hey guys scott reekers here with eastmans hunting journals and today we are here to do an overview
and review of the leica geovid pro 32 the brand new rangefinding lightweight option from leica
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the first thing that i'm doing here today at the range we're at the range there are
a few other people here it's a great day to be out shooting here in the spring
and the first thing that i'm going to do is i have a batch of new ammo from hornady and so
the beauty of this is i'm going to chronograph that new ammo make sure it's still consistent
but one of the coolest things that i've seen so far with this leica geovid pro 32
is that there's a new app that comes with it and i get to input all of the ballistic data
so that's the first thing that i'm going to do is verify and we're going to work that all together
that'll do
all right so what i've done is i've taken three shots and i'm going to average them tag now gives
me the opportunity to open up my leica ballistic app and i can build a custom rifle profile that
is 100 percent based on this ammunition and what this rifle shoots it's all based on that so the
first thing that you do is you pair your range finder which is this and it came up real easy the
first time i did it it showed perfectly and then you go to your gun profiles and you create a gun
profile and so in creating a gun profile this is my savage 110 and you start with that and then you
work your way out so there's multiple different modes that you can do it's got the select bullet
from database it's got an easy mode custom data entry so i'm going to select the bullet
from the database and so you scroll down and i can see that in 308 there are 381 bullet options
so you go there and then the next thing i'm going to do is i'm going to find hornady here
in this list and as you can see there are a ton of options and i'm looking for the eldx and i
found the 200 grain so you go right there and now it is paired with my binoculars once the gun's
ballistic profile is input into the app the leica geovid 32 will show you accurate measurements for
your rifle and you'll be able to dial in your scope perfectly based on your situation
use this for all your range finding needs but here's the really cool part of what this can do
is you can now hook in to different mapping systems base map included as one of the most
common that is that is out there for hunters and you can range and you can put a point out
out there wherever wherever say you took a shot like a couple years ago i shot at a mule deer and
it would have been nice to put a range on exactly where i hit him and so then when he fell down the
hill i would have had a great starting point instead of doing some of the guesswork on what
you do and trying to mark and do all the ethical things where you want to find the right spot this
allows you to put exactly where you hit him and so that makes a more ethical recovery i would almost
be willing to bet that if you use this technology for that what would happen is eventually we're
going to see more recoveries because you get to exactly where you hit the animal you have
a much better chance of finding blood which is an incredible opportunity so i think i actually
see a shed right up here right right some sagebrush right at the base of these foothills
so i'm going to use a base map app i'm going to drop a pin where that is because
it's kind of scattered out there it's kind of hard to you know you get so close to it
you don't know where you are so i'm going to pull out my base map app
and drop a pin
so i'm going to go here go to my basemap app
i'm going to go to tools i'm going to go to remote marker
so click that locate my shed find it there it is
range
just like that dropped a pin so we're gonna go up here check it out
see if it's a shed i think it is hope so usually not good at guessing but here we go
that's super easy dropped a pin led me right to it go check them out
so the next piece of the equation i want to move into is how does this thing feel and what makes
the leica geovid 32s stand out compared to other binoculars well first and foremost you're going to
notice the 32 instead of the standard 56 and what does that mean in real world application well what
that really means in real world application is simply that this thing is going to be a
lot lighter it is going to be a lot smaller and one of the modern phenomena that has happened
is we have a lot of guys who are bow as well as rifle hunting and so a state like wyoming where
you have the option to hunt with both weapons this is fantastic because i can take these
on any say late season elk hunt but i can also take it on an archery elk hunt before
into the early season because it's small it will sit against my chest nice and tight and it's not
going to weigh me down that is very nice to have and one of the other things that is nice when you
can see this a lot when you see dan pickar like in some of our hunting videos you can see that
he's carrying his range-finding binos they're a little easier to manage and smaller it makes it
much much easier to deal with and much easier to handle so then that brings me to the next piece
i'm six foot five and i'm not a small human so how does this thing feel in my hands lindsay's
laughing at me for saying i'm not a small human this is wonderful but how does this feel because
