<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Like Tom, I too have a pair of broken (prism loose) binoculars that I cannot seem to get repaired. Neither I nor Tom need advice to buy new binoculars from companies with lifetime guarantees (my newerSwarovskis have been rebuilt under just such a guarantee). the question is how to salvage older once good quality (in their day) binoculars rather than just trashing them. having failed in my own attempts to find someone to repair a 35 year old pair, I'd be most interested to hear ideas others may have on how to salvage them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Chris Kessler</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Seattle<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 9:28 AM Tom Benedict <<a href="mailto:benedict.t@comcast.net">benedict.t@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I’ve had a couple of pair of binoculars “die” over the past few decades. It’s a shame to throw them out or put them in a drawer. It seems like it should be possible to repair them. <br>
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I’m not talking about catastrophic damage, just normal use where things get out of alignment. In each case I’ve submitted them to a repair facility and they’ve been returned as “not repairable”. In my most recent case, there were “too many corroded fasteners” in my 20 year old Swift Audubon 8.5x44 ‘Waterproof’ pair. Is it simply that the cost of repair labor is so great and the cost of optics so low? <br>
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Do most birders have a drawer full of unserviceable binoculars?<br>
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Tom Benedict<br>
Seahurst, WA<br>
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