Paultrycounty, post 579,
I had no issues at all the past 30-40 years with around 35 different Swarovski models: Habicht, EL, CL-Companion, EL Range, Laserguide, CL Pocket, SL, SLC, NL and I had the same positive experiences with different models of Leica, Meopta and Zeiss.
Gijs van Ginkel