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PowaKaddy or Motocaddy

I bought a nearly new Greenhill trolley for a song off eBay (id not heard of them either) it's either that or the garmin s1 watch as my favourite single golf purchase.

They only thing I'd say on the downside is its quite big, you can strip it down by folding the front wheel in and taking the back wheels off if necessary, but that's a bit of a chore
 
Forgot what anyone says about this brand or that brand, you can't go wrong with either. I had the S1 when it first came out and ran it for about 6 years. The only thing I had to do was replace the battery in all that time. It still looked as good as new and didn't show signs of it's age.

Go with what you like and what you can afford. I'm sure you'll not be disappointed either way.
 
I have motocaddy s3 pro, chose it on the looks. You can't go wrong with any of them, you will get free bag with any of them, just choose what you like most.
 
Our club pro stopepd stocking Powakaddy a few years back because of the customer service issues already mentioned. He has recently started stocking them again as the customer service and reliability issues have improved.
 
Recently bought a Powakaddy C2 as I wanted one that folded up small. Obvious alternative was the Motocaddy M1pro at £50 less, but (a) the C2 is much less faff to open and fold (2 clips instead of 5), and (b) I don't like the Motocaddy bags with the diamond pattern of slots. The GoKart is nowhere near as small when folded up. One advantage of the GoKart is that its summer wheels do have some sort of tread; the Powakaddy ones are almost like slicks.
 
My Powakaddy is over 15 years old... no issues and gets serviced every couple of years.

They were the market leader by miles, I think they slipped in quality a few years back but have fought back recently.

I think it's down to personal preference and deal now... and lithium is the way to go as said elsewhere. I wonder if the models with the "bespoke" style battery are a bad idea as you are limited to buying the "Own Brand" replacement battery, which could prove costly.
 
IanM said:
My Powakaddy is over 15 years old... no issues and gets serviced every couple of years.

They were the market leader by miles, I think they slipped in quality a few years back but have fought back recently.

I think it's down to personal preference and deal now... and lithium is the way to go as said elsewhere. I wonder if the models with the "bespoke" style battery are a bad idea as you are limited to buying the "Own Brand" replacement battery, which could prove costly.
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I think other batteries can still be used, with an adaptor cable. the plug socket looks pretty standard
 
Depends on the 'bells and whistles' you want. Keep it simple for reliability. Hill Billy are a derivative of PK but less money.

The more expensive ones often require customised battery which are relatively more expensive.

Mine is an 8year old PK, used 3 times a week, normally.
 
As with most things in golf, a new product is always in the pipeline.

When do the new trolleys usually come out? do they have similar release patterns like say titleist clubs?

Why are both moto and Powa so keen to give away a free bag? are they trying to shift stock before new news come out?
 
garyinderry said:
Why are both moto and Powa so keen to give away a free bag? are they trying to shift stock before new news come out?
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Mature market? 20 years ago you'd hardly see an electric trolley, now amongst regular golfers you see very few without.

Selling replacement trolleys I imagine is much harder than selling first timers, and it's not like we change them often.
 
I've just ordered a new Powakaddy from Andrew Blunt at Seaham Golf Club. I'd highly recommend speaking to him before ordering one anywhere else. Back to the OP , I was swayed by the aesthetics, call me vain but visually Motocaddy don't have any appeal to me.
 
I have a Motocaddy S1 which cost me £100 second hand, hardly used. I hate it, I hate the size, hate charging the battery. So I am selling it on for £100. Instead I bought a Motocaddy M1 Lite for £89 and I love it, heck I do not need an electric trolley at all. Carry half the time and a decent push trolley seems way better.

I also picked up a Powakaddy Freeway for £30 for my son but he hates it too so is using a push trolley also. Soon to sell that as well.

It was easy to get caught up in the everyone has an electric trolley so I need 1 too, but we most certainly did not.
 
chasf said:
I have one and it's a great bit of kit. It folds down nice and small and its realy easy and quick to fold. Looks good as well.
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Recently bought one and agreed that it is easy to fold and is very compact.

Only slight issue I've noticed is that it's a bit weight biased to the rear which means it can sometimes tip backwards going up a steep slope if you're not actually holding the handle.
 
cliveb said:
Recently bought one and agreed that it is easy to fold and is very compact.

Only slight issue I've noticed is that it's a bit weight biased to the rear which means it can sometimes tip backwards going up a steep slope if you're not actually holding the handle.
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A pile of balls in the front pocket you balance that out.
 
just changed to the M1 Pro and it's great. So easy to get on with and folds down nice and small. Great trolley.
 
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