I have a Leupold RX-1000i TBR, probably 7+ years old. It has very little time on it and has been stored in a safe for a couple years without a battery in it. You could say it has led a fairly useless life having very little field time on it. I dug it out and put a fresh battery in it and it wouldn't turn on. I verified the new battery had full voltage and was put in correctly, nothing. I called Leupold and they indicated it "just went bad". They couldn't help me since it was out of warranty, understandable, however they did offer a substantial discount on a new model. The thought here however is if these Leupolds "just go bad", I'm not that excited to get another one.

So, have you ever had a rangefinder (of any brand) just up and quit on you for no apparent reason?