Broken range finder

So I've got a leupold RX-IV range finder that someone here borrowed to measure the distances out from Centre of pivot base to mark out new fences.
They were told "you loose it or break it, you own it"
But they came to me this arvo and asked for another battery as this one was dead.
Turns out that it won't turn on with a new battery :mad:
Has anyone had a similar problem with theirs. Really wondering what to do with it. Doesn't help I'm going hunting this weekend!

Fucking ropeable right now!

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You said, "you loose it or break it, you own it". So tell the dude you want a new one by Friday at the latest.

Never lend electronics; in fact never lend anything.

tested battery with a multimeter ?

Battery in wrong way round? :ORLY:

Jesus H Christ. :wtfsmilie: sort of tightwad would borrow a range finder and then have the cheek to go back and ask the owner for another battery??? That's like bludging a packet of smokes, and then going back for more when the packets empty...

I'm with @10-Ring , they just bought your broken range finder, get cash.

Just a quick question without any doubt towards you at all @puku did you test the range finder to make sure it was functioning before letting the person borrow it and I have no doubt that you would have. If the person does not pay up and confess to you what actually happened to it definitely name and shame.

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tested battery with a multimeter ?

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Yes and the good one is 3.24 volts. Flat one is 2.82 volts, just before I got a very faint reading on the screen from the flat one.
So maybe this has the same cut out as the RX-3 (which is shouldn't according to Leupold). So if I can wear this battery down a bit it may be ok.

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Originally Posted by ishoot10s

Jesus H Christ. :wtfsmilie: sort of tightwad would borrow a range finder and then have the cheek to go back and ask the owner for another battery??? That's like bludging a packet of smokes, and then going back for more when the packets empty...

I'm with @10-Ring , they just bought your broken range finder, get cash.

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Sounds like my twin. Normally only see the stuff back when he has broken it and would like me to fix it. Of course it has been broken for two years but he wants to use it again in two days.

@hunter308 Yea i showed then how to use it and cleared it back to basic settings.
I see a common theme and I may not have been to clear earlier. It was one of the guys on the farm (read boss (father in law) and brother in law)

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@Antman has a nice Leica 1200 for $600. Or you can buy my RX-1000i TBR and I get Antman's?

I'll take a punt and give you $5.00 for it freight forward!:cool:

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I'll take a punt and give you $5.00 for it freight forward!:cool:

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I'll see your $5, and offer $6..........................

Always a spoil sport:wtfsmilie:

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I'll see your $5, and offer $6..........................

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$10 + postage :D

A lot of us on here would loath being in debt to a mate - I've also got a dropkick of a brother in law who borrows the shit out of everything I own.

Maybe there is a freelance electronics guy who can check the components for a busted capacitor or resistor. Those dudes are rare as hens teeth these days

It will be full of smd's and probably not obvious. Sounds to me like its been dropped.

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A lot of us on here would loath being in debt to a mate - I've also got a dropkick of a brother in law who borrows the shit out of everything I own.

Maybe there is a freelance electronics guy who can check the components for a busted capacitor or resistor. Those dudes are rare as hens teeth these days

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Like a couple of the ones above putting bids on. ;)

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It will be full of smd's and probably not obvious. Sounds to me like its been dropped.

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Yep and they don't like that.

First rule of lending. DONT
I've experienced the same and people just piss you off!:sick:

I once was asked by a friend to lend him my very expensive Leica slide projector. Next day he tells me to come and pick it up because it stopped working after only five slides and he was pissed off because all his family were looking forward to an evenings viewing. I could see that they had placed two slides in a slot meant for one and obviously used brute force and ignorance to force the slide mechanism when it jammed. Cost me $280 plus two trip to Aucks and three months waiting for parts etc. this was in 1984. A buck was worth about three times at least from what is now. Mentioned the cost several times to the wrecker and he completely refused to pay.

So now I don't lend anything.

