new Pentax binoculars

["Jan England " <>]

Hi Carl,

I wish I could feel as confident as you about Pentax binoculars.  I bought a 
waterproof pair of 8 x 42 in 2000 in Cairns.  They claim you could wash them 
under the shower.  $900 was more than I wanted to pay but I felt the fact 
that they were waterproof and thus fungus free would be worth it.  However, 
in Dec 2004 I got salt spray on them in the sub-Antarctic and so I briefly 
put them under the tap. Low and behold next morning they could not  be 
adjusted out wide again.  Luckily they fit my eye width but they cannot be 
used at a different width.
I contacted the supplier in Cairns who said because they were over 12 
months old they were not guaranteed.  I would have thought waterproofing was 
a lifetime feature.  I did send them down to Pentax in Sydney or Melbourne 
but they said there was nothing they could do. So I am quite disillusioned 
about Pentax.
Jan