Bushnell Pinseeker Tour V2 – Your Own Personal Caddie
Thursday, May 27th, 2010The swing.com/bushnell/bushnell-pinseeker-tour-v2-know-the-distance/">Bushnell Pinseeker Tour V2 is known by many golfers to be one the world’s finest golf laser range finders and at a very reasonable price. Weighing merely 6.6 ounces and with an accuracy of ±1 yard over distances of 5 to 1000 yards it is armed with Pinseeker technology that mixes first rate precision with consistency allowing you to calculate distances equal to 300 yards without the need for reflectors.
The Tour V2 is armed with two means of targeting. The Pinseeker method is designed to easily get the pin without mistakenly capturing surrounding targets while the scan style will let you to search across the landscape and gather distances to any object in view.
This is done by the display being always updated as you move across the landscape.
This range finder is power-driven by a 3-volt battery and is equipped with 5x magnification capacity. It also posesses an easy to handle rubber grip making it not only very easy to handle but very precise also. The tour v2 laser rangefinder additionally comes with a neoprene bag for the ultimate protection.
An additional pleasant aspect to note is that the V2 is also armed with a dioptre that allows golfers like me who wear contact lenses and sometimes spectacles to counteract by adjusting the focus until you obtain a clear picture. This is not the case for loads of current cheaper range finders
How does the range finder work?
Nothing possibly could be easier than point and read. After firing up the swing.com/bushnell/bushnell-pinseeker-tour-v2-know-the-distance/">Bushnell Pinseeker Tour V2, simply direct it to the target that you would like to gauge the distance to and a tiny LCD screen will be seen in your field of view. If you are assessing the distance to the flag on the green, just fix the target to the top of the flag, depress the power button again and an invisible laser is triggered. A processor in the unit will automatically evaluate the distance and display it on the LCD screen. This whole process takes not much more than a second. Let go of the power switch, and the V2 will shut itself down within a few seconds.
Does it feel like a brick in your hand?
Measuring just 6.6 oz, this unit is rather in the light side of things and will effortlessly fit in your hand (male or female). It will actually fit in a loose pocket without too much fuss.
Can it be used in tournaments
If you have seen a number of sales pages, in that case the response is yes but there is a degree to this truth. Although the USGA has just changed its rules to allow the use of range finders in competitions, it has really left it to the each different course and committee to make that decision. Consequently it might be good to check before you start using your laser range finder in a competetion.
So should you get a Bushnell Pinseeker Tour V2?
Actually that all depends. If you find losing balls in water hazards fun, enjoy playing out of bunkers, like to endlessly guess which club to hit or would not like to take strokes from your golf handicap then don’t. But I am inclined to bet otherwise