I got this on sale at TGW for $131. I'll tell you what. For that money this is one of the best purchases I've made this year. Pa Jayhawk said he couldn't get his to work right without turning off the WAAS and stabilizer settings but I left mine on and it worked just fine. I took a reading (didn't flicker or change yardage), walked 20 yards away, and came back to the original spot and it gave me the same yardage. Someone also said in here that the SkyCaddie was more accurate because they have a guy with a unit on his back mapping all the courses. I personally doubt they do that very much and it's a sales gimmick but I found this "programmed" mapping to be very good. This also has a rechargeable battery vs. changing batteries after a round. I really like this and after playing 9 holes it has not gone down at all. It's just like charging a cell phone and IMHO much nicer then carrying a bunch of batteries around. You just watch the charge and make sure it's charged up for the day. It says it lasts for about 3 rounds before recharging. Based on what I've seen this sounds about right.
It's very simple to use, just load the software onto your computer, download the courses (after joining the igolf site for $30+) and save them on your computer. You just "synch" the unit and download up to 10 courses on it. You can also download the courses directly onto the unit but I prefer to make sure I saved them. Once you have downloaded them they are yours and there is no need to continue your membership. You get 100 courses for the years membership.
You manually have to change the unit to the next hole but no big deal. You can find the center, front or back distance. It also has a "shot" feature where you set it to 0 at the tee block and when you get to your ball you can read the distance of your tee shot.
My longest drive was 261 yards. Most were in the 230-245 range.
Now for the good part. I have been short or long hitting my irons to the green lately going off the course markings.
Today, using the neo, (when I hit the shot right) I was ON the pin. Over and over. This thing is going to seriously save me some strokes. And no 3 putts. It's alot easier putting when you get the ball close!!
I played a very easy course today, par 35, where most low cappers shoot in the low 30's. I shot 36, birdieing two holes which would probably equate to low 40's on the tougher courses we play.
I'm so happy....
Seriously, for this price you can NOT go wrong buying this GPS...
It's very simple to use, just load the software onto your computer, download the courses (after joining the igolf site for $30+) and save them on your computer. You just "synch" the unit and download up to 10 courses on it. You can also download the courses directly onto the unit but I prefer to make sure I saved them. Once you have downloaded them they are yours and there is no need to continue your membership. You get 100 courses for the years membership.
You manually have to change the unit to the next hole but no big deal. You can find the center, front or back distance. It also has a "shot" feature where you set it to 0 at the tee block and when you get to your ball you can read the distance of your tee shot.
My longest drive was 261 yards. Most were in the 230-245 range.
Now for the good part. I have been short or long hitting my irons to the green lately going off the course markings.
Today, using the neo, (when I hit the shot right) I was ON the pin. Over and over. This thing is going to seriously save me some strokes. And no 3 putts. It's alot easier putting when you get the ball close!!
I played a very easy course today, par 35, where most low cappers shoot in the low 30's. I shot 36, birdieing two holes which would probably equate to low 40's on the tougher courses we play.
I'm so happy....
Seriously, for this price you can NOT go wrong buying this GPS...
