I guess I'll pump out a mini-review. I bought the Impact 4000 and then went on to get the Razor 4000 GB to complement it.
I procured the Impact 4000 first and have just recieved my Razor 4000GB. TLDR: I would buy both again, and I did.
THE RIGHT WAY TO MOUNT IT
Impact 4000 Good/Neutral/Bad
+Ranges quickly
+Supports scan mode
+Ballistics work great
+Good battery life so far
+2000m every time, 3000m sometimes, 4000m at night
+Ate a grenade at the range when the wind blew my rifle off onto the concrete. Still zeroed and functional
+Great cover design
+Excellent execution
3MILx3MIL LASER SPLASH DOWNRANGE
~905nm laser. Expected at this price, but 1550nm would have rocked
~It has a slash-shaped beam pattern. 45-degree angle from bottom left to top right. No idea how that is supposed to work well.
~ The application had difficulty connecting to one unit for a moment
~The idea of a network of devices to provide data/solutions/etc is neat but complicated. Especially since it auto-joins other devices in a network, or at least it did in our testing. I wish it was able to be switched on with "advanced" mode.
~I would have preferred a "Laser Fire" button where the vortex logo is. Why? With gloves, I have a distinct different place to push to get a laser actuation. Instead, I'm always fighting the menu buttons too.
~Not as small as the competition (the $11,000 competition mind you...)
-One of 3 units died every time you fired a round. I polled the massive group of shooters I participated with and our number came out to be 24 in hand, 2 dead. So not awful.
-The display screen updates slowly when cold. This IS an issue if you have to go menu hunting for something.
Razor 4000 GB Good/Neutral/Bad
+Unit is fast. Everything is. Powers on, solves internally, ranges etc. Fast fast fast.
+Dropping pins on the map is cool and useful for SAR/Hunting/Etc
+Glass is good.
+Seems to have a coated metal body that is nice
+The case showed that they were listening. Hard
+Good scan mode that's pretty decent handheld to 2km
+Wind editing is easy and fast with the dedicated button.
+It has a tripod mount. Hooray!
~Old fashioned screen tech like you would have seen in any laser in the last 20 years. Instead of a more modern dot style display as in the Newcon 3500 or Sig Kilo 10k
~ELR mode saves battery power I suspect...but the 5 second return time isn't something to be in love with. You can tell you aren't blasting away with a PLRF25 when you enable it.
-CR2 battery. It's a huge unit. Why do I yet again have a unit that takes this POS battery just to save 3mm of size. Its literally the only thing that I own...other than two other pocket LRF's...that take this POS expensive hard to find battery.
-I'm still waiting 2 seconds for the unit to display my solution in Ballistic mode. I personally don't give a shit what the yardage is on a thing that I'm using my ballistic LRF to range as much as I care about the holdover, and now please. It should display holdover and then yards.
One Thing
One thing i would love to see is the ability to coordinate between the two units as to what I'm pointed at downrange. In the HUD in the app.
I have a compass and inclinometer and GPS data and and and.
The M-TADS system in the Apache for example has a box at the bottom that tells the other person where the designator is pointed vs the gun:
Country of Origin:
Impact 4000 = Taiwan.
Razor 4000 GB = Phillipines.
I procured the Impact 4000 first and have just recieved my Razor 4000GB. TLDR: I would buy both again, and I did.
THE RIGHT WAY TO MOUNT IT
Impact 4000 Good/Neutral/Bad
+Ranges quickly
+Supports scan mode
+Ballistics work great
+Good battery life so far
+2000m every time, 3000m sometimes, 4000m at night
+Ate a grenade at the range when the wind blew my rifle off onto the concrete. Still zeroed and functional
+Great cover design
+Excellent execution
3MILx3MIL LASER SPLASH DOWNRANGE
~905nm laser. Expected at this price, but 1550nm would have rocked
~It has a slash-shaped beam pattern. 45-degree angle from bottom left to top right. No idea how that is supposed to work well.
~ The application had difficulty connecting to one unit for a moment
~The idea of a network of devices to provide data/solutions/etc is neat but complicated. Especially since it auto-joins other devices in a network, or at least it did in our testing. I wish it was able to be switched on with "advanced" mode.
~I would have preferred a "Laser Fire" button where the vortex logo is. Why? With gloves, I have a distinct different place to push to get a laser actuation. Instead, I'm always fighting the menu buttons too.
~Not as small as the competition (the $11,000 competition mind you...)
-One of 3 units died every time you fired a round. I polled the massive group of shooters I participated with and our number came out to be 24 in hand, 2 dead. So not awful.
-The display screen updates slowly when cold. This IS an issue if you have to go menu hunting for something.
Razor 4000 GB Good/Neutral/Bad
+Unit is fast. Everything is. Powers on, solves internally, ranges etc. Fast fast fast.
+Dropping pins on the map is cool and useful for SAR/Hunting/Etc
+Glass is good.
+Seems to have a coated metal body that is nice
+The case showed that they were listening. Hard
+Good scan mode that's pretty decent handheld to 2km
+Wind editing is easy and fast with the dedicated button.
+It has a tripod mount. Hooray!
~Old fashioned screen tech like you would have seen in any laser in the last 20 years. Instead of a more modern dot style display as in the Newcon 3500 or Sig Kilo 10k
~ELR mode saves battery power I suspect...but the 5 second return time isn't something to be in love with. You can tell you aren't blasting away with a PLRF25 when you enable it.
-CR2 battery. It's a huge unit. Why do I yet again have a unit that takes this POS battery just to save 3mm of size. Its literally the only thing that I own...other than two other pocket LRF's...that take this POS expensive hard to find battery.
-I'm still waiting 2 seconds for the unit to display my solution in Ballistic mode. I personally don't give a shit what the yardage is on a thing that I'm using my ballistic LRF to range as much as I care about the holdover, and now please. It should display holdover and then yards.
One Thing
One thing i would love to see is the ability to coordinate between the two units as to what I'm pointed at downrange. In the HUD in the app.
I have a compass and inclinometer and GPS data and and and.
The M-TADS system in the Apache for example has a box at the bottom that tells the other person where the designator is pointed vs the gun:
Country of Origin:
Impact 4000 = Taiwan.
Razor 4000 GB = Phillipines.