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Bushnell Neo+ GPS Watch

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭flugel


    Senna wrote: »
    I'll have it out for a round tomorrow and I'll let you know how it goes.
    I know in my last home club, golfbuddy came out and walked the course to map it. On their list of course on their website, it has a little icon after each course, either fully marked or just front, Middle and back. I think if it's fully marked it means they actually walked the course.

    Cheers, interested to see what you make of it. Have found very few if any reviews online. One I did find just had people complaining about the charger connector breaking, no insight into how it performed when it does work!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭flugel


    whitefoot wrote: »
    My advice is stay away from the Bushnell. I spent quite a lot of time 6 months trying to get it accurate on various courses in Ireland and finally I had to sell it at a loss and buy another Garmin S1 which works perfectly.

    Thanks for the input. Reckon it will come down to Garmin and Golf Buddy depending on what level of detail I want. S1 does appear to be rock solid from what I've read


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Got to use the GolfBuddy wt4 watch today, I think I'll need a couple of rounds to give a full review but so far, it's good.
    Course measurements were spot on, I'll play with someone with a laser soon and check for sure, but compared to course markers, it looks between 2-3yards out at the very worst.
    Display is good, it shows front, Middle and back on main screen and one button press brings up distance to bunkers, hazards etc. It has distance to front and back of each hazard.
    I turned the watch on about 10 minutes before I got to the 1st tee, but I didn't get a measurement till I got to the green, it may be because it was the first time the watch was turned on in Ireland (it was used in the UK before) , or it might be very slow to pick up courses. I'll know more next time I use it. I don't think it will be an issue.
    Automatic hole progression was good till I got to the 9th, walking from the tee I passed the 11th tee box and it jumped to the 11th hole which goes at a 90degree angle away from the 9th. It then stayed on the 11th even as I walked 200 yards up the 9th, so I manually move the hole selection to the 9th. On the 13th it jump to the 17th, as both tee boxes are side by side, but jumped back to the 13th within seconds.
    I don't use automatic hole progression usually, so not sure if it would happen normally, but my course does have a few shared tee area and crossovers.
    The watch is very comfortable on my wrist and looks similar size to other gps watched. I alway ware a watch, so took no getting used to.
    There are scorecard functions and more, but I didn't use any of that, a practice round would allow more time to mess about.
    All in all I'm delighted, I know the course database is good and a lot of people I know have the golfbuddy platinum and they say the measurements are great for Donegal courses.
    Happy out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭flugel


    Senna wrote: »
    All in all I'm delighted, I know the course database is good and a lot of people I know have the golfbuddy platinum and they say the measurements are great for Donegal courses.
    Happy out.


    Great to hear a positive review albeit from just one round. Looks like it will be a good investment.

    For curiosity I used the iGolf app on my phone today and found distances very accurate. Whether GPS in Bushnell watch be as good as my phone I don't know but has given me food for thought.

    As regards the WT4 is the charging dongle finicky? Read reports of people breaking them, I presume through not being anyways careful with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    On the bushnell watch, I would say the accuracy would be the same on nearly all watches, my only problem was iGolf, not the actual bushnell devices.

    Yeah I also seen the reviews about the WT4 charging, if you didn't read the instructions you might assume you just push it in, but there is a small clip that clicks the watch into place. If you just forced it you might break it, anyone who broke it probably just forced it in without looking at it first, which is pretty stupid.

    I was trying to find out last night why the WT4 didn't pick up a signal till I got to the 1st green (but I left my bag on the second tee before going to the green). The gps is set up to know where the tees are on each hole, so once you get to a tee it reads that hole. But we are playing of winter mats and on the 1st its about 20 yards in front of the tee box, so I never actually went near the 1st tee. That also why it jumped to the 11th hole, because I walked over a path that goes through the 11th tee box while playing the 9th.
    Those two things did bother me and I knew it was something stupid, but I feel better knowing that the tee box sets the hole.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭flugel


    Bit the bullet on the WT4. Got a cyber Monday deal, was a little bit extra than could have got the Bushnell for, but figured for all hazards marked and the course walked for GPS accuracy the Golfbuddy was the way to go. Will be very handy especially when playing different courses. Now just to work on my actual golf swing!


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