Kestrel 5700 Elite

The Kestrel 5700 Elite Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics is a comprehensive weather meter for measurement and logging of primary environmental conditions, including wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, heat index, pressure, and altitude. It also contains a powerful ballistics calculator to help you hit your long-range shot on the first try. This meter employs the Applied Ballistics bullet library of custom drag models, an exact measurement of your bullet’s drag profile plus corrections for Aerodynamic Jump, Spin Drift, Coriolis, and Drop Scale Factoring to achieve accurate extended long-range shots.

What’s new with the Kestrel Elite Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics over the previous Kestrel 4500 Applied Ballistics series:

• Bluetooth LINK to Smartphones / Mobiel / Android / IOS
• Takes 1 AA battery (instead of 2 AAA)
• Battery door is in the back, sealed away from the motherboard, should your battery leak as was common with all the 4000 series
• Improved high resolution screen for any lighting (even sunlight) and easy on your eyes.
• Intuitive user-interface screen navigation
• Multiple Languages: English, French, German, Spanish
• Scratch and breakage-resistant window
• All meters include both options of Red (NV – Night Vision) & White backlights.
• Slightly bigger, not really noticeable difference. Fits same cases.

Since this meter Kestrel LINK (Bluetooth), you’ll want to download the Kestrel LiNK Ballistics app to your smart phone to load your guns / ammo to the meter. The new Kestrel Meters with Bluetooth include the software necessary to communicate wirelessly at a range of up to 100 feet with a clear line of site (walls or obstacles will effect this range).

Do I need a Dongle or Cable?

There is a free app for both Android and iPhone for the Ballistic Profile Loader. This is what you use to load your Gun/Ammo combinations to the Kestrel. You can NOT load your gun profiles from the Dongle.

The Kestrel 5000 USB cable is an option. This is most common to use with multiple meters. Example being, you need 20 AB meters, and you want to save money by not purchasing the LINK meters. You could get 20 non LINK meters, with just 1 cable and load up all your meters with the Mac/PC version of the Profile Loader. Otherwise, 98% of the Elite meters we sell have LiNK (Bluetooth).

All 5000 series meters will have both a bright green backlight, which is great for even high sunlight conditions, and a night-vision preserving backlight. The red night vision (NV) backlight incorporates optical filter to reduce overall brightness and minimize blue and green spectrum light to preserve night vision. (Note: This ‘night vision’ is not compatible with night-vision equipment.) Basically, with the red backlight, your eyes don’t need to adjust when looking from your meter to the horizon in night time use.

This Kestrel 5500 with Kestrel LINK will work in conjunction with compatible range finders like the Bushnell Elite 1 Mile CONX range finder you’ve been reading about. It will also work with many other apps on the market for ballistics and weather functions. It’s the most popular for ballistic applications due to the compass with crosswind functions.

The Kestrel applied ballistics meter combines sophisticated environmental sensing features with long-range shooting ballistics information in one hand-held device. The built in Applied Ballistics software provides all of the following:

• The accurate and trusted ‘Litz’ library of G1and G7 referenced Ballistic Coefficients (BC’s).
• Custom drag curve modeling; helpful in engaging targets beyond the supersonic range of the bullet.
• Ballistic Calibration (truing) feature allows you to ‘train’ the solver based on actual bullet impact.
• PC Loader software; build firearm profiles on your computer and transfer them via wire or Bluetooth

The Kestrel Shooter’s Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics Technology measures up to 15 environmental parameters and allows users to select from either G1 or G7 ballistic coefficients (BC) when calculating a trajectory at the range. The handy, portable meter also offers the “Litz” measured BC library of well over 200 bullets and growing, which is considered to be the most extensive source of measured data for modern small arms bullets. Users can also train the Kestrel Shooters Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics software to match a specific rifle based on observed impacts at long range with the ballistics calibration feature, which offers even more accurate data points for users to rely on. With easy access to more accurate BC data, shooters have everything they need to make a much more precise trajectory calculation in a compact and durable Kestrel meter design.

The Kestrel Shooter’s Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics allows users to select either G1or G7 ballistic coefficients, or to be even more specific and select from an entire library of Applied Ballistics Custom Curves for more than 200 common long-range bullets.

Please note that access to the full Applied Ballistics Custom Curve library REQUIRES the Applied Ballistics Profile Loader via the Cable, or loaded from you smartphone with LiNK, free from the App Store or Google Play. For full gun and bullet profile customization and backup, we recommend our customers purchase the unit with Bluetooth wireless data transfer for ease of use and functionality.

