New Laser Rangefinder - Do you have one?

Glennehurst Professional Champion
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Hello all. Been playing a lot of golf lately however tired of getting the yardages wrong using my GPS app and sonocaddie. SO, I decided to research and purchase a laser rangefinder. Am I cheap NO, am I frugal somtimes. I do believe most of the time you get what you pay for. After many days of research and even using two different rangfinders I purchased a Nikon Prostaff 3 model for $149.00 from Gander Moutain. It is made for Golf no, it's primary purpose is for hunting however I have found it to be very accurate out to 225 yards on the flag and 500 yards to anything else on the course. If the flags are reflective then it will range to 500 yards altough very hard to keep steady. Of course I am not ranging to 500 yards for the purpose of Golf but hunting as in the off season when I am not aiming for "birdies" I shoot for deer. So far I am very happy with this base model as it is accurate in half yard increments and also has a scan feature with 8 second auto shutoff. It fits in the palm of my hand and perfectly in a cup holder found on most golf carts. So the question is: What kind of rangefinder do you have and what is your biggest gripe with it?
Mongo68 Legend
# 1 10/4/2013 2:56:27 PM
I use a GPS as nobody other than the pros are accurate down to the yard. Is a rangefinder more accurate? Yes, but a GPS can tell me how far to a hidden bunker or hazard. How far to the front and back of an elevated green. A rangefinder can only give you what you can aim it at. Sure it can tell you that an elevated flag is 182 yards away but is the flag in the front or the back? Is there trouble you need to carry that you can't see due to the elevated green? For me and my game, it's a GPS. To each his own and I know everyone has there preferences one way or the other.
Glennehurst Professional Champion
# 2 10/4/2013 3:03:18 PM
I use a GPS as nobody other than the pros are accurate down to the yard. Is a rangefinder more accurate? Yes, but a GPS can tell me how far to a hidden bunker or hazard. How far to the front and back of an elevated green. A rangefinder can only give you what you can aim it at. Sure it can tell you that an elevated flag is 182 yards away but is the flag in the front or the back? Is there trouble you need to carry that you can't see due to the elevated green? For me and my game, it's a GPS. To each his own and I know everyone has there preferences one way or the other. True however I am now finding I need to know the exact yardage to a bunker, water hazard or other point that my current GPS does not give me. I also just realized that during my range sessions I will be able to get exact yardages to each flag on the range which will be very helpful. Funny Ben Hogan story...so Ben had a temp caddie give him a yardage one time thus the conversation went something like this....So Mr. Hogan the yardage is 157 or 158. Ben just stood there and looked at him when the caddie did not reply, Ben said "so which one is it?" Am I that accurate NO however I am now playing to a level that requires that knowledge to make the best decsion on the course.
armygrunt47 Professional Champion
# 3 10/4/2013 7:27:36 PM
I have a Bushnell V2. I have exactly zero to complain about. It has worked perfectly on everything that I have used it for.
Tim Conroy Professional Champion
# 4 10/4/2013 7:28:05 PM
I have a leupold GX-1 and it conforms. I small, accurate, and easy to use. I have a sky caddie I almost never use. I am not good enought that the accuracy makes any difference. There is something comforting about the exact distance to the pin. It most assuredly purely mental, but when it comes to golf comfort and confidence is an underrated facet.
Vincedaddy Legend
# 5 10/4/2013 9:06:13 PM
Once I get signed up for Obamacare I will be asking my new Gov't Dr for one of these! Steve Austin's bionic hardware[edit source] A bionic left eye with a 20.2:1 zoom lens along with a night vision function (as well as the restoration of normal vision). The figure of 20.2:1 is taken from the faux computer graphics in the opening credits; the only figure actually mentioned in the series, by Austin himself, is 20:1, in the episode "Population: Zero". Austin's bionic eye also has other features, such as an infrared filter used frequently to see in the dark and also to detect heat (as in the episode "The Pioneers"), and the ability to view humanoid beings moving too fast for a normal eye to see (as in the story arc "The Secret of Bigfoot"). One early episode shows the eye as a deadly accurate targeting device for his throwing arm.

