I don't know the prices for maintenance of the vz400 which is an older instrument. For the vz400i this is definitely not the case but i was talking about software prices, not hardware. I even don't even want to hear those from Leica as i know the Faro maintenance plans which are also very expensive for a bad service.Ioannis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:08 pmMy friend you are right that Riegl is a great instrument but let's take a look at the riegl maintenance service A is for 3000 hours and a second every 10 years or 15.000 hours.landmeterbeuckx wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:35 pmWhen i read these prices they ask for their software and add-on packages it really blows my mind. A while ago i read something about a 2500€ annual fee to extract panoramic images from a blk360. WTF!
I hear people are spending thousands a year for all these Leica software add-ons. I pay a merely 1500€ a year maintenance and am up to date and can deliver all the data i want. I can easily stop maintenance on software and keep working for years with my current versions.
Buying a blk for 15k and then having to cough up another 2500 a year to export panoramic images is ridiculous.