Thread: Broken range finder

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

Originally Posted by Dead is better

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

Like a couple of the ones above putting bids on.

Originally Posted by Driverman

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

Yep and they don't like that.

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

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.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Like a couple of the ones above putting bids on.

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.

Originally Posted by Spook

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Spook

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.

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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Originally Posted by mikee

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.