Description
We have built upon the success and feedback from the Chorus and the Anabat Swift to develop a fully customisable, long-lasting wildlife recorder. The Ranger includes all of the features you have come to expect from Titley Scientific recorders: durable in tough field conditions, easy-to-use, compact, lightweight and with built-in GPS.
Choose from a wide range of microphones including low-profile side-mount or front-mounted acoustic microphones, and front-mounted omnidirectional or directional ultrasonic microphones – all of which are weatherproof, highly sensitive and easily user replaceable in the field. Front-mounted microphones can also be fitted to extension cables up to 100m. Whether you want to record birds in stereo, frogs in the rain, bats up a mast, or all three at once, the Ranger is the wildlife recorder for you.
Setting up is simple; use our preset recording modes and the GPS will determine your location, sunset and sunrise times to record precisely when needed. No phones or external devices are needed for setup – you can adjust the settings using the internal colour touchscreen. It is easy to create complex multi-task schedules on device or using the Toolbox scheduler built into Insight. Deploy for long periods with 8 AA battery capacity (100 nights ultrasonic or 700 hours acoustic*) or use the external power with or without solar panels for extended or permanent installation. The camouflage, robust housing has multiple mounting points for everything from cable ties to camera-tripod mounts to elastic straps, or if you want extra security, you can purchase the security box and python lock accessory.
Watch our featured video below and learn more about Ranger on Al Milano’s Bat Detector Reviews blog.
You have the choice between our user-replaceable acoustic and ultrasonic microphones. The Ranger has three channels (A, B, and C), so you can customise your microphone setup to record:
- Mono (1 channel) acoustic. Low-profile side-mounted or extension-mount.
- Stereo (2 channels) acoustic. Low-profile side mounted.
- Mono (1 channel) ultrasonic. Front-mounted, omnidirectional or directional options.
- Or any combination of the above simultaneously, or on a custom schedule.
All microphones feature a high-performance microphone element, with built-in low noise preamplifiers, low noise floor and are weather resistant.
*Ultrasonic battery life estimations based on 10% bat activity at 25°C and 10-hour nights recording at 320ksps using 8 alkaline AA batteries. Acoustic battery life estimations based on continuous mono recording at 32ksps using 8 alkaline AA batteries.
The Ranger is the ‘bee’s knees’ in my book. I have several of the anabat passive detectors including Express and Chorus, all very capable in their own way but the Ranger leaves them way behind in terms of features and ease of use. I am able to use just one device; the Ranger, to record NocMig, small rodents and bats all at the same time. Using the AnaBat Insight desktop software, setting up the different profiles and schedules is a breeze and the software will also warn you of potential errors or conflicts and suggest alternative configurations to reduce possible issues and ensure the best possible recordings. The User Interface on the Ranger is a delight to use and so easy to understand. The information and the system configuration is displayed in clear text with the helpful use of different colors too. On start up – the automatic system diagnostics are run leaving you with a high level of confidence that all the different recording settings are correct with no conflicts. The Ranger can handle 2 SD cards at once plus 8 AA batteries; 4 in the main body & 4 in the lid. As I often leave the device out in the field for several weeks at a time, these extra items are a huge benefit. When deploying other devices such as the Express and even the Chorus, I’m never too certain on how well or not the devices have operated during their deployment, sometimes with disappointing results. However, I can honestly say that I have never had such reservations when recovering the Ranger. It is quite literally heads and shoulders above anything else that I’ve used. Highly recommended!
My favourite detector in Titley’s line up. I have deployed mine dozens of times, and it hasn’t failed me yet. The upgrades to the battiery enclosures, easy to read and follow screen/setup and rock soild build are the key feature I like.
Everything I loved about the chorus (self-contained recorder – no need for an app – that’s easy to use) but in a more complete package that allows for microphone cables and longer deployments. Definitely a device I’d recommend to people who need long microphone cables (e.g. met masts) or long deployments (>2 weeks).