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SkyCaddie SG2 Golf GPS (Black)

SkyCaddie SG2 Golf GPS (Black)

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Brand: SkyCaddie
Category: Sports

List Price: $289.95
Buy New: $169.99
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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 26 reviews
Sales Rank: 1937

Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 3.2
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MPN: SG0003
Model: SG2
UPC: 854119000051
EAN: 0854119000051
ASIN: B0015UYCMG

Release Date: March 12, 2008
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5 out of 5 stars Excellent Product   July 10, 2006
 7 out of 12 found this review helpful

I have used the Sky Caddie on several different courses and found it to be exactly as advertised. Its great for knowing exactly where you are on the course as well as situational awareness of fairway boundaries and obstacles. My game continues to improve as I depend my Sky Caddie... Wish I had bought it sooner!


4 out of 5 stars OUR PERSONAL CADDIE!   June 30, 2006
 10 out of 13 found this review helpful

Bought this for my husband for Father's Day! Delivered in no time! He loved it! I let him do the registration etc. because he has more patience than I.

It works very well. Bought the vice like attachment too so it could go in every golf cart we use including our own. I LOVE IT. I have trouble judging distances and this is our co-toy now!

The battery went dead too soon. We called Sky Golf and they are sending a free one out posthaste. We even bought the $19.95 warranty for one year. It's worth it!



5 out of 5 stars Great Tool to Improve Your Game and Your Knowledge of the Courses You Play   May 31, 2006
 17 out of 22 found this review helpful

I have used this unit twice and have been more impressed each time.

First time was a loaner from my favorite golf shop and the second was the unit that I just purchased.

My reaction... WOW. Great tool for golfers at all skill levels. The information presented appears to be extremely accurate and is much more accurate than guessing or finding a marker and then interpolating distances. I found the IntelliGreen feature extremely useful. I was able to shoot at several greens unseen whereas before I would have laid up in a safe visible landing zone short of the green. The target lists were consistent with the features I was concerned about on most holes. If anything, I found the target list to contain too many items

I found registration and set up a bit tedious and would like to Sky Golf make it easier. Be sure to read the installation instructions in the manual very closely. Your internet browser MUST be set to allow cookies from Sky Golf. Otherwise you may spend all day and never get set up or be able to download courses.

The variety of plans for course downloads is adequate, but I wish they would include at least a 1 year subscription to the basic "PAR" Sky Player course download plan with the purchase of the unit.

Others have complained about quality and construction. I don't know what their standards are, but my unit seems well constructed and of very high quality material.

Bottom line, if you can afford it and you're looking for a great product to improve you knowledge of the golf courses you play... then this product is for you.



1 out of 5 stars Poor Quality and zero service   April 14, 2006
 30 out of 36 found this review helpful

Does the unit work??,...Well yes to a degree. It takes 6 holes to lock on to the satellites and then does a fair job of giving distances. The display is poor and though they say "up to 40 objects per hole" there is normally 2-4 objects per hole. All this depends upon the Skycaddie course recorder. The user (you) can not modify the course or add any objects that the course recorder didn't think was important.
Now the bad part. The unit attaches via button and belt clip (like a cell phone). My button (part that attaches to main unit) has died twice in the first 30 days. When it breaks again,...which it will often,..the unit will probably hit the dirt. This isn't good. But fear not. It will be packed away weeks trying to get in touch with Skygolf. And another week to get a replacement button (which has been modified even weaker than the original one). Now my replacement broke on the first time I clipped it to the belt. Now back to Skycaddie to get another. After being on hold for another hour, they need to transfer you to another tech that handles parts. This will take another hour. You then get a message to leave a message. Normally within a week someone will call you back. By 'normally', I mean about 35% of the time you leave messages they return them. Would I buy another,... duh,.... NO!

New info.
About a month after buying the caddie it started loosing the satellite connection. It was a very random thing. Turn it off and back on again would sometimes restore the connection. After about 4 months of owning the caddie, my score was going up about 5 strokes a game when it didn't work correctly because of frustration with the unit. The people I would be playing with would say " turn the thing off and play. Stop messing around and wasting time with that thing!" Well finally I sent it back to be repaired. It came back not syncing at all! It went back again to Skycaddie. It came back with the case broken. Now, five months after I bought it, it went back to Skycaddie and they replaced it with a different one. Finally it worked correctly! It would get partial sync in about 1 hole and total sync by 3 holes. The new one had two sided tape under the button so it wouldn't let the button fall off if it broke. So far it hasn't broken the button, but, I almost never use the clip. I just hold it when diving the cart and place it in the cup-holder when shooting. The new one has lasted a year and the battery goes dead after about 5 hours. It now starts losing the satellite connection when the battery has 2 bars (1/3 power left).

Conclusion: It is fairly helpful IF it is working correctly. Different units read different distances when placed in the same spot ( 1 at a time so that they are not next to each other). The differences very by about 1-5 yards. Mine always reads the same distance to the same spot. (remember it reads most accurate after it has achieved all the satellites). Mine takes about 10 minutes to achieve full satellite connection. So its time to get a new battery, buy a new one year subscription (about $100 bucks for both).



5 out of 5 stars Great Product   January 23, 2006
 10 out of 15 found this review helpful

I own this and the love it. Works great and is more accurate then the Bushnell, although costs a little more. I have not found a course that it does not have and I don't know if I could play without it now! Easy to use and worth the price.

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