My Mom has a pair. They're not bad but don't seem very substanstial. I'd be hesistant to be packing them around much.

Personnally, I think you'd be much happier if you invested your $$ in a good pair of waterproof, rubber armored 8x42 Leupolds, Nikon, Pentax, Cabelas roof prism glasses. 10x42 are a little harder to hold steady.

If you have lots of extra $$ you could upgrade to Swarovski, Leica, or Zeiss.