Range finder with height measuring function

[John Wild]

Does any one know if any of the vortex range finders are capable of measuring tree heights?

I’m needing something for work but if I can get something I can use in the field as well all the better.

Normally it’s a Nikon forestry pro but it’s bright yellow.

Happy up to about £500

Thank you

 

[Andyquadra]

My brother has a Leica product that you can point at 2 different positions and it'll tell you the distance between them. Very cool, can measure the length of a roof top and quite a distance

 

[Tim.243]

Does any one know if any of the vortex range finders are capable of measuring tree heights?

I’m needing something for work but if I can get something I can use in the field as well all the better.

Normally it’s a Nikon forestry pro but it’s bright yellow.

Happy up to about £500

Thank you

If you made a simple trig jig @ 45deg then use how far back you are you will get the height...

 

[John Wild]

My brother has a Leica product that you can point at 2 different positions and it'll tell you the distance between them. Very cool, can measure the length of a roof top and quite a distance

I’ll have a look at that. Thanks man

 

[John Wild]

If you made a simple trig jig @ 45deg then use how far back you are you will get the height...

I’ve done that before, it’s for a surveys though so need something a little more efficient. Thanks though

 

[Tim.243]

I’ve done that before, it’s for a surveys though so need something a little more efficient. Thanks though

Get you cash out and buy the big yellow box...

 

[Steff]

Does any one know if any of the vortex range finders are capable of measuring tree heights?

I’m needing something for work but if I can get something I can use in the field as well all the better.

Normally it’s a Nikon forestry pro but it’s bright yellow.

Happy up to about £500

Thank you

Your Nikon forestry is the only one I know that does it out of the box.
Can‘t you just camouflage it with some tape? Personally I wouldn‘t be bothered by the colour, as long as it‘s not pink.

 

[Bowland blades]

Does any one know if any of the vortex range finders are capable of measuring tree heights?

I’m needing something for work but if I can get something I can use in the field as well all the better.

Normally it’s a Nikon forestry pro but it’s bright yellow.

Happy up to about £500

Thank you

anything that gives a reflection and an angle in degrees can do your job along with a pocket calculator

 

[JTO]

Used to be a 45 degree angle on axes, hang them vertically and eye up the top of the tree, then add the height of your eyes to the distance to the tree base.

 

[Paul 600]

Your Nikon forestry is the only one I know that does it out of the box.
Can‘t you just camouflage it with some tape? Personally I wouldn‘t be bothered by the colour, as long as it‘s not pink.

Tru pulse 360

 

[John Wild]

Your Nikon forestry is the only one I know that does it out of the box.
Can‘t you just camouflage it with some tape? Personally I wouldn‘t be bothered by the colour, as long as it‘s not pink.

Aye that will be the way to go. Just being a tart really.

 

[John Wild]

anything that gives a reflection and an angle in degrees can do your job along with a pocket calculator

Yeah that would work to be fair. 60 miles worth to get through. Looking for the easy option

 

[Alantoo]

Does any one know if any of the vortex range finders are capable of measuring tree heights?

I’m needing something for work but if I can get something I can use in the field as well all the better.

Normally it’s a Nikon forestry pro but it’s bright yellow.

Happy up to about £500

Thank you

I would be delighted to have one in yellow. The first time you drop it you will be grateful!

Blaze Orange and Yellow do not seem to figure much in deer vision. It is white faces, hands, blue clothes and uv whiteners in laundry soap that stick out to them apparently.

Can’t say whether other birds or beasts are sensitive to yellow and might let the deer know however.

I wrapped some of that self-adhering (it sticks to itself not to the wrapped object) camotape around a shiny stainless vacuum mug and a shiny aluminium shooting stick, (see the sort of rigorous stalking I do) and it has stood up to handling far better than I expected. That would be fine to wrap around the rangefinder, you could even operate the buttons through it.

Alan

 

[John Wild]

I would be delighted to have one in yellow. The first time you drop it you will be grateful!

Blaze Orange and Yellow do not seem to figure much in deer vision. It is white faces, hands, blue clothes and uv whiteners in laundry soap that stick out to them apparently.

Can’t say whether other birds or beasts are sensitive to yellow and might let the deer know however.

I wrapped some of that self-adhering (it sticks to itself not to the wrapped object) camotape around a shiny stainless vacuum mug and a shiny aluminium shooting stick, (see the sort of rigorous stalking I do) and it has stood up to handling far better than I expected. That would be fine to wrap around the rangefinder, you could even operate the buttons through it.

Alan

That’s pretty interesting. I suppose loads of folks in the states are all about the blaze orange.

I’ll deffo try the tape though thanks man

 

[Cawdor118]

Just use pythagoras theorem from your point A, top of tree B and bottom of the tree C?

 

[Taff]

Any cheap golf rangefinder allows scan , overhere the stealth brand is used in forestry as you have to be two tree lengths away from drag lines, in pounds approx 150

 

[Alantoo]

Just use pythagoras theorem from your point A, top of tree B and bottom of the tree C?

I use triangles to survey regularly. 3,4,5s and Pythagoras not so much.

How do you envisage Pythagoras’ theorem would help? You need to know the length of two sides to find the third. As it only works on right angle triangles A and C have to be level and the tree vertical with no trees in the way to get a distance reading from a spot on the same contour. On a hillside with tight curved contour lines it could be a bit trickier to see both top and bottom of the tree?

I think the Nikon tool would pay for itself very quickly. Always presuming it works on sine law rather than Pythagoras as well.

Alan

 

[JTO]

My Pulsar Digisight claims to give the horizontal distance to a target.

 

[Alantoo]

My Pulsar Digisight claims to give the horizontal distance to a target.

So you would get the same distance reading for the adjacent A:C as well as the hypotenuse A:B on a vertical tree?

So does my Nikon RifleHunter..you can turn that angle feature off in order to get the distance from you to the top of the tree but you would also have to take another reading to the base of the tree and then calculate the two triangles unless you were on the same contour as the tree base...

Alan

 

[JTO]

So you would get the same distance reading for the adjacent A:C as well as the hypotenuse A:B?

No, just the horizontal distance, taking into account the inclination, up or down. A mini geodometer, no stadia hairs to think about.