I love this rangefinder, seems accurate and easy to use. Takes a bit to center your eye through the finder, but that's pretty common among anything magnified. I would have given it 5 stars, but the advertising is shady. I bought this over other units because of the good reviews and the slope calculating capability... BUT!..... read the FULL description. Tucked way at at the very end, in parenthesis, is that it is "without slope". Why would Boblov include a picture in the gallery of how well it identifies the slope, if it isn't capable of doing so? Very disappointed in this, not at all what i thought I was buying, but I've golfed long enough i guess I can go oldschool on the compensation for elevation.... just disappointed that's all. Overall, seems like a good unit.

Boblov LF600G

This is a rangefinder specifically designed for golf and useful also for hunting. It has a price in the $100+ range, though I was able to find a coupon which brought it down to $99 on Amazon. Several differing units are available on the web from this manufacturer, and the review you are reading is on the LF600G only. This unit is advertised to range up to 600+ meters which is about 656 yards. A three-second press on the "mode" button will change from yards to meters and back again. When the unit powers up will come up measuring in the last used mode. Default is yards.

The advertised ability is 600 Meters. Any instrument will stumble under very bright light simply because the detector is overpowered. In fact, this unit has a much greater range if lighting conditions are right and depending upon what is measured. In optimum lighting, I can get a good reading at three times the advertised distance. Readings will not be displayed at much less than 6.6M, but you can probably estimate shorter distances. If you can't, pull out your tape measure! If you get a bowshot at a bear at that kind of distance, you won't be needing the ranger.

There is a very clever method of ranging a flag or other vertical post. For most ranging, one has only to aim, press the "start" button and check the reading. For a post or flag you hold the unit's vertical axis parallel to the post and short-press the measurement button. Sweep slowly back and forth past the target. The sweeps can be very narrow and the range will display when enough returns show congruity. A post within a yard of a backdrop may not give you a range different from the backdrop, but under good conditions I was able to differentiate at a couple feet. This is, of course, a geek's comment and has nothing to do with the real world of golf or of hunting, except to note that the instrument really can pick up a narrow target and differentiate it from background surfaces. Ranging of a narrow target can be done at any angle, but remember that the laser and the detector are not in the same place. The vertical axis of the instrument must always be parallel to what is ranged so that the laser beam intersects the target at the same time as the detector is in position to receive the reflected signal.

Accuracy is like range on this device. If you are steady when you make the measurement you will find that there is no problem getting repeatable readings. Again, that is an exercise in geekishness considering the practical uses of this device.

This thing does speed. You can clock the neighborhood cop. Just remember that unless you are standing directly in front of or behind his car, the accuracy of your reading will be affected. I don't recommend the area in front of any speeding vehicle!

This is a great little unit. I am not inclined to purchase stuff which does not have a replaceable battery. On the other hand, the specifications say the battery will take 800 full charges if re-charged from about half full. Discharging to 1/3 capacity gives about 900-1500 cycles. Each cycle is worth 30,000 readings! I'm guessing you will be interested in their next model long before the first one dies. I was impressed with this nicely packaged laser rangefinder.

I got this item for hiking. It is very light and well built. Very easy to operate with just two buttons: one button for power on and activate the measurement, and another button to select between three modes and yard/meter scales. The three modes are: Distance, Flag and Speed.

Although I could not verify the distance accuracy, it is very consistent. It seems that the measuring area is very small and spot-on in the center. I tried measuring a distant building between tree branches. As long as a branch was not in the + sign, it gave the measurement of the building, the moment I put a branch on the + sign the distance changed accordingly. It also supports continues measurement which is very nice to have if you want to get a sense of the terrain.

The flag mode is intended for the opposite use case, when you actually want to measure something in the front but its very slim. It works really well and sure makes it easy to catch the desired object, especially when viewing over a longer distance.

The speed measuring is also nice but was a little more confusing. You have to press the power button and point at the moving target. I believe the manual could have explained a little better how to use that mode, e.g. if the device must stay stationary or if its ok to move it with the object. Also it would have been nicer if we could have mp/h as well as km/h.

This device has a built-in battery which makes it very easy to charge and use. My mind is not set on whats better, built-in battery or replaceable ones, especially when you are out of the house. But after a day of use my batter still seems to be fully charged.

One thing that is missing in my opinion is that the LCD display cannot be lit, so if you use it at night it is a little difficult to see the readings. A little led on the inside near the LCD could have solved that, but that is minor. If you play golf or go hiking you are probably back home by night time.

I did not try any other golf rangefinder, so this review is not a comparison, but I am really impressed with it and would recommend it to others as well.

My original unit had an issue after a couple of months. The vendor reached out to me and provided a new unit that is now working very well. The customer service was excellent and much appreciated. This new unit is working well, and hopefully it will continue to work well going forward. Thanks.

My husband bought this for our snowbird home in Palm Springs. He didn't want to spend as much for the brand he has at home. He is impressed with the BOBLOV rangefinder. It can even detect the speed of a moving object. He likes that he can charge it easily. He said it was fairly easy to learn how to use. The only slight issue he has with it is a button placement that is easy to accidentally push by simply holding the rangefinder. He said that's a little annoying but he can learn to avoid it. Overall very impressed for the price.