Whats the difference between waterproof and water resistant and weatherproof?
Weatherproof and water resistant are really the same thing. A waterproof binocular is designed to withstand submerging in water, whereas a water resistant/weatherproof will stand rain, but not depth of water under pressure. All Optical Hardware/Visionary/illusion models conform to these definitions – if we say waterproof, it can be submerged, if we say weatherproof, it can held in the rain, but not submerged. Unfortunately, there is no industry standard on this definition, some manufacturers and brands use the word waterproof to mean that iit will withstand rain, by our standards this is only water resistant. 10/ How waterproof is “waterproof” By waterproof we mean it can be submerged in water, but this doesn’t mean it can stay underwater for a long period, water pressure will eventually force water into a waterproof binocular. The better the binocular is constructed, the longer and/or deeper the binocular can be held underwater. binoculars built to military specifications can usually
