1 year, 7 months ago
What's a good golf GPS to buy, for around $200, at most?
I'm looking for a good golf GPS, but I don't want one that you have to buy a membership for in order to download course information. Any suggestions? I would really like them based on personal experience, and not what other reviews say...I've already been through all those.
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Me and my group have tried a number of golf GPS units.
Finding a unit that's not complete garbage is difficult at under $200. Trying to find a model closeout is probably your best bet.
It is a bit over $200 but the Callaway uPro Go is a pretty good unit. It comes preloaded with 17,000 courses. No subscription required. If I had to buy one today this is a serious contender. The downside is to get the "Go" mode which is the cool feature is a one time upgrade of $50. You are looking at about $300 total with the upgrade which is still a pretty good price. There is also the uPro model which is the original that has a nice scorecard & stat tracking function but the downloading the pro version of courses is $8-10 each.
Personally I use a SkyCaddie from SkyGolf. In side by side testing with a couple of other units the SkyCaddies were more accurate. They are the only company that has a staff that goes and walks every course instead of measuring satellite images. The SG2.5 lite is $200. The SG3.5 is on closeout for $199 and the SG4 is closing out for $150 at tgw.com. SkyCaddie does have an annual membership which is annoying, the upside is that you know what your costs are going to be.
Finding a unit that's not complete garbage is difficult at under $200. Trying to find a model closeout is probably your best bet.
It is a bit over $200 but the Callaway uPro Go is a pretty good unit. It comes preloaded with 17,000 courses. No subscription required. If I had to buy one today this is a serious contender. The downside is to get the "Go" mode which is the cool feature is a one time upgrade of $50. You are looking at about $300 total with the upgrade which is still a pretty good price. There is also the uPro model which is the original that has a nice scorecard & stat tracking function but the downloading the pro version of courses is $8-10 each.
Personally I use a SkyCaddie from SkyGolf. In side by side testing with a couple of other units the SkyCaddies were more accurate. They are the only company that has a staff that goes and walks every course instead of measuring satellite images. The SG2.5 lite is $200. The SG3.5 is on closeout for $199 and the SG4 is closing out for $150 at tgw.com. SkyCaddie does have an annual membership which is annoying, the upside is that you know what your costs are going to be.
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