For anyone else reading this thread, I bought a Nikon 500G last Christmas from Amazon for $249 (US) and it works great also, (does not have the slope feature). Very compact, and durable. Like the others, on the course you can pick out trees, or trap perimeters and it works great. Although I do understand some of the intrigue of the SkyCaddie, etc., for my money I wouldn't change....IMHO