The Quick Verdict
Get the Tour Hybrid. The V6 has been discontinued, which means you're hunting clearance bins and accepting a product Bushnell is no longer supporting. Even if you find one, you're paying $300 for a rangefinder with no slope — and the Hybrid gives you slope on both the laser and the onboard GPS, Bluetooth connectivity, and a longer-range optic for $200 more. The only scenario where the V6 makes sense is if you find one significantly below its $299.99 MSRP and you genuinely don't care about slope, ever. Check price at Amazon →
What They Have in Common
Both are Bushnell rangefinders built around the same core: 6x magnification, ±1-yard accuracy out to 500-plus yards on the flag, IPX6 water resistance, BITE magnet for cart attachment, and PinSeeker with Visual JOLT to confirm you've locked the flag. The optics, form factor, and dimensions are nearly identical — same weight, essentially the same dimensions. The baseline is solid either way.
Where They Differ
Slope — and the Hybrid's Bigger Play
The most obvious difference is slope. The V6 doesn't have it at all — it's tournament-legal by design, which sounds like a feature until you realize most golfers use slope for practice rounds and dial it back only for competition. The Hybrid does slope on both the laser reading and the GPS, which is a meaningful combination. You can get a slope-adjusted distance to the flag via laser or pull up slope-adjusted GPS distances to the front, center, and back of the green. That's not a spec-sheet flourish; it's genuinely useful when the flag position changes what club you'd hit.
GPS and Bluetooth
The V6 is a pure laser rangefinder. The Tour Hybrid adds onboard GPS with course data — and Bluetooth connectivity to sync with the Bushnell app. I'd guess the GPS preloaded courses number in the tens of thousands, but check Bushnell's current course count rather than taking my word on the specific number. What's not in dispute: for golfers who want a yardage to the front/back of a green without raising the rangefinder, or who want layup distances at a glance, the GPS layer is useful. It's not the reason you'd buy the Hybrid over a standalone GPS unit, but it's a nice thing to have already paid for.
Battery
This is easy to overlook and genuinely matters. The Hybrid runs on a CR-123 battery; the V6 takes a CR-2. Both are replaceable lithium batteries — not proprietary rechargeable packs — which is good. But CR-123s are more commonly stocked at pharmacies and big-box stores than CR-2s. If you've ever opened a rangefinder mid-week to find a dead battery, you know the CR-123 is the easier rescue.
Discontinued Status
The V6 being discontinued is the conversation-stopper here. It's not just that stock will dry up — it's that firmware support, warranty service, and any future updates are effectively done. That's a real consideration for something you expect to last five or six seasons.
Who Should Buy Which
Get the Tour Hybrid if:
- You want slope and plan to actually use it. The laser-plus-GPS slope combination is the Hybrid's real calling card.
- You're the golfer who sometimes plays courses you haven't memorized and wants quick GPS yardages to work off before you even raise the rangefinder.
- You want a rangefinder you can buy new, get a warranty on, and not worry about for several years.
- You're playing courses with tricky layup holes and want instant distances to hazards or carry targets via GPS.
Get the Tour V6 if:
- You find one on clearance meaningfully below $200 and you genuinely never want slope — you play in tournaments where you'd use a no-slope device and don't want to manage a switch.
- That's basically the only scenario worth considering at this point.
The Bottom Line
The Tour V6 was a clean, capable rangefinder when it was current. But it's discontinued, it has no slope, and it costs $300 MSRP. The Tour Hybrid is $200 more, but it's a product you can actually buy new, with slope on both laser and GPS, onboard course data, Bluetooth, and the same rock-solid Bushnell optics underneath. The price gap is real — but the V6's discontinuation makes this a lot simpler than a head-to-head spec comparison. You're not really choosing between two rangefinders; you're choosing between one good rangefinder and whatever's left on the shelf of another.