|
I am a 9 handicap and was able to focus on my game and not waste a bunch of time looking for sprinkler heads that were not very evident. I was able to change it after the round and was able to go back and add putts and fairways hit. I have only played one round, but it was great. I compared all golf gps units based on price and features and benefits and the Sonocaddie was my choice. Get on it man. I love the scorecard feature, although I forgot to change it to pro prior to my round.
Though I play in a metropolitan area, most of the time I had 9-10 satellites showing on the unit and only 6 are needed for accurate measure.
I am anxious to play a course with gps on the cart so I can compare but the distances that I hit were very consistent.
I love the sonocaddie.
I am so happy with this purchase.
I played better because I focused on my game instead of the guy I was playing (we tied at 83).
Once I stood on a 200 yard marker and the sonocaddie said "202".
That's very good.
There is only a one-time fee to load all US courses of $30 and there is a $50 free gift pack when you order before the end of January.
Amazon has the best price.
Owned product for one full golf season. The buttons color is wearing off, also again the first time i used it yardages were not correct-likely cause of how they map. Neat color screen with backlight.
Averaged 8-12 satellites.Pros. AND NO YEARLY FEES. Never had one issue with the unit.
If the course is not on the list to download, they will make it within a week. I custome picked my own points on the courses I played. I picked/chg all layup spots, bunkers, hazards, also the front, middle and back pins (default the yardages were off 10 - 20 yds).
With no fees unit will pay for itself in approx four/five years.Cons. Summary great if you take the time to custome mark your course, bad if you plan on playing course only once.
Very accurate with good color graphics. Great customer support. Contacted Customer Service, since my home course was not available for download, and within two weeks it was completed and available for use.
Love the capability of adding (or correcting) checkpoints on the mapped courses. The Sonocaddie V300 has a lot of very nice features as well as a good warranty and no annual cost for a course downloading membership. Locks on quickly. Only negative is that the device does not advance automatically to the next hole as you move around the course. Like this unit much better than my previous golf gps, which failed during the first 6 months of ownership.
The battery can last at least 3 full rounds of golf.2nd, the screen is bright and easy to see even in the sunlight3rd, membership for the V300 is $30 and that's it. Hit your ball and mark again when you get to your ball. Stand on the tee and snocaddies' screen gives you the distances and a look of the layout of the fairway, press right upper button to mark your position and hit your ball. You will like all of the features of this unit and it would help if Sonocaddie were to simulate its use on the golf course in the instruction booklet so that it could show off what it can do and give you an idea of how to manage this device with your round of golf. You can use it to measure the distance from your house to the stop sign at the end of your street without a golf course if you want.
Its such a pretty unit and so well built that you don't mind putting in the time to figure it out. Right button to move to the next hole for scoring. It comes with everything you need to manage it except for a golf course. you have access to every golf course in the world, posting your score and mapping requests and any updates.4th, scorecard feature keeps track of your stats, greens in regulation etc.5th, has the ability to measure your distance on the golf course or anywhere6th, accuracy of distance is on par with all other GPS devices plus or minus 5 yards7th, comes with very, very, very convenient belt clip8th, at this point in time the support is excellent the best that there is among all of the GPS devices9th, logging on to their site and updating, posting your scores or requesting a course to be mapped is very easy to do10th,you can tell by the way its built that Snocaddie engineers were concerned about its ability to withstand wet conditions as well as being able to see the screen in bright sunlight.
Hit the mark button again when you get to your ball to find out how far you hit your ball and mark start again for next shot. Press right button and enter score, putts, sand y or n, fairway y or n. First off, its battery life is excellent. 11th, it fits in my hand perfectly and it will fit in yours nicely also12th, it looks great, classy and stylish with a beautiful screen and fully featured13th, it has given me confidence and am more relaxed on shots that I didn't think I had because its my caddie14th, my golf partners are always asking me for their distances and they make really good shots too. And repeat for remaining holes.
I've own the Sonocaddie now for 9 months and am a happy owner of this GPS device. The Snocaddie will show the icon of an orange person positioned somewhere on your first hole along with the distance for your next shot to the green with layout of hazards and the green. Pressing the lower left button gives you an overall view of the green and distances to front middle and back. After you make your putt, press upper left button for scoring. You turn it on, that can take 30 seconds to 5 minutes for it to access the satellites to get started. Snocaddie does not explain the above scenario to you so you must come up with the above procedure or come up with your own. This unit however takes a little bit to get use to.
Because this device does so much you have to be familiar with the buttons and what they do. Not thrilled with that, they ought to get their own caddie.Quirks and things you have to get use to1st, the buttons are harder to press, something I got use to quickly2nd, managing its use on the golf course took some getting use to e.g. Then selection of the golf course. Press left lower button to move to 2nd hole and fairway view with sand traps and hazards with appropriate distances. 3rd, in order to see the next fairway you must either put in your score or manually move it to the next hole.4th, it doesn't work with a Mac, something I hope they are working on
|
