Bushnell Scout 1000 ARC Laser Range Finder

Overall the product was great. I was buying it for bowhunting, gunhunting, range shooting and golf. The different modes for bows and guns are super cool. Before the lovefest (see below) I will start with the semi negative things I would have liked to know before buying:A few caveats:1. I wear both glasses and contacts and it works well with each, but I definitely prefer putting it all the way up to my eye with or without contacts. There is a much larger field of view that way. Glasses wearers, be aware of that.2. I can't quite figure out the design of the neckstrap. Hooking it up to the unit is like any other lanyard, but the head hole itself has another two loop design, and I can't find anything about it online. Small gripe; I may just be stupid, and I can still use the strap.3. It only gives readouts in whole yards. I have seen other range finders that give it to tenths of yards. This doesn't make a difference to me, but I was expecting the decimal.4. The 1000 yard range is somewhat optimistic. Bow mode only goes out to 99 yards (understandably). However, to get a range beyond 800 yards in the other modes, the target must be highly reflective. In central and eastern Kentucky, we don't have many 1000 yard patches of flat space around, so it isn't a big deal, but again I would like to know that.Regardless of these things, I gave it 5 stars for a reason:You get a three way readout with line-of-sight distance from lens to target, the angle of that line of sight (+/- x degrees), and in bow mode you get a compensated distance (the target is 30 yards away, but given the angle you should aim as if it were 25 yards to be right on it) and in gun mode it gives you bullet drop (aim 25 inches high). The gun mode accounts for distance, angle and the type of bullet you are shooting. There is a list available on the disk in the box with the rangefinder where you find the exact round you are firing, including brand, caliber, type, and grain and it tells you which preset it corresponds to (A-J). This includes muzzleloader settings as well. There are thousands of rounds available on this list. If you buy your ammo at a sporting goods store or department, you can find it on the list. There is also a regular mode without any angle readout, but aren't you buying the ARC version of the scout for a reason? :)Additionally, you can toggle between two settings where you can scan across an area, and the Scout will only range the farthest object you hit or the closest. Example: there is a deer you can see through a tree branch, but you cannot get the sight only on the deer and keep hitting the tree--in this mode you just scan along the body of the deer and although your laser also hits the tree branch, the Scout knows only to give you the range of the farthest object. Conversely, at a distance if you see a deer in front of a backdrop of trees or land, but the deer is too small to keep the aim on, you can scan on the deer and even if you slip off of it, only the range of the closest object (the deer) will be reported.The optics are very clear. The 5x magnification is a good distance, and the focus control works nicely. The ranging works even better in low light than in brighter conditions. You can easily switch to meters (and centimeters in bullet drop) for all the metric fans out there. I grew up using yards, so despite the logic of the metric system, I keep using it when shooting.All of this met my needs, and at a price of USD$240, I don't think you can beat it.

I bought this rangefinder for my father as a Christmas gift this season. I knew he'd been eyeballing it for a couple of years now. He's misjudged the distance of a few good size bucks more than once while bowhunting leading to missed shots and heartache for an old sportsman. He was ecstatic when he tore into the double bowed Mossy Oak Breakup Infinity wrapped package revealing the box with the image of the Scout 100 on the front. Though it is too soon for it to have seen any use in the stand or on game itself, he was late to a Christmas party that evening because we were standing in the driveway for an hour guessing the distances of objects and then ranging them to see how close we were and going through all the functions of the rangefinder itself. The optic itself is beyond what I could've imagined. The lenses are crystal clear with 5x zoom and diopter adjustment to get the clearest view possible. A spectacular feature on this rangefinder is the brush mode. When using brush mode, the rangefinder is able to ignore brush or branches that may be between you and the target and it works very well. Also included on this model is bullseye mode which allows you to range small targets such as squirrels and birds at high distances. It has modes for every caliber of ballistics you could think of. This rangefinder is all any hunter will ever need. The only way you could upgrade this is to add more features or increase the magnification but there is really no need for that, it reads far beyond any distance that would be necessary to make an ethical shot. Happy hunting! Don't golf.

For $200 you get what you get, has plenty of options, its does the job and does it well. The optics are not the best, Nikon is definitely better hands down but if you just need a good laser rangefinder for bowhunting or up to 300 yd shots and dont want to break the bank give this thing a shot.

I purchased this product for my husband for Christmas. I placed the order and received it in within 5 days of the order. Two days after the rangefinder was received it went on sale for less than I had paid for it. I placed a call to Amazon and they credited me the difference because it had been within the time frame guarantee of the order that it had gone on sale. I was well pleased for the superb customer service. Now the product- My husband was thrilled with it and has nothing but wonderful things to say about it, we have been deer hunting, coyote hunting, crow hunting and it works great. I would reccommend this product to anyone who hunts or golfs for that matter. It is accurate. Amazon has a GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFF in Washington State that I am well pleased with.

Smaller than expected. The power/read button is easy to get at. The mode button is recessed well. tested in cold, snowy weather on known distances and was accurate to 275 yards using the bulls eye function. The bow "true distance" compensation is a real plus for bow shooters. This function is explained in detail in the manual.cons:The case has a magnetic latch and opens easily enough to lose your rangefinder.The supplied lanyard is uselessThe eye relief could be better and the black LCD can be a little hard to read with a darker background.

Not only can I use this for Archery but also when I am out in the field with firearms. It is actuate and easy to use. A must have to measure the distance to your target, and calculates the elevation for up hill or down hill shots.