I can't help you with comparison but i can give you my opinion of the Bushnell 1500 Elite w/Arc. I bought mine last year. I agree with passthru that unless your hunting mountainous areas the arc really doesn't shine, hunting from a treestand the angle doesn't change the distance unless your shooting almost straight down, which i would never do. Where I think it really shines is when I'm predator hunting. I can program my bullet caliber and wt and when you range your target it calculates bullet drop when your gun is sighted in at 100 yds. Otherwise the quality is good and I have no complaints. Hope this helps.

Tom