Re: best range finder
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tim K</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Definitely not kidding. I don't try it every time I use it, but everytime I have tried it I've been able to do it. It's an amazing piece of gear.</div></div>
The reason I'm incredulous is that mil grade rangefinders like the PLRF and Vector have a much more powerful laser and sensitive receptors - that's primarily why they can range so far.
The hand held commercial models, especially the common ~$1k models like the Swaro all have lesser wattage and sensors. That's why they typically don't range past 1000m unless the conditions are excellent and the target particularly receptive. For example, my $500 Newcon ranges out to 600m very reliably, but beyond that it's a crapshoot. However, in rare instances I've pinged flat metal targets (normal to my position) in clear conditions out to 1300m. Moving up to a$ 1000 Swaro wasn't much of an improvement (though overall I like it MUCH more than the Newcon) and I couldn't reliably lase targets (rocks, steel plates, etc) beyond 1000m.
If a Swaro could reliably ping 1900m then we wouldn't be having discussions about mil grade rangefinders, me thinks. </div></div>
I don't know what to tell you, I can only report my experience. I do live and shoot at high elevation where the humidity is typically in the 20% range. Maybe that's the difference. To make it even more unbelievable, the times I've tried it have all been cloudless days, and a cloudless day at 8,500ft in Colorado is pretty dang bright.
Interestingly, on a local forum there is another user of the same rangefinder who claims he's seen 1,999 come up on his. He seems to think the display doesn't go to 2,000. It must have something to do with the thin, dry air.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tim K</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Definitely not kidding. I don't try it every time I use it, but everytime I have tried it I've been able to do it. It's an amazing piece of gear.</div></div>
The reason I'm incredulous is that mil grade rangefinders like the PLRF and Vector have a much more powerful laser and sensitive receptors - that's primarily why they can range so far.
The hand held commercial models, especially the common ~$1k models like the Swaro all have lesser wattage and sensors. That's why they typically don't range past 1000m unless the conditions are excellent and the target particularly receptive. For example, my $500 Newcon ranges out to 600m very reliably, but beyond that it's a crapshoot. However, in rare instances I've pinged flat metal targets (normal to my position) in clear conditions out to 1300m. Moving up to a$ 1000 Swaro wasn't much of an improvement (though overall I like it MUCH more than the Newcon) and I couldn't reliably lase targets (rocks, steel plates, etc) beyond 1000m.
If a Swaro could reliably ping 1900m then we wouldn't be having discussions about mil grade rangefinders, me thinks. </div></div>
I don't know what to tell you, I can only report my experience. I do live and shoot at high elevation where the humidity is typically in the 20% range. Maybe that's the difference. To make it even more unbelievable, the times I've tried it have all been cloudless days, and a cloudless day at 8,500ft in Colorado is pretty dang bright.
Interestingly, on a local forum there is another user of the same rangefinder who claims he's seen 1,999 come up on his. He seems to think the display doesn't go to 2,000. It must have something to do with the thin, dry air.
