NZ Longranger
Well-Known Member
I have done a hell of a lot of testing of all currently available eyesafe laser range finders in a wide range of conditions. I had the advantage of having all these units at the same time, so was able to do real comparisons. The best 1500 yard eyesafe rangefinder on the market is without doubt the Zeiss RF binos. They eat all the others in a wide variety of conditions especially in bright daylight on non reflective targets, the sort we encounter often out hunting.
Second best was the Zeiss PRF monocular, continually besting the Swaro LG and Leica's CRF's and Geovids by 100 yards or so in bright daylight. Next came the Leica's and the Swaro. In really bad conditions, the Leica was better, they were capable of about the same in average conditions, but then in low light the Swaro performs better.
I sent my Swaro back to the factory to be checked out as some seemed to be getting better performance out of theirs, and they sent me another unit - no diiference. Awesome optics, but nowhere near as easy to use as the others. Often takes far longer to get the reading and throws up more erroneous readings. Right on dark, it would give you readings out to 1999 yards, but not with enough light left to be of any use. I have tried 3 Swaro's and they have all been the same. Did I get all duds? I find that hard to believe?
The Zeiss RF bino's will only give you readings out to 1700 yards, but they'll do it in almost any conditions to even poorly reflective targets. The only true 2000 yard plus bright light conditions laser is the likes of my Russion Naval unit, not eyesafe but gives you 35,000 meters in any conditions, to any target, instantly!
I have a full set of results of all my testing, and the idiosyncrasies of the different models, and I'm going to put this all in an article for Len when I get a minute...
Greg
Second best was the Zeiss PRF monocular, continually besting the Swaro LG and Leica's CRF's and Geovids by 100 yards or so in bright daylight. Next came the Leica's and the Swaro. In really bad conditions, the Leica was better, they were capable of about the same in average conditions, but then in low light the Swaro performs better.
I sent my Swaro back to the factory to be checked out as some seemed to be getting better performance out of theirs, and they sent me another unit - no diiference. Awesome optics, but nowhere near as easy to use as the others. Often takes far longer to get the reading and throws up more erroneous readings. Right on dark, it would give you readings out to 1999 yards, but not with enough light left to be of any use. I have tried 3 Swaro's and they have all been the same. Did I get all duds? I find that hard to believe?
The Zeiss RF bino's will only give you readings out to 1700 yards, but they'll do it in almost any conditions to even poorly reflective targets. The only true 2000 yard plus bright light conditions laser is the likes of my Russion Naval unit, not eyesafe but gives you 35,000 meters in any conditions, to any target, instantly!
I have a full set of results of all my testing, and the idiosyncrasies of the different models, and I'm going to put this all in an article for Len when I get a minute...
Greg