They wouldn’t work for most of the targets I shoot
Help with rangefinders
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^this.
Are your odds of placing the indicator in the app perfectly where you and then the game animal or match target are actually located really better than your odds of placing a laser indicator on the actual target? Do the apps use downloaded maps so you can range when signal is weak?
GPS locations should have greater precision than a laser rangefinder, at least once we all transition over to L5, and especially if you’re using a dual frequency device, but the user accuracy in placing the pin in the map to mark the shooter and target location remains reliant upon signal strength for map/graphic download, and remains vulnerable to user error if the shooter places the target or their position poorly within the map. By the time I glass a target, try to determine its actual location in the field, glass again to confirm, pray it hasn’t moved, then drop my pins and run the app - assuming either a high density data download map or sufficient signal to operate on cellular data - I could have ranged with a laser a dozen or more times and already delivered the shot.
Are your odds of placing the indicator in the app perfectly where you and then the game animal or match target are actually located really better than your odds of placing a laser indicator on the actual target? Do the apps use downloaded maps so you can range when signal is weak?
GPS locations should have greater precision than a laser rangefinder, at least once we all transition over to L5, and especially if you’re using a dual frequency device, but the user accuracy in placing the pin in the map to mark the shooter and target location remains reliant upon signal strength for map/graphic download, and remains vulnerable to user error if the shooter places the target or their position poorly within the map. By the time I glass a target, try to determine its actual location in the field, glass again to confirm, pray it hasn’t moved, then drop my pins and run the app - assuming either a high density data download map or sufficient signal to operate on cellular data - I could have ranged with a laser a dozen or more times and already delivered the shot.
I tried out the app. It works well at the shooting range. You’d have to have lots of landmarks to make it work hunting.
For golf where the pin is established I’d figure it’s as good or better than a range finder. You’d have small differences though when they move the pin, I don’t know enough about golf to know if Arnold Palmer or tiger woods or happy Gilmore could tell the difference in that.
For golf where the pin is established I’d figure it’s as good or better than a range finder. You’d have small differences though when they move the pin, I don’t know enough about golf to know if Arnold Palmer or tiger woods or happy Gilmore could tell the difference in that.
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