Red vs Green laser measure?

[gringogigante]

I'm shopping and noticed there's a lot of green laser measures. Anyone here used green in bright sunlight? I'm curious how it compares to red.....I'm 52 but have great vision at distance. But I still have trouble in the bright Texas sun seeing the red laser dot.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

The Bosch is red - but I think a green version is available but with the cross hairs on the screen it won't matter. You can find your target either color.

 

[Surf Cat]

What's the best laser color for waivers?

 

[Tom D]

like said, the screen with the x on it is the best way to see it. little red dot. on my brick exteriors becomes a where is it.
nothing helps waivers, juxt accept your very old age when that dot keeps moving around a bit on that spot.

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[RCA]

I'm shopping and noticed there's a lot of green laser measures. Anyone here used green in bright sunlight? I'm curious how it compares to red.....I'm 52 but have great vision at distance. But I still have trouble in the bright Texas sun seeing the red laser dot.

Some people can't see green (tritanopia), some can't see red (deuteranopia), some can't see blue (in this case it is more of a blue-yellow problem) - and some can't see any color at all (achromatopsia)

It is usually a genetic condition, but it can be caused by disease or having to take certain kinds of medicine.

About Colour Blindness - Colour Blind Awareness

www.colourblindawareness.org

Types of Colour Blindness - Colour Blind Awareness

www.colourblindawareness.org

Types of Color Vision Deficiency | National Eye Institute

Different types of color blindness cause problems seeing different colors. Read about red-green color blindness, blue-yellow color blindness, and complete color blindness.

www.nei.nih.gov

 

[Gobears81]

I just had to purchase a new laser recently and was looking at this also. Was deciding between the Bosch GLM 50 C and the GLM165-25G. The first has a red laser and it does OK with outside measurements in shady areas, but it cannot get a reading in direct sun (whether we can see the laser or not isn't the issue). I believe that the 25G does a bit better outside, and maybe that has something to do with the green laser, not sure. Ultimately, I stuck with the tried and true 50C - which I've previously owned - after seeing that the other eats batteries so quickly, but both seem to be good choices.

 

[Mark K]

What's the best laser color for waivers?

Just get a golf laser. Infra-red, no dot, just cross hairs. Accurate to 1 yard up to 500 +/-.

Close enough for waivers.

 

[Surf Cat]

Just get a golf laser. Infra-red, no dot, just cross hairs. Accurate to 1 yard up to 500 +/-.

Close enough for waivers.

Hopefully, my comment brought a chuckle which is what I meant it for.

Being serious though, when I first was thinking about a laser a couple decades ago, I tried an infrared measuring device....it was awful, and I threw it away. I'm still on my first laser measurer, a PLS which has a little scope on it where I can look into and see the Red Dot. When this dies, if appraising doesn't die first, I'll try a green one or the crosshairs one sounds pretty interesting.

A golf laser measure is not going to save my game.... if the ball goes in the direction where I'm aiming, that's a huge plus. If I get the ball within 10 yds of where I was aiming.... I'm super happy.

 

[Mark K]

Being serious though, when I first was thinking about a laser a couple decades ago, I tried an infrared measuring device....it was awful, and I threw it away.

I had one when I owned a brokerage that was ultrasonic, worked on reflected sound waves. But it had a laser pointer. Didn't work worth sht. also threw it away after I ran the battery down tormenting the cat with the red dot.

 

[Functional Obs]

I'm shopping and noticed there's a lot of green laser measures. Anyone here used green in bright sunlight? I'm curious how it compares to red.....I'm 52 but have great vision at distance. But I still have trouble in the bright Texas sun seeing the red laser dot.

If you're talking about "BRIGHT" sunlight, then the color won't save you, but in general, I've really loved switching to green. It's much more visible. I still have my Disto (red) as a backup.