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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hermann" data-source="post: 3270261" data-attributes="member: 4925">I use filters on my scopes. When birding at the coast I tend to carry a wet microfibre cloth in a plastic bag to get rid of the salt crystals once they start to impede the view. Or I just rinse them off with water from my water bottle. I even used (black) coffee a few times when I didn't have a water bottle. Also works nicely.BTW, the abrasive quality of salt crystals is the reason why some people just lick across the objective lenses of their binoculars before cleaning them with a soft piece of cloth at the coast. Did that myself for years; works like a charm.Hermann</blockquote>