Golf GPS reviews

[Moff]

Does anyone have a link to a definitive golf GPS review / comparison site?
Looking to purchase myself one but struggling to make my mind up what best suits my needs / cost.

Personal recomendations also welcome.....

 

[Imurg]

Minefield...!!

Some GPS systems use Sattelite Mapping as the basis for their data on courses. Some emply poeple to walk around the course mapping instead.
Some you pay a subscription for, some you don't.
Some units give you too much info, some don't give enough - depending on what you want...
If you're just looking for yardage to front, middle and back of the green then the Garmin Watch-thingy should do the trick. If you want distance to hazards as well then most of the rest do that too. If you want a Bird's-eye view of the hole - well some do that too.
Generally, the more you pay the more features you get.
I've had a Skycaddie SC2.5 for a couple of years now and it's been great - black'n'white (cheaper), £30 a year subs( not cheaper!) but it gives front, middle, back and hazard distances as well as lay-up suggestions and the ability to measure the distance of a shot. Same price as the Garmin Watch, with more features but a subscription.
Skycaddie are the ones that "map" the course. A good golfer walks round looking at the course and marks the GPS location of any relevent hazards - ditches, bunkers eyc. He then walks around the green marking every yard or so and they can build up a picture of the green from that. Sattelite mapping is ok but is dependent on the qulaity of the picture used and the age of it too. If there have been any course changes since the picture was taken then the hazard doesn't show up on your screen - Skycaddie will re-map your course if there have been changes and I understand they're pretty good at doing this when asked.

I don't think there's much to choose in the accuracy of these units - it's all there or thereabouts which at our standard is all we need. Some units are easier to operate than others, I believe the Golfbuddy has tricky buttons, but it's something you'd get used too. Some units, I think, can give too much info - lots to take in, think about and analyse before making a choice of club - personal opinion.

And that's all before we get on to Laser Rangefinders.......

Good Luck

 

[Moff]

Christ now its looking more complicated than i thought!

To be honest its between Skycaddie 2.5 (new) / 5(2nd hand from fleabay) and the Snooper shotsaver S320.

 

[Imurg]

Can you not get a 2.5 from Fleabay?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sky-Caddie-SG2-5-G...=item43a6963c93

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SkyCaddie-SG-2-5-G...=item19c4e7d936