Comments on: SkyCaddie Review

By: Mike Carlson

Mike Carlson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Interesting. You don't defend the product. You attack the person making the comment. Ad hominem attacks don't make the later Sky Caddies work any better. Since you feel the need to attack me in reutrn I wonder how much you are paid by Sky Golf.

By: Thmcat

Thmcat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:10:20 +0000

Mike you must work for the company. If you could read it would be obvious that I own one. How can I not buy one, the other devices work just as good as the one that I have with just a one time fee, I hope that is clear enough for you since you felt compelled to comment on my post

By: Mike Carlson

Mike Carlson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:29 +0000

The SG2.5 is probably the last accurate SkyCaddie that was made. I had numerous dropped link, power failures, and accuracy problems with my SG3 ... until I got rid of it. My Golflogix has outperformed everything else. I can stand on a hole's yardage monument and get the same measured distance while 2-3 other golfer's GPS yardage meters are 2-5 yeards off. The Garmin powered technology is simply more accurate.

By: MikeZ

MikeZ — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:09 +0000

Then don't buy one!

I'm very happy with my SG2.5. The fee is what you pay for accuracy.

By: thmcat

thmcat — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:18:37 +0000

I think skycaddie is a rip off, you pay a lot of money to buy the device and than you still have to pay a yearly fee. I have played rounds of golf with players that have similar devices and they only pay one time fee to get started. Cellphone carriers used to charge outragous prices for texts and other services when other carriers started cutting back they all fell in line, now cellphones are affordable to everyone.
Customers should boycott this yearly fee.

By: TCummings

TCummings — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:58:20 +0000

"I'm shooting at least 8 strokes lower since buying the SG3 and enjoying the game more."

8 strokes? What did you do for yardages before you got a gps. Just pull the first club you saw in the bag?

By: Jon Poklop

Jon Poklop — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:47:38 +0000

MG said on July 18, 2007:

If you're a single-digit handicapper, the front/middle/back isn't always enough, and again, you can't get yardage to random objects (like the lip of a bunker or some tree at the corner of a dogleg or whatever) with the SkyCaddie.

Actually with my SG3 I can pick any point on the green where my eyes perceive the pin to be and get the exact (as exact as a GPS can be) distance. If you need to aim at a part of the green away from the pin, this is very useful. My SkyCaddie also rotates the display so the green distances are based on the view I have from my ball.

I can also set that point to any position on the hole to get a reading. If the course is one mapped by SkyCaddie I get yardages to all the fairway hazards and carry amounts to clear the hazard. It also give "safe" landing distances and the distance to run through the fairway. My home course also has trees marked when they are in play. My SkyCaddie can calculate the distance of each shot so I can track each club for future reference. I figure if it claims I hit my x-iron a certain distance, the GPS error will be the same as the error measuring the hole so I know when the SkyCaddie claims I need 175 yards to the center, I know that is a 5 iron.

I also have the upgraded software so I have a virtual scorecard. This isn't a big deal, but I like it.

Full disclosure, I have not used a laser rangefinder in many years. The last time I used one was in the days when the flagstick had to have a reflective basket to hit with the beam. While this was great for its time, it was a pain.

I love my SkyCaddie. When I don't have a clear view to the green, elevated or blocked by trees for example, I can still get a yardage and decide if I have the shot in my bag to get the ball home or if I need to play safe. I'm shooting at least 8 strokes lower since buying the SG3 and enjoying the game more.

I live on the border of my state so I have to buy the nationwide subscription because I play regularly in two states. This does suck and hopefully competition from other GPS systems will force SkyCaddie to lower the cost, but I knew the cost going into my purchase and I'm happy with my decision.

By: Neil Daly Colorado

Neil Daly Colorado — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:15:32 +0000

Be careful, I dropped mine no more than a foot, the screen broke, and Sky Caddie won't replace it.

By: todd mc dougall

todd mc dougall — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:49:01 +0000

Used the skycaddie 2.5 (loner from a friend) and shot my personnel best 70 and won the club championship in a three hole playoff, the best tool i used so far in helping my golf game, ironically i won one for first place, how great is that!

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:42:05 +0000

John said on July 10, 2009:

Reply to Brad...You are not alone. Up until a few weeks ago, I had very few problems picking up the GPS Signal. Starting on 5 July, I have been getting a very week signal and the SkyCaddie SG4 has been loosing the signal constantly during the round. A friend of mine has been having the same trouble starting around the same time. Although, his SkyCaddie seems to be working better than mine. We live in Rhode Island. It doesn't seem to be caused by cloud cover, since on 5 July there wasn't a cloud in the sky and I still had a terrible time getting it to pick up the satellite. Yesterday I tried to use it and there were spottie cloud cover and the SkyCaddie only had the signal 25% of the time we played.

Hey John,

Since my post I have had days of use with few issues and days where I have drained the battery looking for a signal. I saw on an earlier post that the GPS software can be upgraded/reset, not the firmware but the GPS? Have you heard of anything?

Brad