thanks for the idea but the water drops are now dried up stains on the inside glass. thats why i cant understand why burris just couldnt take them apart and clean them for me.

Maybe having only one eye is the explanation for not being able to see the difference! I was once black bear hunting in Prince William Sound. I was using a pair of E. Leitz 7X50 " Marseptit" binoculars, and the guy with me was using a pair of 10X50' s he had purchased from Sears. Don' t know the brand, or even if they had a brand! I spotted a bear across the bay we were in, up on the side of a mountain about 5 miles away just above a snow patch on that far mountain. I said, " do you think we should cross the bay, and climb that mountain to try to intercept that bear there?" He said " what bear, where?" I spent the next five minutes trying to tell him where to look to see the bear. Finally, I handed him my 7-power binos, and he handed me his 10X ones. Sure enough, he could see the bear plain as day with the Leitz glasses, but I sure couldn' t see it with his 10X junk from Sears! I suspect his were in the Tasco class. I have used SOME Bushnells that had as good optics as the Leitz. However, they weren' t as tough mechanically. I still have my old Leitz 7X50' s which I bought new in 1956, and although beat up on the outside and missing some of the exterior covering material, (plastic??), they are as good as ever when it comes to seeing things!!

Optics are one field in which it pays to buy the best you can possibly afford. Binoculars are no place to try to save money.