NEW Leica CRF MAX with Customizable HUD via Leica App

[robby denning]

@JGRaider

....Bino harness fell out of a truck got hung up by the door and drug for more than a mile.)
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oh how I wish there was video of your reaction lol

 

[Leica]

@Leica I was really excited when I first came across this offering, the other Leica RF's I have had in the past had been stellar. I left Leica for the Sig2400ABS and haven't had a desire to replace it until now. That being said I have been very surprised there hasn't been more internet buzz on the unit, no "influencers" on Youtube with product testing and demo's, just seems that's how most things launch these days.
I'm in, excited to put it through the paces, the Sig certainly has it's downsides and I expect this to be superior. Thank you

Thank you! I'll have an an Ambassador type video for you soon. Also, Muley Freak and a few other publications are putting together full tests—it's been a jammed-packed year, so content has been delayed a bit. Thanks for the support.

 

[Leica]

@JGRaider

For whatever it's worth I've been a long time leica rangefinder user. I've used them exclusively for more than a decade now updating as most of the newer models have come out. I've had a couple issues that have overwhelmingly been my fault. (Bino harness fell out of a truck got hung up by the door and drug for more than a mile.)
Leica has been incredible with warrantying their products. I've had one other issue that I sent it back in for and they took care of that too. I can't even remember what it was. You shouldn't have any concerns of @Leica honoring their warranty and standing behind their product.

I've been tempted by some of the other offerings from SIG and revic but I have so much confidence in my leica rangefinder to work when I need it that it's hard to convince myself to use anything else. They just seem like they're better made last longer and have less issues.

Thanks for the support. Also, send me a direct message, I've got something for you.

 

[bknott7]

Storing the unit in my bino harness while hunting and 25% of the time it became non responsive where a button push wouldn’t Que the screen to come on, in fact it like “locked out” where no matter what buttons were pushed the screen wouldn’t come on. Had to remove the battery compartment cap and re screw it in to get it to work. It’s up to date on firmware and Bluetooth update. I’ve replaced the battery 2x on this hunt and it does it with fresh ones as well

Hunting with two profiles (partners 30-06, and my 300PRC) somehow the unit switched profiles or defaulted to something else in the battery compartment open close solution to the non responsive screen because I missed a deer when it gave me the either other profile or some default shot inputs (the Leica AB+ binos have some .308 175 smk default). Real crap that it doesn’t show which profile is being used on the screen in the LRF.

I only figured it out because I ranged a bush 10yards away and then double tapped the second button and saw the terminal velocity was 2640 fps or something when it should have been ~3000. (I verified before stepping off the profile was my 300PRC the morning of the miss because I would range something 10-15 yards away and look at the velocity as this is the only way to verify without hooking up blue tooth and checking on your phone.) It gave me over 3.0 mills of elevation and it should have been 2.3. I hooked my phone backup and it showed the correct profile as “active” ranged the same bush and saw 3005fps terminal velocity. wtf ranged the exact spot the deer was again and it showed 2.3 mills at the same yardage

The sinking feeling of an equipment issue driving a miss on an Idaho mule deer made me want to throw this thing down the mountain.

This has the potential to be great with the screen adaptability but major issues lead to frustration on the mountain and loss of trust when I really need something to work. If this was a sheep hunt or moose I’d be devastated.

@awesymoto i had the exact same issue with my MAX. Three different times pushing buttons wouldn’t turn the rangefinder on, I had to take the battery out and also tried replacing it which didn’t work. I wasn’t using a rangefinder pouch with a magnet either. The last time it happened to me I was ranging an elk before shooting. Luckily I had time to take the battery out and put it back in. Wasn’t very happy after spending $1650 on it.

 

[Leica]

@awesymoto i had the exact same issue with my MAX. Three different times pushing buttons wouldn’t turn the rangefinder on, I had to take the battery out and also tried replacing it which didn’t work. I wasn’t using a rangefinder pouch with a magnet either. The last time it happened to me I was ranging an elk before shooting. Luckily I had time to take the battery out and put it back in. Wasn’t very happy after spending $1650 on it.

Thanks for the comment.

CRF Max is giving incorrect dope, and/or switching between MOA and MILs without being prompted to, and it is running old firmware. The fix is as follows:

1) Link Max with the app
2) open ‘active profile’ page
3) tap 'rangefinder settings.’
4) scroll down to ‘firmware version’, tap it, and run any available updates
5) do same for ‘bluetooth version.’

This fixes the issue for every CRF Max unit we've encountered that was switching formats without being programmed to do so.

BE ADVISED: A message may also appear when opening the app. This message prompts the user to run a ‘library update’. This is not the same issue and will not fix it.

 

[robby denning]

Thank you! I'll have an an Ambassador type video for you soon. Also, Muley Freak and a few other publications are putting together full tests—it's been a jammed-packed year, so content has been delayed a bit. Thanks for the support.

Unfortunately for Leica, 90% of Roksliders won't watch the MF test. Just saying bro! Lol