Buy the geovidr, it's a couple hundred more and not a colossal pile of [bleep] like the nikon or vortex..
Have you used the Nikon?
I have used four pair extensively compared directly against multiple Swarovski EL Ranges, Meopta MeoRange, Leica Geovids, etc. “Colossal pile of [bleep]” is not what I and about 20 other people have noted.
The range finder is excellent. The warranty covers electronics. The glass is not as good as the Swaros, Leica or Meopta, but it is pretty dang good. If I were to buy a Bino LRF today, for most uses I would buy the Nikons over the others.
As a total package the LaserForce is one of the top options in my opinion.
I've spent enough time behind them to feel pretty strongly that the glass sucks.. The edge to edge clarity is marginal, the detail/colors aren't there, and the light transmission leaves something to be desired. If you're shooting LR you still have to run dope which they don't do.
All things equal, if you have to have RF glasses, for a couple hundred more you can get the Leica Geovid HD-R's which have much better glass in them.
That being said, I'm not a huge fan of any of the RF glasses I've used or have owned. I'm not willing to give up optical clarity for the convenience.. If it's under 300 it's some variance of point and shoot, if it's over 300 I'm typically using the my kestrel/sig to do my heavy lifting.
I wouldn't feel at all confident glassing the country I hunt with them. I can say with great certainty that it would be headache city within a few hours and a lot of the fine detail work that I do would be impacted.
A lot of people have a lot of opinions, I'm sticking with mine.