Thread: Which rangefinder?

Just went through the rangefinder research and trials myself. Ended up with the Leica 1600.

The 1000 was great too, but I was a bit worried about no angle function. Not to mention no holdover readings if you did need to take a quick shot before using a ballistics app.

The Leupold TBR 1000 I was impressed with in the shop. Seemed the clearest of them all. But then we went outside and it just got absolutely SMASHED by the Leicas. Was nowhere near as clear and the display was suddenly hard to see. It also didn't seem to be able to range beyond about 600-700 yards on large trees, etc, whereas we got the Leica 1600 ranging trees at 1800 yards. Ive since got readings up to 2000. Real shame about the Leupold as I liked the price, weight and feel of it.

Also tried some Geovids for comparison. Really nice but the 1600's seemed comparable for pure ranging. The main attraction was just having one item instead of two, but damn they were heavy.

So in my opinion for under $1500 the Leicas are where it's at. Either 1600, 1200 or 1000 depending on budget.