The Kestrel Killer?

[Steel head]

Yea, that camera land deal was WAY too good to pass up on.

 

[ceruleanblue]

@Sand Sock Gear

Love your quote: "Do not pray for an easy life, acquire the strength to endure a difficult one" -Bruce Lee

 

[sheepdog697]

This looks pretty awesome, following the thread. Currently have the 5700 AB with Link, works great, but seems a bit archaic for the time.

 

[Montana1000]

I’ve been tempted by the Kestrel but feel like we’re overdue for a new all in one solver. User friendly, seamless interface, intuitive, well supported. We’ve got to be close right?

 

[avalanche]

I'm guessing vaporware. We would have heard something by now. Sucks.

 

[louu]

Yea, more hopium bottled in a container of unobtanium. I gave up waiting for this and got in on cameralandny's kestrel deal last summer and it has been very useable in it's stock form that isnt upgraded yet.

How much did you pay with the camera land deal?

 

[brianf]

its been a few years...any news on this or just another marketing idea

 

[ShootnFool8]

Gunwerks did release a video of testing things. Might take a glance on YouTube.

 

[brianf]

Gunwerks did release a video of testing things. Might take a glance on YouTube.

clicked around for a bit, cant find it...do you have a link or a certain term i can use while searching

thanks

 

[ShootnFool8]

clicked around for a bit, cant find it...do you have a link or a certain term i can use while searching

thanks

Doesn't show much, but click on gunwerks. Go to videos, and it should be 2nd one down that says sheep mountain field training venue

 

[culater]

Finally some movement. I'm still interested

 

[Jackomason]

The picture is up on the site but I'm not seeing any product page. Woot woot!

 

[Jackomason]

BHD | Revic

www.revicoptics.com

Found this...

 

[The King]

lol - Dear Revic - I have a feature request.

Could you also make this device into a phone? That doesn't fucking spy on you?

GrapheneOS maybe? or LineageOS?

 

[ShootnFool8]

Yea saw that this morning after looking at the br4 rangefinder. No video on it, but rangefinder looks impressive. Imagine the kestrel killer will too.

 

[culater]

Finally some movement on this. Just got buy a good solar charger to keep it going

 

[96C]

This is from May 2021, however it's in the video... No change on their website yet. (https://www.revicoptics.com/bhd).

Keen to see this progress.

 

[Braunschweiger]

Anxious to see how this will compare to my 5700 elite AB

 

[McMillan]

Anxious to see how this will compare to my 5700 elite AB

The 10700 elite will be out before this

 

[Braunschweiger]

The 10700 elite will be out before this

Hahahahah you’re not wrong.

 

[culater]

Free bump and hopefully it will come out at shot show

 

[WyoXtec]

My wallet does not like this......but I do.

 

[culater]

My wallet does not like this......but I do.

We'll see if it is released at shot show. Can't wait much longer on this. I might just go buy a Garmin 701

 

[96C]

Any update from Shot people?

 

[culater]

Any update from Shot people?

I called Revic directly and said it's coming out in the fall and the price point is around $700. The guy on the phone was really excited about it and he is buying one as soon as it comes out.

 

[CMP70306]

I called Revic directly and said it's coming out in the fall and the price point is around $700. The guy on the phone was really excited about it and he is buying one as soon as it comes out.

Did they say anything about the new scope?

 

[culater]

Did they say anything about the new scope?

I didn't ask call them up.

 

[TurboTrout]

Interesting, be nice to hear some hands on info

 

[culater]

Time to make a call to find out where it’s at!

 

[CMP70306]

Time to make a call to find out where it’s at!

Pretty sure they mentioned it in one of their podcasts that they are pretty much done but one critical part has been holding it up for the last two years.

 

[culater]

Pretty sure they mentioned it in one of their podcasts that they are pretty much done but one critical part has been holding it up for the last two years.

That’s what happens when we depend on China for everything

 

[CMP70306]

That’s what happens when we depend on China for everything

I believe it was actually a Bosch sensor and the issue was that it’s highly used in the auto industry so with cars selling like hot cakes they can’t get them.

 

[96C]

Alright dudes... Where are we at???

 

[McMillan]

Wishing in one hand

 

[avalanche]

Is it possible this is just vapourware?

 

[CMP70306]

Is it possible this is just vapourware?

They talk about it on their podcast, it’s been almost entirely ready for over 2 years but they don’t have the sensor for it due to the auto industry using the same sensor.

 

[carbonbased]

For me, the problem with this vs. a Kestrel is a phone isn’t very tough, it turns off if it gets too hot and more easily dies in cold weather.

Really what might be the way to go is for Kestrel to make a unit with a way bigger screen, although I suppose that would reduce battery life.

 

[96C]

For me, the problem with this vs. a Kestrel is a phone isn’t very tough, it turns off if it gets too hot and more easily dies in cold weather.

Really what might be the way to go is for Kestrel to make a unit with a way bigger screen, although I suppose that would reduce battery life.

I would much rather a larger, higher definition, touch (or not) screen with less battery endurance than the existing kestrel. Of course the current kestrel serves an important role, being less visible and less demanding in the field energy wise.

We have been using the Garmin Foretrex 701AB for the last couple of years, it is great, but again - the buttons are fairly atrocious (hard to get to with a cover on and very rigid, difficult to depress). It takes twice as long to input data into the 701 than a Kestrel and the user interface is difficult to navigate at times.

It would be amazing to have something in between the two.

A larger screen, replaceable AAA / CR batteries (NOT AN ONBOARD BATTERY), tactile, easy to understand buttons (like the Kestrel 5700 with the up / down / left / right / select) and more visible output information accessible quickly per page.

Above is my critical, constructive feedback, based off my experiences. I am honestly always looking forward to trying any other alternative in the future.

 

[Braunschweiger]

Still hoping to get one of these in hand!

 

[Jackomason]

Spoke to a friend, he said that this thing is a long way out. He was on a hunt with the GW guys playing with a bunch of new tech.

 

[category_theory]

So they told him that production issues are pushing a launch date out further? Did they say how long?

 

[Jackomason]

No, really I just ran into him at the coffee shop so I didn't get a whole lot out of him. Just that it was a long way out but they had some really cool other gear. Not my reputation on the line though so I'll leave it at that.

What I got out of it is to just get a kestrel and be happy. That's what I'm going to do.

 

[culater]

Going to make a call to see what's up

 

[category_theory]

Going to make a call to see what's up

Well….?

 

[TurdFerguson]

Depends on the industry:
Kestrel killer for shooting maybe.
Kestrel killer for pesticide app or controlled burns, probably not....

 

[Wheezy]

Sure would be nice to have an update on this from anyone in the know.

 

[R_A_W]

They actually incorporated a time travel feature & sent it to 2028 during product testing

 

[category_theory]

This thing is like the Caldwell “doppler chrono” that they keep saying they are gonna put out…. Can’t really use Covid supply chains as an excuse anymore.

 

[category_theory]

Not sure folks saw this video but about a year this video came out… look in the lower left corner…. Looks like a beta version of the Revic palm ballistics device….

 

[wind gypsy]

Davidson mentioned this when he was on the Shoot2hunt podcast recently.