we've got a lot of big dudes that are out there doing western hunting and so that's one of the
concerns when you when you hold something that's not um you know it doesn't feel like feel like
sturdy in your hands it's not as comfortable well i can say that honestly this is very comfortable
and the reason for it is you'll notice that these leica geovids just like their big brother geovids
that i actually you can go see a review on our youtube channel and look at in another spot
you can see that it's got the curve in the tube this still has that even though it's not nearly
as pronounced as its bigger brother you can see that the curve on the tube is here and it's very
comfortable in the hand and so when i'm looking through it i'm noticing edge to edge clarity
and then i'm also noticing it's very easy to pick up targets i'm looking out 677
800 let's see if i can get out to a thousand here got 1200 on a very far hillside so this
can definitely reach out and touch so if you're a long distance shooter and enjoy doing that this
is a piece that's there so the class one laser that you can see is right here in the center
it's not coming through the tube i know there are some rangefinders that do that but this
class one laser is right here in the center and this is the kind of thing you'd expect from the
inventors of the laser range finder that is one of leica's claims to fame is they did
actually invent the rangefinder and so because they own that technology they're able to do more
pioneering and so that's that's a very cool piece of this equation so it's comfortable in the hand
even though it's small you don't feel like you're going to break it it doesn't feel like
just a flimsy piece of equipment which you would expect for you know a high-end european piece of
glass so one of the other pieces is a lot of times when you go to focus with this focus ring here on
on some brands there can be a little bit of slop well what leica did is they put resistance so that
you don't over focus and it'll make sure that it stays exactly where you intended
to there's resistance there and that's really cool now what most of you really want to know
is how is it to glass behind for hours well the eye cups they're comfortable i'm happy with that
the finger reach where i'm checking and looking at ranges is that's very comfortable it is also very
comfortable if i want to go through the settings which are actually very easy to go through all the
different options it's very easy to switch between yards and meters i know some long-range shooters
like to do that they like to look at and go there the brightness is easy to adjust in fact you can
set an auto brightness for for the actual laser and the range finding readings so that in and of
itself is a big deal because in the past i've had other rangefinders where it's very hard to get the
brightness right and then sometimes if you get them too bright the battery life is not good i
can say though the high end european optic product like this it won't be an issue you'll be able to
get a lot of life out of the battery even though i would encourage you on a back country bring an
extra battery that's just always a smart idea to have that along so moving into next pieces here
again the eye cups are very comfortable they also adjust very easily now i will say that
right out of the gate i had to i had to work a little bit so don't be afraid to do that but as
it loosens up a little bit out of the box that's a good thing so don't don't feel like you have a
faulty product that's just that's actually a good thing that means there's resistance in here and
these aren't going to move on you because i have had binoculars in the past that there were some
cheap binoculars that the eye cups were in and out that's not going to be an issue with these leica's
there's enough resistance that it holds them tight and the twist rate is good you want that tight you
don't want a sloppy easy feel there because that turns into you having to adjust them every time
you pull out of your binos or your bino pack and the problem with that is if you have to adjust
your binos every time you pull them out of your bino pack you're going to miss opportunities of
seeing animals especially the quick opportunities so i already mentioned the buttons are very easy
to reach even with my big monkey mitts but how does it feel to actually get to the focus ring how
comfortable is that it's very comfortable right here it's very easy to reach i can do it with
my left and my right which makes it which makes it nice the rubber there is actually it's very grippy
i have not tested it with gloves but i'm definitely going to do that so that's
something to consider all of the adjustments here when you look at this are very easy to
get to they're very well thought out one thing that can be a pain that i've had issues with with
electronic range finding products is where do you get the battery out of was that well thought
through well leica made it very easy you could easily change out the battery with a quarter if
you had to if you didn't have a multi-tool with you in the back country those are all things to
consider ease of use is definitely a top priority when leica built these there it is that's the
leica geovid pro 32s thanks for coming along for this review from eastmans hunting journals