I have been through a few different rangefinders over the years, and from a budget-friendly sense, the Bushnell Scout 1000 is the best value for the money.

Defending the Wildgame XRT by comparing it to a Tasco is laughable, neither of them are worth owning.

The Bushnell 1000's are great, I have two of them (one branded as a Cabelas 1000 by bushnell) that my wife and I have used for years. On a moderately overcast day, I can hit a deer to 500ish yards with these (or at least the ground beneath the deer). It seems that on trees or non-reflectives on clear days, I can get to about 600yrds, as published. Buildings or large hill faces will ping to 1000yrds.

You can get the Bushnell Scout for $130-150 almost any time of year on sale one place or another. I wouldn't waste my money on any lower quality, lower priced model. Been there, wasted money on that...