@Secant I went through this hole escaped about 6 months ago.
I started off with the Vortex Fury's and while I liked that I could have 3 profile's loaded I felt that there was a lot missing for ballistics and glass for the cost of an RF Bino. I didnt feel that I really upgraded from my Viper's. I returned them and turned to the Leica Geovid Pro's.
The Leica's were amazing glass compared to the Vortex but there were a couple things that really bothered me.
The size is much smaller and as for the ballistics software is comes with AB elite on board. If you want to run a Kestrel it's a matter of swapping the setting from on board to external in the settings. Super easy. As for the onboard, my buddy is not technologically savy bought the Gen 2's after using mine and dropped a bull at 740 yards his first time using them in the field.
Some of the things I noticed, that i really like about the Gen 2's.
Oh! and to answer a question you asked earlier, the Gen 2's do not need your phone for a calculator. It's on board the glass and VERY fast.
I started off with the Vortex Fury's and while I liked that I could have 3 profile's loaded I felt that there was a lot missing for ballistics and glass for the cost of an RF Bino. I didnt feel that I really upgraded from my Viper's. I returned them and turned to the Leica Geovid Pro's.
The Leica's were amazing glass compared to the Vortex but there were a couple things that really bothered me.
- A good way to mount for a tripod
- Size and weight
- 1 profile loading
- Couldn't find a way to adjust the laser
- Additional free for AB Elite. (comes with the lower AB software)
- Button sequence was kind of a pain. Never did figure out how to re-zero the wind once I increased it.
The size is much smaller and as for the ballistics software is comes with AB elite on board. If you want to run a Kestrel it's a matter of swapping the setting from on board to external in the settings. Super easy. As for the onboard, my buddy is not technologically savy bought the Gen 2's after using mine and dropped a bull at 740 yards his first time using them in the field.
Some of the things I noticed, that i really like about the Gen 2's.
- Can adjust your laser
- 30 something profiles can be loaded
- When you range, it also names the profile you ranged with.
- Multiple duplex's
- Ease of navigation
- Size and clarity
- Manual up and down arrows for wind adjustment
- Possibility for Calypso wind meter
- I'm probably forgetting some stuff.
- REVIC
- Sig Gen 2
- Leica
- Vortex
Oh! and to answer a question you asked earlier, the Gen 2's do not need your phone for a calculator. It's on board the glass and VERY fast.