LED golf balls....who's tried them?

[Valleygolfer]

It has been getting dark early and sometimes getting the last few holes in is a bear so I was checking out some Led golf balls. Has anyone gamed these?

These look the best but do they fly as well as regular balls?

These are not bad either.

[cipher]

Your first video does not seem to be working.  I have used the Night Flyer balls and they work pretty well.   Nice for getting out early in the morning later in the year.  I would say that I lose 15 or so yards on drives and maybe 10 yards on iron shots.  I compensate by moving up one tee.

[Valleygolfer]

I tried to get the other Night Flyer videos but none of them will play. I guess if you care you will have to look it up on youtube.

[Lihu]

I have been using them a year now to play par 3 courses at night with my co-workers and kids. They are a blast. No lost balls. They only cost $4.5 a piece on the internet.

The green ones are the best, since you can see them well. The worst ones are the purple ones and the blue ones. The blue ones run out of battery sooner. The batteries do last a long time, a bit longer than 40 hours as rated.

They hit fine at first, but don't hit them too hard. If you hit them 150 yards in one shot or more, they degrade rapidly. I found that if you stick with 125 yards or below they work great for a long time. Hit one club heavier than you normally would. Wedge to 8 iron (if you hit it 135 with a normal ball) is perfect.

Took one apart after it started to lose its bounce. Still don't know why they lose their distance when hit too hard.

I highly recommend them. You get to play golf at night, even when the lights on the course go out

[GaijinGolfer]

Ive tried various glow balls at night golf events.  To me, they feel harder than a normal golf ball and dont spin as much but thats what you can expect when the core of a ball is hollow or has an LED in it.  The best Ive used were balls that were like a regular golf ball, but were a transparent resin with a hole drilled through it for you to insert a small glow stick in.  That only thing with those is that you need to turn the ball so that the hole is sideways before you hit it or else the glowstick will explode when you hit the ball.

[Lihu]

Ive tried various glow balls at night golf events.  To me, they feel harder than a normal golf ball and dont spin as much but thats what you can expect when the core of a ball is hollow or has an LED in it.  The best Ive used were balls that were like a regular golf ball, but were a transparent resin with a hole drilled through it for you to insert a small glow stick in.  That only thing with those is that you need to turn the ball so that the hole is sideways before you hit it or else the glowstick will explode when you hit the ball.

I agree, the glow stick ones are superior in that regard, but we get 20 or more rounds with the LED ones. I ended up with a box full of the glowstick modules for the same number of rounds with 1 led ball. In either case, I feel bad that we have to throw out the balls when done. We took a couple apart to see if we can change the batteries and get more use out of them, but we can't put it back together again without really screwing up the ball flight. The ball makers should have a return postage box so they can figure out a way to rebuild them. Other than this, they are great for a fun par 3 night game.

[Drewskie]

A buddy of mine posted up pictures on his Facebook of a little night tournament they did at a course down here. Looked like a lot of fun being able to hit balls at night.

[inthehole]

Lihu and the guys that have used LED night balls ... curious as to what brand feels the most like a real golf ball (I bought a few last year & they were so hard feeling).   If that's just the way they are, that's fine ... hey, it's still night golf !!

[rkim291968]

Used two different ones and they went two clubs shorter, and feel was terrible.   I think that's the best they can be.   Can't take night golf too seriously anyway.