Leupold range finder that can pin location on OnX and other apps

[bobr1]

Just thought I’d post the article.

https://www.leupold.com/blog/post/t..._campaign=RX-5000+Pinning+Features+&+Benefits

 

[oldskool67]

Looks really interesting

 

[Blue_dog]

The ability to range and drop pins is huge, especially for spot and stalk.

A year ago an Sig employee told me they were close to adding the onx feature. I wonder what happened?

 

[MuleyFever]

Adding another advantage through tech. We're on an interesting road with tech advancements.

 

[SloppyJ]

Cool feature for sure.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Man I can see some value in that.

 

[silasbowhunter]

The ability to range and drop pins is huge, especially for spot and stalk.

A year ago an Sig employee told me they were close to adding the onx feature. I wonder what happened?

Sig could do that in BaseMap I believe?


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[Blue_dog]

Sig could do that in BaseMap I believe?


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They had the Basecamp capability last year but the sig guy said they were close to a deal with Onx. Hopefully they roll it out soon.

 

[TVW]

Adding another advantage through tech. We're on an interesting road with tech advancements.

Yep.

So now you don't even need to know how to read terrain and a map to plan a stalk, just let your rangefinder and your phone do it for you.

Where do we draw the line?

When they make bullets that will hit exactly where your rangefinder drops a pin will guys use that?

At some point technology is gonna increase the efficacy rates enough that we're gonna start losing opportunity...but hey, as long as dudes are getting grip and grins for the Gram what does it matter right?

 

[silasbowhunter]

They had the Basecamp capability last year but the sig guy said they were close to a deal with Onx. Hopefully they roll it out soon.

Yeah I get it. More so just stating this isn’t brand new tech, maybe just new with OnX.


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[QuickTrigger7]

I really like this feature. Really want to pull the trigger on one. The TBR profile seems like trash though.

 

[bobr1]

Yep.

So now you don't even need to know how to read terrain and a map to plan a stalk, just let your rangefinder and your phone do it for you.

Where do we draw the line?

When they make bullets that will hit exactly where your rangefinder drops a pin will guys use that?

At some point technology is gonna increase the efficacy rates enough that we're gonna start losing opportunity...but hey, as long as dudes are getting grip and grins for the Gram what does it matter right?

I can read a topo map and don’t use social media. But I live in an area with some really thick and steep terrain and it would be helpful to range an animal and know where they were roughly before a shot and before they disappear in thick timber after a shot that might take upwards of a few hours to get to due to terrain and vegetation. However, I understand your concern and don’t like to see technology used in hunting to increase the chances of social media d bags.

 

[Gone4Days]

Marking downed game at long distances would be an amazing application of the tech

 

[Bedrock]

I posted a few threads about problems with the rx5000inning accurately but since then I discovered more problems. Originally I had got it to pin within 2 degrees in the area I live. Then I found out it pins at totally different bearings when you go to a different area, with one area where I hunt a lot making the error consistently 8-10 degrees to the left. My pea brain thinks this error has to be with onX, not the rx5000. The rangefinder only has a magnetic compass, so it has no idea "where it is" and what the corresponding magnetic variation would be for that area. OnX is supposed to take care of that.

 

[Jsanford0521]

Looks really interesting

I posted a few threads about problems with the rx5000inning accurately but since then I discovered more problems. Originally I had got it to pin within 2 degrees in the area I live. Then I found out it pins at totally different bearings when you go to a different area, with one area where I hunt a lot making the error consistently 8-10 degrees to the left. My pea brain thinks this error has to be with onX, not the rx5000. The rangefinder only has a magnetic compass, so it has no idea "where it is" and what the corresponding magnetic variation would be for that area. OnX is supposed to take care of that.

Any updates on when ONX is supposed to fix this? I am having the same issue with my rx5000. It works relatively well when I have service. But out in the field the ONX pins are way off.

 

[Legend]

Any updates on when ONX is supposed to fix this? I am having the same issue with my rx5000. It works relatively well when I have service. But out in the field the ONX pins are way off.

We killed an elk at last light across a big canyon. Onyx pin was 5yds from the elk. So in this instance I was impressed.

Edit: it was a 550yd shot.

 

[Chris in TN]

Kinda neat, but I really don't want any hunting location info sitting in someone else's cloud storage.

 

[Bedrock]

Any updates on when ONX is supposed to fix this? I am having the same issue with my rx5000. It works relatively well when I have service. But out in the field the ONX pins are way off.

After I posted I talked to one of the smart guys at onX. (I had talked to Leupold and they were no help at all. The poor guy didn’t even know what magnetic variation was). The onX guy said they were very aware of the problem and their Bug Team was working on it. Somehow onX doesn’t always interpret the bearing to the pinned location correctly. You can get on their email list so they can update you if or when they get it fixed.

 

[Tmac]

I posted a few threads about problems with the rx5000inning accurately but since then I discovered more problems. Originally I had got it to pin within 2 degrees in the area I live. Then I found out it pins at totally different bearings when you go to a different area, with one area where I hunt a lot making the error consistently 8-10 degrees to the left. My pea brain thinks this error has to be with onX, not the rx5000. The rangefinder only has a magnetic compass, so it has no idea "where it is" and what the corresponding magnetic variation would be for that area. OnX is supposed to take care of that.

Makes me wonder about declination errors. As I understand it, it's a moving target and may have moved recently some.

 

[Chris in TN]

After I posted I talked to one of the smart guys at onX. (I had talked to Leupold and they were no help at all. The poor guy didn’t even know what magnetic variation was). The onX guy said they were very aware of the problem and their Bug Team was working on it. Somehow onX doesn’t always interpret the bearing to the pinned location correctly. You can get on their email list so they can update you if or when they get it fixed.

Creatin a rangefinder with a compass in it that doesn't have to be recalibrated will be tricky.

I have owned a Trupulse 360B since 2013 and before that I had a Contour XLR-IC. Compasses needed to be recalibrated every couple of days, but the routine for the Trupulse was about a 30-second thing. Not a big deal at all.


Also, declination could very easy follow a geography-based chart embedded into OnX. Doesn't have to be done at the compass, at all. Declination moves constantly but slowly and they could update it every year or less and nobody would get lost because of it.

Either way - I still don't like the implications of OnX knowing where I shot something. Or anything for that matter. I don't even have an account with them.