Overall, this is a good value for the golfer who would like to improve his score. If you own a rangefinder like I do, I would recommend this over all other gps devices. With a rangefinder, it works great and is the best value for a cost-conscious golfer! If I didn’t have a rangefinder, I would probably have bought the Garmin G3 because of the better visual screen display.
Pros: Small, fits in your pocket, works easily, ability to put custom points into the gps. Price, and especially great when you figure that don’t have to pay a yearly fee to own this. Has all the basic information that you need, easy to read, includes every course that I have played in Arizona or Michigan (and I play a lot.), automatically advances to each hole, and syncs up easily and finds the course you are playing without any hassle. The battery life on this gps is awesome. I would estimate I can get about 6-7 rounds on mine before I need to recharge. It works great.
Cons: Lacks the visuals that many other gps have on the screen. This can be a problem if you are playing where there is a severe dogleg. On a course I was playing, it said it was like 280 to the green, but it was a par 5 about 500 yards. The 280 wasn’t practical because it was almost all carry with hazards surrounding the green. Because of the huge (and blind) dogleg, you couldn’t really get an idea of how you wanted to play it. With that said, if I played the course regularly, I would custom map it and put a good layup shot for the next time I was going to play the hole. Out of the roughly 25-30 rounds I have played with it, it has failed to find a hole 2-3 times. When this happens, it just skips the hole and you can’t get to the hole. To me, that’s acceptable. The plastic carrying case for your belt is somewhat crappy. It fell off one time; I could have lost or broke my gps because of the plastic clip. I would advise buying the leather holder for it. Very nice and keeps it secure.
Syncing: I have seen where some people say it doesn’t find their local course without a manual search (the manual search is a bit tedious), but my guess is that they are not allowing the gps enough time to find the course. When I play, I just turn it on, go putt or get my gear ready, then click the button. It works every time.
Overall, I recommend this gps. I think it’s great as long as you aren’t expecting it to have a display where you can look at what hole looks like.
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