I have the skygolf SG-4 and use it all the time, even the home course and find it valuable,  but would like to consider getting one of the units that display the entire hole.    it appears that the sonocaddie and the onpar unit both do this, and the onpar also tracks and analysis your shot for the last 18 rounds,  provides average distance for each club, and keeps score .    the drawback is that they do not have the courses online for most of the courses I play which are usually the cheaper ones,  ie muni/public, etc.

Has anyone tried either of these units and what are your thoughts?

stan

I have the original SG2 and I love it. It has all the local courses I play and it's very accurate. If the SG4 works for you why change it to something that doesn't offer the courses you play ?

another  way to go is the Green Finder GPS .com $35.00 CDN per year this system is by Garmin and goes through your cell phone or Blackberry, no need to buy another toy.  Check it out.   Google   Green Finder GPS

Low and Slow  ..... Dr.

With the onpar purchase, They will add your home course, (or one request) within 2 weeks after request,   and then add requests according to priority,  so could get some courses added fairly quickly.    Just don't know how long it takes after the home course. 

The sonocaddie has feature also.  plus sounds like they get the additional requests within a couple of weeks also.   and they already have a lot of courses available.

stan

I had the top ofline model and did not like it,  did not think it was very accurate as for showing your location, yardages, etc.   and the fairways did not show very realistically,   where simply model holes.     I sold it. 

check my posts at http://www.partnersclubonline.com/Community/Forums.aspx?g=posts&t=108220

where I did a write up on the different models I have used.    I like the upro the best.

stan

I would like to get a gps I like the golfbuddy or unpar which 1 is better. need help. thank-u brownsfan

I have friends with the Sky Caddie. They like it except for the annual fee and the out of area fees. Also, I think it is limited to the number of courses that you can have on it at any given time. They are frustrated to change courses when they travel to Florida, Arizona, Hawaii, etc. About a year ago I purchased the Callaway Upro and I love it. I suggest that you take a look at the web page, it has an interactive demo.

It took awhile for the courses to get built up, but there aren't many that are still missing. I like the satellite views and the ability to see the hazards and measure to them. The satellite views cost some to download (a couple of bucks each), but once you do, you own them. They also have free downloads of general information that looks like Sky Caddies. I checked it against a Sky Caddie on a course and they were both right on, or about a yard apart. Don't think that there is much difference now with the GPS technology. Good luck, and hit 'em straight!

http://www.uprogps.com/#us

I have 3 gps unit,  the skycaddie SG4, the upro, and the onpar.    see my evaluation post at http://www.partnersclubonline.com/Community/Forums.aspx?g=posts&t=108220   last july 9th.     in which I give my evaluations(opinions)  of each.     

Of the 3,  I still like the upro the best, primarily because of the pro/ aerial photo feature.    However, I do use all 3, primarily when traveling.    Although, I don't use the onpar a lot at home where I prefer the upro.   when traveling, I find some courses that either don't have the upro aerial map or if I am only going to play the course once, I may not want to spend the money(credits) to purchase the map and just use the basic.   In that case, if the course is available on onpar, I will use it and this happens often enough to make it worth while.    

As far as accuracy,   all units are acceptable to me, especially as far as distance to the green.   I like the upro over the skycaddie since I can see a hazard on the screen, and cursor to the point I want to hit, either layup or carry and get the exact distance.     The skycaddie gives this, but one never knows just where the mapped point is.   especially with a water hazard that angles across the fairway.   If you are using this on a home course, you can find those points by finding where the unit displays 0 for any hazard point ie layup or  carry.   Hard to do on a new or onetime play course.  

the onpar is usually accurate also, except you will find an occasional hole that is considerably off.  (as much as 50-75 yards to the green.   I found a couple of these on our recent Myrtle beach trip.

I have also found that my SG4 skycaddie gives a different yardage to the green than my upro and a friends SG5,   while my upro and the SG5 give the same yardage.    leaving me to believe the SG5 is probably the more accurate of the two.   don't know why except there may be software differences in calculations. or signal strength or processing.   

As far as the extra cost of the upro aerial views,  you will find this is cheaper than the skycaddie annual fees over only a couple of years.  

One of the things that I have found out about these GPS's is that the more sophisticated the images are, the fewer courses that are offered. Make a list of 20 or 30 courses you like and then see which GPS has the most of them. I have the iGolf/Bushness Saturn that holds 100 courses. It seems to have the courses that the average golfers use. Some of the other GPS's tend to list more of the high-end courses. I think that is something folks should look into before they purchase any GPS.

a. How many courses will the device hold?
b. How many courses are in the course database?
The tie-breaker would be will the GPS device find me on my course, or do I have to scroll to find my particular course?

Be prepared to do some homework.

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The SG4 can show you the shape of the hole and where the safe landing spot is. You have to upgrade to the new 3.0 software and it will add quick view plus a digital score card. If you do not have those options on your SG4 you are using the old firmware and need to update it.