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  2. Publisher: Swarovski Optics
  3. Sales Rank in Sporting Goods: #184629

Product Review

The Swarovski Optik 8x30 Laser Guide combines the high quality standards of Swarovski Optik performance with the latest laser range-measuring technologies. Packaged in a lightweight and compact instrument for exceptional performance in terms of image quality and precision accuracy, even in poor weather and light conditions. Experience accurate readings to 1600 yards.

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Combining the high quality standards of Swarovski Optiks with the latest laser range-measuring technologies, the Swarovski Laser Guide brings you closer to nature than ever before. The Laser Guide offers an 8x magnification and a 30mm objective lens diameter, helping the unit produce accurate distance readings up to 1,600 yards away. Just as significantly, Swarovski's patented binocular expertise helps the Laser Guide produce perfectly clear images. In fact, the unit's unique technology makes the guide incredibly accurate even in poor weather conditions, so you can still take readings in driving rain or heavy snow. Other details include an LED display with an automatic brightness control and aiming circle, a scan mode that produces instant readings from target to target, and a compact, lightweight housing.

About Swarovski Optik
Although founded in 1949, Swarovski Optik's roots actually trace all the way back to 1895, when Austrian Daniel Swarovski--who invented the world's first electric grinding machine for jewelry stones--established the family-owned Swarovski Crystal in the province of Tyrol. Since then, the name Swarovski has become synonymous worldwide with the clearest crystal, precision grinding, and a brilliant spirit of innovation, as the original enterprise continued branching out into additional lines of business.

Swarovski Optik owes its rise to Wilhelm Swarovski, son of the original founder and an avid hobby astronomer, who decided to build his own improved binocular in 1935 at a mere 17 years of age. With access to the specialized glass production and finishing technologies already used to manufacture jewelry stones in his father's factory, Wilhelm managed to develop a novel prism fabrication and grinding process that he applied in constructing his first 6x30 binocular. Wilhelm went on to found Swarovski Optik KG in Absam, Tyrol, in 1949, thus laying the foundation for a sports optics company with a global reputation. His company's first serial product, the Habicht 7x42, is still an industry standard in the field of hunting optics and continues to be produced in the best tradition of its founder.

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Average Customer Review
4.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best of class, December 6, 2006
B. Valentine "I am out to prove I have nothin... (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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I have tried different rangefinders on my ranch in Montana and these are clearly the top of the line. They are not the lightest I have used, but at 2 lbs they are not bad, even if you plan on hiking around all day with these and a pair of binoculars. Very well built and able to stand up to the drop test.

Ranging out to 1500 yds is a bit on the crazy side, nice to be able to do it and to be able to brag about it, and these do it well, but a bit crazy, as unless you are a marine sniper why would you care if something is at 1441 yds vs. 1500 yds? Most people would say in either case, "It's just a darn long ways away". And it is!

They work the best of any I have tried in bad weather conditions and do work well through the windshield of the truck, etc. Note: No rangefinder works that great in rain or snow as naturally the laser has to be able to reach the target point to be accurate, but these tend to be the best.

Accuracy seems to be spot on. Battery...Read more


6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Swarovski laser rangefinder, June 2, 2006
A. Warrillow (Cambridge. United Kingdom.) - See all my reviews
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Expensive, but beautifully built, solid, compact and surprisingly small in the hand. Comes with a very good *trouser ( *pants for the benefit of our US friends ) belt holster which locks the rangefinder securely in place when on the move. Excellent optically as one would expect from a name and reputation of Swarovski, the instrument is simple to use.

Downside, in certain lighting conditions it can be difficult to see the superimposed orange range indicator. The only other negative is in the ability of holding the instrument steadily enough when targetting a small-ish distant object. You do need to be very steady and consistent in order to hold the target circle on the object to be measured.

Overall, the Swarovski is a first class top draw laser rangefinder with just a few minor hiccups to keep the score down to 4/5 marks.


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars WORTH EVERY PENNY!, July 10, 2011
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This review is from: Swarovski Laser Range Finder (Sports)
I have owned countless laser rangefinders throughout the years. Before they were available to civilians, I used to use angles, cosine & calculus calculations to range targets.

Though the Leica rangefinder has a ballistic calculator built-in, it is not worth the money. If you are going to rely on software to calculate your bullet placement, then you MUST consider all of the environmental conditions (wind, elevation, temperature, barometric pressure, angles, bullet coefficients & weight, etc.).

The Swarovski Rangefinder is ACCURATE! I have verified it's accuracy with a surveying transit and calculus, and have found it to be +/- 1 YARD at a distance of 1500 yards!

The error factor of most laser rangefinders begins to increase with the distance. Their optics and laser sensors are not of sufficient precision tolerances to guarantee accuracy. The SWAROVSKI'S are a precision device with MIL-SPEC components! They will survive your drop tests too! Mine...Read more

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