Bushnell Yardage Pro Review

Anyone who has used binoculars realizes that a steady hand is crucial to see a distant object, and with the rangefinder a steady hand is even more important. The best, most accurate way to use the rangefinder is to prop your elbows on the golf cart’s steering wheel with both hands and aim directly at the flag (not the flagstick) If you don’t keep a steady hand, you may be getting the distance of whatever the laser is hitting behind the flag. Take two or three readings. If you are without a cart, use your golf club as a mono-pod. While the rangefinder will measure distances up to several hundred yards (I successfully got a reading today of 367 yards off of the back of an unsuspecting golfer on the green ahead of me) The real value of the rangefinder is inside 175 yards. Especially within 120 yards. It is accurate to within 1 yard by my experimentation.

The first three parts of the review were top notch, but the last one did not meet our expectations. That is the feature department. Now keep in mind that this is an “Entry Level” device, but the Bushnell Yardage Pro lacks one feature that we would like to see in GPS units at this price range. The lack of any distances other than distances to the green was the big one. Other entry level GPS units had up to four points of interest such as hazards or bunkers to assist you with playing a hole properly. The Yardage Pro lacks that feature and it is something that we feel is needed at this price range.

So I guess that is what you will have to ask for at your local sporting goods store if you are inspired to take a look at one of these units after reading this review. Me, I’d have named it the “Legend” and left it at that. In fact, for simplicity (and to save myself some typing) that is how I am going to refer to the Bushnell Laser Rangefinder Yardage Pro Legend throughout the rest of this article.

If your eyes don’t happen to match the diopter correction built into the Legend, you are out of luck. There is no way to adjust this Bushnell’s eyepiece, so put up with blurry views or start shopping for something else.

Distance can be measured in yards or meters. “YD” or “M” is always shown to the right of the range display as you use the Legend. To change from yards to meters, look through the monocular, press the mode button (left side of unit) and hold it down for 2 seconds. The display will change from yards to meters or vice-versa.

The Legend 800 is completely waterproof. It even floats, so it would be an excellent rangefinder for marine applications.

I have had the Bushnell Yardage Pro Sport 450 laser range finder for just over a year now. This is the entry level range finder from Bushnell. The Sport 450 has a range of 5 to 999 yards. According to Bushnell the effective ranges for the Sport 450 are 200 yards for deer and golf flag pins, 450 yards for trees and 999 yards for large reflective objects with an accuracy of +/- 1 yard.

Check out more optical range finders advice at opticalrangefindes.com. You can also read some great reviews on the Bushnell Pinseeker 1500 there as well.

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