Swarovski bino repairs - make a note!

Friendly smart people here gave me several recommendations for getting my Swarovski binos repaired/collimated, and I decided that the logical place was the national Swarovski HQ in Rhode Island. Binocular mavens had told me that something wasn't right with the way they were working.

These were purchased by my parents in 1990 (I inherited them). They are being repaired FREE under the lifetime warranty (apparently not limited by my parents' lifetimes)!! Wow. Apparently if you crack a lens that costs money, but collimation is a covered repair.

I was expecting this exercise was going to cost me $50 or $100. I just wish my parents had sprung for 8x50s!!! Oh well, I'll just have to make do!

regards
Greg N

Thanks, Greg. That is good to know. Enjoy your Swaros - I have the 10x50s and my wife has the 10x42s, and they are simply the best optical instruments I have had the good fortune to use. We went to ATWB to buy my wife's, which allowed us to compare all the best binos. The Swaros were better than anything else, including binos of larger aperture, more power, and even IS. That alone would justify the high price, but the icing on the cake is that you now tell me that repairs are free.