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Review on Leica CRF Rangemaster 2800 COM 40506 by Warrick Infinite

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Again, consider using this with a Kestrel over Bluetooth.

That's almost 5 stars. For me and for the Kestrel use case, it would be better if a few things were fixed to make Kestrel's bluetooth integration more robust. When it works, it's amazing. This was my main reason for buying the 2800 and if this is also your main reason you may want to pause and do some research. It looks like the big problem is when the 2800 goes to sleep. And falls asleep quickly. When you wake it up, it doesn't connect to the Kestrel to send and receive ballistics information. Sometimes half converge. It sends data, range etc is updated on Kestrel but the shooting decision is not sent back at 2800. Other times they just don't speak at all. It's relatively easy to log in to Kestrel and "force" the connection again. This is quite annoying considering how quickly the 2800 goes to sleep. I also couldn't get the 2800 to connect to the "Leica Hunting App" on my iPhone in "App" mode. So not satisfied either. Cannot apply firmware updates to see if this has been fixed. So -2 stars. Otherwise for the money it's a pretty good LRF on its own so these issues are with the integration of Kestrel and the reason I bought it is to get a lower rating from me.

Pros
  • Hunting and fishing
Cons
  • Nothing here