GolfBuddy Voice GPS Rangefinder received was inaccurate
933235
Unfortunately an error of 10 yards or more at 150 yards is not what a golfer is looking for. I decided not to try another (since this was my second attempt) so I will upgrade to a Garmin Approach Model S2 instead. Several of my friends have Garmin's (varying models) and all of them are impressed with the Garmin accuracy.
1925758
I'm revising my review, as I was able to compare lesser "known" yardages, and, as others have discovered, this unit is very inaccurate below 50 yards.

As I mentioned, I bought mine for use in known-distance archery, and this week tested it at 20 - 50 yards.  At 20 it read 22, at 30 it read 34, 40 read 45; however, at 50 - 80 it was within 1 yard.

I contacted the seller, and was advised to return the unit through Amazon.  However, since it was a gift and 30 days has passed, I wrote the seller back for a different solution.  (Due to their response, I'm assuming the short distance inaccuracy is inherite to the product...)

I may be "stuck" - I guess I'll need to find a golfer, as it likely will work for that purpose - definitely not archery!
3180622
The Gps never worked in Ireland.  Had to rent a GpsFrom Hertz car rental for Ireland use. I will need to return the software.
Ronald Mitchell
1933488
Well, it is not made by Bushnell (theirs did not work and they would not repair or replace it after only 4 days of golf).Neo Ghost GPS
This one I saw being used by another golfer and asked him how he liked it. (He said he loved it)
So, I bought one. I have only used it 3 times now. It finds courses very quickly, it responds what appears to be very accurate, with only a single push of a very large button on top. As long as it keeps doing that I am very happy with it.
It came fully charged and it charges in very short order from computer or automobile charger.
I played one 18 hole round, the female voice said it had 46% charge left. I plugged it into my car charger and it was fully charged in less than 30 minutes. (I think less time but I didn't really pay attention until I unplugged it at 30 minutes and it was fully charged.
15658
Disappointed with the GPS; I've barely had it for a year and although it was slow from day one... I have to turn it on and off multiple times before it is able to recognize my course.  Usually it just keeps saying it's searching for my course for 2 or 3 holes before it locks in. Other times it finds my course and when I go to look at my yardage on the next hole its searching for my course again.  Not as convenient as I thought it would be and will probably try another model/brand next time.
3493159
I don't know yet how the error in the picture will affect the gps but I'm looking at other options at the time of writing. I will update this review once I find out.
1097959
**I purchased this Garmin Nuvi 1350 through Amazon.com**

  I have used many car GPS units in rental cars, but this is my first time purchasing one.  I conducted a lot of research and decided that this Nuvi 1350 best fit my needs and price range.  Consumer Reports gave it good marks as did many on Amazon reviews.

  I consider myself pretty tech savvy.  More so than most.  I received the product on a Wednesday and I was leaving for vacation on Friday.  I wanted to be sure all of the software was up to date as well as the maps.  I followed all of the steps given by the Garmin web site.  Tried to update maps once, fail.  Twice....fail.  I thought I was doing something wrong.  I didn't have time to mess around, so I called Garmin customer service.  The associate was very friendly and double-checked everything I had done.  After about 20 minutes, the tech determined my unit was defective and was unable to write to it's own memory.  GREAT!!!

  Well, I won't be able to return the unit until I get back from vacation, so I decided to give a shot out of the box.  Not bad, even in the mountains.  The voice was pretty annoying and the pronunciation of names of roads was pretty amusing.  Not bad for the price, but failing to update out of the box is extremely disappointing.

Overall, GREAT customer service, but I CAN NOT accept the failure.  If I fork out this much money for a gizmo, it had better work.  I will return this product to Amazon.com and likely go with another brand.  Good luck.
2912433
Just to be clear, I didn't purchase this product from Amazon but from an organization called "More Golf Today."  The watch seems to do its main task of measuring distances from the tee to the green.  What has been irritating is that it is also advertised as being able to measure the tempo of your swing as well as having an alarm.  Those features were attractive to me.  Unfortunately, the tempo function is very irregular.  Sometimes it works and just as often it doesn't.  So you can never be sure when it's going to measure your swing tempo.  I've tried different ways to compensate such as swinging back more slowly, waiting in a setup position before swinging, etc.  But to no avail.  Also, the alarm is ridiculous because the alarm tone (a very soft beep) is very difficult to hear so you can't tell it's going off.  Its automatic time setting also wasn't able to tell the difference between daylight savings and regular time.  The company says that this will be fixed sometime in the future by a software update.  I called Voice Caddie to return or exchange it for a working watch and they wouldn't take it back.  They said I needed to return it to the seller (More Golf Today), which won't accept it either until they receive authorization from Voice Caddie which hasn't responded.  So I'm stuck with a watch that doesn't really do what it's advertised to do.  I sorry to say that any manufacturer that doesn't stand behind its product is not one I can recommend.
4787380
Very inconsistent. There were times when it was spot on but at least half of the time it was 50+ yds off. My friend had the exact same one and we could be standing right next to each other and get two totally different readings.
4467992
Have done a limited test to date. The pinseeker is deadly accurate when compared with the GPS system on our Florida course golf carts, but the GPS itself does vary a bit for the front and back yardage. Will be using it at my northern course, where there are blind shots on some holes, so I can use the GPS then and use the pinseeker when the pin is visible. So far I'm very satisified with it.
3187541
I don't know if it is me or what, but I have a hard time getting a valid reading.  I typically have to shoot the flag 2, 3 sometimes 4 times to get the correct yardage.  I never had that problem with our prior range finder.
1518343
Probably the most important function of a golf GPS is its' accuracy then its' ease of use.

