SPF
Thought these were sold but the buyer backed out. First ‘I’ll take them’ posited publicly gets them. I have them posted on several forums so if it’s close I will go by time-stamps of posts/emails.
I bought these a few months ago and only had a chance to use them once while target shooting (no competitions or anything) and once out of the box near my neighborhood to confirm function. They performed flawlessly and performed every bit as well as a Swarovski my buddy had and even excelled in a few areas. The best part is you get a great pair of binoculars and a great laser range finder all in one package at a phenomenal price. These sell for $760 and up and I basically took them out of the box to use once. I still have the box and everything that came with them from the manufacturer including some good quality caps and a nice carry strap. I didn’t even take the stickers off of them as you can see from the picture. I really hate to sell these but no job means having to part with some items that aren’t a requirement. I’ll take $735 for these which INCLUDES shipping (buyer pays ins if they want it) in the continental US (incl AK & HI) and I can take payment via USPS money order or Paypal GIFT payment to avoid fee or buyer to add 3.5% to cover Paypal fees. I don’t see too many of these for sale used because those who buy them, keep them so to save a few bucks on what is basically a brand new pair of Fusion 1600 is a good deal for someone.
Here’s the review I posted previously:
“OK fellas, finally got a chance to test these out in the real world today. Went with deisel and a few other guys to a range today and took my 1600’s along with me. deisel took his Swarovskis for ranging duties (even though the range we went to had known distances) and when we arrived to meet our party one of the other guys (named Kerry) also had the 1600’s which he had recently purchased. As some have reported the binos do have a bit of a blue tint and from the sounds of it that’s necessary for the LRF portion. The blue didn’t bother me much but they were very sharp and quite bright and clear… even with a slight tinge of blue present. I didn’t see it as anything that would drive me nuts. We started off ranging from about 300yds and know that the distance was right at about 340yds. deisel broke out his Swaro’s and I my 1600’s. To our surprise we both ranged exactly 343yds. Kerry ranged with his pair of 1600’s and also get exactly 343yds from our location to the targets. So far so good. Now, with the way this range is set up there’s an underground bunker for pulling down targets and checking and putting back up. From that bunker to the berms is the exact distance… 300, 400 and so on. Behind that is a large berm is a set of HUGE wooden boards with the lane number on each one. Just in front of that is the berm where we had placed our steel… roughly 40yds beyond the bunker and why we were getting 343yds at the 300yd berm. As we worked our way back at each location we all three would range and all three would come up with the same results (plus or minus a yard depending on where each person was standing) and then verified as we each moved to the same distances. This continued with rather boring accuracy (even though I was getting more and more satisfied with my purchase w/each confirmation) all the way out to 800yds. Now as soon as we went to the 1000yd area we noticed a difference. deisel with his Swaro was unable to target the actual steel targets and instead had to range using the giant wooden lane boards. I ranged to the same boards and got the same distance. The surprising part was when I was able to range to an EXACT IPSC size steel at 1000yds. You guessed it… 1047yds from where we sat at benches which was 4yds behind the shooting line. Exactly what it should have been. So, it was an informal test by but I really didn’t expect it to outperform the Swaro in any way (save for doubling as binos and costing less) at all but it appeared as though it actually did. With the bullseye setting on the 1600 I think you’re more able to pick out smaller exact targets. It also seemed to produce results quicker than the Swaro at longer distances. The elevation indicator is also a neat bonus but I’m not sure how useful it will be in action. A couple days ago after they arrived I took them to an open area not too far from my house and was ranging different hills standing at the foothills looking west towards them. I then turned around as there was a string of houses that got progressively further and started with the closest… 1009yds. As I worked my way back I was amazed at how high the numbers were getting. The last number I was able to get (before a hill blocked the houses further) was 1714yds! I’m not 100% sure as to the accuracy but looking at them w/o these I would have guessed it seemed it could have been pretty close. I just didn’t think this was possible with these based on the manufacturer’s specs but they do indeed to get you out to about a mile or so.”