I wouldn't let that sway you. We put in a lot of work to make sure that you don't get burned by connectivity. I've literally never had a remote not connect once it's been connected.
I thought the same thing when I first saw that the remote was BT. I've now had an Impact since February and have put over 1000 rounds under it using multiple rifles, have run it in a UKD match (CD BOTC) and have never had the remote "unpair" or fail to pair. It's been remarkably reliable.
I have had exactly zero problems with mine, although I do not think I have quite as many rounds with it. Probably not too far off though.
Man if only there was something like Kevlar cord you could use to secure it. Oh well. Maybe Vortex will create a solution for you.
The unit has its primary controls directly on it. If by chance you do lose the remote the Impact is 100% usable. It would be a mild inconvenience until you were able to contact us so we could send you a replacement.
One thing to maybe keep in mind is that the Impact has been on the market for less than 10 months. So its still a new product for us. I can say with confidence you have nothing to worry about. Hope that helps.
you must have the same luck as me with multi part tools or gadgets
Yes sir.We do/did extensive testing. As a result of this, but mainly the design, the first battery I had in my remote lasted almost 3 yrs. This can,of course, vary depending on use case.
Thanks for the reply
Gotcha, its honestly negligible. For example, if you are running the impact for 27 hrs the remote will take up 11minutes of that. Thats assuming you use the remote every 5 minutes during that 27hrs.
i had my impact mounted at 9 o'clock on a picatinny rail mounted on my scope mount. i used a fast optic riser with the optional adm qd lever to clear the bell of the scope. it was nice to be able to pop it on and off without any tools
Maybe, possibly. I bought this primarily for a public land Elk Hunt I have coming up. Mounting on top of the scope would be the ideal location when the rifle is static. However, this rifle won’t be static for the most part. I’m going to try moving it on the rail just past the objective before I spend $175 on the Nightforce RAPi when it likely isn’t the best solution for my application. Or am I completely wrong? Anyone else have experience mounting one of these for a hiking deep into the backcountry on a hunt?i had my impact mounted at 9 o'clock on a picatinny rail mounted on my scope mount. i used a fast optic riser with the optional adm qd lever to clear the bell of the scope. it was nice to be able to pop it on and off without any tools
here's a pic of the setup , maybe something similar would work for you
you could use an ADM AD-170-vpg mount , the fast riser would bias it forward some but the adm would just push it straight out and stay tighter to the rail than the fast mount