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Hello all. Been playing a lot of golf lately however tired of getting the yardages wrong using my GPS app and sonocaddie. SO, I decided to research and purchase a laser rangefinder. Am I cheap NO, am I frugal somtimes. I do believe most of the time you get what you pay for. After many days of research and even using two different rangfinders I purchased a Nikon Prostaff 3 model for $149.00 from Gander Moutain. It is made for Golf no, it's primary purpose is for hunting however I have found it to be very accurate out to 225 yards on the flag and 500 yards to anything else on the course. If the flags are reflective then it will range to 500 yards altough very hard to keep steady. Of course I am not ranging to 500 yards for the purpose of Golf but hunting as in the off season when I am not aiming for "birdies" I shoot for deer. So far I am very happy with this base model as it is accurate in half yard increments and also has a scan feature with 8 second auto shutoff. It fits in the palm of my hand and perfectly in a cup holder found on most golf carts.

So the question is:
What kind of rangefinder do you have and what is your biggest gripe with it?

Mongo68

Legend

# 1 10/4/2013 2:56:27 PM

I use a GPS as nobody other than the pros are accurate down to the yard. Is a rangefinder more accurate? Yes, but a GPS can tell me how far to a hidden bunker or hazard. How far to the front and back of an elevated green. A rangefinder can only give you what you can aim it at. Sure it can tell you that an elevated flag is 182 yards away but is the flag in the front or the back? Is there trouble you need to carry that you can't see due to the elevated green?

For me and my game, it's a GPS. To each his own and I know everyone has there preferences one way or the other.

Glennehurst

Professional Champion

# 2 10/4/2013 3:03:18 PM

I use a GPS as nobody other than the pros are accurate down to the yard. Is a rangefinder more accurate? Yes, but a GPS can tell me how far to a hidden bunker or hazard. How far to the front and back of an elevated green. A rangefinder can only give you what you can aim it at. Sure it can tell you that an elevated flag is 182 yards away but is the flag in the front or the back? Is there trouble you need to carry that you can't see due to the elevated green?

For me and my game, it's a GPS. To each his own and I know everyone has there preferences one way or the other.

True however I am now finding I need to know the exact yardage to a bunker, water hazard or other point that my current GPS does not give me. I also just realized that during my range sessions I will be able to get exact yardages to each flag on the range which will be very helpful. Funny Ben Hogan story...so Ben had a temp caddie give him a yardage one time thus the conversation went something like this....So Mr. Hogan the yardage is 157 or 158. Ben just stood there and looked at him when the caddie did not reply, Ben said "so which one is it?" Am I that accurate NO however I am now playing to a level that requires that knowledge to make the best decsion on the course.

armygrunt47

Professional Champion

# 3 10/4/2013 7:27:36 PM

I have a Bushnell V2. I have exactly zero to complain about. It has worked perfectly on everything that I have used it for.

Tim Conroy

Professional Champion

# 4 10/4/2013 7:28:05 PM

I have a leupold GX-1 and it conforms. I small, accurate, and easy to use. I have a sky caddie I almost never use. I am not good enought that the accuracy makes any difference. There is something comforting about the exact distance to the pin. It most assuredly purely mental, but when it comes to golf comfort and confidence is an underrated facet.

Vincedaddy

Legend

# 5 10/4/2013 9:06:13 PM

Once I get signed up for Obamacare I will be asking my new Gov't Dr for one of these!

Steve Austin's bionic hardware[edit source]

A bionic left eye with a 20.2:1 zoom lens along with a night vision function (as well as the restoration of normal vision). The figure of 20.2:1 is taken from the faux computer graphics in the opening credits; the only figure actually mentioned in the series, by Austin himself, is 20:1, in the episode "Population: Zero". Austin's bionic eye also has other features, such as an infrared filter used frequently to see in the dark and also to detect heat (as in the episode "The Pioneers"), and the ability to view humanoid beings moving too fast for a normal eye to see (as in the story arc "The Secret of Bigfoot"). One early episode shows the eye as a deadly accurate targeting device for his throwing arm.

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