Looking at making a purchase on a combination rangefinder/bino's equipment. Does any one have some feedback on brand and use? Not looking to break the bank but understand that there will be a price tag associated with such a purpose.
I purchased the Nikon laser range finders before my hunt this year as they were on sale at for 1100$. They are sweet, great Binos and the range finder easy to use and very good out past 900 yards. they are the low end cost for a very good set without having to spend 3k or more
Picked up a Zeiss RF 10x42 range finding bino when they were on sale a few weeks back. Pairing it up with the app on the phone was super easy, especially since I'm not that good with electronics in the first place.
So far I'm extremely happy with them. Very fast readouts when ranging targets.
Although I will never own a Vortex scope I did replace my Leica 10x42 BA's with Vortex Fury RF bino's. The glass is surprisingly good and I have ranged objects to 800 meters with a handheld Leica and the Fury's were +/- a meter or two. That was free hand trying to keep steady.
The one down side is the button you actually push to RF is a poor design , i can't do it with gloves on.
The upside is for $1600 you get a pretty good RF bino.
I won't buy Nikon anything anymore because they screwed tens of thousands of people when they just quit honouring their Lifetime scope warranty. I agree about never owning Vortex scopes, failure there is a big problem. If your RF Binos quit, it is merely annoying and Vortex does have excellent warranty. My one comment is you can buy top notch used Leica, Zeiss or Swaro for about the same money as the new Vortex. That would be my choice all day long, though to be fair, I did sell all my RF Binos and went back to pocket carry Leica CRF and separate Binoculars.
Range finding binos
Linear Mode
