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Leupold RX 1600i Review: It's our all-time favorite rangefinder

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We did a bunch of research on the most popular rangefinders for hunters. What we found pointed us to a couple really popular brands, but we wanted to know for ourselves which rangefinder is actually the best.

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  4. Case: Horrible
    Warranty: Horrible

    Worked somewhat well until shortly after the warranty was up. The display began to fade from the edges inward over time, until there was only a small section of one of the crosshair arrows visible. Leupold said the displays were known to go bad over time and they simply offered a discount on a new one. Why on earth would I buy a replacement product with a known flaw that would just go bad again over time?

  5. I found that my RX 1400i would get a false read, but I think it picked another item, so I would just click on it a couple few times. I just filled a pronghorn tag using it and all I can say is these are indispensable. Not sure I would have been successful without it. To know exactly how far the game is along with the exact capabilities of your rifle is a game changer from the past.

  6. I CANNOT BELIEVE that you didn't mention, in this or the 8-fer, what the "TDR/W" stands for. I bought one based on your reviews, expecting something that would give me a distance reading. Holy shit it has all kinds of ballisitcalizational functions and pre-sets for different loads and angle effective distances and wind corrections and a bunch of other stuff that I needed a few hours with the manual to figure out how to use and still haven't mastered. (True Ballistic Range/Wind)

  11. I really like Leupold brand scopes but too bad their rangefinders only have a 2 year warranty because their electronics and all electronics regardless of brand will and do fail. They're disposable throw away electronics unless you buy Vortex, Burris, Athlon, Maven, Tract, maybe Primary Arms who have lifetime warranty on their electronics. Worst ones that are disposable throw away are SIG 5 years from date of manufacture NOT date of actual purchase might have zero or close to zero warranty left if it's already been sitting in a warehouse for 5 years before you bought it and Bushnell only one year on electronics including illuminated reticles in their scopes very few actually know about and not a lifetime warranty people think not even close and Bushnell doesn't seem to want to actually honor their warranty anyway see BBB gave Bushnell an F rating for screwing over way too many of their own customers not honoring their warranty and all the complaints that's been ongoing over the past decade Google search "Bushnell warranty complaints" and "Bushnell customer complaints" surprised they aren't already forced to shut down by now.

  13. AA batteries wont last as long as CR2 or provide consisten power. 18635 are another solution but they are a bit larger and not needed for simple range finder unless it is a binocular with digital stabilization etc. AA is the worst solution of all. I use 2 Sigs, Kilo 800 for short ranges (0-400) yrds and Kilo 2000 for sniping 400+. Perfectly happy with both aldo K800 is a bit outdated now, K1000 may be better choice these days. I hear Leupold RX2800 is great as well, but a bit pricy.

  17. CR2's are used for power reasons as others have said, but they also don't vent! Could you imagine losing your rangefinder due to battery acid leaking? Not me, I'll take cr2 batteries any day

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