SkyCaddie

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

Anyone have one? I'm wanting to get one but I've heard stories where two guys with skycaddies were right next to eachother and each unit read 5 yards different. That's a huge margin of error.

I'm looking at the SG 5.

http://www.skygolf.com/skygolf/Products/Devices/SG5.aspx

Thoughts?

ctgretzky99 · Posted: May 05, 2009 7:21 am Post subject:

I dont know. As soon as electronics enter the picture I no longer feel like it is true golf. I enjoy just going out, looking at the tee-side layout of the hole, looking out over the fairway and then hitting it with the club I choose based on my experience.

I need to break 85 this year dammit!!!! All of last year stayed in the upper 80's Mad

eeven73 · Posted: May 05, 2009 7:30 am Post subject:

I have used it and really liked having the info. I don't know what the margin of error is. If your skilled enough that 5 yds makes a huge difference then congratulations. Personally it was a good tool, it didn't take 5 strokes off my round, but i liked it.

churchy · Posted: May 05, 2009 7:30 am Post subject:

I have one and love it. I use the 2.5 and it is all you need unless you want to pay a couple hundo for a color screen which is a waste IMO. I play with others that have them as well and the are always aligned. There was only a difference in readings one time. They ended up matching a minute or so later. Not sure why his was off for a sec. Get it. You won't regret it.

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

I completely disagree. Its just new technology. You might as well play with persimmon woods and not ride in golf carts so you can play "true golf".

eeven73 · Posted: May 05, 2009 7:42 am Post subject:

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

churchy, the 2.5 for $200 seemed like a good deal. I was considering the 5 because it seemed to go into more detail like moving the crosshairs to the pin location.

Did yours come with any other "accessories"? They sell an arrangement of accessories that usually come with electronics such as: wall charger, case, mount, usb cable.

senorbueno · Addict Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 775

If you have an Iphone or Blackberry, there is software that you can purchase that utilizes the phone's built in GPS for the golf course.

This is one of the apps (I think there are others though): http://www.flycaddie.com/

[edit] just wanted to add that I haven't really read any reviews for the phone apps, so I don't know how good they are.

churchy · Posted: May 05, 2009 7:53 am Post subject:

The 2.5 lets you move the crosshairs to the pin as well. Mine only came with USB cable, wall plug, and software. A DC charger would be nice but I haven't ordered one. I would buy the 2.5 and buy a new club or something with the savings Smile

ctgretzky99 · Posted: May 05, 2009 7:55 am Post subject:

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

I agree that courses are marked incorrectly and this kind of peeves me off, but otherwise I think half of the fun is juding the distances. Obviously I like a 200 yard marker or something when there is a ravine in front of a green, but I don't need to know that I'm 122.4 yards out. I think it's more of a toy than anything. If you think you'll have some fun with it, buy it.

churchy · Posted: May 05, 2009 10:46 am Post subject:

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Well I'm not that good then. You need to be pretty consistent in your ball striking I would think to be able to need that much precision with the yardages.

Seth Martin · Moderator Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 891 City: Orlando

its GPS, you can have up to a 3 meter variance with the best possible signal. If its less that perfect signal, then that can increase.

Get a Laser Range Finder - accurate down to the yard.

churchy · Posted: May 05, 2009 11:42 am Post subject:

Seth Martin, you are correct. Laser's are more accurate. Assuming you have something good to shoot the laser at. I like the GPS for ease of use.

pet575 · Posted: May 05, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:

The pin or a hump in front of/back of the green make for great targets to shoot the laser at. I'd much prefer the laser over anything else. Plus, it isn't like I'm going to hit my 122.4 club rather than my 125 club. If I can't figure out which club within 5-10 yards, I should just be hitting away and worrying about that later anyway.

churchy · Posted: May 05, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

If you are measuring humps in front of or behind the green with a range finder, then the accuracy lost in the GPS is a moot point. You should be aiming at the stick if you are using a laser to find the distance to the hole. I was talking more about hazards, etc.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

churchy, are you that old geezer with the motorized push cart and range finder, who brings his wife out that takes 10 practice swings and then hits the ball 20 years? Laughing

churchy · Posted: May 05, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject:

No. I am the old geezer in the cart, drinking beer. No practice swings (typically).

pet575 · Posted: May 05, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject:

Wife [hits ball]: "WHEEEEEEE!!!!"

Churchy: "That was a peach, hun!"

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

My stepdad just got this for his birthday, he hasn't used it yet.

Seems like a good idea for those times when you're not int he fairway and have to estimate the distance. I wouldn't pay $3-400 for it but I would probably spend $70

USMGolfer · Addict Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 628 City: Hixson

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

USMGolfer, I've been debating between the laser and the skycaddie. I can get a laser for less than $100 and a lot of courses have the reflectors in the stick. I also found the SkyCaddie sg5 for 300 in a package that includes a bunch of accessories whereas the 2.5 still goes for 200 it seems. I might just get both. Use the skycaddie for course management and the laser for yardage to the stick.

USMGolfer · Addict Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 628 City: Hixson

finkle, get the laser. It's thing if you know how to use it. Sometimes it takes a while to get everything down, but like I said before, I will use it to shoot slopes, trees, bunkers, etc. One thing you can get w the range finder that you wont get w/ the SkyCaddie is shooting odd trees, buildings, even parts of the fairways you might not otherwise pick up. I do understand that very few people are this particular, but that's my 2 cents.