Golflogix GPS

[VtDivot]

Originally Posted by Pa Jayhawk

Gotta be honest Vt, if it is mainly for travel or courses you do not play alot, I would probably go with the range finder. You don't have to plan ahead and can do it spur of the moment not needing to know what course you intend to play. Don't have to worry about the accuracy of someone else plotting or mapping the course.

If it is mainly for a home course, or a course you have some familiarity with, I would go with the GPS, you can confirm the points and know from there on out, plus you do have a pretty good idea on the accuracy just at first glance. Download the course you normally play, then no cost after that point. Just my .02 cents, as when I travel I use both but usually find myself falling back to the range finder. When at home, I never pull the range finder from my bag except for practicing short game.

Although if you do decide on the GPS, be aware that many allow you to plot your own, and the main reason I went with the iGolf. The others had none of the courses in my area. It was the only one at the time that had that option. That and it had he option to save the file to the PC, So I downloaded the 50 local course to my pc and never have to pay membership fees again. Two options I would first look for and require on any GPS

Actually PA - I'm very familiar with the courses I play in NS as well. I just want to have the GPS so I don't need to wonder how deep that green is that I can only see the top of the flag... this is where GPS earns its money IMO

[ualtim]

Great review sssmokin. You almost have me convinced to buy one. Reading through the Golflogix website I noticed that the 2008 version does distance of last club hit. Does the 2007 version do this?

[Wi-Golfer]

Originally Posted by sssmokin

Good ho'ing, WG. You won't be sorry. I couldn't believe how the yardage markers were off...........especially on the Westwoods course. I was talking to the clubhouse manager about it, and they might be getting one of these to redo the yardage markers. He knew they were off. They were measured by old men members with a stretching tape measure several years ago. This is mapped by satellite (Garvin) and hard to dispute.

I should have it by thursday or so, got it for a pretty good price on ebay $180.

The course I have been playing the most has the yardage marked off on the sprinkler heads & seems to be pretty accurate, but then sometimes it's a pain to go searching for sprinkler heads. Played Lake Mills last saturday & nothing was marked other than the 200-150-100 & a few of those are very suspect.

How does this thing record doglegs? On some courses if I bomb it over the trees I can cut the corner & really take a huge chunk of real estate out of the picture. Is it going to claim some ridiculous number like a 400 yd drive?

[warbirdlover]

Dammit sssmokin... dammit!!! I thought I had everything I needed and you go buy one of these things. And apparently a good one.

[sssmokin]

Wi-Golfer posted: How does this thing record doglegs?

It tells you the distance to the dogleg........doesn't go beyond it. It gives the distance to the 100 yd layup, 125 yd layup, and 150 yd layup also. That was a good price you paid.........I thought I got a good deal from Amazon.com at $219 (free shipping).

ualtim posted: Great review sssmokin. You almost have me convinced to buy one. Reading through the Golflogix website I noticed that the 2008 version does distance of last club hit. Does the 2007 version do this?

I don't think so, but it's easy to figure out from the distance to the hole.

warbirdlover posted: Dammit sssmokin... dammit!!! I thought I had everything I needed and you go buy one of these things. And apparently a good one.

BWAAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA

[MGP]

Originally Posted by ualtim

Great review sssmokin. You almost have me convinced to buy one. Reading through the Golflogix website I noticed that the 2008 version does distance of last club hit. Does the 2007 version do this?

I would be surprised if it didn't. Measuring a point-to-point shot distance is a really easy thing to do in software. I would bet that even if the 2007 models didn't have that function that a software upgrade would since the 2008 model has that function (according to the website).

Originally Posted by Wi-Golfer

How does this thing record doglegs? On some courses if I bomb it over the trees I can cut the corner & really take a huge chunk of real estate out of the picture. Is it going to claim some ridiculous number like a 400 yd drive?

Every golf GPS I've seen does a point-to-point measurement. If you cut across a dogleg and cutoff 400 yards on the hole with a 250 yard drive (as the crow flies) then the unit will tell you it was a 250 yard drive.

My Skycaddie SG3 has been extremely helpful in dialing in the distances I hit all of my clubs. I love the shot measuring feature and have used it a lot.

[Wi-Golfer]

Originally Posted by MGP

Every golf GPS I've seen does a point-to-point measurement. If you cut across a dogleg and cutoff 400 yards on the hole with a 250 yard drive (as the crow flies) then the unit will tell you it was a 250 yard drive.

That's what I thought but wasn't positive. Thank you.

[sssmokin]

Don't be a dumb-a$$ like me.............take an extra set of batteries along. Didn't realize I'd been using it the maximum hours of battery life, and met Razor and zaphod for a round...........and no GPS. Duh

[MGP]

Originally Posted by sssmokin

Don't be a dumb-a$$ like me.............take an extra set of batteries along. Didn't realize I'd been using it the maximum hours of battery life, and met Razor and zaphod for a round...........and no GPS. Duh

I use NiMH rechargeables in mine and I try to recharge them the night before I'm expecting to play again. I also keep a spare set of AA rechargeables and alkaines in my golf bag in one of those plastic cases. The NiMH rechargeables for my camera and the spare alkalines for the GPS.

