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I'm going to buy a laser rangefinder.

What models are you using? What do you like/ dislike about the model you have?

What would your current recommendation be for a laser if you were going to buy one today?

I use a Bushnell Yardage Pro. the only bitch I would say I have of it is that it does not have a back light to read the display in bad light / night time.

Also some objects due to the colour of the point I am zapping or the type of material wont register.

I have a mate who has an infra-red version that he is very happy with.............. not sure of the specs or disadv's etc on that.

Also there is a Scandinavian comany that does a laser that means you dont have to fuck around with Pythagoras as it uses multiple lasers and calculates the height you are pointing at for you.......... someone posted a link sometime ago, but I cant remember on which board..... I will try and have a search for it.

HTH

Michael

Hi Dex,

I also use a Bushnell Yardage Pro. I don't use it a lot, but have used it enough to know it is accurate to within 3 ft.
I haven't found the lack of a backlight to be much of a problem. There's usually something around with enough light that I can pan over to to backlight the numbers in the display.
A watch with the Indiglo face light works great as a make shift backlight too.


Rod

i also use the Laser Mac use.
I dont have the backlight problem as i really never us it while its dark,as it really wont "grab" the object at thouse times anyway..

I tell you what.. come visit me you can try out my laser,even borrow it whith you home some time...

2days.. your really close mate,now play safe all the way..

I got a Yardage Pro too.

All in all, I am quite happy with it. I haven't had any issues with it since I got it. There are probably better models out there, but for a freebie, I like it.

I use the Leica LRF 800, and like it. Its flat, light, and has an illuminated display, although the red can be hard to read in daylight against a white or
light colored object. Tends to read a little lower than reality...

http://www.camcor.com/...tel&id=991422561

That's the one I use. It's accurate and small. It's not back lit but as the others have mentioned, there are work arounds.

It is several years that I have been using happily my Yardage Pro 800 Compact Bushnell, it is reliable, it is backlit, jolly small to keep it in your pocket. Moreover, being quite a mature product, you can find it on the web at about 280$.
My advice: for about 290$, you can also find another mature still reliable rangefinder, Yardage Pro 1000, it is slightly bigger in size but perhaps worth for its longer theoretical range.
It is always nice (for few bucks more) to have the longest range possible/available, because let's remember that the 800 yd - 732 m and 1000 yd - 914 m ranges are THEORETICAL ranges.
ACTUAL ranges are way below the theoretical ones, from half the theoretical one down to one third to way less than one third, depending on characteristics and nature of target. If your are NOT shooting to a perfectly flat and perpendicular wall but instead you are shooting to foliage, trees, metallic frames, very small borders of thiny metallic frames, small thin particulars of civil buildings and whatever else is around out there, you know very well what the actual operative range of a laser rangefinder is.
For Mac: the Swedish rangefinder is fu(king amazing, you can measure objects's height from your home, its range is about 10 km (!!!!!) but I am afraid its affordability is only for few blokes, it costs aboput 10.000$ or so, moreover, it is jolly fu(king dangerous for your eyes.
Yes, the Swedish company produces also the model that with 2 measures (1 diagonal and 1 horizontal distance) calculates directly the height (having a built in inclinometer), but I remember that also this model is jolly more expensive than the Bushnell family of rangefinder.
To make short a long story: it is better to spend few bucks, do few measurements more and use Phytagora instead of having everything automatically calculated but having to pay WAY MORE money!!!!!!!

as this thread is SUPER old... I was wondering if anyone is using new laser rangefinders and what they like/dislike, have paid... Am looking to buy one in the near future

More recent discussions on this topic typically involve
the unit's price, range, and whether or not it lights up
so you can use it at night.

I have a Bushnell Sport 450 which is mid-market with
a price range of $120 to $200 and works fine for my
purposes because I scope out objects during the day.

If reconing at night you simply take a reading and then
move your hand & unit towards a light to read it. Plus
450 yards is 1350 feet, higher than I have ever jumped.

Bushnell Sport 450

I have a Leica Disto A-5 that i use for work - it is a laser measuring device accurate to within 1/32". only good to about 300', so not worth the investment ($500) for base alone, but it dose have a pythagorian function that allows you to stand a good distance away from, say a building, measure the distance to the base of the building, then the diagonal to the exit point, and calculates the vertical height - i used this once, checked it against a straight vertical measurement and it was right on. if you've already got one, it is definitely useful.

The Nikon Forestry 550 does the same thing for about $350.

what height is the forestry 550 good to? 300' like the previously mentioned Leica, or 550 as the name implies?
I'm also in the market and was always stupid with the Pythagorean theorem in skool. I would hate to have something as simple as bad math be my downfall! lol

*...and i always said i wouldn't use math when i grew up...*
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did some looking, and i'd say the nikon forestry is the clear-cut winner! I found one for sale on amazon.com for $275, and according to the site below, it works up to 999feet!
Anyone have any negative comments about this product?

The range of the laser is 550 yards +/- 1 yard. Obviously the maximum height you can measure gets lower as you get farther from the object.

Anyone used one of these? 2000m range. Sometimes size range matters.

Laser Technology TruPulse 200 Laser Rangefinder