Emlid Reach RS3 Full Review After One Month
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- Join me, a professional land surveyor, as I dive deep into my personal experience with the Emlid Reach RS3 GNSS receiver. Not sponsored, this review is based on real-world application in various surveying conditions. Discover how Emlid's Reach RS3 stands up to the industry-favorite Trimble R12i, including a detailed comparison of their features, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness.
Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:25 Unboxing and General Info
02:40 Emlid Flow Presentation
08:27 How to Get Started on Site
09:11 Emlid vs Trimble Results
10:49 How to Stakeout Points
11:30 Tilt Compensating Test
12:53 How to Survey Using Codes
14:34 Export Survey Data as DXF
15:48 Pro's and Cons
18:45 Conclusion
🔹 What's Inside:
- Unboxing and first impressions of the Emlid Reach RS3
- Overview of the Emlid 360 app functionalities
- Direct comparisons with Trimble R12i on accuracy and usability
- Practical insights from use in different weather conditions and terrains
- Detailed tutorial on setting up points and lines, and data import/export
- Final verdict on whether the Emlid Reach RS3 is worth the investment
🔹 Why Watch?
If you're considering a cost-effective GNSS receiver that promises professional-grade results, this review will provide you with the essential information from another professional's perspective. Whether you're dealing with topographical surveys or setting out work, find out how the Emlid Reach RS3 can meet your needs without breaking the bank.
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Thats a proper good review, thanks a lot!
Thank you! I am glad that you found it useful 👌🏼
Great review, thanks! I have used the RS2+ in the field with two antennas, base and rover setup. Even in a hilly wooded area, I have had no issues with this equipment. Highly recommend.
Thank you! I think it does great job for the price
Awesome video!!
Thank you very much!
Mulțumesc frate pentru acest video 👍
Cu placere, ma bucur ca a ajutat 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing this type of content, I have also bought these equipments, RS2+ and RS3, I think they are fantastic, if you use them as a base and rover you can have greater precisions. in short, I am in love with these teams. a hug from Miami. Thanks
Hi Predro, thank you for your comments. I think this equipment does a great job for the money that we paid for it.
I may look in the future to purchase another rover and use them on construction sites.
All the best wishes my friend!
Great overview. Also the main differences will come out once you get into more challenging enviroment ie multipath. The cheaper receivers can and will give you false fixes.
Thank you for your remark.
That is 100% true, that’s why I recommend to check a known point before you start your survey works and to try to use it on clear enviroments.
I tried to keep it simple so more people understand that this device is ok but it has limits compared with premium brands.
The difference between Emlid and Trimble is that Trimble receivers reduce a lot the multipath and also Trimble uses RTX which gives even more options for corrections. On top of that is very important to use a reliable correction service.
At this price, I can’t complain too much as my primary purpose was to install control points and to reduce my equipment hiring costs.
Hi. Great video again. following on from the discussion the other day about the limitations of the surveying software (emlid flow) there are other survveying apps available which i havent had time to look into yet - i noticed that QGIS do one thats GNSS compatible and have seen others listed.
re the battery hotspot thing - its worth noting that if you put a sim card in the RS3 (i got one for £4/month with 3 gigs of data) you can run the RS3 in bluetooth mode which is a lot more battery friendly. figured £4/month was better than killing my phone battery.
Hi Glyn, thank you for your comment. It depends what you are using the GNSS receiver for, and what expectation you have from it. At this price I can't complaint too much, to be honest.
You can export Shapefile for QGIS, but I personally use LSS for Topo Surveys and other where I import a CSV format Name, Easting, Northing, Level and Code.
Thank you for the SIM card tip, I will probably go on that route also 👍.
@@flyingsurveyor will have a look at LSS - thanks for the tip
@@glynbarrett1961 it depends what deliverable you want. If will you get stuck drop me a message on LinkedIn
@@flyingsurveyor i completely forgot about your comment about LSS so didnt get to look into it. did manage a workaround using QGIS and CSV output from Emlid Flow though. logged the layers i wanted the surveyed features tagging to in the description, exported as csv, loaded into QGIS and exported as DXF with the relevant field set to be the layer. loaded into BricsCAD no problem with the fields set. probably took longer to explain it than do it, but it does work.
@@glynbarrett1961 I know it work, 10 years ago I used ArcGIS for land register projects in Africa. It just not the quickest process for me 😆. Glad you find a way 💪🏻
Can you please recommend and good cheap NTRIP service for my RTK module - DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise in UK
The cheapest reliable NTRIP service that I can think is Premium Positioning. It's yearly £900 + VAT for 40 hours per month (you probably don't need more in UK) and now you can get 3 months free trial
coptrz.com/shop/software/premium-positioning-rtk-license/
I didn't use it but I know there are other drone pilots that use this service.
Also you can use PPK but I recommend to do some tests before use it on paid jobs.
I will probably make a video about how to process PPK data with Emlid.
Great video thanks!
I am new to GNSS and looking for a system to measure vertical movement (settlement of ground).
My question, is it possible to achieve 10 mm accuracy in the vertical direction? If so, it is only with PPK, using the base and rover setup?
Do you need a know point beforehand? If yes, how do you obtain that know point?
