Bushnell Pinseeker problems... anybody else having this issue??

[youngskip40]

I bought a Bushnell Pinseeker 1500 Tournament Edition over the winter, and up until the last few rounds it's been great. It would regularly scope targets with ease well over 300 yards, and beginning just recently, it has slowly but surely given me more and more problems until now it is unreliable at best for anything beyond about 150 yards. Most of the time I will just hold down the button and try to hold as still as possible but it will just stay as 3 blank dash marks (indicating it is not picking up the yardage).

Unfortunately there is no information on the Bushnell website nor is their information regarding this kind of a problem in the troubleshooting section of the manual.

I know there is a 2 year limited warranty but I'm sure this requires a receipt and I do not have the receipt.

Anybody have any idea what the problem might be? Or has anybody had similar problems, either with Bushnell or another laser rangefinder?

Any tips or solutions would be much appreciated!

[goblue107501]

#1. Change the battery and see if that fixes it. Mine was doing goofy things this spring when I first brought it out after the winter and after a battery change it worked like a charm.

#2. If that doens't work, contact Bushnell directly. If it is new and under some sort of warranty, they will probably do something for you. I wouldn't worry about the receipt. A model number or serial number on the device should be enough to tell them when it was made.

[Fourputt]

Never had an issue with my Bushnell Tour V2, so I can't say. This is starting my 3rd season with it and I couldn't be happier.

[danieldrieberg]

I have the same problem. I contacted Bushnell. When out of warranty the cost of renewing the rangefinder approaches a new price.

[callowaa]

Had same problem... sent it back to Bushnell for repair and they are charging me 384.00 .... what a rip