Thread: Range Finder

Originally Posted by kukuwai

I just got the SW-1000A. It arrived last week.

Only took a couple of weeks to get here. Seems pretty good thus far.

Cost worked out to about $130 nz so not bad value.

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Yea everyones reviews seem pretty good so i see it as a good option for my first range finder

I see this Aliexpress store has them on special today for $125, but I also came across this NKTECH one which looks exactly the same for $105. Thinking it might be worth the risk to save a whopping $20?

These SNDWAY range finders are also sold on the WISH site around the same price just for interest sake.

Just ordered a Sndway for about $80us. Will report back when it arrives

Mine arrived 2 days ago $132 nzd from aliexpress. Tripod not included.
Will do everything I need it to do.
10 days delivery time

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I'm interested to know from people who have had one for a while now how does the rechargeable battery in these hold up? I'm a bit skeptical of rechargeables

Originally Posted by clickbang

Mine arrived 2 days ago $132 nzd from aliexpress. Tripod not included.
Will do everything I need it to do.
10 days delivery time

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whats the max range on it ?

Originally Posted by gonetropo

whats the max range on it ?

The Sndway rangefinders are colour coded:
Green - 600m rated
Orange - 1000m rated
Blue - 1500m rated

I would read that a 1500m version is reliable to 750m as the rating will be for very ideal conditions.

Note Sndways are IP54 rated, that is:
Dust - Protected from limited dust ingress.
Liquids - Protected from water spray from any direction, limited ingress protection.
In other words, should be OK to take out and use in the wind and rain, but carry them covered and don't go swimming.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

whats the max range on it ?

I've had it read 1030m that was tripod mounted. It takes a while to return a reading at distances past say 800m.
I bought it to range rabbits out to 4 - 500.
Happy with it for the money.
Tested out the speed reading with it today and seems to do that reasonably well on cars in a 50k area.

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Bought one from Aliexpress and just arrived, Wow very good unit for the $$
Thanks for the review Dougie

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Ordered one after reading this, will see how it goes when it turns up.

re range, I tried across a gully with my 1000m SNDWAY onto tussock, scrub & bush and it consistently read in 800-900m range.
Once it got into the 900-1000m it took longer and sometimes failed to return a distance. I call that a very good pass as once the animal is out past 400m its definitely walk closer time for me!

I found one of these in China recently and grabbed it cos I had read this thread, cost me about $90 after a bit dealing. Haven't had a good chance to test it out but seems to range out 500m ok. Need to test it out along side another range finder or a known distance.

Originally Posted by turtle

Did you have to pay any customs duty or GST ?

Nah if its under a certain amount, not sure what it is though. Does anyone know?

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Haven't paid duty for anything I've brought from aliexpress. Typcially the customs label shows a value that about 1/3 what I actually paid. Threshold for almost everything used to be about NZ$400 including shipping but $400 no longer applies to everything. Go here for a duty calculator if you're concenred about it
https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal...uty-estimator/