Bushnell Yardage Pro Tour Laser Rangefinder by Bushnell
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Digital camera reviews of Bushnell Yardage Pro Tour Laser Rangefinder
Digital camera Review: Wouldn't Work for Me
Summary: 1 Stars
I had high expectations when purchasing a laser range finder for use on the golf course. After a lot of research, I settled on the Pro Tour Laser.
As previous reviewers have stated, this unit is very hard to stabilize. I have a feeling this is true of all lasers.
Even with supporting both elbows on the hood of a car I found this unit very hard to find yardages for objects beyond 150 yards paricularly when bright sunlight is present.
On the golf course, finding the flag and obtaining a yardage at longer yardages is almost impossible if there are objects behind the flag such as trees or landscaping.
This unit has been returned and I have gone to a standard handheld GPS instead. Once the center of the green is initially saved as a waypoint, this is a very reliable and quick method to get a yardage, you just have to convert feet or 1/100's of a mile into yards. I do this with a chart taped on the back of the GPS. Accuracy is about 2-4 yards which is good enough for anyone but a vey low handicapper.
I am staying away from a laser finder until golf courses uniformly put reflectors on their poles.
Digital camera Review: Yardage Pro
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using the Yardage Pro on the golf course for about 6 weeks and would recommend it to anyone that wants accurate distances to the pin. I have no complaints.Digital camera Review: great distance control
Summary: 5 Stars
Works better than I could have hoped. I have used it for about a month and it is very simple to execute -- but you have to be able to hold somewhat steady which is not a problem for me. If you are someone who has the shakes -- may be a problem.
I have compared the accuracy to gps devices with guys playing with me. This is better since it gives you the actual yardage to the pin. Also, you can get yardage to another golfer in the field, and yardage to any object, bunker, tree etc., which the gps can't.
A lot of courses are not marked correctly, and, of course, yardage changes depending on how far off to the side of the fairway -- or even out of the fairway -- you are. This is where it is especially nice. There are times when without this device you are just flat out guessing.
This is an awesome piece of technology. It was well worth the price for me.