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GMailWireless.com - Sureshot GPS Golf System
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List Price: $399.00
Our Price: $297.00
Your Save: $ 102.00 ( 26% )
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Manufacturer: Sureshot GPS
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Binding: Sports
Brand: Sureshot GPS
Clothing Size: one size
Color: gray/green
EAN: 0705105383095
Feature: Golf course GPS system for determining the distance to the green or hazard
Label: Sureshot GPS
Manufacturer: Sureshot GPS
Material Type: impact resistant plastic
Model: 1001-2 sureshotGPS
Publisher: Sureshot GPS
Release Date: 2007-11-03
Studio: Sureshot GPS
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Features
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Golf course GPS system for determining the distance to the green or hazard
Green screen displays distance to the front, center, and rear of green
Hazard screen calculates distance for up to 15 hazards per hole
Stores up to 10 courses; prerecorded courses are available at sureshotgps.com
Tracks your pace of play, fairways hit, greens in regulation, and putts
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I've used it for two years and it still works great.
Comment: I originally bought the Sureshot over the equivalent Skycaddie model because the yearly fee's were much more reasonable. My unit has lasted more than two years and the battery shows no signs of performance loss. I usually go two or three rounds without a recharge. The unit is very accurate, and courses are easily user mapped if they haven't been professionally mapped by Sureshot. This is the only golf gadget I've purchased that hasn't been a waste of money. I still use my Sureshot for every round I play.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sub-par performance
Comment: I bought this unit because I am a Mac user and when shopping for a GPS this was the only one that touted itself as "Mac compatable." After trying to download the proper software I discovered it wouldn't work because I don't have a Intel-based Mac that will run Parallels Desktop. "...Parallels Desktop allows a user to run a Virtual machine (Guest OS) inside a windowed environment but is only supported under Windows XP..." This is COMPATABLE? Let's talk about available courses. I live in Oregon and SureShot lists a total of 78 courses in Oregon available for download. SkyCaddie lists about 175 Oregon courses and GolfLogix has well over 200. If I could do it all over again, I would buy one of these units which are roughly the same price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Had some problems and never got them fixed
Comment: The Sureshot device is really nice when it works. User-friendly, well-designed, seems pretty accurate. But it just won't pick up the GPS signals anytime the temperature is below 45 deg F. I tried contacting the company via their "contact us" email several times and got zero response, so I don't know if this is a problem specific to my unit or a general problem with the model.
Update: After receiving some excellent company technical support by email I must revise my rating to four stars. Still don't know if the cold weather is a problem or not, but I got my unit back to proper function by using a "Recover" option that comes with the PC-based software. Basically reloads the software without wiping out the courses and other details stored in the unit's memory. To reach that point I had to find an email address in the company website and email directly. That got immediate response. Apparently website "online help/support" submission simply reaches no one. The instruction "manual" (a few pages) is limited and the online help is a bit confusing but by sticking to it I managed solve some problems and the unit is nice again.
Final Update: Final rating = zero stars. After many months of back-and-forth negotiations with the SureShot company I've now had two units (original-failed, and warranty replacement-failed)from the vendor/manufacturer. When both the original and replacment have the same problem (gets adequate GPS signal less than 20% of the time)I have to conlcude that the basic design is flawed. Finally the company refused to fix the second unit (my warranty period had expired, they said, despite the fact that a basic flaw seems to have existed from the beginning in both units. So two units are basically junk, the company refuses to stand behind the product any further (they were nice about it but the answer was - go away and quit bothering us or buy a replacement for $250). I recommend buying some other brand - this one is a dud.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good but not convenient
Comment: Summary:
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.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Everything in one!
Comment: What an amazing product! I have always wanted to know how I measure up against the pros in the statistics area and with the SureShot I can do that. You can measure the length of all your clubs, track your driving distance averages, greens in regulation, up and downs, sand saves, fairways hit and number of putts. The software the unit comes with allows you to compare your different rounds!
As far as course management goes, the sureshot is like a Professional Caddie's yardage book giving you distances to various hazards and reference points like lay-up points, dog-legs, water hazards and also to carry those points. Not having to look for distance markers is also a bonus! The added function of being able to edit professionally mapped courses is amazing! The unit can also hold up to ten courses which is ideal for us traveling golfers.
I think every golfer should own one of these!
A very happy sureshot user.
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Editorial Reviews:
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How far is the pin? How many times have you heard that on the course? The answer is here. The sureshotgps is a compact, hand-held, easy to use GPS (Global Positioning System) device specific to golf. With the option of attaching to your belt, golf cart or buggy, the sureshotgps means never having to look for a distance again. Wherever in the world you play golf, the sureshotgps will allow you to obtain distances from tee to green. Experience the difference with better club selection, speedier play and statistical information per round.
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