This is what the dual colored screen looks like on the Coolshot ProII Stabilized. All of your distances light up in red, but when you lock onto the flag, you get a green ring around the screen to confirm you’ve found the flag. To take things a step further, it’s dual-colored. It’s extremely sharp and very impressive. The OLED screen inside the Nikon Rangefinder is even better. The numbers are bright, clear, and located in a good spot.
One of the things that has always set Bushnell apart from competitors is its screen quality.
The image is crystal clear and it’s very easy to adjust focus using the ring around the viewfinder. I don’t make this statement lightly: this Nikon rangefinder has the best optics of any rangefinder I’ve ever used.įrom the moment you first look through the viewfinder, you’re impressed. Who cares about having a vibrating slope mode, if you can barely see the target through low-quality glass. Many lesser rangefinder brands will add all the features in the world to their devices, but they can often miss big things like: optical quality, screen quality, ergonomics, and accuracy. Within seconds of using this rangefinder for the first time, you can feel the quality. This isn’t an issue after you get familiar with the device, but you might find yourself playing with it for the first few holes to learn where you need to be The Best Optical Quality I’ve Ever Seen in a Golf Rangefinder It’s easy to accidentally press the mode button to switch between them, so occasionally you’ll find yourself in a different mode than you expect. There are two golf modes: slope and non-slope, and then two more modes that I honestly just had to look up to see what they did.
There’s a little bit of this happening in the Nikon Rangefinder as well. This is also why I think the Bushnell V5 without slope is such a killer product. I ran into this with the Bluetees rangefinders, where there was one mode I accidentally found myself in occasionally, and I still don’t really know what it does. If you have too many of them, it can get confusing at times to actually know what mode you’re in, and what each one specifically does. When it comes to different modes with golf rangefinders I feel like manufacturers need to be careful. Golf Mode: Slope adjusted distance (horizontal distance +/- height) and actual distance.The power button is what you use to get your distances, and the mode button switches between the 4 different laser modes included in the device. This Coolshot sits right in the middle of those price-wise, so these are logical competitors.
With this review, I’ll be directly comparing the Nikon Coolshot ProII Stabilized to the Bushnell Pro XE and the Bushnell V5 with Slope. Needless to say, I’ve been excited to get this out on the course and see what it can do. Nearly every photo for the first 6 years of this site was shot with a Nikon camera. When it comes to high-quality optics, Nikon is one of the very best in the business. You can pack all the features you want into a rangefinder, but if it’s blurry or the screen isn’t sharp – it’s not going to be enjoyable to use. You see, where most of the other rangefinder brands fail is in optic quality. I recently got my hands on the Nikon Coolshot ProII Stabilized (now that’s a name) golf rangefinder, and had some very high hopes leading into my first round with it. That said, it seems Nikon may have something to say about that. Precision Pro has been making headway, but when it comes to the best of the best in terms of optics and ease of use, Bushnell is king. Honestly, I’ve reviewed a ton of rangefinders on this site, and when it comes to top-of-the-line rangefinders, it’s been all Bushnell.