Callaway Golf 300 Pro Laser Rangefinder

My golfer husband is the recipient of this gift for Christmas '24. I thought that this gift was going to replace his very old, well used, small Garmin device that needed rechargeable batteries to use, that I'd bought him many years ago (which he was still using while learning how to use this new Callaway laser rangefinder device until yesterday, 5/22/25.) He was elated to receive it last Christmas and the set of additional batteries I'd bought for him. He tried using it over the last several months but said that the distance was different than the Garmin. He said that the Callaway device was heavier than his Garmin, but he would say that he would keep working with it. (He had both shoulders repaired within a year's time; reverse shoulder on one & a revised rotator cuff on the other, so lifting & weighty things are always going to be an issue for him now. These are just toys from my estimation, but he takes his golf very serious! He was so thrilled to be healed enough in between surgeries when his doctor said he was OK to play again last year, but in a month or two he had the other surgery and had to heal from that and continue PT all over. He’s been playing again for about a month now. Yesterday while he was getting some club shafts replaced, he was waiting for them to be finished and eyeballed a small Bushnell Phantom Slope 3 GPS rangefinder and he bought it. He set it up with an app he downloaded from the app store. I guess it syncs with the phone app to display the course. He’s going to be using this now rather than the old Garmin to do check distance comparisons between it and the Callaway. Maybe I will be able to add more opinion later…

OK, so, I read a bunch of reviews before my purchase and decided to give this rangefinder a try. I had a Bushnell that bounced off the cart (I wasn't driving) and into a creek at the end of last golf season. I had planned to just bite the bullet and buy another $400 Bushnell. But, saw this for less than half the price and with 4.7 stars and over 11K reviews, how bad could it be?It arrived today and works as advertised. Quick acquisition and seemingly accurate distance based on common sense and golfing for over 40 yrs. It's Jan in Michigan so, just shot some signs, light posts, etc., outside my office. I like that the vibration occurs even on objects like a car or, whatever. It doesn't require a pin to get confirmation feedback.So, the main reason for the high review before ever taking it out on a golf course is simple operation, quick acquisition, and very strong magnet relative to size and weight. I don't think this one is coming off a cart. If so, I'm probably off the cart as well. If your looking for a rangefinder that has clear optics and quite frankly just measures the distance to things easily and accurately, then this appears to be a good choice. I can't speak to durability given it just arrived but, I'm impressed with this little fella so far.If there any negatives or, at least insights I can offer, it is quite small. I have probably average size hands and this thing is small. Not so small that it's weird but, definitely an adjustment from the Bushnell. Also, the Amazon page claims it doesn't include a battery. Well, it does. So, my purchase of 4 batteries was essentially unnecessary but hey, I got the Amazon ones for like $10 or whatever. I probably would have held off on additional batteries had I know it included one. The Bushnell unit I had would last a year or more (30+ rounds) on a battery so, now I have spares to give to buddies.I'll update this review after a winter golf trip and/or next season if there are any changes in my opinion. For $170, if it lasts a couple of seasons, seems like a reasonable buy.

It's accurate, the magnet feature is great, and the price is as good as you can ask for. It's not anything special but if you're like me then you'll love it. All I wanted was accurate distances with slope and this is it.

I got a used one last time when it was supposed to be new, it didn’t work. This is brand new and works GREAT! Pretty accurate on the course.

Love this range finder. Even tho I shake a bit it is very easy to useaccurateLightweightMagnet for handy access when riding

It seems consistently accurate, is slightly smaller than the one it replaced and is easy ro read. It is the older replaceab le battery style rather than rechargeable, but that is not an issue for me.

Easy to use, price was great. If I lose it I’ll buy another one :)

This is my fourth rangefinder, having had two breakdown and losing a third. All i needed is one that provides accurate distances (slope function is nice but wasn't a requirement) and not a lot of bells and whistles offered by the higher end units. This one work well. It's nice and compact and fits well in my hands. It zeroes in the pin better than my two previous rangefinders and does so very quickly. The numbers in the viewfinder are easy to read. Good value . . . pleased with this purchase.