To judge its' shot distance accuracy, I laid out two 300' tape measures end to end (200 yds) and further broke that down to every 25 yds. I gave each distance 30 secs prior to recording the number to give the gps time to adjust to my movements. I ran the experiment 3 times.

The following 25yd increments were recorded as follows:

25-(28,26,22)
50-(54,49,46)
75-(78,73,73)
100-(102,99,100)
125-(127,125,125)
150-(151,151,149)
175-(178,173,175)
200-(204,200,201)

So as you can see, even the Bushnell Lasers are only accurate to +/- 1 yd. For the extra $250 they want for it, I decided to buy the watch and spend the extra $250 on a new driver. The watch appears to be more accurate the longer the distance. I found it very easy to use and won't miss having to put the laser up to my eye, hold it very steady to make any more measurements. I am not a good enough golfer that 1 or 2 yds is going to make a big difference in my score.

Enjoy
4820701
I am now returning the SECOND Neo that I have tried.  Each one-same issue- It advances to next hole BEFORE I make it to my second shot.  By the end of the first hole, it is showing data on hole #4.  Also, when I compare it to other golfers' distances, it is consistently longer on each readout.  I was so pumped to purchase Bushnell name.  Now, not so much.  Sky Caddie is next.
3951517
I figured that since I was going to college in a big city, then I needed a GPS and one that was accurate and precise. I also wanted the GPS to pronounce the street names for me. Well, this GPS didn't do any of these. I live in a tourist area and there is a very large, well-known amusement park so I put it into the GPS to find and we followed all the directions it told us and if we would have followed all of its directions, then we would have reached our destination in the middle of a lake. That was just one instance but there many more like chain resturants were misplaced or non existant. Next, you could only have the GPS pronounce the street names if you use the computer voice which was barely audible on my unit. If you choose one of the human voices, then it won't say street names anymore so $50 was spent on a useless feature. Then comes Tom Tom home and it sounds so easy to fix a map flaw...well it is easy to to make a map correction but the correction first must be sent to Tom Tom to approve it and sent out as an update before you will see the correction on your unit. I was told that approving corrections could take up to a month. As you may have guessed, I sent this one back and bought a Garmin Nuvi 205W which comes w/o the pronounced street names but I love it so much more! The Tom Tom home sofeware was a good idea but it may be too lengthy of a process to make it worth while.
3044947
I am disappointed in this GPS.  Yesterday, we were out playing.  I had turned it on about 30 min before our tee time but by the time we started playing, it was no longer synced in to the course.  I had to restart it and wait for it to search.  By the time it downloaded, we were already past the 1st hole.  It worked fine for a few holes then it went blank again.  I should mention that I had recharged it that morning before leaving.  I will try it again tomorrow and again on Thursday too see how it does, then may end up returning it if it continues with the same problem, i.e. slow to download and turning off for some reason even when the battery had been recharged prior to play.
1647070
Inaccurate readings at several courses I have played make the device almost useless. Also, the screen backlight goes dark frequently even though I have set it to the longest cycle time.
24618
There are a couple of really annoying problems with this product.  One problem, I can not stand, is that you are unable browse through the devise for course listings for the Garmin Approach G5 or G3.  If your already on your way out to the course, you can only hope and pray that when you get there the Garmin Approach will have your course map.  Instead, you must go online and search their website of the course listings.

Some of you may say, "Well thats not that big of a problem..." However, if there is a course map listed on the website, DO NOT TRUST THAT IT WILL WORK.  There are icons next to a lot of the courses listed.  An example is a tree icon next to the Mines golf course in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  I recently played it and consider it very non-tree covered course, with the exception of four tree covered tee boxes.  Due those few tree covered tee boxes (the first of which is not until hole 4) caused the Garmin to NOT WORK ON A SINGLE HOLE.

The Biggest Problem with the Garmin Approach G5 I have had is the complete and utter lack of golf course maps it actually has.  Sure, they have all the Private Country Clubs, which does not help the other 95% of golfers.  The fact is Garmin covers very, very, very few Public courses.  If you play majority of your golf on public courses, DON"T BUY IT.

If you are hell bent on buying the Garmin Approach G3 or G5, I just ask that you make sure that is has the course maps that you play most, and if there is an tree icon next to those courses consider the course map to be nonexistent.
Learn from my $375 mistake.....