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Skylar McMahon
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Lynn,
I'll take him, shake him, put him and in a bottle and spray him. Then like scrubbing bubbles let him do all the work.
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rustic
Optics Master Joined: September/30/2011 Status: Offline Points: 1461 |
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I just called Leupold, windex with a microfiber or other non-abrasive cloth will absolutely NOT harm their lens coatings... I have the call recorded.
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BeltFed
Optics Retard Joined: February/12/2008 Location: Ky Status: Offline Points: 22284 |
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WORKS FOR ME
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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Kickboxer
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Probably another reason I don't much care for Leupold. Try to find this article: Gun Cleaning Clinic: Sport Optics - Getting A Clearer View
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SVT_Tactical
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rustic
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I have never had reason to send a scope back to Leupold but, I have used their C/S for ordering dials among other questions etc. I have no reason yet to doubt them so if they say windex is fine to use and, they back what they say and their product... good enough for me.
Up to this point their C/S has been nothing less than stellar for me. Last year I bought a scope less than a week before antelope season it only took two days for them to get a dial to me with no shipping cost and... the dial worked flawlessly. I do have a little 3oz bottle of "zeiss" lens cleaner I use says - made in cleveland ohio - the bottle of windex I have under my sink in the kitchen also says made in cleveland ohio... go figure??? For all I know that "zeiss" lens cleaner could be made by windex... who knows?? Anyones guess I guess |
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jonoMT
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I've posted this before. This process works well for me:
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Reaction time is a factor...
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Sparky
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Is this the article you are referring to? http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=12624/GunTechdetail/Gun-Cleaning-Clinic-Sport-Optics-Getting-A-Clearer-View |
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rustic
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I called several other scope manufacturers earlier most said windex is fine for their products. The ones said it is too harsh for their coatings were zeiss nikon s&b.
So, it sounds like in most cases it is an non-issue on what "brand" of cleaner is used. |
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Roy Finn
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A bottle of Zeiss lense cleaner is about $5. Even if you have to skip lunch, it's worth it.
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mike650
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How right you are, as a matter of fact... I always slap on a fresh coat of rain-x every year just before hunting season starts, we get a lot of rain out here.... |
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rustic
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So true... so true that "ZEISS" lens cleaner - made in Cleveland - is as good as it gets. Wink - wink |
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koshkin
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I suspect it is mostly a matter of who you get on the phone. I have talked to CS people of a variety of scope makers and the vast majority of them do not know how to spell anti-reflective coatings, much less how they work and what might harm them. I would not use Windex on coated optics. As for your miraculous discovery of th emanufacture of Zeiss optical cleaning fluid, I am sure it is the same optical cleaning fluid used by a variety of other optics makers. I assure you that it is chemically different from Windex. Not all bottles filled in Cleveland are Windex. ILya
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jonoMT
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Make sure ya have yer other cleaning aids handy:
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Reaction time is a factor...
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rustic
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Your probably right. I just think it is funny, myself included how "brand" loyalty trumps common sense sometimes seeing a certain "brand" name means all of their products just HAVE to be good. None the less... Leupold C/S will back their scopes no matter what "brand" of lens cleaner used and I am sure they are not the only "brand" with that C/S. |
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SVT_Tactical
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Really, thats a pretty bold statement from someone who doesn't work there. Say i clean mine in something that strips every coating away, ruins the glass, send it in and they dont pay for it.... am I to tell them to bill you because you said they would? Don't make post that say a company WILL do something unless you yourself work there and represent them. A lurker could take that as a voice of authority on the matter and be burnt because you ran your mouth when you have no right to do so.
Also, not one person on here is brand loyal to zeiss cleaner, it just so happens no other scope company really puts any out thus the recommendation to use them..... they even said buy it at walmart. Your misguided love towards all thing leupold and hating all things zeiss or any other brand for that matter is not needed.
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rustic
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Proper cloth with windex will not harm Leupold lens coatings... improper cloth with windex may very well harm the lens coating. From what I understand same deal with many other manufacturers... simple phone call to find out. I may have a bit of "brand" loyalty just I have never had a bad experience with them. Their scopes just "fit" me and my uses what can say?? |
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BeltFed
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Girls, girls, your both pretty. Now can we get back on topic.
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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