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<blockquote data-quote="James H" data-source="post: 141451" data-attributes="member: 5449"><p>Two weeks ago I stopped by Cabelas. I noticed in the bargain cave they had several rangefinders and asked to go out and compare the Swaro and Bushnell 1500 Elite.</p><p>They had a very good price on the Swaro and I intendended on buying it. We went outside to try them out. First I tried the Bushnell. Everything I pointed it at I had a yardage readingwithin 2 seconds, the furthest at 1564 yards on a grain elevator. I also ranged some trees and signs. I believe the trees were in the 750 yd range signs 200-400 range. I then tried the Swaro rangefinder. It took a very long time to get a reading on everything, even highly reflective targets. Some targets that I got a reading with the Bushnell I didn't get a reading with the Swaro. The ones I did get a reading on with both rangefinders the range was within a yard, including the 1564 yd range which was exactly the same. So….. I went ahead and bought the Bushnell. In field use it has been a little disappointing; anything over 800 yds has been difficult unless it is large and or white. I have ranged black cows at 500+ yards though and red cows at 700 yards. I don't know what I am doing different but in the field it doesn't seem to be as good as when I did the testing.</p><p>I really don't understand why in the comparison the Bushnell blew away the Swarovski. Possibly batteries weren't full charge on the Swaro.</p><p>Anyway that's my story.</p><p></p><p>James</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James H, post: 141451, member: 5449"] Two weeks ago I stopped by Cabelas. I noticed in the bargain cave they had several rangefinders and asked to go out and compare the Swaro and Bushnell 1500 Elite. They had a very good price on the Swaro and I intendended on buying it. We went outside to try them out. First I tried the Bushnell. Everything I pointed it at I had a yardage readingwithin 2 seconds, the furthest at 1564 yards on a grain elevator. I also ranged some trees and signs. I believe the trees were in the 750 yd range signs 200-400 range. I then tried the Swaro rangefinder. It took a very long time to get a reading on everything, even highly reflective targets. Some targets that I got a reading with the Bushnell I didn’t get a reading with the Swaro. The ones I did get a reading on with both rangefinders the range was within a yard, including the 1564 yd range which was exactly the same. So….. I went ahead and bought the Bushnell. In field use it has been a little disappointing; anything over 800 yds has been difficult unless it is large and or white. I have ranged black cows at 500+ yards though and red cows at 700 yards. I don’t know what I am doing different but in the field it doesn’t seem to be as good as when I did the testing. I really don’t understand why in the comparison the Bushnell blew away the Swarovski. Possibly batteries weren’t full charge on the Swaro. Anyway that’s my story. James [/QUOTE]
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