Bushnell Rangefinders 450 Review
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Bushnell Yardage Pro Sport 450 Laser Rangefinder
Brand: Bushnell
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Feature
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* Compact design
* Weather resistant
* Textured grip
* 5-yard minimum distance
* One-button operation
Product Description
# Bushnell 2005 Yardage Pro Laser Rangefinders: Emits invisible, eyesafe, infrared energy pulses that are reflected off a selected target back to the receiving optics. Sophisticated circuitry and a high speed clock are used to instantaneously calculate distances
# Measure distances instantly and accurately to within one yard
# Eyesafe Class 1 laser
# Low battery indicator
# Includes a case and carry strap
# Two-Year Limited Warranty
Bushnell Yardage Pro Sport 450 Review
Originally picked this up to use on the golf course, but afterwards found out that even Bushnell says this is not the unit for golfers. It’s small, lightweight and accurate, but does not have a scan feature, meaning the distance measurement does not change as you move the sight from one object to the next. You must “shoot” the object, pick a another and shoot it. I have kept it as it will be great for dear season, but aim higher in the Bushnell line for use on the golf course.
Basically, it works great! We use our rangefinder to judge the distance from our boat to the shore, other boats, and anything else around us. Typical distances are 20 to 200 yards. We bought the cheapest rangefinder we could find because we didn’t need accuracy, didn’t need long distance, and weren’t sure it would be useful to us. Turns out we use it all the time and recommend it to all our sailing friends. We would buy the same unit again, but there are three things about it I would change. First, the unit is about 1/2″ too long for the case that came with it — it fits, but the case doesn’t close all the way. Very annoying! Second, sailors tend to measure in feet or meters and this unit measures in yards. It’s easy enough to multiply by three, but at the end of a long day when you are trying to figure the dinstances between a rocky point, a mooring bouy, and two other boats, it would be nice to avoid the math… Third, I would add a backlight to the display for use at twighlight and at night — the unit makes the measurements, you just can’t see the crosshairs to aim and can’t read the distance until you look at a light.
Using this for golf. Pretty decent. It’s difficult to aim at the flag but if you’re standing on higher ground it’s easy to just aim at the hole. Very useful if you want to know how far to carry a bunker/water etc. There were some instances where I couldnt get a yardage reading from it, suspect it’s the angle at which the fairway was slanting towards. Not easy to find the yard/meter switch. Size-wise it’s actually smaller than the picture might lead you to believe. Overall good product for the price range.
This is the best value of all the range finders. Some criticize the lack of the scanning mode for golf, but actually using it while golfing is a violation of the rules of golf. It works very well for mapping out courses.
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