Ok I'm wanting to buy a rangefinder and have my eye on a Bushnell 'The Truth', anybody tried it, if so are you happy with it. I only have a $180-$200 budget.
I just got one, my first, it does what it claims, no complaints at all. Simple design, fits in the hand, pocket, or on my bino harness alongside my binocs. I really like that it only uses power when you range something, and the one button design. But yeah, I have nothing to compare it to.
I just got one as well. Have used for a few weeks and pretty happy with. Good design and easy to use. Only issue I have seen is it takes longer to range in objects in lower light conditions (I have had situations where I had to try multiple times). Not perfect but pretty happy over all for the price that I paid.
before buying last week, i checked amazons feedback on 3 moderately priced rangefinders...the WGI halo, simmons tilt and the bushnell arc both the wild game innovations halo and simmons tilt had some negative feedbacks on function, or should i say malfunctions, and inaccurate distances, more than i would have liked to see. the only negative feedback on the bushnells i could find was people complaining that bushnell would not honor some rebate they had offered last year. none were about function. so that made the choice easy, but about $40-60 more for a top rated bushnell i did end up winning a lightly used chuck adams edition bushnell arc for a good price on ebay, and couldn't be happier so far. it's basically the same as "the truth" series. if i had not won it, i was getting this demo model truth for only $147..... (read the description of demo use, factory refurbished and same factory warranty) Bushnell The Truth with Arc Laser Rangefinder Item 202342 Bow Hunting Must | eBay with the reputation and feedback, you can't go wrong with the bushnells, IMO your results may very expect to pay $270-ish if your looking for the new "clearshot" models
Look into the Nikon acculon model as well. It's a very compact rangefinder with good glass and it works well. It picked up my neighbors barn at 586yds and will pick up trees out to 300yds.
