While working at different companies, I've used the following all day through either BC rain and/or SW Ontario summer/snow.?ÿ They all had their quirks, but they all worked.?ÿ Residential/commercial construction to highway to railway to topographical survey to cadastral boundary work.
-Trimble 5603 ("red dot")
-SP Focus 10 ("blue dot")
-Leica TCRA1103
-Leica TCRP1203
-iCon ICR70
-Carlson CR5
-Carlson CRx2
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If it's been Trimble or Leica/Hexagon, they have all been pretty decent.?ÿ Each had its quirks, but the job got done at the end of the day.?ÿ The biggest thing was to remember to swap the batteries at lunch on the charger in the truck.?ÿ Even if you don't need to, a dead battery wasn't an excuse for any company that I worked at.?ÿ If it needed to be recelled, recell it.?ÿ They would gladly pay for the cigarette lighter charger.