Can This Replace My Bushnell?

A lot of range finders come through my studio. This is about 10% of the emails that I get about range finders. I don't like testing range finders because there's so many on the market today and there's a lot of garbage out there. But this one right here, the Milesy Gene Pro S1 is not that. This is potentially the smartest range finder in golf and also the clearest viewing range finder in the game today. That's just what the website says, but also what my golf supply says. MyGolfSpy dubbed this range finder their 2025 most wanted range finder. But in today's video, I'm going to the golf course and I wanna see if this beautiful top of the line Milesy Gene Pro S1 is as good as the website claims, is as good as MyGolfSpy claims, and if it will make my round of golf better, easier, more enjoyable, all of those things. So let's get out of the studio and let's go play some golf. Oh, and this video is sponsored by Milesy, but they aren't telling me to say anything. They gave me this range finder and they said, Andrew, go play some golf with it and let us know your thoughts. So that's it. All right, ready to go play a quick nine here. So let's take it. Just give you my honest first impressions. It feels so good. Like it feels top, top quality. I'm familiar with the ring here that is slope on off, but it feels solid. The focus is really, really nice. You can kind of just slide this here. One thing that I'm gonna do for the first time, never done. Magnetic mount, but it's not on the side. It's on the bottom. We're gonna see how that sustains over the course of these holes. First grab here. Let's see how she goes. Before even hitting a button, sometimes range finders, when you look through them, it's not quite the same color or brightness as outside. That like, it doesn't feel any different. It feels like the exact same light as outside. That was fast. 119 with slope. But yeah, one of the features of this is that 95% light transmission, whatever that means. I guess most are 90 or less. This looks as clear as if I'm looking right now. And even to cross reference my 120 to the flag, I have 118 according to the GPS in the cart. So that's, that's good. Let's hit this shot. So why does more light transmission mean better? Well, depending on your sky conditions, just easier to see your target. It's gonna acquire the target faster in my thinking. And I did notice the larger field of view lets more of that light in. I mean, it's a little hazy, foggy today. And that was so easy to acquire the target. It didn't help me hit better shots that hole, but I definitely noticed how fast it acquires the target. Yes, the field of view is pronounced and it's bright, which is noticeable, but holy cow, that thing picked up the target so fast, especially back there from 244 when I was trying to get the edge of the water. And then I looked over at the bunker. It picked up what I needed so quick, so quick. All right, here's a perfect scenario to test ball to pin mode. And if I'm honest, I'm skeptical of this measurement algorithm that a lot of range finders have produced these days. But it could be so beneficial because this par three, your cart's parked there, my tee box is there, my flag is there. You could get your yardage while sitting and relaxing, waiting for the group to clear. So let's get this thing set ball to pin mode. Here we go. Get the first tee marker and then go to the flag. Boom, says 180. 180 adjusted, 179 flat. There and see, obviously I need to click it off of point to point ball to pin mode, but that was actually pretty easy through this function button here. We just wake it up, get it out of there. We're right at the flag. 179, pretty, pretty spot on. Like I said in the cart, I'm hesitant on that point to point shooting. I've had range finders in the past that have had that and I just don't use it. I straight up don't use it. I tested it fine, but it just was hard for me to integrate. That was so quick and easy. And it was right. It was spot on. So scenarios like I'm someone that would take multiple clubs on a cart path day. But if I embraced that with this range finder, I wouldn't have to do that. I could sit on that tee box or a cart path only day and do that very easy, almost mid conversation. Get the right yardage and bring the right club over there. So that was impressive. I could honestly see myself using that setting, not just talking about that setting. Getting the right yardage so far today has been great. Hasn't helped me hit great shots, but that's not the point of this test. Four holes in with this thing. And the thing that you hear me saying the most is how fast it acquires the target. I don't know if that's the same as another one, but I've got a Bushnell Tour V7S here to see if there is a noticeable difference or if it's as fast as industry standard or top. So I haven't touched the button yet. 180, adjusted 182. Okay, I'm gonna do the same thing. I haven't touched the button yet. Button 204. The flag walk is fast and you see behind here, there is a lot of bush and there's a slope. 