From my quadcopter (now abandoned) experience with TOF sensors inc ultrasonic, the more you pay the more reliable & accurate they are.
More expensive, but worth considering is the Benewake TFMini - I had the most success with this one.
0.3M to 12M, serial TTL data output either in binary or plaintext mode.
In plaintext mode, eg. 1.21 metres is ouput as 1.21(esc)
Baudrate is 115K by default but configurable from 9600 all the way up to 512k,
sample rate is 100hz continuous by default, but can be set to on request.
All depends really on what you want to do with it.
Oh yes, forgot to add, the Datasheet is written in real english.