When distance means winning a golf game, a rangefinder is your best friend. Measuring distance can be difficult in low light or poor weather conditions. Used by hunters, golfers and photographers, today's rangefinders are smaller, more effective and less expensive. Laser rangefinders emit "eye safe" lasers from the finder.

The laser bounces off the object and returns back to the finder, where a microprocessor reads the distance based on the length of time the laser took to travel there and back.

Rangefinders cost from $270 to $600 online, and also feature:

• Filtering technology - reads accurately through rain, haze or dust.
• Scan mode - sends out a continuous laser "stream" (for 10 seconds) that can track a moving object or multiple objects.

Rangefinders are available in monocular, binocular and camera models. For more information on the variety of rangefinders available online, click on the shopping links above to access some of the leading online suppliers.

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