The Quick Verdict
The Tour V6 is discontinued, so the one-device answer is easy: get the Wingman 2. It's available, it works without a subscription, and it'll handle distance information across a full round from the cart rail. That said, if you ride regularly and can still find a Tour V6 on clearance, these two together is a genuinely good setup — the Wingman calling out front/center/back while you're driving, the Tour V6 giving you the exact pin number when you pull up to your ball. But for a single purchase right now, go with the Wingman 2.
What They Actually Do
The Wingman 2 is a cart-mounted GPS speaker — it snaps onto your cart bar with an integrated BITE magnet, calls out yardages audibly when you press the remote, and plays music while you ride. The Tour V6 is a laser rangefinder — you point it at a flag, press the button, and it returns distance to within a yard. Both are Bushnell products, both give you distance information, and both carry an IPX6 water resistance rating — good for rain, not for a dunk.
The Real Tradeoffs
Precision vs. Course Awareness
The Tour V6 measures to ±1 yard at up to 500 yards to the flag. That's excellent. The Wingman 2 gives you front, center, and back of the green via GPS — typically ±3-5 yards, to fixed reference points, not wherever the pin actually is today.
But here's the thing: the Wingman does something the Tour V6 literally cannot do. Standing on a tee box you've never played, the Wingman (through the Bushnell Golf app on your phone) shows you the hole layout — where the bunkers are, how far to carry the water, where the fairway doglets. Point the Tour V6 at that same tee box and it gives you... whatever distance you happened to aim at. The laser is a measurement tool, not a navigation tool.
Speed While Riding
The Wingman's real advantage is the BITE remote. It clips to the cart bar, your hands never leave your coffee or your steering wheel, you press a button, and a voice calls out the distances. While you're driving up to your ball, you already know the numbers. That's a genuine time advantage over pulling a laser from your bag, finding the flag through the optics, waiting for the lock, and putting it away.
Walk the course and this advantage evaporates completely. The Wingman is a rider's device — if you walk, it's the wrong tool and you'd want a GPS watch or the rangefinder instead.
The One-Clip Installation
Both products share Bushnell's BITE magnet system, which is a small but real convenience for an existing Bushnell owner. The Wingman 2 snaps to the cart bar. The Tour V6 clips the same way to your bag strap. It's not a connectivity feature — they don't talk to each other — but the shared attachment system means both devices live somewhere accessible without fiddling.
Information on Your Phone vs. In Your Hand
The Wingman 2 has no screen. None. Every visual — hole maps, 3D flyovers, hazard distances — lives in the Bushnell Golf app on your phone. If you're fine with audio yardages while riding and using your phone for visuals, that's completely workable. If you want a dedicated screen showing you the hole, neither of these products gives you that.
The Tour V6 has an LCD — just one, just for displaying the distance it just measured. Clean and simple.
Cost and Battery
At $169.99 for the Wingman 2 and $299.99 MSRP for the Tour V6, the Wingman is the cheaper device — though clearance pricing on a discontinued rangefinder could shift that.
The Wingman 2 runs up to 14 hours on a charge (about three rounds) via USB-C, and it doubles as a power bank for your phone, which is legitimately useful. The Tour V6 runs on a CR2 lithium battery — no charging, but disposable. A single CR2 typically lasts a season of casual play.
Tournament Legality
The Tour V6 has no slope mode, so it's always tournament-legal as-is. Clean and simple for competition days. The Wingman 2 has no slope compensation either, but it's also missing a tournament mode toggle — though GPS devices without slope are generally fine in competition. Worth double-checking with your specific tournament's rules if that matters to you.
Who Should Get Which
Mount the Wingman 2 if: You ride regularly, you want yardages without reaching for anything, and you're happy using your phone for hole maps. The no-subscription access to 38,000+ courses means you show up to a new track and it just works. The power bank feature is a bonus if you're the kind of person who somehow arrives at the 14th hole at 12%.
Look for the Tour V6 if: You find it on clearance and you want a pure laser experience — no charging, no app dependency, exact distance to whatever you point it at. It's a well-built rangefinder that does its one job without fuss. Just know it's discontinued, so new-in-box stock is limited.
Consider both if: You ride regularly and want the full distance picture — the Wingman on the rail for continuous awareness and the laser in your bag for when pin placement really matters. That's a solid cart setup at a combined cost that doesn't require a second mortgage.
The Bottom Line
These two products aren't really competing — one is a cart-mounted GPS speaker and the other is a handheld laser rangefinder, and they solve slightly different problems. If you're buying just one right now, get the Wingman 2 — it's in production, needs no subscription, and gives you more information across a full round of riding than a standalone laser does. The Tour V6 is still a quality rangefinder if you find old stock at a good price, but it's not something you can reliably buy new.