204, let's try that again. Wake it up. Button 180, adjusted 181. Wake it up. Button 181. It was just as fast. I forgot to say the yardage. I was expecting to see 204, but it said 181. So there it did it in roughly the same time, but you saw, we'll do three. We'll do a third time. Wake it up. Button. There, I got the 204. I'm shaking a little bit. I'm moving a little bit. Wake it up. Button 194. So you're seeing there's a lot of behind there. This thing is pretty quick at acquiring a target. And obviously if you have reflectors on the flag, that's helpful. But you see there's bush and there's a hill and this thing, two out of three, this thing, one out of three. Do a flip up. Oh, stay right there. Stay right there. One thing I want to touch on very quickly. This is a premium product. This is not for every golfer. This is for a golfer that wants top of the line optics, convenience, ease of use, the top of the line hardware in a really, really quality unit or in someone that already uses premium equipment. This sits at the top tier of range finders. If you're someone that's just looking for yardages with slope, there are more affordable options in the market, especially from us. I've used a few of theirs over the years and their stuff is really good. But I understand this is not for every golfer. This is for that golfer that appreciates quality, premium, and wants their range finder to kind of match up with the premium and quality of their golf bag or membership. That's what we'll say to where this sits in price. There's one last thing I want to explore when we get up to the green on this hole. Yeah, the green. A range finder that has a feature that can help you on the green seems a bit bizarre, but I want to see what it does up here and see if I can understand why that could be a cool feature to have. So I was able to chase that one up to the front of the green. In my playing days, I would have paced this off to know exactly how far I was or roughly how far I was because I had a reference point of how hard I needed to hit something based on the distance and the stroke feel. So I would pace this off. I would write it down on my pin sheet. So I have an understanding of how close I'm hitting it, but I also have an understanding of how hard I need to hit the putt. So let's pace this off. 19 paces. So we're basically just under 60 feet. So I have an understanding of how hard or what a 60 foot putt feels like. With this, if you put it into the green, the ball reading mode, I can zap the flag 57 and a half feet to the top of the flag, maybe if I hit the bottom, 58 feet. Paced off 19 paces. That's pretty, pretty great. I feel like I didn't quite hit that hard enough, but the slope might help me. Back in the day when I was playing and practicing all the time, I knew what it felt like to hit it 14 feet, 22 feet, 34 feet. So if I was playing by myself and wanting to practice and learn and see how close I'm hitting my approach shots, but what it feels like, like this could actually be really great on the putting green, how close you're hitting it. Cause you wouldn't really play a round of golf bringing the range finder to the green, but that is just an interesting and beneficial feature if you choose to use it, that this has that I don't think any other range finder has. So when a company sends me something and wants to sponsor a video, the main question I'm going to ask myself after testing it is, would I keep it in the golf bag? The build quality screams premium. And yes, the price tag is premium. We addressed that on the golf course. What stood out the most to me was how quick it was to acquire the flag. And that's their flag lock. And that's upon reading more, that's their smart algorithm. That's their AI. This is an AI powered range finder, but we're not getting hung up on that. Cause like, what does that really mean? That algorithm, that smart algorithm to be able to find the flag quickly amongst the noise was noticeable and it was quick. When that par three, where I did it head to head with the Tour V7, it was faster. Yes, this got the wrong one once. Bushnell got the wrong one twice and was a wee bit slower. I mean, we're looking at hundreds of seconds when we're comparing the best range finders, the best radars in the game. Like I said, on the golf cart, it's not for everyone. It's a price point that is for people that appreciate quality, premium, that want to align their range finder to their existing experience with golf. Mile C used to be a name that I think many just kind of shook off when it came to the range finder space. But now I've tested and used three of their range finders. Their speaker is a hit with so many people. This will stay in the bag because this was a great experience. I'm excited to play more rounds with it and benefit from the ease of use, the quality of the glass, and the field of view was pronounced. And obviously, I'm trying my best to show you, but it's something that needs to be seen to believe just how clear it is and how wide that field of view is when compared to a Bushnell, the best range finders in the game. Mile C, they mean business. They're creating great product and not just because this video is sponsored. I'd be telling you guys the truth no matter what, but this will stay in the bag because I don't see a reason why I shouldn't because what I look for in a range finder is the ease of use, the quickness, and gosh, that clarity, that field of view was just an added bonus. Let me know, do you use Mile C products? Do you use this one, the brand new Gene Pro S1? Sound off in those comments and we'll see you in the next video.