Does it just measure distances to the flag? or could you use it also measure distances to either bunkers, hills, trees, or water hazards?
256894
it's only for the flag. It's not electronic. There's a dial on it that measures the height of the flag and that determines the distance.
256895
It will only help you for greens because it uses the relative distance from the green to the top of the flag to figure out distances.
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very cheap. Basically a glorified telescope with lines painted on the lens. It gives a general distance to what you are looking at. You get what you pay for on this one.
1308955
Yes, you look through it like a small monocular/scope. The image you see in it is zoomed 6x and has a small crosshair. Then you just press the button and it gives you the exact distance from you to the thing you are targetting with your crosshair. Most of the time you'll just aim for the golf flag to get its distance, but sometimes it can be usefull to aim a a bunker, a lake, some tree, etc. Very versatile and quicker to use than a golf gps, which requires a few seconds to acquire the satellite signal. It's also more accurate (0.5 yard vs 5-6 yards accuracy)
426364
I've used the Pro Staff 3 to gauge distance on moving and stationary objects. I wanted to test it in a dynamic and static situation and it functioned perfectly. Just make sure to pick which measuring unit you want to use (Yards or Meters) before lazing an object and that the object is no less than the manufacturers recommended distance (think it's 7 yards/meters). This unit is compact, light, easy to operate, and water resistant. I saw a similar unit by a different manufacturer and it cost 2 times more and wasn't water resistant. Hope this helps.
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I think it would work to calculate your distance on the soccer field. It is good at keeping track of distance and time and pace. You probably don't care about pace, but if it connects to satellite, it will tell distance!!
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I think it does. If not, then at the very least it tracks your longitude and latitude, and then any website you upload the data to should be able to to figure out your elevation based on those.
1760717
The device measures ball speed only. if you are asking, how far does it take for the device to decide the speed, i'd say 10 or less feet. I first tried it hitting into a net and I was only 10-12 feet from the back of the net. It gave me readings. It does not measure spin or launch angle. It makes an assumption of the launch angle based on the club that you enter. For example, if you enter a driver, it will assume that the ball is going to launch at an angle of 9.5 degrees. It does measure the speed that you hit the ball, not the club head speed, but the ball speed. It is highly inaccurate and a piece of junk in my estimation. I took it to the driving range and compared what the device said to my Bushnell rangefinder - a very accurate device. The ES12 was rarely correct. I returned it and would not recommend it.
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Yes it measures in feet or yards or meters you chose which units are displayed
266146
Not to the flag but middle of the green. Depending on the course there are some margin of error. If you can it may be helpful calibrating with laser range finder.
644714
No, it will not measure distances of less than thirty-three feet. It refused to give a reading below that distance.
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Not very. I took it on my running route and while it always gave the same distance, it was about 10-15% short every time. The route wasn't tree covered or among large buildings either. I guess if you know the error margin you can still work with it, and it might still be worth the price.
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Yes it works great for that application too. In fact I use it to tell how far away a bunker is or a tree, etc.
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Hi Todd, I would say no. I have not tried to measure tree heights with mine. I ranged walls and embankments. Understand you are ranging your distance from base of tree and again your distance from top of tree, not the height of tree. I hope this helps.
2139758
No, to my knowledge it does not give distance to hazards. Nor does it give layout of each hole, but it does give distance to front, middle and back of green for every shot, to all courses I've played so far.
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i use it for hunting and as long as the target is solid it is very accurate but if i look at a tree line during hunting season (no leaves) sometimes ti doesn't work. i havent tried it on tree lines with leaves.
1149360
You should be able to use it anywhere. It will give you a track and will tell you your speed, altitude and other things. It has no base map though, which you maybe don't need.
2155993
If you're asking if it measures distance, no. It is for leveling or making sure many items are lined up.
1329967
No, it just keeps track of the distance traveled and the average speed in which that distance was covered.