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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3478328" data-attributes="member: 109211">I am wondering what he does to wear out the rubber armour in this way.I do a lot of laying down on substrates from sea-shore rocks to jagged limestone to peat bogs when I am taking macro photos of inter-tidal marine life and flowers in the Languedoc and Scotland and my bins are often underneath me even though I try to remember to put them inside my jacket or take them off. Often I cannot waste time doing this due to the changing light or movement of an underwater creature. I wipe them clean every day and none of my bins show any marks despite this abuse and despite them sometimes coming into contact with sheep or bird droppings too.In addition, when climbing over rocks on the shore to get to a photo site or clambering over sharp limestone in France to do the same, my bins will contact the rocky surfaces from time to time and like I said they don't show any marks.As to the armour on his bins coming loose, you wouldn't expect this with normal use (whatever that is) but as has been pointed out on here before, the armour is designed to be a removable component to allow servicing and repairs.Lee</blockquote>