Swarovski Laser Range Finder

by Swarovski Optik

Product Features

• Laser rangefinder with 8x magnification and 30mm objective lens
• Produces highly accurate distance readings up to 1,600 yards
• Employs patented binocular technology to produce clear images
• Excels in poor weather; LED display with brightness control and aiming circle
• Scan mode produces instant readings from target to target

Product Description

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Combining the high quality standards of Swarovski Optiks with the latest laser range-measuring technologies, the Swarovski Laser Guide brings you closer to nature than ever before. The Laser Guide offers an 8x magnification and a 30mm objective lens diameter, helping the unit produce accurate distance readings up to 1,600 yards away. Just as significantly, Swarovski's patented binocular expertise helps the Laser Guide produce perfectly clear images. In fact, the unit's unique technology makes the guide incredibly accurate even in poor weather conditions, so you can still take readings in driving rain or heavy snow. Other details include an LED display with an automatic brightness control and aiming circle, a scan mode that produces instant readings from target to target, and a compact, lightweight housing.

About Swarovski Optik
Although founded in 1949, Swarovski Optik's roots actually trace all the way back to 1895, when Austrian Daniel Swarovski--who invented the world's first electric grinding machine for jewelry stones--established the family-owned Swarovski Crystal in the province of Tyrol. Since then, the name Swarovski has become synonymous worldwide with the clearest crystal, precision grinding, and a brilliant spirit of innovation, as the original enterprise continued branching out into additional lines of business.

Swarovski Optik owes its rise to Wilhelm Swarovski, son of the original founder and an avid hobby astronomer, who decided to build his own improved binocular in 1935 at a mere 17 years of age. With access to the specialized glass production and finishing technologies already used to manufacture jewelry stones in his father's factory, Wilhelm managed to develop a novel prism fabrication and grinding process that he applied in constructing his first 6x30 binocular. Wilhelm went on to found Swarovski Optik KG in Absam, Tyrol, in 1949, thus laying the foundation for a sports optics company with a global reputation. His company's first serial product, the Habicht 7x42, is still an industry standard in the field of hunting optics and continues to be produced in the best tradition of its founder.

Product Description

The Swarovski Optik 8x30 Laser Guide combines the high quality standards of Swarovski Optik performance with the latest laser range-measuring technologies. Packaged in a lightweight and compact instrument for exceptional performance in terms of image quality and precision accuracy, even in poor weather and light conditions. Experience accurate readings to 1600 yards.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0019FAVH2
• Item model number: 70002
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,229 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of class, December 6, 2006

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B. Valentine "I am out to prove I have nothin... (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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I have tried different rangefinders on my ranch in Montana and these are clearly the top of the line. They are not the lightest I have used, but at 2 lbs they are not bad, even if you plan on hiking around all day with these and a pair of binoculars. Very well built and able to stand up to the drop test.

Ranging out to 1500 yds is a bit on the crazy side, nice to be able to do it and to be able to brag about it, and these do it well, but a bit crazy, as unless you are a marine sniper why would you care if something is at 1441 yds vs. 1500 yds? Most people would say in either case, "It's just a darn long ways away". And it is!

They work the best of any I have tried in bad weather conditions and do work well through the windshield of the truck, etc. Note: No rangefinder works that great in rain or snow as naturally the laser has to be able to reach the target point to be accurate, but these tend to be the best.

Accuracy seems to be spot on. Battery life is good. Optics are very good. Sighting in doesn't seem to be any harder than other brands - none are super easy. Ranging short distances (25 yds, 50 yds and 100 yds) works just fine.

So if you like top of the line products, want to know exactly how far "a long ways away" is and can afford them, you want this rangefinder.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Swarovski laser rangefinder, June 2, 2006

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A. Warrillow (Cambridge. United Kingdom.) - See all my reviews
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Expensive, but beautifully built, solid, compact and surprisingly small in the hand. Comes with a very good *trouser ( *pants for the benefit of our US friends ) belt holster which locks the rangefinder securely in place when on the move. Excellent optically as one would expect from a name and reputation of Swarovski, the instrument is simple to use.

Downside, in certain lighting conditions it can be difficult to see the superimposed orange range indicator. The only other negative is in the ability of holding the instrument steadily enough when targetting a small-ish distant object. You do need to be very steady and consistent in order to hold the target circle on the object to be measured.

Overall, the Swarovski is a first class top draw laser rangefinder with just a few minor hiccups to keep the score down to 4/5 marks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but starting to become dated in it's function, July 26, 2011

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Gerhard "GB" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Swarovski Laser Range Finder (Sports)

Two things stand out about this product immeadiately:

1) Easy to hold by hand and range objects

2) Very sturdy and the glass is EXCELLENTLY clear

Cons:

Unlike so many other units on the market this point, there is no inclinometer (angle detection) in this unit.

What you get is a somewhat hard to see circle based reticle, that when attempting to range distances at the limit of it's range, the unit WILL range objects OUTSIDE the aiming reticle that are closer to you.

This is very annoying.

When it does range, it is VERY accurate.

However, when compared to a Bushnell 1600 Elite ARC, it's not worth, IMO, more than twiece the price.

It will range LARGE object that have NOTHING in the foreground between you and that object to a consider distance, but you may need a tripod or need to make MANY attempts.

What I'd really like to see is an updated version that has angle detection and brush modes (that would cause it to ignore close in objects).

Out of 30 attempts to range a chruch steeple between the canopies of of two trees, and WITHOUT the aim reticle any near the tree, I got ONE successful ranging of the steeple. (Ever other ranging attempt either got the trees or gave me "---" [aka "no reading"].)

The ONE time it was able to give me a read, I got 1876 yards. Which turns out to be DEAD on...

Considering the fact that this did not range well (in the conditions described above), I returned it.