Talk me out of Leica Geovid HD-B 10x42 Rangefinding Binoculars

[Arizona_Mike]

Any issues/problems? 10x42 is probably not the best for light gathering but Cabela's is having a fire sale.

Id have a couple questions on function:

• I see it has an absolute but not angular hold over mode. Because of that I'd probably use it in horizontal distance mode. How exactly does it work? I'm guessing it is the horizontal distance determined by the laser and inclinometer adjusted by the actual temp and pressure vs the temp and pressure for your ballistic profile?
• Can you have multiple ballistic profiles on the micro SD Card and select in a menu?

Mike

PS. Mods, I assume laser rangfinding binoculars that do ballistics calculations are a long gun accessory even if it does not attach. Please move if I'm wrong about that.

 

[Nature Boy]

I can't answer your question Mike, but out of curiosity I did go look them up on Cabelas website. Fire sale indeed. Only $2k. You should get two at that price

 

[taliv]

this is the right forum...

i've never heard anything bad about them, particularly for hunting applications.

i wouldn't use them for calculating my dope though unless you had a pretty deep understanding of what solver it was using.

you could also consider some alternatives. while it is convenient and quick to glass and range at the same time, there are other combinations of tools. i am still lusting over the image stabilizing binos and would like to use those or a spotting scope to glass. then, switch to another LRF, such as the radius I have mounted on the rifle. I also have a picatinny rail mounted on my leupold mk4 compact spotting scope, which i can mount the radius on if i were hunting. that way, i could use the glass i wanted, then just glance at the LRF on the side and read the range.

my kit is optimized for some other uses, such as matches where sometimes LRFs are banned, so I like to be able to have access to my glass without the LRFs sometimes. Obviously that wouldn't apply in a hunting situation unless some squirrel sheriff decided use of lasers was a violation of game regulations. (since technically it is artificial light, though it is not in the visible spectrum, and some regulations prohibit sights with computational abilities, oddly enough)

in other situations, where i don't need to glass, i much prefer not to carry heavy binos and instead to use a smaller, light weight LRF. the new sig LRFs are very well reviewed and remarkably inexpensive.

 

[Kendal Black]

They are expensive.

You don't need them.

If you lose or damage something like that afield, it is on your dime, not your government's.

Talked out of it yet? From what I have seen Leica quality is first rate.

 

[KCJ]

I just can't see it!

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Taliv, I really need a inclinometer since I shoot in some very rugged terrain. I will take a closer look at the SIG.

Mike

 

[Arizona_Mike]

this is the right forum...

i've never heard anything bad about them, particularly for hunting applications.

i wouldn't use them for calculating my dope though unless you had a pretty deep understanding of what solver it was using.

you could also consider some alternatives. while it is convenient and quick to glass and range at the same time, there are other combinations of tools. i am still lusting over the image stabilizing binos and would like to use those or a spotting scope to glass. then, switch to another LRF, such as the radius I have mounted on the rifle. I also have a picatinny rail mounted on my leupold mk4 compact spotting scope, which i can mount the radius on if i were hunting. That way, i could use the glass i wanted, then just glance at the LRF on the side and read the range.

my kit is optimized for some other uses, such as matches where sometimes LRFs are banned, so I like to be able to have access to my glass without the LRFs sometimes. Obviously that wouldn't apply in a hunting situation unless some squirrel sheriff decided use of lasers was a violation of game regulations. (since technically it is artificial light, though it is not in the visible spectrum, and some regulations prohibit sights with computational abilities, oddly enough)

in other situations, where i don't need to glass, i much prefer not to carry heavy binos and instead to use a smaller, light weight LRF. the new sig LRFs are very well reviewed and remarkably inexpensive.

I bought the SIG after doing a lot of reading up and it is a great unit. The main mode shows real distance and then flashed angle. The rifleman's Rule mode only shows horizontal distance. I wish it flashed actual distance too.

The rapid fire 4 readings per second is great for ruling out nearby objects or objects with terrign behind them. It also is great for just barely coming down from the non-reflecting sky onto a surrounded object to "grab it" and know you are not ranging something else nearby. This makes up for the main fault to the sight which is the aiming circle is too large.

There is best mode and last mode which takes the strongest reading of the burst (useful for most situation) or the last measurement (for cover/concealment situations).

I was even able range birds in flight out to about 170 yards which was amazing.

Mike