mrtwigg's Full Review: Saitek Cyborg EVO Force (PS27) Joystick
Well, much to my surprise my rewiew has been re-classified by someone unknown to me and there is no provision for me to straighten things out. I have never writen a review on the "Saitek Cyborg EVO Force (PS27) Joystick" and never will as I am not a gamer. Apparently when someone doen not like your reviews, they will be re-titled and shuffled into obscurity.
Nikon Pro Staff 440 Compact Rangefinder Ok so you’re lined up on the 9th tee and you are facing a tough dogleg shot to the pin on the green. You need to know how far away you need to place your ball so you can select the right club. Perhaps a huge whitetail walked out into a clearing and as you pull back your bow you think; I hope I got the yardage right.
Know not guess ! Nikon uses an eye safe and invisible FDA class 1 laser to achieve accuracy to within half of a yard. That’s how accurate the Nikon Prostaff 440 laser rangefinder is. This wonderful device is a compact size and comes with a heavy nylon case and a neck lanyard so you won’t lose it. You can expect accurate readings from as close as 11 yards / 10 meters, all the way out to 437 yards / 400 meters.
Inside the box The housing is a water and dust resistant rectangular box constructed of hard sided ABS material in attractive black & green colors with nifty gold lettering. If you want to be sneaky you can have yours in a Team Realtree camouflage pattern. The lettering if fairly small so I believe it will not spook game if you plan on using this while hunting, and yes the lettering is on the camo finish too. I didn’t measure the size of the casing, but this will fit nicely in the palm of most adults for ease of use. This rangefinder weighs only seven ounces so it’s easy to carry. I found the battery compartment is sealed with an O-ring. And as this is rated as water resistant not waterproof I would keep it in a pocket or pack if it’s raining.
Outside the box ! Using the rangefinder is simplicity itself.. Look through the 8X roof prism monocular. Adjust the focus with the large knurled knob on the back of the unit. (This is a “Set and Forget” feature as this is a personal item.) Center your target, press and hold the front button on the top of the frame, and in about one second the distance to the target is displayed in yards at the top of the viewfinder. What’s that ? You’re Canadien ? No problem ! You press and hold the mode button for two seconds to switch measurements from Yards to Meters, Ok, - Eh? You don’t even have to turn this off, it will reset itself in eight seconds.
Feature ? What feature ? There is supposed to be a Continuous Tracking feature but this is not covered in the user guide. Nor is there a control for this feature. Perhaps this is simply a "selling point" Nikon uses , much like the term "Digital Processor". What I mean is; if it has any kind of electronics its' going to have some kind of digital processor inside, right? I scanned a few moving cars in the parking lot and the display never changed beyond the initial reading so if there is an optical/electronics engineer out there perhaps you can explain this feature.
The bottom line. You could do a lot worse than this rangefinder. There are cheaper ranging devices on the market but, that’s the catch isn’t it? They’re cheaper. You get what you pay for ! Despite the fact that I cannot figure out this "Tracking" feature, I would recommend this to anyone in a heartbeat and give this five stars. I found this at Dick’s sporting goods for $199.00. If you look around a bit on-line they can be found for $174.99 to $199.99, shipping not included.
Hold On There ! You're gonna need something to find what you're using the rangefinder on, so why not read my review of the Nikon Action XL 7205 (10-22x50) Binocular?
One More Thing There's always one more thing isn't there ? A couple of days after I wrote this review a buddy of mine dropped by with theCabela's CLR800 Rangefinder so of course had to write a review on that one too. You owe it to yourself to take a look at that one while you're here.
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