Buying my first electric trolley advice wanted

[Hickory_Hacker]

I'd recommend a Powakaddy FW5 with the Lithium battery, you can buy the usual attachments and even if you want to look like a right spam you can buy the scorecard holder!

With regards to their Customer Service department ... I've never had any reason to phone them so I've no idea what they're like!

All the best.

 

[TheDiablo]

Is carrying really that much of an issue?!

Unless you have a bad back, or regularly play 36 holes in a day I just don't see the point in a very large ongoing expense.

 

[ManinBlack]

Is carrying really that much of an issue?!

Unless you have a bad back, or regularly play 36 holes in a day I just don't see the point in a very large ongoing expense.

Ask this question when you're in your late 60s like me. The first time I used an electric trolley I couldn't believe how less tired I felt at the end of the round.

 

[Copernicus]

Clarkes golf have a deal on their website for the Powakaddy FW7. They thrown in a bag and some accessories which, if you are interested in those, make it a good deal. I live near the shop and got that yesterday. I am only 45 but have a dodgy shoulder so no way am I carrying!

 

[TheDiablo]

Ask this question when you're in your late 60s like me. The first time I used an electric trolley I couldn't believe how less tired I felt at the end of the round.

I hope I'm fit enough to even get around a course at that age, so fair play. Should have added that age is obviously a factor, especially at 60+. Below that, barring health issues, just pick them up!

 

[Oxfordcomma]

I hope I'm fit enough to even get around a course at that age, so fair play. Should have added that age is obviously a factor, especially at 60+. Below that, barring health issues, just pick them up!

Don't always knock younger users. I play on a very hilly course and about 75% of members use one, I'd always carried or used a push trolley before I joined but bought an electric about 2 months afterwards. Happy to carry in a bounce game or on a flatter away track but in a comp I want every ounce of help I can get!

For the OP, if you play somewhere vaguely hilly then get one with a brake. I have a GoKart and it's a very good trolley, easy to pack up, the 18-hole battery will do 36 at a push, and easy to use. I do get fed up though with having to park it across the slope, too easy to forget and then have to chase after it. I told Sandy this when I played with her at H4H and she was a bit tbh, can't see GK adding that feature anytime soon.

 

[TheDiablo]

Don't always knock younger users. I play on a very hilly course and about 75% of members use one, I'd always carried or used a push trolley before I joined but bought an electric about 2 months afterwards. Happy to carry in a bounce game or on a flatter away track but in a comp I want every ounce of help I can get!

For the OP, if you play somewhere vaguely hilly then get one with a brake. I have a GoKart and it's a very good trolley, easy to pack up, the 18-hole battery will do 36 at a push, and easy to use. I do get fed up though with having to park it across the slope, too easy to forget and then have to chase after it. I told Sandy this when I played with her at H4H and she was a bit tbh, can't see GK adding that feature anytime soon.

Each to their own in all things in life, it's just an expense I'd put below a dentist check up in things I'm happy paying for!

I play on very hilly courses too, and can't ever say I've felt that carrying has effected my game in the last few holes, and I'm far from fit. For 36 holes, or in holiday heat then yes, sure. Often when I speak with people my age using an electric trolley I get the impression they use it to make themselves look a better player. My dad's 55, plays all his golf on the North Downs and hasn't done anything but carry unless he is hungover!

Anyway, don't want to take the thread anymore off track!

 

[Ian_Bristol]

I have just brought a Powakaddy 7s 2016 with EBS from American golf as that is the only one I could find with brakes, not cheap at £679 but I did get a 36 hole lithium battery and a free brolly holder and £25 off for giving them an old battery and then another £30 off because they ordered the wrong trolley which was the version without brakes so ended up costing me £624,oh then another £150 as I didn't want to put my old bag on my new trolley lol. My only gripe is that the wheels on the 7s are too thin and slip quite easy on wet grass. on the plus side the new lager screen is nice to look at and the brakes take all the strain when going down a steep hill I can walk behind and not have to hold the trolley back. Last year I brought a new Motocaddy S3 pro again the lithium version very smooth but did not like the fact you can't stand it up on it's rear wheels like the powakaddy. Quite a few of the guys I play with at my club have the Gokart not sure if its a price thing but they are happy with its performance looks a little flimsy for me but from what they have told me they have great after sales service.
At the end of the day if you just want a trolley with no frills I would say get a second hand Powakaddy freeway there is very little that can go wrong with them, i brought my daughter one very cheap and replaced a clutch and speed switch and have used it myself a couple of times and it does exactly what it should all for under £50

 

[Golfmmad]

Stay away from cheap ones like Gokart Hillbilly Powerbug to name a few, Motocaddy or Powercaddy and you won't go wrong.

Surprised you say that about a Gokart - have you owned one or had experience of them? I've had one for 6 years now and apart for a new battery hasn't cost me a penny.
It's not often mentioned in threads like this one but the motors in a Gokart are very powerful. Used on a hilly course mine actually helps to pull me up without any problem.

 

[fundy]

I have just brought a Powakaddy 7s 2016 with EBS from American golf as that is the only one I could find with brakes, not cheap at £679 but I did get a 36 hole lithium battery and a free brolly holder and £25 off for giving them an old battery and then another £30 off because they ordered the wrong trolley which was the version without brakes so ended up costing me £624,oh then another £150 as I didn't want to put my old bag on my new trolley lol. My only gripe is that the wheels on the 7s are too thin and slip quite easy on wet grass. on the plus side the new lager screen is nice to look at and the brakes take all the strain when going down a steep hill I can walk behind and not have to hold the trolley back. Last year I brought a new Motocaddy S3 pro again the lithium version very smooth but did not like the fact you can't stand it up on it's rear wheels like the powakaddy. Quite a few of the guys I play with at my club have the Gokart not sure if its a price thing but they are happy with its performance looks a little flimsy for me but from what they have told me they have great after sales service.
At the end of the day if you just want a trolley with no frills I would say get a second hand Powakaddy freeway there is very little that can go wrong with them, i brought my daughter one very cheap and replaced a clutch and speed switch and have used it myself a couple of times and it does exactly what it should all for under £50

Can get a Golfstream Revolution with brakes, and to solve the wheel issue you have with the powakaddy you can get proper air tyres on it which function far better than the plastic ones imo

 

[Ian_Bristol]

I have a pair of air wheel on order should be here tomorrow only thing is the new 2016 Powakaddy has larger than standard wheels which would put the readings on distance out of wack
Just looked at the Golfstream Revolution with brakes not enough bling for £800

 

[Hobbit]

Whichever one you get, make sure the mains lead is long enough to get you around the course.

 

[Fish]

I've got the Motocaddy S1 (3 years now), I've had no issues mechanically at all with it, I had a problem with the old net style bottle holder but they sent me a new style one then FOC :thup:

I've just bought a lithium battery after years of using acid, which is OK if you've got a few days in between playing to charge it fully, but my acid was failing around the 16th if I'd played the day before, nothing to do with Motocaddy as it's not their battery, more a case of the difference between acid and lithium, which will charge up in a couple of hours and just keep going....