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Callaway uPro GPS system, Leupold GX laser rangefinders, which one are you? So the forward thinking Golfer these days might be questioning ways of bettering their game. But with there being two fields to this equation i.e. GPS or Laser rangefinders, which are better you might ask?

We are here to answer the arguments for each and then let you decide which you feel would be most suited to your game and way of thinking, you might decide you need both!! :

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• LASER RANGEFINDERS    

• Optical device – Somewhere between binoculars and laser guns the Bushnell V2 Pinseeker and Bushnell V2 Slope Edition laser rangefinders are on the money. Bushnell’s range are huge add the 1600 Tournament Edition, 1600 Slope Edition and the Medallist and they’ve a wide range going on!

• Optical system – much like a rifle scope the Leupold Gx-1, Leupold Gx-2, Leupold Gx-3 and Leupold Gx-4 allows you to select and lock onto the object that you want to measure the distance for (a flag stick on the green for example).

• “Eye safe” Laser – New to the UK market the Laser Link Red Hot shoot a laser target, and measures the time it takes for the laser to bounce off of the target and return to the rangefinder. From this time delay, the Longridge Hawkeye Solar Panel rangefinder can calculate accurately how far away the target is.

• Magnification – top spec rangefinders like the Nikon range i.e. Nikon 1200S, Nikon 350G, Nikon 550AS and Nikon 800S have such brilliant magnification these days making it very useful, not only for guiding the laser to get accurate yardage measurements to your target, but also for locating landing areas. For example the Bushnell V2 Pinseeker can locate a ridge on a green that should be avoided from 175 yards with the naked eye. With a Bushnell V2 Slope Edition, you could spot it easily and play safely to the other side of the green, resulting in an easier birdie putt.

• Accuracy on a practice range – Use your Bushnell 1600 Tournament Edition or your wifes Bushnell 1600 Slope Edition on the practice green to gain an accrate idea of how far your hitting with each club