Fog proof rangefinders?

[JohnB]

Do they exist? I'm sick of my Sig Kilo 1400 and it's utter helplessness when there is a bit of moisture in the air?

 

[hiker270]

I have owned Bushnell, Leupold and Leica rangefinders and have never had one fog up.

 

[blackpowder72]

I haven't found one that works in the fog . Leupold, Bushnell or Nikon

 

[Cliffy65]

Leupold Fulldraw. Definitely no problems in bow range, no idea about rifle distances.

 

[Southern Lights]

Best I used were older Vectronix PLRF series, but pretty hard to find and extremely expensive.

Better units will have a gating feature where you can set them up to ignore the closest or furthest reflections. Ignore furthest setting is good for close up targets with further background that may give bad reading. Second setting (ignore close) is great when you are ranging through brush and want to ignore branches, etc. Also works a little better in fog or rain, but still limited.

 

[Jbuck]

Most commercially available rangefinder operate in the 905nm range. Once you get up to the higher end models (over $5k) they start using the 1550nm range lasers which helps cut through atmospherics better.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Depending on fog thickness. This doesn’t exist.