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Message: <blockquote data-quote="temmie" data-source="post: 1793703" data-attributes="member: 58016">Maybe not the very best story about Swarovski, but at least you have them back pretty fast or not? About Zeiss all I can say is that Zeiss reps were very friendly to me the one time we met, they still built very nice binoculars and the reps were clearly proud of their products (they gave me free accesories and a COOL Zeiss pin, who can say that> :smoke:, and I don't hear about a lot of them having to be send back for construction faults but rather because they were broken by accident. So I am still happy with my 7x42 Victory for 1100 euro and going strong after 2 years and 1500+ new birds in 4 continents, and see no reason to stay away from them as I have no alternative for the price (waterproof (always cleaned under the tap), light transmission, wide FOV, tack sharp, color neutral, fast & fluid focus and sturdy as a tank). And I don't think I ever have to send them back (searching for wood to knock on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</blockquote>