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[Canip]

But I stop this thread. Useless.

Agreed!

 

[Hermann]

Not to apply a water and dirt resistent and repelling coating for example makes a binocular useless in bad weather conditions.
A manufacturer is leaving such a coating out because of PFAS content. Understandable but appertly did not replacement it for something else. It makes a binocular useless in all weather conditions. It even becomes a dirt collector that is hard to clean.

A binocular without PFAS coatings is useless in bad weather? I'm sorry, but that's utter nonsense. People used binoculars in all sorts of weather successfully long, long before water repellant coatings arrived on the scene. You need to adapt your field technique, and that's it.

Hermann

 

[james holdsworth]

A binocular without PFAS coatings is useless in bad weather? I'm sorry, but that's utter nonsense. People used binoculars in all sorts of weather successfully long, long before water repellant coatings arrived on the scene. You need to adapt your field technique, and that's it.

Hermann

Exactly….hand over oculars (none of my early bins had a rain guard) in the wet and a quick wipe with the old shirtsleeve is how we did it for decades.

 

[BertL]

Exactly….hand over oculars (none of my early bins had a rain guard) in the wet and a quick wipe with the old shirtsleeve is how we did it for decades.

For the environment we should get back to wooden wheels on our cars like we used to do.

 

[Maljunulo]

When I was a little kid, there were still (a few) chain-drive trucks, with solid rubber tires and open cabs running around.

Does that help?

 

[Thotmosis]

For the environment we should get back to wooden wheels on our cars like we used to do.

Or stop breathing 😮‍💨

 

[Maljunulo]

Or stop breathing 😮‍💨

Yes, all that CO2 we exhale is quite a problem.

 

[PatR]

Yes, all that CO2 we exhale is quite a problem.

Never mind the CO2, it’s the clouds of BS that cause a tickle in my throat.

 

[Canip]

Never mind the CO2, it’s the clouds of BS that cause a tickle in my throat.

Is BS the same as CM?

 

[Ignatius]

Is BS the same as CM?

Only if CM is Cattle Manure [🐄 ]

 

[PatR]

If it looks like BS, smells like BS then it is Grade A Bovine Excretia