I like the Nikon 440s. Paid $190 shipped off of ebay. I never did have a situation where I needed to range an animal in the dark, but I could see how that could be a problem. Anyway, I'm happy with the 440. I sold my Bushnell, not because it didn't work for most situations, it just wasn't as compact, and also, I found it didn't range black targets very well (foam bear on 3D course). Of course, ranging a tree right next to the black target was a good work around, but the Nikon seems to work fine.