Revic BLR10b Rangefinding Binoculars

[ElPollo]

Could not pass up the $1k off sale on these Revics. Just ordered a pair from Doug at Cameralandny. Been agonizing and overthinking the decision for months. But that’s what I do.

 

[huntnful]

Could not pass up the $1k off sale on these Revics. Just ordered a pair from Doug at Cameralandny. Been agonizing and overthinking the decision for months. But that’s what I do.

Good thing you took a few months of deliberation and were able to catch the sale and make the decision that much easier! I like Doug over at camera land. They always have good prices and good customer service!

 

[huntnful]

My BLR's do a weird thing now where they range the target, but give me a different calculation for different object along the way.

This is only when objects are near the ranging path.

For example. Target at 700 yards. Range target, readout says 700 yards. Correction given is like 5 MOA. I know that's not right. There's a tractor disc like 3-400 yards away, in the path and its picking it up for the correction, but giving me the 700 yard readout.

It will give me corrections for targets in front of and behind my target, all while consistently just giving me the same, correct, target distance. Different corrections every time, but the same target distance every time.



If I range a bold face, or a tree, it never does it. Only when there are near objects along the ranging path. Not sure how I feel about it right now lol.

I wanted to make another update to this.

I was shooting with my buddy, who also has a pair of revic binos, and his binos were giving corrections WAY FASTER than my binos. And I could not make his give a false range/correction either.

So despite taking my battery out and putting it back in, and it being a relatively new battery, with full battery indicated. I decided to just throw a new battery in to check it. Mine now gives extremely fast corrections and I can no longer make it give a false correction either.

So my issue must've been battery related. It was taking mine about 2-3 seconds to give me a correction after it grabbed the range (I didn't think much about it until I used my buddy's) and in the meantime I could place the reticle on another object, and get a false correction for the stated range.

Now I'm getting corrections in about .5 second and they match the range every time. Crisis averted for now.

Ideal? No. But nice to be aware of these things if you own a pair. It's excellent technology and it's tough to be 100% perfect all the time with a technological product. I will absolutely keeping using them, and just be aware of these hiccups and monitor them for future things like this.

 

[ChrisAU]

Hmmm, I wonder if I should try a new battery in mine, I haven't been displeased with the speed but it is noticeably slower than my BR4 was. I range and then the bars move left to right like a loading bar then a correction value pops up. Thought it was odd, but its still less than 2 seconds I bet. Was hoping for nearly instantaneous like my BR4. Even still, as-is it is faster than the Vector's I tried.

 

[huntnful]

Hmmm, I wonder if I should try a new battery in mine, I haven't been displeased with the speed but it is noticeably slower than my BR4 was. I range and then the bars move left to right like a loading bar then a correction value pops up. Thought it was odd, but its still less than 2 seconds I bet. Was hoping for nearly instantaneous like my BR4. Even still, as-is it is faster than the Vector's I tried.

Mine was doing the loading bars as well, and not when it was in LR mode either. Just standard mode. It no longer has the loading bars with the fresh battery. Range pops up, and correction pops up immediately afterwards.

 

[ChrisAU]

Mine was doing the loading bars as well, and not when it was in LR mode either. Just standard mode. It no longer has the loading bars with the fresh battery. Range pops up, and correction pops up immediately afterwards.

Going to try that this afternoon then, thanks!

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Mine was doing the loading bars as well, and not when it was in LR mode either. Just standard mode. It no longer has the loading bars with the fresh battery. Range pops up, and correction pops up immediately afterwards.

My Meoptas were never fussy but I always carried two extra batteries in my battery/odds and ends pouch for it in my pack, along with an extra battery in my bino harness front pouch in case it took a crap and animal needed to be killed haha.

 

[huntnful]

My Meoptas were never fussy but I always carried two extra batteries in my battery/odds and ends pouch for it in my pack, along with an extra battery in my bino harness front pouch in case it took a crap and animal needed to be killed haha.

Oh yeah, I always have a spare battery as well!

I didn’t think it would be the issue since the one in it was brand new energizer lithium that I put in before season.

Maybe it was a shit battery though.

 

[ElPollo]

Heh, heh, heh…. New toy came in tonight. Probably be this weekend before I can get them set up. But I was ranging the water tower about 800 yards from my house in the dark tonight. I can see the issues some people have with the glass. Honestly they are pretty clear, but the blue tint in the right barrel may cause some eye strain. Need to get them out in the field and play with them.

 

[Alex Genereux]

If someone missed out on the sale I have a pair in the classifieds and I am willing to match the sale price.

 

[ElPollo]

So I commented about the blue tint in the right barrel above and I wanted to follow up on that. The tint is noticeable in these if you are looking at something inside 20 yards, but not beyond that. I think that may be the basis for a lot of the complaints about the glass on these. When you look through them inside your house, it doesn’t look great. At longer distances, they do fine and the tint isn’t noticeable. There is a little bit of aberration around the extreme outer edges of the FOV, but it is not big enough to cause issues finding game. For me, the glass is pretty comparable to my Mavens or slightly better. The blue tint up close and the fact that the close focus is definitely further than 8-10 feet make them not an ideal binocular for birding. But no one is going to buy these for birding. They are a specialized tool.

All my field testing thus far has been in bright sunny conditions. My only low light use has been in my yard. I’ve not seen any issues with low light use yet.

The rangefinder on these is the bomb. It fires and outputs solutions super quickly. Ranging stuff out past a mile is not an issue. I checked the accuracy of long distance ranging against my On-X, and it was spot on. But more importantly, the laser can really cut through stuff on the FAR setting. I tried setting it up to fail. I was firing it on a distant tree with a small ridge of grass waving in the wind in the foreground 20 yards in front of me. On the NEAR setting it would pick up the grass, while on the far setting it would punch through to the tree target further out. Same with tree branches at another site. I think this bodes well for using it in fog, rain, and snow, but I haven’t been able to do that yet. The laser also appears to be pretty well zeroed with the reticle. Still testing that. Shooting through holes in vegetation and shooting some sky-lined stop signs hasn’t shown any issues yet. The display is fast and simple and I like simple.

