Test drove the R10 yesterday. Dialed up the KYTC VRS and checked into a HARN monument. Recorded a few observed control points, 180 epochs, and hit x y z 0.02 or less. I like the electronic rod bubble on the TSC3 that the R10 supports. Very nice equipment.
Price for one unit?
~$25K I think.
> I like the electronic rod bubble on the TSC3 that the R10 supports.
I wonder how reliable it is. I see that you can set the eBubble sensitivity as high as 8 minutes, though I haven't seen anything in the Trimble literature that provides actual specs for the sensor.
Not that there is something wrong with the R10, but why would anyone pay $25k for a receiver when you can get the same accuracy performance for $9-10k from a number of other receivers? Just sayin...
> Test drove the R10 yesterday. Dialed up the KYTC VRS and checked into a HARN monument. Recorded a few observed control points, 180 epochs, and hit x y z 0.02 or less. I like the electronic rod bubble on the TSC3 that the R10 supports. Very nice equipment.
Like moths to a yellow flame. 🙂
Exactly. Why buy a 25k-27k receiver when everything else give you the same result. I mean electronic bubble is cool, but your rover pole has a bubble (that doesn't need to go to a service center for adjusting). A 75 foot drop is cool, when the heck are 95 percent if surveyors gonna be 75 feet up with nothing below them? And 440 channels? For what?
Not saying it isn't one of the coolest GPS out there, but cool costs too much.
Even Leica, who doesn't always sell the most inexpensive equipment has much less expensive gear available, a friend told me the Leica Viva GS14 can be had for under $10K if you already have a DC, I haven't confirmed that price with my dealer, BUT if true, why would you spend twice or more for the R10? I think there are other brands of kits available for even less, maybe even a base/rover setup for $25K. It just seems like a lot of coin, is the R10 going to allow that much more production?
SHG
Electronic level bubble is not anything new. Javad came out with that 2± years ago.
edit: Come to think of it. Two years ago is new. So, nevermind.
> I wonder how reliable it is.
Well, isn't the beauty part that you can always send your unit back to the dealer for a week or two whenever the software bubble quits working? This is a vast improvement over those old-fashioned analog bubbles that one is reluctant to send to the dealer every time it goes out of whack. I mean the repair guys just snicker at that, don't they? Now an E-BUBBLE, that's a challenge for them. If they can't fix it, you'll be laughing at them (or maybe not).
You can have a standard bubble on the rod.
Holly cow guys. The guy just said he liked the R10. Trimble is great equipment when you can afford it. And his company can definitely, afford it. I agree that there are many cheaper units out there, but many forget about local support, which is not at the highest level in that area of the country.
Hope the new job is going well. Keep those grumpy old Kentucky field crews in line. Please say hello to all three for me, they were a pleasure to work with.
Shelby,
I really, really feel that the pricing with GNSS receiver is going to change and soon. There are too many products out there that are under 10K and basically do whatever the surveyor wants to do. You still need to pay somewhat of a premium for good internal hardware design and quality RTK Engines.
The GS14 is the same internal hardware as a GS15, GS10, GS12, or GS08 units. The internals are all the same.
The GS14 is list price $ 9500 and it is loaded.
Standard in all GS14 units:
Built-in GSM modem and receive only Satel UHF radio. The Satel radio is compatible with Pac Crest.
GPS L1/L2, GLONASS and Galileo are licensed. Yes the Galileo constellation is not ready but the license is ready to go. L5 is not available in the GS14 for now because the GS15 has to have some unique selling points
RTK base or RTK Rover... both licensed. Unlimited (Network) RTK fully licensed.
Same internal web interface as GS15 or GS10. Internal 1 Gb Micro SD card and GSM SIM card slot.
Basically the GS15 with one battery shrunk down into a smaller housing.
I think Leica realizes that the pricing with all of the competition out there is changing.
Mark, thanks for the info, very interesting!
SHG
