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<blockquote data-quote="davkrat" data-source="post: 1076621" data-attributes="member: 6452"><p>Took my new range finder out today and tried it in the areas I tend to hunt. For $399 I couldn't be happier. The glass does have a slight bluish cast but compared to comparable rangefinders I have had it is brighter and clearer. I had no problem ranging anything out to 800 yards. I was surprised that it did not return well off flat granite faces past 850 yards. Dark patches of trees/brush read out to 1050 yards if I held steady. Earlier in the week I was able to get readings beyond 1200 on white box cars. For my personal limit of 600 yard shots on game this should be perfect.</p><p></p><p>It's a nice compact unit with nice tacky rubber grip.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/1241393C-B7BC-4C25-BCD0-521A841668AD_zpsaqdyu2vv.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/1241393C-B7BC-4C25-BCD0-521A841668AD_zpsaqdyu2vv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Shooting through limbs in the foreground the unit won't read beyond them very well. I assume this means it has a fairly wide beam. I don't think that will be an issue but maybe someone hunting from a treestand would. I shot this off my back deck at canopy level of the neighbors trees.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/191BAC42-4715-4AAA-99C8-4CDF33AB8544_zpsaaq8kezt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/191BAC42-4715-4AAA-99C8-4CDF33AB8544_zpsaaq8kezt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Earlier in the week in snow it failed to read much past 300 yards, nothing unusual there. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/624B795F-02F4-4C04-95C3-E781D83D2D40_zps4knyw6et.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/624B795F-02F4-4C04-95C3-E781D83D2D40_zps4knyw6et.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I wish I had a shot of it reading off an animal but California is absolutely devoid of deer.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/C4015EC0-1554-45EC-9029-E356D134BFB9_zpswwak3n98.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/C4015EC0-1554-45EC-9029-E356D134BFB9_zpswwak3n98.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/4CC396A9-8D46-4FBB-A614-AE59CBA7C1D9_zps5dkgvhiz.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/4CC396A9-8D46-4FBB-A614-AE59CBA7C1D9_zps5dkgvhiz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/87499DDB-F050-49CF-806F-EB14A1C7C12F_zpsl3d4k6h1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/87499DDB-F050-49CF-806F-EB14A1C7C12F_zpsl3d4k6h1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/C2B14362-D844-43C0-AA07-44E0D764AD2F_zpsbgpm8snk.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/C2B14362-D844-43C0-AA07-44E0D764AD2F_zpsbgpm8snk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/964EF723-930C-43C8-8D0C-315A42D2013D_zpswrc3td0u.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/964EF723-930C-43C8-8D0C-315A42D2013D_zpswrc3td0u.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/62434990-154A-45F8-A8E0-187A99580B1A_zpsrt13j0xp.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/62434990-154A-45F8-A8E0-187A99580B1A_zpsrt13j0xp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/B68AC725-018B-458E-AC02-8506A5A3DF37_zps508gcdyq.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/B68AC725-018B-458E-AC02-8506A5A3DF37_zps508gcdyq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>A tip I stumbled across. The plastic disposable cap that small propane bottles come with work as a perfect spacer to digiscope through with an iphone.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/E65ADD20-FD97-4360-A967-185216F60C00_zpsnxp3lrjm.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/E65ADD20-FD97-4360-A967-185216F60C00_zpsnxp3lrjm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davkrat, post: 1076621, member: 6452"] Took my new range finder out today and tried it in the areas I tend to hunt. For $399 I couldn't be happier. The glass does have a slight bluish cast but compared to comparable rangefinders I have had it is brighter and clearer. I had no problem ranging anything out to 800 yards. I was surprised that it did not return well off flat granite faces past 850 yards. Dark patches of trees/brush read out to 1050 yards if I held steady. Earlier in the week I was able to get readings beyond 1200 on white box cars. For my personal limit of 600 yard shots on game this should be perfect. It's a nice compact unit with nice tacky rubber grip. [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/1241393C-B7BC-4C25-BCD0-521A841668AD_zpsaqdyu2vv.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/1241393C-B7BC-4C25-BCD0-521A841668AD_zpsaqdyu2vv.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Shooting through limbs in the foreground the unit won't read beyond them very well. I assume this means it has a fairly wide beam. I don't think that will be an issue but maybe someone hunting from a treestand would. I shot this off my back deck at canopy level of the neighbors trees. [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/191BAC42-4715-4AAA-99C8-4CDF33AB8544_zpsaaq8kezt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/191BAC42-4715-4AAA-99C8-4CDF33AB8544_zpsaaq8kezt.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Earlier in the week in snow it failed to read much past 300 yards, nothing unusual there. [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/624B795F-02F4-4C04-95C3-E781D83D2D40_zps4knyw6et.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/624B795F-02F4-4C04-95C3-E781D83D2D40_zps4knyw6et.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I wish I had a shot of it reading off an animal but California is absolutely devoid of deer. [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/C4015EC0-1554-45EC-9029-E356D134BFB9_zpswwak3n98.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/C4015EC0-1554-45EC-9029-E356D134BFB9_zpswwak3n98.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/4CC396A9-8D46-4FBB-A614-AE59CBA7C1D9_zps5dkgvhiz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/4CC396A9-8D46-4FBB-A614-AE59CBA7C1D9_zps5dkgvhiz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/87499DDB-F050-49CF-806F-EB14A1C7C12F_zpsl3d4k6h1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/87499DDB-F050-49CF-806F-EB14A1C7C12F_zpsl3d4k6h1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/C2B14362-D844-43C0-AA07-44E0D764AD2F_zpsbgpm8snk.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/C2B14362-D844-43C0-AA07-44E0D764AD2F_zpsbgpm8snk.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/964EF723-930C-43C8-8D0C-315A42D2013D_zpswrc3td0u.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/964EF723-930C-43C8-8D0C-315A42D2013D_zpswrc3td0u.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/62434990-154A-45F8-A8E0-187A99580B1A_zpsrt13j0xp.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/62434990-154A-45F8-A8E0-187A99580B1A_zpsrt13j0xp.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/B68AC725-018B-458E-AC02-8506A5A3DF37_zps508gcdyq.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/B68AC725-018B-458E-AC02-8506A5A3DF37_zps508gcdyq.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A tip I stumbled across. The plastic disposable cap that small propane bottles come with work as a perfect spacer to digiscope through with an iphone. [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/davkrat/media/E65ADD20-FD97-4360-A967-185216F60C00_zpsnxp3lrjm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/davkrat/E65ADD20-FD97-4360-A967-185216F60C00_zpsnxp3lrjm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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