Bushnell Golf Phantom 3 Slope Black

Customer Reviews (169)

1. 

   Luisa – April 18, 2025

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Delivery was fast and product is excellent

2. 

   Amazon Customer – April 22, 2025

   Rated 3 out of 5

   Gadget is ok, seller sent wrong colour , ordered black and sent bright orange, hubby NOT impressed, seller said they would correct their mistake but never did, worst service ever. Order from different seller.
   Gadget is great for slope distance but you have to scroll through your holes to put your score in, not like the Bushnell 2 you can add score on each hole.

3. 

   Pat C. – May 2, 2025

   Rated 5 out of 5

   I live in Michigan, and I do not have a winter home, so that means that the only comments I can leave about this range finder so far are my initial impressions. I’ve been using the Tag Heuer golf app on my Apple Watch, and when it works, it’s beautiful and fast to calculate distances. But, in the past 2 years it’s gotten very very wonky – to the point that it became unusable last summer. It just couldn’t seem to maintain a connection with the satellites. But this puppy – well, I don’t think I’m going to have that same issue! I opened the box, pulled it out and turned it on and immediately it was able to find a long list of courses – the nearest which was still about 8 miles away. And I was in my house! So my first impression about connectivity is Awesome!

   My second first impression was about the display. It is a very low-rez, large-pixel screen, not particularly pretty. It reminds me a little bit of the birth of video games and how they looked way back when. But I doubt anyone over 40 who struggles with reading small print will have any complaints here! It’s getting harder and harder for me to read the numbers on my watch or phone when I used a golf app, but this simple display will be easy to read even for my old peepers.

   I bought this on the strength of so many positive reviews, and the unique slope feature. To say. I’m looking forward to getting out and actually using it is an understatement. I know this also links to an app on your phone – I haven’t looked into that yet but I’m looking forward to checking that out too.

   I’ll update this review once I actually use it on the course. But it looks very promising!

   Note: a lot of reviews mention the loose fit on the plastic holder that comes with this. I thought it was terrible too- the device falls out really easily. BUT – I fiddled with it, and found that you need to attach the holder bracket at the bottom first – then snap the top bracket on. It will click when you do this, and it is very secure. If you try to snap on the top bracket first it will fall out.

4. 

   5iron – May 8, 2025

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Why did you pick this product vs others?:
   All my buddies have one and they recommend it.

5. 

   Peter – May 18, 2025

   Rated 5 out of 5

   I have been using this for three months. It does everything as advertised. It is three times the GPS of those of slightly lesser price. It is worth the money!

6. 

   Donald E. Jones – May 21, 2025

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Great range finder for average golfer (like me). Easy to use, indestructible, accurate for standard distances. Even though price is higher, it’s still a great choice. Would definitely buy again.

7. 

   leemo – June 19, 2025

   Rated 4 out of 5

   I used this unit last season and it’s very useful. I’ve found that it’s quite accurate both for measuring flat distances and with slope. My wife has a Garmin watch and I think this is more accurate. Plus, her watch doesn’t account for slopes like this unit does.

   They like to advertise this as so easy to use that you don’t need a manual. I have a lot of experience with technology and that wasn’t the case for me. If you want to used the advanced features like score keeping, I recommend that you download the manual and read it.

   I’m still struggling to understand the hazard distances. There are something like 70 different 3-4 letter codes and a couple numbers for each, so I when I’m on the course, I don’t always know what the hazard is or what the numbers mean. I’ll have to work on that more this year. The app is more useful cuz it shows a picture of the hole, but that takes some time to use and I’m already a pretty slow golfer.

   When I arrive at a course, the GPS receiver (GPS) usually connects to the satellites in under 30 seconds. It’s automatic course detection has worked well for me mostly, but I find that it’s a good idea to look for the course on your app before you go out (while you’re on wifi) and download it. Otherwise it will download the course after it connects to the satellites and that may take a few minutes using your data plan.

   It’s sometimes a little tricky to get the app and the GPS synced properly. I’ve started and abandoned several games on the GPS because it synced to the app after I hit the “Play” button on the GPS. I’ll have to review that bit in the manual again.

   I like the size of the data on the screen. I need reading glasses most of the time, but I’m able to read this screen without any glasses. That’s the reason I don’t use a watch. Watch screens are too small.

   It has a clip and holder you can put the unit in, but I’ve found that to be a very unreliable item to use. I’ve almost lost this unit several times using it. I glued a metal strip onto the back of the holder so the magnet would assist in keeping the unit in the holder and that did help, but I don’t trust it. Now I just use the magnet directly on my cart. It’s not as convenient, but I’ve had no issues with losing it. The magnet is quite strong. It also fits in my pocket very comfortably.

   I’m not a good enough golfer to care about the front and back distances, and I’m not really willing to take the time to estimate where the hole is on the green and mark it on the unit, so I don’t really use those features.

   Overall, I’m glad I bought this unit. It has helped me a great deal on the course and as I (hopefully) improve as a golfer, I think it will be quite valuable.

8. 

   Linda G. – June 20, 2025

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Excellent product for the golf course. No more bulky range finders . Just stick it on the cart or put it in my pocket. Awesome!!

9. 

   Dave n – June 27, 2025

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Glad it sent cheaper one back and got this. Works great and easy to use