Bushnell Yardage Pro Golf Pinseeker 1500 Slope Edition Laser Rangefinder with Slope Calculator: Customer Reviews & Product Details

The first time I saw this used was during a friendly round with a tour player. I couldn't believe how inaccurate my distances were when using the sprinkler heads. My handicap has dropped from a 10 to an 8 since purchasing the 1500 with slope. Standing over a shot with confidence in the club you are hitting makes all the difference. Downhill shots using the slope feature has taken the guessing out of club selection. It also saves you the time walking around and pacing off distances from the markers. My friends will not hit a shot without getting a distance from the rangefinder.

This is the most useful golf tool you can buy. It is dead-on accurate for distance and adjusts distance to account for slope up or down. What club do you hit when you know its 150 yards up hill? This little device won't tell you what club to hit, but it will tell you that the 150 yards is going to play like 165 yards (slope adjusted). Now all we need is a device that measures distance, slope and WIND speed!

I have only played 1 round using the Bushnell Pinseeler and I can already see how it will improve my game by 2 or 3 strokes a round. Mabe more. Now I know exactly how far the flag is which keeps me from making wrong club choices. It also gives me more confidence which lowers my score as well. The rangefinder itself works great. It is easy to operate and very fast. Some think rangefinders make the game solwer but actually you spend less time deciding on what club to use so the game goes faster. I would recommend the pinseeker to anyone seeking to improve their game. The only thing it doesn't do a good job at is improving your swing:)

BillBushnell Yardage Pro Golf Pinseeker 1500 Laser Rangefinder w/ Slope Calculator

I thought I would be too lazy to use a rangefinder for all my shots. I thought my hands would shake too much for me to get an accurate reading every time. I was wrong on all accounts. After just a few minutes of practice at objects in my neighborhood my hand became steady enough for the rangefinder. Due to the "pinseeker" technolgy, you don't need a perfectly steady hand. Once on the course, i used it for all shots under 200 yards. It takes a matter of seconds to get your hands steady and get an instant reading. I was concerned I would slow down the group behind me. That was never the case. The group in front of me actually took longer trying to find sprinkler heads to get a distance estimation. I would now recommend this over a GPS unit because I had the ability to find distances to bunkers and other objects (not all GPS units have all objects listed). Finally the slope reading was awesome (GPS units cannot do that). I had a serious advantage over my friend because not only did I have distance, but I had adjusted distance due to the slope readings. This unit was worth the extra money.

I first tried SkyCaddie, and liked it until slow lock on, short battery life and bad readings started happening more and more often. The laser rangefinder is accurate to within a yard, the battery last a year (its only on for a few seconds per hole and turns itself off. The one advantage SkyCaddie has is yardage to hazards, the end of fairways etc. but is easily worked around with the laser rangefinder, just shot the object (it can distance anything, not just the pin).