come into contact with bare skin. Hardly an endorsement of the plastic they chose.
It also does nothing to explain why my 2016 ELs fell to bits during 2019, despite them being used by someone who does not have sweaty hands, who has them hanging from the strap rather than held in the hand for 95% of the time, who lives in Northern England at a latitude equivalent to Copenhagen or Moscow, who does not use DEET except in extremis, who never uses suncream on his hands and who does not live in the jungle.
And my much more expensive camera gear experiences no reaction, despite being touched much more than my binoculars.
