Shot Scope Pro L5 rangefinder adds OLED display, slope tech and GPS app integration
Shot Scope is best known for its GPS watches and performance-tracking systems that collect on-course data for recreational golfers. However, in recent years, the Scotland-based company has also expanded into the laser rangefinder space. Like its other products, Shot Scope's rangefinders aim to combine modern technology, practical features and wallet-friendly pricing—giving amateur golfers more access to tools that can help them play smarter.
The brand's latest release, the Pro L5, is its most refined laser rangefinder, priced at $229.99. It delivers the essentials golfers want, featuring an ultra-crisp OLED display, fast target acquisition and seamless app integration.
While Shot Scope's previous rangefinders offered solid performance, the Pro L5 leaps forward with its OLED display. Unlike older LCD units, which can make information appear washed out in bright sunlight or low light, OLED screens offer deeper blacks and sharper contrast, making numbers and target information easier to read in all conditions. It's the kind of visual clarity that feels more like a smartphone screen than a traditional rangefinder.
The Pro L5 can measure distances with one-yard accuracy from as far as 1,300 yards away, and its 7x magnification helps you zero in on the flag or any other target with ease. Once the range is locked, adaptive slope technology can instantly provide a 'plays like' yardage based on elevation changes. The slope feature can be quickly disabled for tournament use by sliding a small switch located on the top of the device.
A built-in magnet allows the Pro L5 to snap securely to a golf cart frame, and a premium carry case comes included for players who prefer to clip it to a bag.
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While the Pro L5 doesn't include an embedded GPS unit, it does come with free access to Shot Scope's smartphone app, which includes GPS and aerial maps of every hole, along with distances to hazards, lay-up areas and front-middle-back yardages for each green. That decision helps keep the unit light in the hand and budget-friendly while still offering expanded course management tools.
The Pro L5 is available in black or white, is water-resistant, powered by a replaceable CR2 battery (rated for approximately 5,800 uses), and backed by a two-year warranty.
If you've been eyeing an OLED-equipped rangefinder for its clarity and precision but hesitated at premium price tags, the Pro L5 could be the see-clearly-now moment your game has been waiting for.
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