Range Finder Suggestions

What are some good solid and affordable range finders? I find myself needing one often. Should have had years ago.

Thank you

Nikon! Stay away from the lower end Leupold. I had a Nikon until it went missing and I found it weeks later frozen into the swamp and purchased a Luepold 600 just due to price. I had it less than a year and had to send it in for repair, customer service was good and recieved a complete new unit but this one the readout seems far from dark or bold enough to see decently. Hope this makes sense.

I would buy Leupold for the quality customer service alone. Had a Nikon that only would read in “even” number increments. Called there customer service, and the answer was “too bad, you have to buy a new one”.

I thanked them for making the choice easy on what brand optics I would never buy again!

I have two that I currently use. Both Nikons – 550 & the Rifleman 1000. Before buying either of them, (at cabelas) we energized them and went outside with a few different brands. The 550 does a great job at 350 and less yrds, and picked up the target much better that the other brands I compared it to.
On the other hand, the first 1000 failed to get target reflection at over 600 yrds and we tried a few of them. It was the third or forth one we tried by far was much more superior to all the other brands we tested it against.
That is my largest gripe with Nikon. The inconsistency of quality with a product line stinks. But when you find a good one, they work great.
I don’t know if your looking for bow or rifle applications, but these are the two I use. My most common use is predator hunting and have good reflections in a reasonable amount of light. My 550 picks up a coyote good out to almost 400yrds and my 1000 is good to about 700. After that, all the other factors kick in that can interfere with a good reading.

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I have a Leupold RX-1000TBR and have had no problems and it has alot of features .

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X2 nice unit

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I have a Leupold RX-1000TBR and have had no problems and it has alot of features .

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I love my 1000. I really like the red display.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I just ordered a Nikon Prostaff 5.

Just got it. I have never used one in my life so nothing to compare with. Seems sweet. Easy to use and I can only assume accurate.

My biggest challenge is getting steady enough when say a deer is at 400+. Not that I plan to shoot them, but it’s cool to know just how far they are.

Exactly what I noticed!!!! Keeping the cross hairs steady on a distanct small object is not easty.