Bushnell Yardage pro 400 laser rangefinder

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as titled vgc inc pouch,box instructions etc. £88 posted via royal mail recorded delivery cheers

heres what they say about it

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The YP 400 comes equipped with a soft padded carrying case, neck strap, lens cleaning cloth and an instruction manual. Just like most children's toys, the necessary 9V battery was not included. The exterior shell of the YP 400 is made of hard plastic with soft rubber grip panels provided. These grip panels come in good use when your hands are gloved or when they are wet. I was a little disappointed by the fact that Bushnell didn't rubber armor the whole unit to protect the delicate electronics inside the rangefinder.

 

The YP 400 felt comfortable in my hands and the two main control buttons, FIRE and MODE, were fairly big and easy to reach with your fingers without having to adjust your grip.

 

To activate the LCD display the operator needs to press the FIRE button once. The unit is then ready to be used. To range a target the operator first has to place the target inside the rectangular box in the middle of the the cross hairs, then simply depresses the FIRE button until a range value has appeared in the LCD. When a target has been successfully ranged the FIRE button is released, after which the display will remain in view for 30 seconds before turning off.

 

The very top of the LCD has a target quality indicator bar that gives the user information as to the quality of the range reading. As the bar fills in from left to right the user is assured that there is a sufficient amount of laser being reflected back to the rangefinder for an accurate range reading. This can be deceiving however, as it is possible to get accurate range readings even though the bar indicates that the quality of the reading is low.

 

There is a precision indicator that lights up when the rangefinder has a very accurate reading of + or - 1 yard. During my testing this indicator seldom lit up, even though multiple rangings would prove the measurements to be accurate.

 

There is also a battery indicator on the bottom right of the LCD that warns the user of low battery power.

 

The MODE button allows the operator to select among the various targeting modes available, depending on the environment in which the unit will be used.

 

Depressing the MODE button for 5 seconds will activate the unit of measurement feature of the YP 400. This allows the operator to decide if the unit will range its targets in either yards or meters. The selected unit of measurement is then displayed inside the LCD, and will become the default setting for the YP 400 until it is changed again.

 

There are four main targeting modes that the user can select depending on the situation they are faced with - standard, reflective, rain and zip thru. To select between these modes the operator simply depresses the MODE button until the desired setting is achieved and displayed in the LCD.

 

The standard setting has no indicator setting in the LCD and will allow the operator to range most normal, moderately reflective targets out to a distance of 400 yards. Under most circumstances the standard setting is adequate.

 

The reflective setting is more appropriate when targeting very reflective targets such as road signs and other similar objects. Bushnell claims that the maximum distance one can achieve under these circumstances is 999 yards. This has to be purely theoretical as I sincerely doubt that even road signs would provide enough reflected laser to allow the YP 400 to measure them at those distances.

 

Precipitation such as snow and rain can effect the ranging performance of the YP 400. The laser emitting from the unit can be easily reflected off precipitation causing the YP 400 to produce false readings. Selecting the rain mode minimizes the chances of poor performance under these circumstances - Bushnell claims that the YP 400 will ignore targets under 70 yards while in this setting.

 

The zip thru feature allows the operator to use the YP 400 in situations where there are many obstacles that could interfere with ranging a distant target, and allows the YP 400 to ignore readings from objects under 130 yards. This is a very useful feature that can allow the use of the YP 400 in wooded areas for example, where lots of trees and branches could affect the unit's performance.

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