callaway LR550

silver77 · October 10, 2011

My bushnell 1500 is acting up so I need a new rangefinder. I read a lot about the callaway Lr550 and people seen to really like them. I went to Edwin watts and they said the whole company had to remove them due to defect. Has anybody heard of this? I went to golfsmith and they really recommended the unit over leupold units. does anybody have this rangefinder or recommended it

huskerblue · October 12, 2011

What sort of defect? I picked one up mid-summer and thought it performed very well. As long as a laser bounces off/picks up items well what defect could it have? I'm happy with mine and although I carry a laser and a gps I use the laser 90% of the time. The gps comes in handy on hilly/blind shot course, seeing how deep a green is, how far to a hazard that doesn't have prominent feature in front to bounce a laser off of, etc.

theshow · October 13, 2011

Which did Edwin Watts remove, the Callaway unit or the Bushnell unit?

silver77 · October 13, 2011

The callaway unit...I ended up getting the callaway diablo octane range finder from gpp, there running a special for 250 and it includes 50 dollar gift card and a tumbler...golfsmith wanted 299

silver77 · October 16, 2011

when using the callaway lr550 how do you know when you lock in on a pin instead of a tree behind the pin since there is notification such as a symbol like the pinseeker and a beep like the pinhunter from leapold?

slawz88 · November 21, 2011

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when using the callaway lr550 how do you know when you lock in on a pin instead of a tree behind the pin since there is notification such as a symbol like the pinseeker and a beep like the pinhunter from leapold?
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I've had a few rangefinders in recent history including the LR550, Leupold GX-3 and Bushnell 1500. The biggest issue I have with the Callaway is that Bushnell and Leupold are superior in locking onto your target. You get the same tracking function with the Leupold where you can hold down the power button and the unit updates distances as you "track" along the landscape. I give the edge to the Leupold GX 3 and 4 over the Bushnell 1500 or 1600 because of the great visibility of its red LED display. If you are really shaky holding a normal rangefinder, go with the Bushnell as you can hold it sideways with two hands for more stability. If not, the comparable Leupold would be the GX-1 - tracking, fog mode, LCD display, compact - and the company has great customer service. They replaced a broken carry case for me free of charge. +1