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Been using it for a year and I love this unit. Sure its not a pretty color unit but it gives me all the information I need and the maps are free and Sonocaddie will map a course for you pretty quick. if you don't want to wait you can easily map a course yourself and even submit it to sonocaddie for others to download. Great unit and well worth the money.
Downloading a course information is a royal pain, and the instructions are not very clear, they do however attache an additional instructions for downloading. Finally I purchased the unit and guess what. This is without a question the worst golf GPS in the market. Another bad experience. I am tired of dealing with a second class company and it is time for me to return the GPS back to them. After downloading you've better go back and set your computer to its original settings, otherwise expect the surprises from your computer. After waiting 2 months the course data was installed in their system.
So I called them to correct this data. You can tell it is very cheaply made, I imagine slightest water or accidental drop can damage this unit very easily. Only 12 hole data was accurate the rest were GROSSLY wrong.I mean 100 - 200 yrds variations. Their customer service personnel are pleasant but not very helpful. I wanted to make sure my course data was in their system, so I sent them all the info, and the score card. They again ask me to send them more course information and the score card again. The only reason I bought this unit because of no yearly membership fee, and I learned my lesson " You get what you pay for it".
I've used the Sonocaddie XV2 for two seasons now both here (New Jersey) and in Myrtle Beach. Free course downloads as well (no subscriptions).The only downside is that the unit can be difficult to read in dim very conditions, though the contrast is adjustable. Downloading of courses is a snap and can be done from any PC, which makes traveling easy if you have access to teh Internet.The unit has never so much as hicupped, though sometimes with a lower amount of satellites it can take a few seconds to 'lock in' your distances.
The SV2 has been great. The unit is powered by regular aaa batteries, which I feel is better than the GPS units you have to charge 'cause you can always carry spare batteries but a 110 volt outlet is rare on a golf course. I had the first generation Skycaddie and returned it after a month because it was unreliable (frequently did not pick up satelites).
Very light, easy to use and handy with the included belt clip. It always picks up at least 6 satellites and is highly accurate with distances. I rarely have had an experience where I could not find a course in their online database and when I could not, the courses I requested were added quickly.
I get at least a half dozen rounds out of a set of aaa batts. That said I highly recommend the Sonocaddie SV2.
The product works fine, the problem is the courses I play are not available in their data base. Of the courses I regularly play, none of the 5 courses in northwest Iowa or the 4 courses I play in the southern Rio Grande Valley are available. I would recommend checking the data base prior to ordering.You can request a course, but don't expect much for a reponse. Fortunately, entering course data manually is not difficult.MOL Sonocaddie XV2 Personal Golf GPS
On five occasions, I attempted to contact technical support, and received no responses -- online or via phone. Prior to replacing my old model SkyCaddie, I did a great deal of research on newer GPS units. I am not a computer novice, having been CEO of a software company for nearly 20 years, but I found this totally confounding and unacceptable. On paper, the Sonocaddie XV2 came out on top, based on the type of information I was looking for from a golf GPS and the price. After receiving it, I spent an entire day attempting to download courses, without any success. I returned the Sonocaddie after several more hours of trying to make it work and have since replaced it with the second choice from my research --a GolfLogix GPS. I'm very happy with the latter.
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