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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BruceH" data-source="post: 3382431" data-attributes="member: 106398">Build Quality Just FineI'm not sure what is going on with the referenced review, but in my experience, the build quality of the Zeiss SF has been just fine.  My brother, two friends and I have the SF 10X42 and none of us have had any of these problems.  I have also seen several 10X42 SF units in the store and several more at shows, all again without any of these problems.  The barrels are clean, the diopter knob is nice and tight along with the armor and as I have mentioned in previous posts, the composite eye cups have advantages over metal.  The Zeiss eye cup only has one intermediate position (with a very positive lock) which may give it a marketing disadvantage, but not much of a real use disadvantage.  The edges of the eye cups are more comfortable against the face than the eye cup edges of the Swaro ELs that I have.  Every so often someone will post that they looked at an SF and they did not think it was as robust as say a Swaro.  In all due respect, I do not know where that is coming from.  I suspect it is because the SF has a much lighter feel because of the excellent balance.  There are only a few members that have the knowledge to pass judgment on the build quality of a high end binocular, and only after they had a chance to disassemble it for inspection.  I have EDG, Zeiss SF, and Swaro EL models and they appear just fine in build quality to me.  There is no way I could pass judgment that one is of better quality than the other based on casual inspection because I (along with most members) do not have that kind of knowledge.  Time will tell if a binocular has a particular issue but the SF has been out about a year and a half and I have not noticed any trends being reported.  All brands, including Swaro, Zeiss and Leica, have an occasional post reporting an isolated  issue.  There is nothing about any of the current high end brands that cause me concern.   I use the SF just about every day without problems.  My concerns about quality issues are zero.  I also feel confident if there should be an issue with it (or with the ELs), Zeiss (or Swaro) will take care of it.</blockquote>

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