Well, I have decided to just keep the Bushnells. I went back to the store and looked at several waterproof models from Nikon, Steiner and Bushnell (all of which were more expensive) and they just didn't compare to these little Elite 7x26's. If I hadn't looked through the Elites, then those probably would have looked just fine, but nothing like the bushnells. I will just take extra care with them, keep them covered and put them into a gallon zip-lock before bringing them inside when the weather turns cold. If all that fails and they get moisture inside that I can't get to...well then I will just have to buy different binoculars at that time. Hopefully they will last me many years!