Trijicon is getting a new laser range finder ready for the market that also reads the wind.



It uses lidar to measure the movement of particulates in the air to measure the wind in three dimensions at six ranges.

I don't think anyone has yet seen even a prototype "in the wild" but there are several websites offering technical insight into how it works, but I can't find what I consider the most important detail. I haven't seen anything that says the 'standard' device does anything except read the wind and provide the shooter the raw data.



This (from Trijicon's website) presumably is a simulation of the image seen through the viewfinder. And all it would appear to give the shooter ... is raw data. So it's still up to the shooter to incorporate that raw data into his firing solution. Which means it's still shooter experience über alles.

This guy says it's going to be retail for $8000. And the optional Bluetooth costs another $500. Bluetooth lets the LRF communicate with their app on your smartphone to produce a true ballistic solution. So I'd call the 'standard' device YUGELY overpriced and I think it's pretty damn cheesy of Trijicon to even offer a version without Bluetooth. Or without a ballistic solution computer built into the device itself.

It will range to 5000 yards but only read the wind to 500. Which is pretty paltry in wind-reading terms but I suspect that will improve with time, provided they sell enough of these for 8 thou.