Rangefinder reliability

[dsheely]

I had the Leupold GX-2 for about a year and I noticed that unless the pins had prisms on them, I would have to push the shoot button about 10 times and just pick the most logical distance. Many times, the reticle was right on the pin and it would give a distance to the trees behind the green. Is this sort of click, click, click, click, click and average pretty much what I have to expect from golf rangefinder technology?

[DaveLeeNC]

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I had the Leupold GX-2 for about a year and I noticed that unless the pins had prisms on them, I would have to push the shoot button about 10 times and just pick the most logical distance. Many times, the reticle was right on the pin and it would give a distance to the trees behind the green. Is this sort of click, click, click, click, click and average pretty much what I have to expect from golf rangefinder technology?
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I've never used a Leupold but I do use an older Nikon model (550G). Outside of 125 yards (and no prisms) I use 'scan mode' and move the reticle across the field where the flag is. In most cases the background is some number that is a good bit larger than the distance to the pin. So it isn't hard to pick out the flag, although with my non-pinseeker model 200+ yards is not easy.

dave

[bjackson]

I've used a Bushnell Tour V2 since it came out several years ago and have never had a problem. I can hit a pin from 250+...

[Shiram]

You can get a good read without a prism BUT it takes awhile sometimes. You can use the scan mode but it can be a pain.

My home course has prisms and it makes life easy

That said - when you're shooting a range through a group of trees or over a hill and all you can see is the top of the flag... sometimes it can be a pain to get the yardage. You catch a limb or a stray blade of grass and you're out of luck.

[Stuart_G]

[quote name='dsheely' timestamp='1347050543' post='5603489']
Is this sort of click, click, click, click, click and average pretty much what I have to expect from golf rangefinder technology?
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I've got a Callaway/Nikon and never have had that problem. Always get the range in a sec or two in scan mode (depending on how steady my hand is) and my course has no prisms.

[Hateto3Putt]

hmmmm, According to to all the Leupold users who post here, that brand is the gold standard....

And here I am using (and abusing) a Bushnell for over 4 years without a hiccup.... (over 10 if you count my first one in the mix)

What's the Leupold warranty period? Hopefully "about a year" is still covered.

Good Luck.

[OSKARJONES]

My Bushnell 1600 TE shoots pins at 400+ yards. I think the 7x magnification and the larger size make it a bit easier.