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| Brand: IGOLF
Category: Sports
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $179.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 1412
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6 x 6 x 2
MPN: CADDIE II
Model: IG750
UPC: 854006001062
EAN: 0854006001062
ASIN: B000Z4KQ7I
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Handheld GPS device for estimating distances on golf courses | | • | Large, easy-to-read LCD screen and durable, lightweight housing | | • | Displays distance to front, center, and back of the green | | • | Holds 40 courses at once; lets you add 8 custom points per hole | | • | Measures 2.18 x 4.62 x 1.31 inches (W x H x D); weighs 6.3 ounces |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Tired of feeling adrift on the course? Turn to the iGolf GPS Caddie II, a handy golf-course aid that automatically calculates the distances to key points on any golf course in the world. The iGolf GPS Caddie II features such construction details as a large, easy-to-read LCD screen and a durable, lightweight housing. Once you step on the course, however, form takes a backseat to function, as the GPS Caddie II displays the distance to the front, center, and back of the green, while also letting users add up to eight custom points per hole. As a result, you can estimate whether you'll carry the water hazard with your 3-wood or whether you should lay up, and you'll have a better idea of when the sand traps come into play. Estimating your club strength is even easier when using the shot distance feature, which shows you how far you hit each club on average. 
The GPS Caddie II displays the distance to the front, center, and back of the green. | The GPS Caddie II holds up to 40 courses at once, and you can easily download other courses from iGolf.com when traveling beyond your home turf. It's also easy to map any course or add custom points yourself, should the downloaded info come up short. Best of all, the GPS Caddie II is accurate within 1 to 3 yards, so you don't have to worry whether your 7-iron is really the right club when attacking the pin. The GPS Caddie II is ready to use out of the box without requiring any additional software or hardware for custom mapping. However, you'll need a computer and Internet access if you'd like to download pre-mapped golf courses from iGolf.com (subscription required). The GPS Caddie II--which comes with a USB cable, software CD, and belt clip--runs for up to 14 hours on two alkaline or rechargeable AA batteries. The unit itself measures 2.18 by 4.62 by 1.31 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 6.3 ounces.
Product Description
iGolf GPS Caddie II : The iGolf GPS Caddie II 's easy, one-button operation provides automatic distances to key points on any golf course in the world. The iGolf GPS Caddie II , with a large, easy-to-read LCD screen is weather-resistant and made of durable, lightweight construction. Features: Holds 40 courses Automatically tells distance to the front, center & back of green Allows user to add up to 8 custom points per hole Shot distance feature shows how far you hit each club Golf course files can be downloaded from iGolf.com Easily map any course or add points yourself Works on any course in the world Weather resistant, durable construction Specifications: Accuracy: Within 1-3 yards Capacity: 40 GPS course files, eight custom points per hole Battery Type: Two AA alkaline or rechargeable Battery Life: Up to 14 hours Dimensions: 4.62" X 2.18" X 1.31" Weight: 6.3 oz (with 2 batteries) GPS Chip: SiRFstarIIe/LP Display: High-contrast LCD screen (120 X 160 pixel) What's included: GPS Caddie II Handheld USB sync cable Software CD [Drivers & Sync Application] Belt clip User manual Compatibility: The GPS Caddie II is ready to use out of the box without the requirement of any additional software or hardware if you want to map your own golf course.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Better than I hoped for November 16, 2008
Easy to use.
Easy to down load courses to PC and transfer to Caddy 11.
One course was not in their data base. I asked to have it added,it was added in less than a week.
Copyed the courses to a CD ,also have them on PC hard drive.
Easy to read in bright sun light.
I've used it about ten times ,at two different courses with rechargeable batteries ,the batteries last about 3 18 hole outings.
Great product ,could not be happier.
 Caddie II - Works great, until . . . . November 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Had the unit 10 wks. with no problem. Usually not more than 1 yd. off against other units or known good markings. Then it developed a drift/jump problem. Usually jumps 10 yds. or more (WAAS on). Numerous emails to support. They had me try WAAS and Stabilizer settings on/off, plus several resets. All no help. Their response - "The issue you are describing has never been reported on a Caddie II and we have thousands of devices out in the market." - which is a lie. You can do a google search or check golf forums and find otherwise. I offered to send signed statements by witnesses observing this, or a short video clip showing it, and they rejected those ideas.
They finally gave me an RMA and I sent the unit in. I think when they got it, they loaded a test course on it, turned it off and set it on the shelf for a week, and then notified me they couldn't duplicate the failure and were sending it back.
What a bunch of b.s. The warranty is useless.
What I see: after being in one position and unit has stabilized, the readings (green distances or shot distance) will start jumping all over. MTTF (mean-time-to-failure) = 5 seconds. The range with WAAS on is usually 4 to 27 yds. With WAAS off, you can see it drift rather than the wild jumps. In approx. 25 - 18-hole rounds since the failure started, I have only observed it NOT jump around twice while in one position for about 2 mins.
I'm pretty sure that they need a software fix and don't have the expertise to do it. It is similar in scope to a problem Garmin had with an automotive GPS where your position could jump between a frontage road and a highway. They had thousands of unit that were working ok, but some failed. And they finally released a fix for it. Both use SiRF chipsets.
Also, in July I reported a course with 17 holes with center of green off by 18 yds.(1 hole off by 16 yds.) Never heard back from them.
 Eats Batteries October 3, 2008
Works fairly good. Some courses the yardage seems to be off, some OK.
The biggest problem is the it goes through batteries very quickly. I was told to get rechargeable batteries which I did, but I have to turn the unit off between holes to save energy. It makes it hard to use since when you turn it back on you need to scroll back through the holes to get to the one you are playing.
Buy a Sky Caddie September 4, 2008
Very poor customer service regarding mapping courses. I've been waiting for 1 month for them to map a course. In another case they told me that a course couild not be mapped. I checked Sky Caddie web site and they have both courses mapped.
I golf Caddie II August 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just sent my iGolf Caddie II back in for exchange. Like many of the 1 star reviews, mine kept droping course data. When I contacted iGolf, they said they were aware of this problem, and since my units warranty had just expired, I could get the $30 subscription which extended the warranty to 1 year. I did this and have sent the unit back in. If you read the reviews, at the time I wrote this, the 5 star reviews are from 2006... all the 2 and 1 star review are from latter 2007 and 2008. When the iGolf doesn't drop the courses, it does work as advertised and is fun, as I'm sure any golf gps is. I just wish it was rechargable by simply plugging in.
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