Nikon 550 is the king of angle archery range finders!!

[Daniel Boone]

Originally Posted by Bowed Up Keep all the good info rolling. Is there really that much difference if your 15' up a tree or standing on the ground shooting a deer at 25 yards?? What is the correct math on that one??

Is to often shoot high. This is not math but how some dont bend at the waist and stay inline with the bow. Its causes one to look through the peep site wrong.
DB

Might read this

http://archersadvantage.com/TipSheets/UpDownHill.htm

[Dave Nowlin]

There seems to be some missinformation circulaing about the Archers Advantage vs the 550. Some are spreading the word that the Archers Advantage only works out to 100 yards. Today I took my new Archers Advantage and ranged a tree uphill from me. It was probably 40 feet or more above where I was standing and I had it set to compensate for the angle and got a reading of 136 yards. That convinces me it still works beyong 100 yards. As for the issue about forgetting to bend at the waist, put a No-Peep on your bow and the problem will be solved. The No-Peep isn't accurate enough you say. I shot in a field archery tournament Saturday. It was raining when we started out and rained a good part of the shoot. On the first round at 66 yards I put 6 arrows into about 5 inches maybe a little less. I had 2 Xs 3 10s and one arrow in the nine barely outside the 10 ring. I was shooting a No-Peep on my XXL. I couldn't have shot better with a peep and probably not as well with my old eyes.

Dave Nowlin

[qdmbucks]

Compared the Nikon to the Leupold, and the Leupold won hands down. The optics are so much clearer and if you dont need to go past 60 yards (ang comp) you cant go wrong.

Matt

[Oregonbowhunter]

Originally Posted by qdmbucks Compared the Nikon to the Leupold, and the Leupold won hands down. The optics are so much clearer and if you dont need to go past 60 yards (ang comp) you cant go wrong. Matt

I too bought the Luepold and love the clarity of the optics but where I hunt in Oregon I would like if you could get the angle compensation to work past 60 yards @ times, but for the most part it is more than enough.

OBH

[cordini]

A lot of misinformation abounds regarding the Nikon rangefinders with angle compensation....If you go to Nikon's website, you will find that both the A.C. & Riflehunter 550 are both only rated out to 99.5 yards in angle compensation mode....The Riflehunter is rated to read up to 550 yards on a reflective target. I had a Luepold RX-IV and didn't realize when I bought it on E-bay that the angle compensation only read out to 60 yards. After awhile of being frustrated by how much I spent on that unit, I picked up the A.C. this year for bow hunting....Wish I had bought the 550 instead, because I got drawn for a Muley buck tag for gun season. I was also frustrated by all the garbage on the Luepold, so I sold that and picked up a Leica 1200 CRF for gun season.....Luv the speed of the readout on that unit....just wish it had angle compensation. According to the Leica rep I spoke with, they looked into the angle compensation, but the engineers in Germany are not sure that angle compensation is as accurate as is advertised. We who have used it can attest to the difference....Guess they need to take a 65 yard shot on a 40 degree incline to maybee test their theory.....Anyway, Leupold has stuck with 60 yards as their max for angle compensation.....Guess those folks have never ranged a big Muley out at 80 yards, knowing you could make the shot if only your rangefinder could give you the accurate reading. Go with Nikon....and get the Riflehunter 550 for the extra yardage reading when you're not in angle compensation mode.

[bow_dude]

I have the 550 and my friend has the archers choice. Both work well past 100 yards for angle compensation. We consistantly get the archers choice to compensate out to 150 yrds and my 550 out past 300 yards. If you click on the change mode button once you take a reading, it will convert from angle compensation to line of sight. No mis-information here. My son also has the 550 and several other people I know. Angle compensation reads far beyond 99.9 yards. Me thinks you might be reading the nikon website incorrectly.

I also had the Leopold. Sold it after 1 day of usage. Way too complicated and I also disagree on the optics. No where as clear as nikons. In my opinion, Nikon over Leopold hands down. But, opinions are like belly buttons.... everybody has one.

[cordini]

Well, that is what Nikon rates it to....I can get the LOS to read past 100 yards....Close to the 150 yards. All I am saying is that Nikon does not rate the angle compensation past 99.5 yards for a reason....Warranty issues. They would have a bunch of rangefinders coming back if they claimed to read out to 150 yards, and could only get 100 yards out of them. Read what they say on Nikon's site & tell me I'm misinformed.....Or read the AC owners manual.