Review on 🏌️ Pinty 1000 Yard Waterproof Golf Rangefinder with Flagpole Lock - All Weather 6X Range Finder for Hunting Sports Archery Birding & More, Speed and Multitarget Scanning - Black/White by Matthew Owens

I've never tried them and I'm not good at golf. I think this will allow me to finally become a pro or semi-pro! But seriously, it's an interesting little tool that might not be quite ready for prime time. It has a lot of nice features, but they need some work before they become useful. I've seen binoculars with the same technology in the military that give much better HUD information than this tool. However, the main difference is that these military binoculars are much more expensive. So finally there is something in the hands of ordinary civilians that has a purpose. Let's be honest. . . Golfing isn't an exact science, and "close enough" is useful if you haven't put in the years of playing it takes to get reasonably accurate flag estimates. Since this is being marketed as a golf aid, let's start with that. First, it won't help your swing, stance, or technique. If you have an average cut, you probably have other ways to fix it. But it will help you get a rough estimate of how many yards/meters you are from the hole by focusing on the pin. and obtaining measurements based on a laser measurement. Then it works and can identify the pin. It's random if you use "flag" mode. Ideally, aim at where the flag is and it should detect the flag using facial recognition using an algorithm that can recognize the flag. If it works it's a pretty good estimate and probably the most accurate you'll get and should help you pick a racquet that suits the conditions. This is for fairly experienced golfers with a few years under their belt. And I think tools like this just keep getting better and eventually recommend which racquet you should use. At this point you'll still have to use your own experience to determine this, but you have better data and it should help your game a bit. It's really cool that it has more than just a golf mode. It has a pretty decent estimate of object distances when you line up the reticle. Based on the tests I ran on the trees and houses in the neighborhood, this seems fairly accurate, but nowhere near the accuracy of a surveyor. There is also a velocity function which should be able to give a very rough estimate of an object's velocity based on the same laser measurements. Speed measurement success really depends on the size and speed of what you are measuring. It seems to work well with slow moving boats and cars, but I haven't been able to measure the speed of birds or a fast baseball field at all. This is because you need to keep track of what you are measuring, which is difficult when things are moving fast or small things that are almost impossible to keep track of. But big things, like passing cars, seem accurate enough. Probably not as good as a police speed sensor. The measuring angle can also have an influence. But even if it's far from perfect, it's far better than I've ever seen. Most people estimate distances when they are not trained, like hunters, surveyors and the like. It's a good quick way to check the size of a tree or the width of a river, things like that and many other uses you can think of. The instructions are a bit difficult to understand, but well explained. enough. It tells you how to change the units of measurement from imperial to metric. It also includes several charts with formulas for calculating distance and speed - and surprisingly, from a physics perspective, they're actually correct. The diagrams look like they were copied from a physics book. The description and manual say it has a range of over half a mile, but I can't confirm that, it's hard to keep the reticle level. an object at that distance is simply a matter of small movements of the hand. But it does have a mount on the bottom that you can attach to a tripod for a solid base and less movement when measuring, which makes it accurate. This would be good for estimating the amount of materials you might need for projects where rough measurements would suffice. For example, in situations where using a long tape measure can be cumbersome. I haven't tested this, but it's possible. Overall, while it's not perfect and I wouldn't trust the accuracy as much as advertised, it's better than I can tell with my own eyes. It might be a meter or two difference in either direction, but in golf it doesn't matter at the level of most advanced players. Gift for a golf pro in your family. I'm giving four stars because it's promising, but I'm deducting one star because if you take multiple measurements on the same item, you'll get different results (1 or 2 meter/yard variance) with no change. real idea why. I think it has to do with focus, but I haven't found a way to get more than 3 same measurements in a row without any of them going up or down in my 1. Overall I would recommend this to golfers Give it a try. and see if it helps you choose the right club. It's also an interesting tool for getting rough estimates of distances and speeds. Recommended with four stars.