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new Pentax binoculars

To: Jan England <>
Subject: new Pentax binoculars
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:44:51 +1100
Hi Jan,
Sorry to hear about your problem with your Pentax binos, typical that it happened outside the warranty period. I have had no problems with mine and water. I regularly do a bit of birding on the coast and get spray on mine. I just wash them off in a bit of water in the sink and dry them well, using canned air to blast any water out of the hinge post joints ( I never use the air near the glass, that is asking for trouble). I would say that in your case, some of the salt spray has got down into the hinge post joints and survived the washing and corroded the joint, unfortunately.
Hope you have better luck in future with binos.

Cheers,
Carl Clifford


On 20/03/2007, at 10:22 AM, Jan England wrote:

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



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