what range finder should I buy?

[san-pancho-mex]

I was thinking the new leupold. Any thoughts?
thanks for any responses.

[plugged]

I have a Leica CRF 1200. It is pricey, but I almost always get a reading. Can't say that for my Bushnell.

[iacas]

I was thinking the new leupold. Any thoughts?
thanks for any responses.

That's what I'd get.

[joa]

I owned a few....Leupold is the one I kept.

I also own the uPro GPS.

[Dub]

been wondering the same thing myself....played at a sweet local course yesterday, The River Golf Club.

They use a Laser Link system that you rent (which I did) you simply point it at the vicinity of the flag and it shoots an exact yardage. There is some type of prism on the top of the flagstick that it locks on. It was an absolute delight.

I'm gonna have to add a quality rangefinder....one that has the "pin-seeking" mode to provide simular resutls to the thing I used yesterday.

[gogolfing]

I was thinking Leupold or Bushnell, and ended up with the Bushnell more because the Leupold are tough to get in Canada, and I had tried some other guys Bushnell and new what to expect. I have been very happy with my Bushnell, but have heard great things about the Leupold, I just haven't been able to try one myself.

[srjorion]

I was fortunate to be one of the winners of the Leupold contest and absolutely love my GX-I.

[Mr3Putt]

I have a Leica CRF 1200. It is pricey, but I almost always get a reading. Can't say that for my Bushnell.

What Bushnell are you referring to?

I have Bushnell Medalist with the Pinseeker. For golf purposes, I'll put it up against any rangefinder on the market. There's never an "almost always" reading, I ALWAYS, without fail, get the right number.

Look, I'm sure Leupolds' are fine units, but they're not the second coming!

Bushnell's been in the game for a while too. My first Bushnell lasted for years, I bought it at Walmart it was $199 in the hunting department. No Pinseeker feature, after 4-5 years of golf bag abuse, I sold it to my friend for archery hunting. He is still using it 5 years later.

I then "upgraded" to 400 series Bushnell. Again I paid around $200, used it for 3-4 years, golf bag abuse, yada, yada,... Sold it through these very forums to a guy who apparently loves it still.

Now I have my Medalist with Pinseeker. Love it. Field tested by me. Always get the reading almost instantly. Durable as hell and uses 9 volt batteries you can buy at the gas station on the way to the course.

Speaking of batteries, I'll betcha I've used less than 7 batteries in all 10 years of using these Bushnells. The battery run time is nothing short of amazing. When the low battery warning starts flashing you still have 3 or 4 rounds left before final exhaustion.

As always, YMMV.:-D

[flap]

I still have my 400 which has been fixed once by Bushnell free of charge even though it was way out of warranty.The pieces on the flag stick that you talk about at least at Bethpage were given to the course by bushnell so the laser would pick it up in a flash.As far as I have seen the Red and Black courses both have them and they work like charms.The unit I have as I said is an older one without Pinseeker but with the reflectop on the top of the stick it does not matter.

[Newbie Collection Agency]

Is the slope option worth the extra coin?