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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dustyview" data-source="post: 1506806" data-attributes="member: 76316"><p>IMO Bushnell certainly dropped the ball a bit by not waterproofing them, if only for marketing.  On the other hand, my original Venturer IIs aren't waterproof either, but they were supposed to be sealed and nitrogen-filled, according to the manual (and this was 18 yrs. ago when I got them), and I've used them in rain, sub-zero temps, etc, and they have never fogged and have very little dust inside.  It may simply be that the E2 Custom Compacts are similarly well-sealed but not dunkable.  The lack of waterproofing wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me, but I was worried that the second pair I tried 1) wasn't quite as sharp as the first; 2) had a very loose diopter adjuster; and 3) wouldn't quite let me focus to infinity w/out my glasses (although the first pair did).  I'm hoping, as one of you pointed out before, that those issues may have been due to display model mishandling (or just a poor pair).....</p></blockquote><p></p>