Best scope covers to use in a hunting situation?

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slowr1der

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I'm looking for some quality scope covers to use on my SWFA SS 3-9x42 that's on my hunting rig. I currently have Butler Creek flip up caps on it that just aren't working for me. I love the look, feel, and style of them. The problem is they don't last for me. I broke the eye piece one right before the season started and after much arguing with Bushnell, I got them to replace it. I didn't have the receipt so they didn't want to replace it.

Anyway, I've been hunting for about 2 weeks with them, and sure enough, the new eye piece one broke again. The hinge breaks apart from the cap part. Then last Saturday while climbing into a stand with the objective cover up, the cover bumped the rail on the stand, not hard I should mention, and sure enough it cracked too. I've got some older sets of these Butler Creek covers I love and they seem to hold up, but these recent ones are junk, and I don't want to replace them every 2 weeks.

Are there any better tougher options out there that will hold up? I hate to run it without scope covers. I've tried it, and I end up getting my lens super dirty and have even had branches and what not scratch them on other scopes in the past.
 
Use a bikini of whatever sort until you're actively hunting then go naked. The scope that is.
 
I have Butler Creek on maybe ten scopes. Never broke one.

Friend had two on his muzzle loader. Broke both in two days. Maybe the new ones are not so good.
 
Looking around other sites, it seems the quality on the Butler Creeks has really dropped off lately. That said, my old ones are also holding up pretty well, but the new ones just aren't lasting for me.
 
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