Thread: Anyone tried these $400 Range Finder Binos

You would be far far better served buying a standalone rangefinder and a decent brand of binos for that money. Doesn’t even need to cost all that much more.. vortex diamondback HDs for 4-450ish, plus whatever second hand rangefinder you find on trademe, or the likes of Sndway from aliexpress for 1-150 from memory.

You don’t need good glass in a rangefinder but you sure do in binos, as that’s what you spend all your time looking through. Dirt cheap glass will make your eyes water and give you a headache, lose light sooner, and miss animals due to low definition.

I have a Sndway rangefinder from Aliex, it works well for ranging generally, angle function works well. Have used it to calculate the height of a couple of big trees and where they would land when they fall, and was pretty spot on with that. The glass is clear enough , but has something weird with it that gives me a headache if I look through it for more than a minute or so. Fine for quickly ranging though.