I think that it all depends of your site and expectations. The GNSS manufactures claim vertical accuracies of 7mm for PPK, 15mm for RTK base and rover and 25mm for NTRIP. From my experience GNSS vertical measurements can bounce a few centimeters because it depends of a lot of factors. The best monitoring results I got by surveying with a total station or level instrument, but again it all depends of the site and the expected accuracy
Hello. I am a surveyor in France and I also have a Trimble R12i that I use with Trimble Access. I also purchased a RS3 to serve as a base for my R12i and drone with Emlid Caster. I measured some control points with my R12 and VRS Now. Then I measured the same point with the RS3 and VRS Now. I got a difference between 3 and 5 cm. But when I set up the RS3 as a base for the R12 as a rover with Emlid Caster, I got errors between 25cm to 6 meters. Did you try to use your R12 as a rover with the RS3 as a base over Emlid Caster ?
Hi there, unfortunately I didn’t use the RS3 as base yet for the R12i, because R12i from this video was hired.
Also, as I said in the video, I got the Emlid RS3 to use it primarly with VRS Now and cut my hire costs. I am looking to buy also a Trimble GNSS in the future so I will probably will look to use the RS3 as a base.
Did you checked the protocols, frequence, datums and other settings to be the same? If all are the same try to contact Emlid support, an there is also there is an Emlid forum.
@@flyingsurveyor If you are one man business then the Trimble stuff is not worth the money. The price for the R12i is so high, and there are newer receivers out there that are even better. Most of the high end GNSS use similar motherboards inside. Im very happy with my Stonex S900+ that i got on a good deal(5000€). Also the fieldcontroller software that they offer Cube-a is very easy to use and has all the needed functions. Looking to save up for a Ropotic totalstation from Stonex also. (12000€ for a 1" machine). Dealer and service network at least in Europe is very good also.
Do you have any comparison to CHCNAv receivers aswell? Seems that they have more channels and the price it's kind the same. Thanks!
Unfortunately not, I have been using only Trimble and Leica recently. I used Emlid RS3 on different job and as long as you stay away from buildings, it doesn't lose it's signal.
I think the biggest difference between the GNSS receivers is the field software.
I guess it depends for what are you use it for.
Emlid has as advantage the Caster service that allows you to create your NTRIP service for free (which sends corrections thru internet to any receiver), and Emlid Flow that allows you to post process (PPK) GNSS static data (I have in my plans to make a video about it).
Emlid is very simple to use, and that is the reason is prefered by drone pilots and non-surveyors.
You can add a laser rangefinder and get spots entering the distance measured by the laser. its like having a 50m pole.
There is a chinese company that makes something like that 😅
www.comnavtech.com/new_RTK.html
Can you explain how to do this?
@@tuliosoto4546 there is already a Chinese company who produce these kind of GPS, check out my like up ⬆️.
It's basically a disto installed on the bottom of the GNSS receiver.
@@flyingsurveyor thanks for the quick reply, I am aware that there are products. I own a RS3 and adding a laser rangefinder can be quite useful for some of my applications
@@tuliosoto4546 think of it as a disto and a GPS receiver combined. It's not as complicated as it sound.
As long as you align the centre of the receiver with the laser, create a custom mount for the disto and the mount offset to the pole height is fine. Also you will need to add manually the pole height which is the disto reading plus eventual the mount offset.
Can you calculate volumes with the app if you input depth data?
I am affraid that you can't calculate volumes.
You can export data to another software or use a Trimble GNSS with Trimble Access.
Have you considered a rockbase for your ntrip corrections?
Hi there, I am a professional Land Surveyor and having reliable RTK corrections for my GNSS receiver is very important. Basicaly I need to know that I have coverage and get RTK corrections almost everywhere I work in the UK. After I talked also with other people from Survey industry I found out that Trimble VRS Now offers the best coverage in the UK by using goverment bases and private bases (owned by Trimble partners).
Rockbase looks like a private project where the network is made from bases owned by private persons who bought the equipment from them. To be honest I don’t know how well these bases are maintained and by the look of the coverage map in Scotland there is no bases and in England there are a few but the distribution is really poor.
If you want to have RTK corrections without paying for a NTRIP service, I think you will be better buying a Emlid receiver (RS2+ or RS3) to use it as a base. The process is simple but takes a bit more time: set the base on a point that you calculate PPK with Emlid Studio and transmit corrections thru Caster service to your RTK drone or GNSS rover.
I may make a video about it in the future🤔.
@@flyingsurveyor yeah for sure, I use a base rover set up for ground control and my rockbase for corrections to my drone or to get a location for my base. When you said the tumble one was expensive I figured I’d mention it🤙
@@marcusgilmore4311 cool! I am happy it works out for you 💪🏻
emlid reach is a dual-frequency receiver. It's not a multifrequency receiver. In the same price range, today there are much better receivers with field software that Trimble users (like me) would be jealous of. For me, it's not worthing at all.
Emlid Reach RS3 has only L1 and L2 not L5 and 184 channels and for less €3000 I can’t complain too much. It all depends what you plan to use it for.
As I said at the end of the video it does a decent job if you work in open areas but is not productive as Trimble R12i. I am a Trimble user and that’s why we are paying the premium price for it, because it has a great hardware and software.
Most of the people that buy Emlid, use them for control points, small surveys or to use it as RTK base for drone surveys.
I didn’t find any videos before I bought this GNSS receiver, so I made this video for other surveyors to know what to expect if they thinking getting one and make their own decision if it suits their needs.