The internal ballistics match up perfectly to my Shooter app. When I bought them I was expecting that I would have to switch my phone over to Applied Ballistics, but that isn’t needed. If you download the free Revic app and input your data, it will be consistent with other apps (except maybe 4DOF?).

The one thing I’d like to ask other users of these Revics is what they think of the vector wind set up. It seems to me that it could be useable in a relatively flat PRS type shoot, but less so in a hunting situation with variable winds and terrain. How are you all using this feature?

 

[rbutcher1234]

So are these still the best option for rangefinding binos if one is in the market?

 

[Dobermann]

So I commented about the blue tint in the right barrel above and I wanted to follow up on that. The tint is noticeable in these if you are looking at something inside 20 yards, but not beyond that. I think that may be the basis for a lot of the complaints about the glass on these. When you look through them inside your house, it doesn’t look great. At longer distances, they do fine and the tint isn’t noticeable. There is a little bit of aberration around the extreme outer edges of the FOV, but it is not big enough to cause issues finding game. For me, the glass is pretty comparable to my Mavens or slightly better. The blue tint up close and the fact that the close focus is definitely further than 8-10 feet make them not an ideal binocular for birding. But no one is going to buy these for birding. They are a specialized tool.

All my field testing thus far has been in bright sunny conditions. My only low light use has been in my yard. I’ve not seen any issues with low light use yet.

The rangefinder on these is the bomb. It fires and outputs solutions super quickly. Ranging stuff out past a mile is not an issue. I checked the accuracy of long distance ranging against my On-X, and it was spot on. But more importantly, the laser can really cut through stuff on the FAR setting. I tried setting it up to fail. I was firing it on a distant tree with a small ridge of grass waving in the wind in the foreground 20 yards in front of me. On the NEAR setting it would pick up the grass, while on the far setting it would punch through to the tree target further out. Same with tree branches at another site. I think this bodes well for using it in fog, rain, and snow, but I haven’t been able to do that yet. The laser also appears to be pretty well zeroed with the reticle. Still testing that. Shooting through holes in vegetation and shooting some sky-lined stop signs hasn’t shown any issues yet. The display is fast and simple and I like simple.

The internal ballistics match up perfectly to my Shooter app. When I bought them I was expecting that I would have to switch my phone over to Applied Ballistics, but that isn’t needed. If you download the free Revic app and input your data, it will be consistent with other apps (except maybe 4DOF?).

The one thing I’d like to ask other users of these Revics is what they think of the vector wind set up. It seems to me that it could be useable in a relatively flat PRS type shoot, but less so in a hunting situation with variable winds and terrain. How are you all using this feature?

Thanks for taking the time to not only test this, but also write this all up so others could benefit. Cheers!

 

[Dobermann]

So are these still the best option for rangefinding binos if one is in the market?

I think on a recent podcast, @Formidilosus said the Revics if you want ballsitics included, the Geovid Pros if not.

I then asked his opinion of the new Geovid Pro AB+ model here: https://rokslide.com/forums/threads...-gpo-rangeguide-rf-binos.383235/#post-3962816

I know this isn't my experience - I'm still running Furys until I can free pony up for the Revics. But I'm aslo wondering if the better glass on the Pros might be more handy for field comp shooting (where more chance finding targets can have an advantage over a slightly faster range return time).

 

[JGRaider]

I don't waste time competition shooting, so my Fury AB's fit the bill nicely for my hunting/shooting needs. I'll take a GPO over anything Leica makes.

 

[ElPollo]

I think on a recent podcast, @Formidilosus said the Revics if you want ballsitics included, the Geovid Pros if not.

I then asked his opinion of the new Geovid Pro AB+ model here: https://rokslide.com/forums/threads...-gpo-rangeguide-rf-binos.383235/#post-3962816

I know this isn't my experience - I'm still running Furys until I can free pony up for the Revics. But I'm aslo wondering if the better glass on the Pros might be more handy for field comp shooting (where more chance finding targets can have an advantage over a slightly faster range return time).

So I was considering the Leicas without ballistics and the Vortex with ballistics, but the $1000 off sale that Revic ran during Nov-December made them all roughly the same price.

From what I’ve read on the others, the Revic is tops for range finding capabilities, speed and simplicity of the solution and display. They have better glass than the Vortex and are likely pretty close to the Leicas for glass. That said, binoculars have been a big part of me making a living for over 30 years, and I’ve never owned anything considered alpha glass. Like I said above, they are pretty comparable to Mavens for glass quality. I personally cannot see how better glass than what is in the Revics would ever make that much difference in field or competition. Although, I suspect that we might try to convince ourselves otherwise.

I’ve also heard some people say that the Leicas can be more temp sensitive than the other two. I can’t confirm any of that, it was just part of my research to decide which ones I was going to buy. But I’m really happy with the Revics this far.

One more thing I will add on the Revics. The binos came with an alkaline Panasonic battery. The first time I took them out, I got multiple bad ranges. Like 5k+ yards to a building on the opposite side of a section. It was also slow to range. I swapped out the battery for a new lithium and it has worked like a charm ever since.

 

[JGRaider]

Don't blame you ElPollo. I quit chasing absolute top end optical performance from binos a couple of years ago because today's $1000-$1500 glass is so good you'll never miss a thing. That was a great price on the Revics I'll admit, I'm just not real fond of the Davidson boys. I bet they serve you well.