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Keeping your lenses clean. If this were a how-to question, it would be a trick one. The best way to keep your lenses clean is to not clean them at all. Simply protect them from food, drink, dust, dirt and fingerprints and you\u2019re good to go. Really and truly, we know they\u2019re going to get dirty despite good intentions to keep them clean.<\/p>
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Using a highly advanced coating on the eyepiece and objective lenses, our Fully Multicoated Lenses are incredibly scratch-resistance and prevent various oils, dust and dirt from adhering to the surface of the glass. They\u2019re also made to keep light from reflecting off the polished glass surface. While these coatings are only a few molecules thick, they are absolutely crucial to the quality of the image you\u2019re seeing through your binoculars<\/a>, and they can\u2019t be replaced. That said, the coating is perhaps the most important part of your binoculars<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> We\u2019ve provided you with a complimentary lens cleaning<\/a> cloth so you won\u2019t feel the need to use your shirt, a handkerchief, a napkin, a paper towel, or worst of all, your finger. Most paper products are laced with wood fibers and household cleaners, like Windex, contain ammonia. Both wood fibers and ammonia are the enemies of your lenses\u2019 coating. Only use lens cleaners that are isopropyl alcohol based. A can of compressed air is a useful tool to blow the dust and dirt out of creases.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Remember, silica (or tiny rocks) is the primary ingredient of dust and is harder than glass. If you rub dust across the glass you\u2019re essentially gouging microscopic scrapes and scratches into the glass and its coating. These scratches will scatter light and over time the image you see through the optics<\/a> will appear cloudy. <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>