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Like a couple of the ones above putting bids on. ;)

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my bid was just for fun. the general rule of thumb in my industry is if it cost less than $2k retail and fails "under warranty" then its a straight replacement. After that not repairable..
I am so glad I got out of consumer electronics repairs 15 years ago
have you tried contacting the manufacturer or local distributor Puku



















































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Consider yourself lucky, if it had broken while in your use you could only blame yourself...this way you get to rant and rave at someone else.
Surely these things can take a drop or two without crapping out...dropped in the paddock is nothing like being bounced off the concrete wall.

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Surely these things can take a drop or two without crapping out...dropped in the paddock is nothing like being bounced off the concrete wall.

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You would hope so Spook but I have seen a friend drop a known brand range finder from waist height in the paddock at my previous farm and it was buggered and wouldn't work when he picked it up. The upside of this was that I got to sell him one that I no longer used.

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Consider yourself lucky, if it had broken while in your use you could only blame yourself...this way you get to rant and rave at someone else.
Surely these things can take a drop or two without crapping out...dropped in the paddock is nothing like being bounced off the concrete wall.

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Like rushy said you would hope not. But I have a feeling that it was left on the seat of the truck and a big Cresent on hammer was placed on it.
That would be his style, of course he would be completely ignorant to the fact he had just put the range finder there two minutes before!

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my bid was just for fun. the general rule of thumb in my industry is if it cost less than $2k retail and fails "under warranty" then its a straight replacement. After that not repairable..
I am so glad I got out of consumer electronics repairs 15 years ago
have you tried contacting the manufacturer or local distributor Puku
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No I haven't yet. But will email leupold at lunch time.
By the way you are leading bidder. Shipping will be roughly 3 hundy, maybe 4 ;)


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Right well I have tried several new batteries in the device. Once it has turned on, but then we couldn't get it to measure. Then it shut off.

And won't turn back on.

Looks like it rooted, and the farm is going to buy a new one (it shouldn't be because that means its coming out of all of our pockets but....)


So what is the recommendations for a decent one that won't cost shite loads but is good for 1000m or so

Have you tried this
Leupold RX Rangefinder troubleshooting - The Optics Talk Forums
or maybe this
Leupold RX-III doesn't work with new battery? - Don't throw it away, its a feature!

Leica

Yukon, dude is in Nelson, super helpful and offers a 3 year warrenty, any issues and he will replace it straight away. PM @Yukon if he is still on here and will do you a deal.
I lent mine to @kimjon to test against others including Leica and then he went out and brought one.

Yukon Scout 30x50WA and 20x50 spotting scope by Yukon Optics New Zealand

Or if you have the coin get the Bushnell Fusion 1600.

I looked at the Yukon, but only seem to come in meters. I still work in the pounds, shillings and pence system.

If you can understand him on the phone lol, have enough trouble in person.

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Yeah I think I will get a Yukon. They look quite good.
And are they reliable to 1000m like it says

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Does the leupold forever warranty apply to rangefinders too?

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Does the leupold forever warranty apply to rangefinders too?

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Nah only two years for electronics

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Can you get a manual one? Without electronics?:D

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Can you get a manual one? Without electronics?:D

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Yeh but it is a bit awkward to use with the abacus on one side for calculating consign angles and the perch for the falcon to fly from and the knotted rope to measure distance on the other.

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I looked at the Yukon, but only seem to come in meters. I still work in the pounds, shillings and pence system.

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Metres or yards. Just hold the mode button to change from one to the other.

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If you can understand him on the phone lol, have enough trouble in person.

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Ha ha:P

How are you getting on? I've heard that you bought another freezer since I lent you the thermal....:D

Ha I wish.
Should drop that back i guess.
will be out your way tomorrow after work.

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Well for those of you they put offers in for the range finder. You missed a bargain.
It had started to work again. Although it doesn't return a distance more often than before, above 500m

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