[sssmokin]

Used the GolfLogix again today, and it performed beautifully. My golf partner, Razor, shot a 39 on the Westwoods course. He went by the GPS yardages on every shot...........reluctantly at first. Now he's a "believer" too.

[MGP]

I love my GPS. The course I played thursday morning was one I hadn't played in about 10 years and they added 6 new holes this past year and reconfigured the layout. I would have been screwed without it. I was actually surprised that Skycaddie had updated the course map for the new holes and layout -- they just went into play this spring.

If you basically want a digital yardage book then a golf GPS is invaluable, IMO.

[Wi-Golfer]

Sssmokin, you have the 07 version right? I was only able to load 10 courses into mine, same for you? Website says 20 but I am pretty sure thats for the 08 version. Haven't used it yet since I just got it today.

Tomorrow for sure.

[sssmokin]

Wi-Golfer posted: Sssmokin, you have the 07 version right? I was only able to load 10 courses into mine, same for you? Website says 20 but I am pretty sure thats for the 08 version. Haven't used it yet since I just got it today.

Tomorrow for sure.

What they mean by the 20 is that you can have up to 20 courses total in your "reserves" without getting the yearly $29 subscription. I got the subscription, so I can put around 1,700 courses in my loadables. I don't know how many courses I can put in the GPS at one time..........I only have 4 loaded in it right now. I have to do a lot of reading up yet. Yup, mine is the '07 version too.

[Wi-Golfer]

I spent the $29 also, the 07 version holds 10 courses at a time while the 08 will hold 20. I have a whole bunch of courses downloaded right now, real easy to swap them back & forth.


Now for a little review of my own on the Golflogix, took it out today for 18 at Kestrel Ridge. Short & sweet it this thing rocks! No guessing on the yardage at all, GPS says 132 yds to the green, so I whipped out the 9 iron & hit it right on. It' great not having to guess or go hunting for sprinkler heads. Also really show how far the driving game really is, my furthest today was 243 yds, of course I followed that up with some real crappy 200 yarders as well. Whipped thru 18 in 2 hrs 10 minutes, made it fast because no guessing on yardage & the course ahead of me was wide open.

For anyone on the fence about picking up one of these, do it now.

[Evil Elf]

Hi Everyone,

I used this thread to help me make my decision on whether to buy a golflogix device or not. Thank you all for your posts. I got an incredible deal on craiglist here in Columbus Ohio on a 2007 model, the green one.

I have mixed reviews thus far. The first few times I used in it league play, there were some major yardage issues. The par 3's were about 25 yards off, and everyone agreed that the golflogix was wrong, no contest. But, there were also some situations that the consensus turned out to be that the gps was dead on, and the 150 markers were way off, over 15 yards!

Now having said that, all of my playing partners are not very impressed because it seems to be unreliable on some holes and better on others. So, what's the advantage if you can't rely on it hole after hole? I have played on 5 courses, and everyone course has at least one hole that is simply not correct. It is so nice, to have the yardage at my bag for every shot, but how can I trust it, when it has provided such a wide range of accuracy?

I called golflogix and expressed my feeling about their product and urged them to give me a warm and fuzzy feeling, b/c as of right now, I have showed their product to around 40 people, and not one of them would have enough faith thus far to buy one. I will keep using it, but it needs to improve otherwise they are getting some really bad press from myself and from word of mouth. I am not bad talking the unit, but the system needs to improve IMO. I purchased my used unit for $150, so I can sell it for the same, or even a small profit. Because of this I will continue to use it in the near future.

My final words:

The concept is incredible, but the bugs in the mapping used by the company has created some flaws. I've played 5 courses with it and have had to call in and request remapping of all 5 (some more than once) to get accurate results while I play. I figure that it is a new product, so not many people are using them yet. Once more people start using them and requesting better mapping from the company, which in turn they will remap, and remap, and remap. Eventually the performance will be money. This is what I am banking on and why in the end I have chose to stick with it and continue using it for at least another season and then I will re-evaluate. The bottom line is that if you are using it to travel around and play new courses, I would be very wary in investing in a product that thus far has been so/so. If you play the same courses a lot, and don't mind complaining via phone or email to get better results, then go for it.

Last word: You can probably tell that I am a little perturbed in the post and it is b/c of this: Why does the company launch a huge advertising campaign, etc. when the mapping methods they use are obviously sub-par. (pun intended ) I would figure that they would want to launch a new product with the kinks worked out. Having to call in repeatedly has made me think twice about the unit and its results. I just don't understand how their methods for mapping the courses could yield such a variety of results. I would think that if they had competent employees mapping them out that it would be easy to do? I just don' understand why it seems to be so hard for them to get it right. That is why I am so perplexed.

Evil