Rangefinder Feedback - All Input Welcome - Don't Be Shy

[xrayvizhen]

I've had a Bushnell Patriot V-something or other in my bag for about 10 years. It was made before the slope feature was introduced but it's all I need. The best thing about it, is not so much its accuracy, it's that it saves time.

Think of what we had to do to come up with a number. We had to find the 150-yard marker or maybe the yardage marks on a sprinkler head, pace off the distance to your ball, then try to figure out where on the green the hole was, front, middle or rear and estimate further. This way, you press the button and it's done.

On a separate note, I've heard or read somewhere that the lasers have a lifespan, something like a couple of thousand clicks, or something like that. Then I've also heard that as long as you don't drop it on a cart path which could cause the optics to get misaligned, or into a lake, it could last for 15 years or even longer. I'm not sure what's true and what isn't. All I know is mine still works.

[Be Still]

That's cool you still have yours!!

Around 2006, I had a Nikon 500 something and at those time, needless to say it cost me dearly during those early days of golf scopes, until I left it in a cart in Palm Springs sometime in 2014.  I have yet to find a better optic.

One of the things I really liked with the lens is knowing quick distances like you mentioned, especially or one example is knowing distances between the bunker lip and the flag.  Sometimes you may see a white flag thinking you have room for a say 150 shot in, but when the difference is only 10 yards between, it gives me a notion to play differently.