electric trolleys....for foggies or...

[time_vans]

Seriously considering getting a motocaddy s3 digital. I know many will call me lazy (but having had a triple heart bypass and a kidney transplant in the last 5 years) I feel I agree with the sentiment that fitness is for the gym and the course is for golf. So rather than lug my gear around and suffer from fatigue I think I would be giving myself a better chance of being 'fresh' for every shot and reduce my scores.Any of you guys and gals use one and any recommendations would be great. I thank you.

 

[Marko77]

can't go wrong with motocaddy or powakaddy. All depends what all features you want for what model you go for.

I think the days of electric trolleys just being for the oldies are long gone. The benefits of using them far out-do any slagging...

 

[Smiffy]

I have always carried my bag...refusing even to jump in a buggie when I've played in the Algarve or Spain with my mates.
Played about 6 weeks ago on a really wet course, carried as usual. Had a great front 9, back 9 my knees (football injury) started to go, and I cocked up the last 4 or 5 holes purely and simply because I was fooked!
I walked off the 18th green vowing to myself that I would be ording a new leccy cart that night.........and did!
Got the GoKart after reading rave reviews, £199.00 delivered, including the carry bag designed specifically for it if ordered before Christmas (usually a £22.00 extra). Used it for the first time last week-end at a very (and I mean VERY) boggy Old Thorns. It was brilliant.
My knees didn't hurt at all, and to be honest I could have played another 9 or 18 holes had the course been in better nick and I hadn't been playing so badly anyway.
I can guarantee one thing...........had I been carrying that day, I would have walked off after 9 completely fecked.
Best money I've spent on golf so far (and I've spent plenty in the past)
Rob

 

[DCB]

Got my wife a Powakaddy a couple of years ago for her Christmas. The intention was always to allow me to use it on outings or when the weather is hot (ok warm then ) or if it is a busy weekend with 36 holes etc.

The benefits have been great. You certainly don't feel as tired driving one of these around the course.

Well worth the cost.

 

[Herbie]

You cant go wrong, carrying a bag all the time can affect the subtleties of the game with some people but can also have a long term affect on your body that many dont notice till they are elderly or if they play for donkeys years.

Sometimes carrying is required when trollies are banned but other than that I would always say use a trolly or a caddy.££

 

[TWM]

I got my GoKart after a period of illness. Now that I am reasonably fit again, I feel a bit of a fraud and am happy to pull a trolley with hedgehogs when a trolley ban is imposed.
The GoKart is very powerful and easy to use but it is a nuisance remembering to charge the battery and to bring it with me when I go to the course.

 

[viscount17]

I've never carried, except a pencil bag with only a few clubs, and went from a pull trolley to an electric.

Unfortunately with the state of the course on Friday I may be forced into carrying!

 

[CarpeDiem]

I have a Motocaddy S1, and use it in the summer as i'm playing 2 rounds a day. I know that i'm a junior and that i'm young so should be carrying but in the summer I don't see the point, if I have the chance to get one then why not. But in the winter I carry because my course gets very wet so there is always at least hedgehogs in operation and its good perperation for my 72 hole challenge in June.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Have to say I have always been firmly in the carry camp but even I've started eyeing up the electric trolley market. Not sure I can justify the cost at the moment with HID being made redundant but I might see what happens for my birthday in June

 

[haplesshacker]

Was in the carry camp, when I used to take less clubs, play summer evenings only, and then only a very short course.

Now I'm a supporter of the 'lecy trolley. The GoKart has been great, and I don't dred the last few holes like I used to because of tiredness.

You won't regret it.

Yes you do have to remember to take another two items to the course, (trolley and battery), but as for faffing with the battery, nonsense, take it out the car, put it on charge, and leave it until next time you need it. How difficult is it!

 

[medwayjon]

I love my electric trolley.

I simply cannot understand the "I MUST carry" brigade.

I have had people take the piss out of me saying only women use electric trolleys, real men carry, etc etc and all I say is that it must take some sort of numpty to deliberatly make something harder than it needs to be.

If people want to carry thats grand, I dont want to carry unless necessary, but for the carriers to take the piss, thats not on in my eyes. Most dont do this but there are always the odd handful who think that by carrying they are almost reaching the hero status of scott of the antarctic.

 

[Parmo]

I don't mind carrying, I like the clatter of my clubs on a frosty morning with no one around but the rabbits. My course is only 5200 yards so not that long but the last few do affect me and if I drove and had the cash for a trolley I would get one, I am though top of the list for a locker at the club so should have one in the next few weeks and could keep it in there and take the bat home, we see.

 

[TWM]

Hapless,
"but as for faffing with the battery, nonsense, take it out the car, put it on charge, and leave it until next time you need it. How difficult is it!"
You should have a memory like mine.

 

[Imurg]

I carry in the winter even with no ban as the trolley gets so muddy it takes an age to clean it! But in the summer, unless its a quick 9 with a half set, its Hillbilly for me all the time. Wouldn't be without it now. Getting to the age when most people don't look twice at you.

And as for the "must carry" among us - well, its your back! Once you've got a dodgy back you've got it for a long time. Trollies are so cheap now that if you can pay £300 for a driver then you can get a trolley for less!

All hail The Electric Trolley!!

 

[theeaglehunter]

I have an electric trolley- they are the way forward. As others have said why make the game harder than it needs to be? I have also noticed a fourball carrying are much less talkative walking down the fairway than a fourball with electric trolleys who are able to chat more etc and enjoy the round more as a result. Plus regardless of what the bag manufacturer claims carrying 14 clubs plus other essential gear can't be good for your posture.

I do have a small carry bag though for when trolley bans are in place and being physically quite fit I don't struggle with it at all, electric trolleys are just much easier.