Golf Caddy GPS

With a golf caddy GPS, you can never go wrong on the golf course! A golf caddy gps acts as an enhancement to your golf game. You can decrease your score and improve your game by being able to alter your strategies according to what’s available on the map. You can even adjust your game by knowing the full depth and shape of the green from any angle of the course, even accounting for obstacles. By using one, you can take your game to the next level!

There are a few factors you should consider before buying your gps unit. Make sure that you get a full color, high resolution screen. The black and white versions just don’t show up in bright sunlight. Also, look for a long battery life. If you like to hit the course all day, this can be a necessity. It’s a pain to wait for the device to recharge once it’s out of batteries.

With the Sky Caddie brand, you get the only golf gps rangefinder used on professional tours. You do have to get the monthly membership to get access to the most up to date golf course plans. However, they are the most accurate. If you are a serious golfer, this can be an expense worth having.

Now, if you don’t want to pay the annual fee, there a number of competitors that have entered the market. They have products that are just as good, without the annual subscription. There may be some variation with accuracy, but unless you travel to multiple golf course around the world, a model such as this one by Golf Guru may suit your needs just fine.

Some people have found that they can download apps to their cell phone or iphone. These are definitely less expensive. However, they do tend to eat up the battery life quickly. Also, the cell phone is not as rugged or waterproof like an actual golf caddy GPS.

Overall, there are quite a few good models on the market today. You can easily find a golf caddy GPS that suits your needs and your budget.

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Callaway Golf makes two different golf GPS models – the uPro Golf and the uPro Go. Both of them are very good models, with only a few differences betweent  the two.  In this Callaway uPro review, we’ll look at the differences between the two, the features, the good qualities, and the negative.

Go vs. Golf

The main difference is the price – the Golf is slightly more expensive.  The Golf Pro also features a slightly larger screen.

The biggest difference is in the programming.  Both come with a basic course overview, but both offer upgrades.  The Golf offers you pro mode, which allows you to see the hole from an aerial, color view.  (This is what is pictured to the left.)  The normal screen mode is a bit more cartoonish.

This feature costs an additional $10 per course, or you can buy a lot of credits at a time and pay about $2.50 per course.

The uPro Go also has an upgrade available – Go mode.  This costs $49.95 to activate as a one time fee.  Go mode gives you virtual green mode and Anypoint view screens.  This allows you to pinpoint any spot on the screen and measure to it.  Distances are then updated as you move around the hole.  It also allows for changing pin locations.

uPro Go Review

The uPro Go is rated slightly higher than the Golf.  While the Golf does have the satellite imaging (with a fee), the Go is very useful with Go mode.  With this feature, the price tends to be about the same.

The Go comes preloaded with 18,000 courses from the US and Canada.  However, there are some courses that are not mapped, especially in Canada.  You can search their site to see if your course is available here.  Courses are added all the time, but it can be a pain if your course is not already there.

One nice thing about the uPro Go is it gives you the distance to the front and the distance to carry each hazard.  This can really come in handy.  It also has auto hold advance and an easy to use interface.

There were a few complaints about the device as well.  Some people said the screen was hard to see in the direct sun, while others did not have any problem with it.  There is not scorekeeping on the unit, and the joystick can be hard to manipulate if you have larger hands.

Callaway uPro Golf Review

The Callaway uPro Golf is also highly rated overall, although it does have more negative reviews.  A lot of people were disappointed that the screen shown in the picture was not what you get unless you purchase the course.  It does seem a bit like false advertising to me, too.

However, the device itself is very good.  The screen is a little larger and easy to see.  It really gives you a lot of information.  The measurement feature in particular was very helpful.  The size of the device itself is very small and light.

There were some drawbacks to this device.  It was very slow to download new courses, and seemed to lag between screens.  Also, the device goes to great lengths to save battery life.  In fact, it shuts down the screen almost all the time!  So that can get very annoying.  Buying the individual courses can get expensive, but they are helpful for difficult areas.

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