I got my Sureshot about a month ago and tried it out at my local course for the past 3 weeks. First of all, the unit is pretty, color graphics are much nicer than Skycaddie. It loads up fairly quickly and distances are accurate. The unit is fairly easy to learn to use and much of the functions are self explanitory. The included computer software works but it does not offer much more features than the actual GPS unit. The course maps from the main site is crude at best - at least for my 5 courses. You need to alter them significantly which will take 2 to 3 rounds before it is truely representative of you home course. Overall, useful, neat, but not exactly a personal caddie for now. For any electronic goods, it is the software that drives the product and I think Sureshot sort of got it right by including many features that geeky golfers like to use, but they missed out on how the process must seamlessly integrate into playing a round of golf.
GPS System:
The unit is clean, with bright screen visable in daylight. Software loads up quickly and finds the GPS signal easily. Buttons are large and easy to navigate. Standard accessories are ok. Playing a round is easy. You can measure your club distances by pressing "Mark" button to see yardages. However, it will not save this information. You can either play a round and record your club distances on a piece of paper then perform manual calculation or play in club measure mode and let the unit average your club distances. I think this is a neat feature but would wish that it was integrated into a normal playing feature. You can map new objects in edit course mode, again you must either be playing or editing course - can't play and edit at the same time. Adding or deleting objects were easy - find the right icon and hold "Mark" button for 10 seconds. However, when you are playing, the icons do not show up according to distance, so first obsticles may be 3 greenside bunkers, while you have 4 fairway bunker and a water in front. Because they don't show up in order, you must reorganize them in your mind. An alternative I've found was to create a whole new course manually, being very sequential about the hazzards. Now, this defeats the whole purpose of downloading course maps don't it. Greens are measured in front, center and back which were useful in selecting clubs based on pin placement. A drawback is that the measurements are to a specific point from the center of the fairway, so if you are near the green, say 45 yards to the side, the measurements are off by as much as 10 to 15 yards. So stay on the fairways. Computer Software: The Analyze program offers useful statistics such as average drive distance, GIR percent, avg putts per hole, save percent. However, it only does it for that specific round. There is no way to get averages of a nummber of rounds to gauge your overall ability. As a tracking tool, this feature is useless. User set up page allows you to input your club distances so that GPS unit can suggest appropriate club during the round. This recommendation is for the center of green, so you can make adjustments based on pin placement. A neat feature, but make sure that you know your club distances for this feature to work well. Course management feature allows you to share your data with others. Neat idea, but there is no way for you to know if you are downloading a good data map or a junk. It would have been nice if you can see feedbacks from others - like a five star system.
Features:
- Latest color hand held GPS unit that works on any golf course with glare-free color screen that provides distances in yards and meters. Includes 1 belt clip, 1 charger, 1 USB cable, SureAnalysis¿ Windows XP¿ application.
- Free use of the SureShot GPS course database for the downloading and uploading of courses for the first 12 months after registration.
- Self mapping capability - with up to 33 reference points per hole enabling mapping of the front and carry of up to 15 hazards per hole as well as distance to the front, center & back of the green.
- Further analysis of round provided by connecting the SureShot GPS to the Windows PC and using the SureAnalysis software provided free with the SureshotGPS.
Includes: Lithium battery rechargeable from the PC and/or the charger provided. 10 favorite courses can be loaded in the SureShot GPS with the ability to download and upload unlimited courses. Lightweight all weather unit with 12 months warranty.
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