Bushnell 3200 elite with firefly question

[maroondog]

owner's manual talks about 2 minutes of flashlight one hour prior to use.

website states  10 second flashlight charge.

What is correct?

how do you use yours?

[Graybeard]

Ten or 15 seconds seems adequate to charge it up. I've not taken mine hunting yet as I got it over the summer and have only tried the Firefly feature here at the house. But it does work. Will give it a try this coming season but that doesn't start until Nov. 20.

[maroondog]

enjoy the page, thanks for the help,

yes in Mississippi our rifle season starts on 11/20 also.

Bad new I have a wedding  to attend that afternoon.  but I will get some hunt time in on the a.m.

[TheOpticZone]

Hey maroondog,

I hope that is not your wedding that you have to attend.  The new misses would not be to happy.  :wink:  :evil:

[maroondog]

nm

[The Pistoleer]

I'll be trying mine on 10/28 which is the early Wisconsin season in the CWD zones.

I to am somewhat confused about the length of time required but I count to a slow 30 and it seems to work.

I'll let you know if it works in the woods when the chips are down.

[Daniel]

I've got a 3200 with Firefly and Rainguard. To be honest, I've been dissappointed with mine. The Rainguard doesn't seem to stop the scope from fogging when I accidentally breath on it like I thought it would and the optics are not nearly as good as those of my Zeiss Conquests. I can hunt longer in the afternoon with the Conquests because I can see game with it quite a bit better as the day gets dark. It doesn't matter if you've got a lit reticle if you can't see the animal. I wish I had gone with the Elite 4200 instead of the 3200.

BTW, I'm a Mississippian also, though my favorite colors are Red and Blue. Good luck and good hunting this season.

[Zachary]

owner's manual talks about 2 minutes of flashlight one hour prior to use.

website states  10 second flashlight charge.

What is correct?

how do you use yours?

I don't think that there is a hard and fast rule, but I have discovered that the longer you use the flashlight to illuminate the reticle, the longer the reticle glows.  Seems to make sense and it does.  I don't time it, but I would think that I use a flashlight at least 45 seconds or so and it seems to last for about 30 min at the most - and keep in mind that as time passes, so too does the brightness - it doesn't just shut off like an electronic illuminated scope.

Zachary

[goose7856]

sry daniel i think u expected wayyyyyyy to much from your 3200......why do u think u payed $150 instead of $430??


Zeiss has some of the best optics made....and that includes swarovski, etc.....u shouldnt exspect so much out of a scope that hardly compares to a middle class Nikon....just my .02

[WNY_Whitetailer]

So let me get this straight...You charge the firefly up for 2 minutes and it is supposed to glow for 1 hour.  I was under the impression that the firefly stays lit for about 15 mins or so.  Can anyone tell me otherwise from experience?  I understand that the longer you charge it the longer it should glow but there has to be a ceiling somewhere.