Bushnell Tour V2 Laser Range Finder
If you make one purchase this spring, I recommend that you get a laser range finder. I bought one last spring and have been using it constantly. I am sure that it has improved my scoring by helping me to pick the right club for every shot.
The principal advantage of a laser rangefinder over a GPS system is that you can use it on any course. The GPS units, while likely more accurate and more handy, won’t work unless someone has previously mapped the course. While the various GPS companies are improving their offering, they still don’t have them all—including some of my favorites.
This appears to be the updated version of the model I bought last year. The Tour V2 weighs just 6.6 ounces and fits into the palm of your hand. It’s even smaller than the one I have, and mine fits easily into my stand bag. It can target a flag from 275 yards (I don’t have any problem targeting a flagstick) and trees from 700 yards.
There’s no need for targeting anything further out, but Bushnell swears it can target a reflective target at 1000 yards.
The PinSeeker mode makes it easier to target the flags, while the scan mode helps you switch from target to target.
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I just bought this model a week ago. I also have a SkyCaddie SG2, which I like, but there are distinct advantages to the rangefinders.
- much more accurate to the flagstick. The Skycaddies, you can move the flag around the green to get a reading, but you still don’t know for sure-- and there is a lag where the Skycaddies are getting an accurate position.
- Tells you distances on the range - theoretically, my course even has the range mapped by skycaddie, but the flags don’t seem to line up right. Laser works exactly.
- My Skycaddie seems to drift at times, and also there are times where for some reason, it can’t get signal.
-Laser is instant on, instantly accurate. Sometimes I would start a round with the gps in the bag, and not need a distance until the 6th green-- if you don’t have it on and warmed up, it will take a few minutes to get working.
Where the Skycaddie has it all over the Laser-
- Skycaddie tells intermediate targets, it gives you distances to water, and distances to clear water. Huge deal if the fairway bends in a way you can’t see the water.
- On a dogleg or from the rough where you can’t get a clear shot of the green, skycaddie still tells you distance. I can’t figure out how to laser through foliage which is 100 yards in front of the green.
I am playing a scramble this Friday on a course out of town, and for that, I am going to be choosing the Skycaddie. Because of the intermediate distances on a course I have played just once, and I will keep it running the whole round- it just seems to make more sense for that. But tonight for the 2-man scramble at my club, where I pretty much know the distance anyway, the laser will be my choice to get exacts to the flag.
Posted by martin on 04/16
That’s a great summary. Thanks!
Posted by The Golf Blogger on 04/16
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