The Kestrel 5700 Elite with Applied Ballistics is a comprehensive weather instrument for measuring and recording primary environmental conditions, including wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, heat index, pressure, and altitude. It also contains a powerful ballistic calculator to help you hit your long-range shot on the first try. This meter uses the Applied Ballistics ball library of custom drag models, an accurate measurement of your ball’s drag profile as well as corrections for aerodynamic jump, spin drift, Coriolis.

What’s new with the Kestrel Elite Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics compared to the previous Kestrel 4500 Applied Ballistics series:

Bluetooth link to Smartphones / Mobiel / Android / IOS
Takes 1 AA battery (instead of 2 AAA)
The battery door is at the back, sealed away from the motherboard, in case of battery leakage, as was the case with all 4000 series
High-resolution screen enhanced for any lighting (even sunlight) and easy on the eyes.
Intuitive navigation in the user interface screen
Several languages: English, French, German, Spanish
Scratch and breakage resistant window
All meters include both red (NV – night vision) and white backlight options.

Slightly larger, not really noticeable difference. Suitable for the same cases.
From this Kestrel LINK (Bluetooth), you will want to download the Kestrel LiNK Ballistics app to your smartphone to load your weapons/ammunition onto the meter. The new Kestrel meters with Bluetooth include the software necessary to communicate wirelessly at a range of up to 100 feet with a clear line of site (walls or obstructions will affect this range).

Do I need a dongle or a cable?

There is a free app for Android and iPhone for Ballistic Profile Loader. This is what you use to load your Gun/Ammo combinations onto the Kestrel. You can NOT load your gun profiles from the dongle.

The Kestrel 5000 USB cable is an option. This is the most common to use with multiple meters. For example, you need 20 AB meters and you want to save money by not buying the LINK meters. You can get 20 non-LINK counters, with only 1 cable and load all your counters with the Mac/PC version of the Profile Loader. Otherwise, 98% of the Elite meters we sell have LiNK (Bluetooth).

All 5000 series meters will have both a bright green backlight, ideal even in high sunlight conditions, and a night vision preserving backlight. The red night vision (NV) backlight incorporates an optical filter to reduce overall brightness and minimize light from the blue and green spectrum to preserve night vision. (Note: this “night vision” is not compatible with night vision equipment). Basically, with the red backlight, your eyes don’t need to adjust when looking from your meter to the horizon during night use.

This Kestrel 5500 with Kestrel LINK will work in conjunction with compatible rangefinders such as the Bushnell Elite 1 Mile CONX rangefinder you have read about. It will also work with many other applications on the market for ballistic and weather functions. It is the most popular for ballistic applications because of the compass with crosswind functions.

The Kestrel Applied Ballistic Counter combines sophisticated environmental sensing capabilities with long-range fire ballistics information in a single handheld device. The integrated Applied Ballistics software provides all of the following:

The accurate and reliable “Litz” library of ballistic coefficients referenced G1 and G7 (BC).
Custom drag curve modeling; useful for engaging targets beyond the supersonic range of the bullet.
The truing feature allows you to “train” the solver based on the actual impact of the bullet.
PC Loader software; create firearm profiles on your computer and transfer them via wire or Bluetooth

The Kestrel Shooter with Applied Ballistics technology measures up to 15 environmental parameters and allows users to choose between G1 or G7 ballistic coefficients when calculating a trajectory from a distance. The handy, portable counter also offers the “Litz” measured BC library of over 200 bullets and growing, which is considered the most comprehensive source of measured data for modern small arms bullets. Users can also train the Kestrel Elite Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics software to match a specific rifle to observed hits at long range with the ballistic calibration feature, which provides even more accurate data points for users to rely on. With easy access to more accurate data, shooters have everything they need to perform a much more accurate trajectory calculation in a compact and durable Kestrel meter design.

The Kestrel Elite with Applied Ballistics allows users to select G1 or G7 ballistic coefficients, or to be even more precise and choose from a comprehensive library of custom applied ballistics curves for over 200 common long-range bullets.

Please note that access to the full library of Applied Ballistics custom curves REQUIRES the Applied Ballistics profile loader via cable, or loaded from your smartphone with LiNK, free from the App Store or Google Play. For full customization and backup of firearm and bullet profiles, we recommend our customers purchase the unit with Bluetooth wireless data transfer for easy use and functionality.