Leica Geovid HD BRF Rangefinder

[MDWhitetail]

I am thinking about purchasing a pair of Geovids 10X42. Can anyone give me the Good, Bad and the Ugly on these rangefinders?

 

[BIGJOHNT]

I have a pair and love them ! The bad ...the new Swarovski and Zeiss are more then just a range finder. You can down load your ballistic info in them. I have looked threw the Zeiss in the field side by side with my Leicas and could see no difference in the glass.
I have not got my hands on the Davorskis. But they will cost you, about a grand more then the ileica's
I believe this will be the next have to have items this year.

 

[Foreman4x4]

I've been running Geovids for several years now and absolutely love em! They're pricey, but no worse than buying a top of the line binocular and a separate rangefinder (Leica, Zeiss, Swarovski). You'll hear guys say they're heavy, but again, no heavier than a good quality binocular and a separate rangefinder combined. The convenience of having both combined into one unit is priceless to me.

When you get ready to buy, contact Doug @ Cameraland. He's a board sponsor and a great guy to deal with. They also sometimes have great deals on demo Geovids.

 

[505sniper]

I have a pair of zeiss the only complaints i have is the eye cups and the big ranging circle makes it hard to range animals past 500yrds outher then that love them if i could do it again prob would have gone with leica cuz of the smaller ranging circle

 

[MDWhitetail]

Thanks for the info. Does anyone have problems with seeing the displays in bright conditions or with light terrain?

 

[alaska_bou]

I had a pair of geovids fog up and fail (without abuse) on day 4 of a 12-day dall sheep hunt... I did kill a sheep with no help from the POS leupold equipment my guide used. Leica did repair the binos at no charge but it left me with ill-will with leica so as of now I have the new swaro range ordered to arrive mid march...

The led display can be adjusted for focus/brightness. BE WARNED: the non hd geovids have HORRIBLE led interference when your looking into the direction of the sun, so far I have not noticed this in the hd version my father uses...

The zeiss rf has good optics but a much weaker rangefinder, imo.

 

[sheephunter]

see my post in the review section