For NON-REFLECTIVE targets, such as animals at a mile or more one can be reasonable in thinking the cost is $1 per yard. Reflective targets? Well, right now there's a laser rangefinder for $300 that will return ranges out to nearly 5000 yards if the target is a house, bridge, aircraft carrier, etc. That's less than $.16 a yard. Shooters will be sorely disappointed if they buy a rangefinder solely based "on how far its ranged" or "I got 4924 yards the other day." Those searching for a rangefinder that will return ACCURATE distances CONSISTENTLY ought to get one that serves THEIR purpose. If it's sunny-day desert coyotes or deep snow wolves or caribou at 1500 yards it's $1 a yard; sunny-day steel at 1000--depending on size-- say $.50 a yard (the example given for $.16 is an anomaly). Remember too that environment influences everything, not just projectiles.
Then there's that pesky tethering/connection do-everything conundrum. What have users/owners said about their EXPERIENCE USING THIS FEATURE with their specific units? If one has but one or two days a week (far worse--a month?) to shoot, hunt, whatever wherein a rangefinder is expected to deliver usable reliable information, well, just don't expect your Schwinn to do what takes an Peterbuilt tractor to do. And what do computers do best? Break down. The best computer and most reliable is the one between our ears. Most of the time it's connected, needs exercise, and food-for-thought.
