Golf Buddy Voice GPS Rangefinder Review

The Golf Buddy Voice is golf’s first voice GPS.

Clip to just about anything!   With the push of a button it will tell you distances to front, middle and back of green.

This unique design is receiving great reviews from users who are looking for a simple design that will tell them distances and skip all the added features and functions of the more advanced golf gps units.

It comes pre-loaded with 33,000 courses worldwide and is capable of adding up to 40,000 total courses.

Software will run on Mac too!

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Table of Contents (click ahead!)
Features     GPS Function      Product Specifications     Battery & Charging       Customer Reviews      Pros & Cons

Features

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The Golf Buddy Voice is the first voice gps for golf introduced in May of 2012.

Its function is to give you basic distances that are spoken to you when a button is pushed.  Pretty cool!

Uses pleasant female voice to speak to you.  It is multi-lingual – 8 languages

Comes pre-loaded with 33,000 worldwide courses and you can upload for free additional courses up to a total of 40,000.

Easy to Use

One large button is pushed and you hear a reading of your distance. There is even a volume control.

Press a side button and you set it to tell you how far you hit your ball.

It’s made to clip on anything you want.  A hat, visor, shirt pocket, belt loop.  The clip is extremely strong.

Software you have to use to upload courses or updates is compatible with Mac Users.  This is really important because in my reviews I let you know if the software is not compatible!

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GPS Functions

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Screen

Black and white screen

How to Find Courses

The Golf Buddy Voice GPS will automatically figure out what course you are on. Just turn it on and wait a minute.

There is also a website for Golf Buddy where you do your uploading of any additional courses. You can check their listings to see if your courses are there.

Measure Distances

Golf Buddy Voice gives you distances to front, middle and back of greens.

It can Record Distance between any two points by just presssing one button, play ball, walk to ball, press for shot distance.

You can set it to meters or yards

Dynamic Green Views

This means that it knows what side you are approaching from. The unit shows the shape of the green and rotates that shape depending on your approach. This is a feature that not all golf gps offer. Most can only be accurate if you approach from the front of the green. Handy feature, I think.

Auto hole recognition

Product Specifications

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What’s In The Box

• Golf Buddy Voice GPS
• Wall Charger
• Data Cable
• Silicon Case
• Quick Start Manual

Battery & Charging

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Battery life is about 8-9 hours.

Unit will show you battery life left.

Customers noted that they were able to make it 16 holes-18 holes. Most people recharge it after each round.

Customer Reviews

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The Golf Buddy Voice GPS is new so there are not alot of reviews. On Amazon you find 34 people who have bought this unit and pretty much give great reviews. Only one or two people found buttons on side hard to see but solved this by looking directly at it. Some mentioned the auto hole function occasionally not knowing which hole you are on. You fix this by holding two buttons – choose hole to play. It happend a few times to people but they felt it was easy to correct.

“The Golfbuddy Voice does exactly what it says. Yardage to the middle of the green. Great product, easy to use, pre-recorded courses…(read more here: Golf Buddy Voice GPS Review)”

“This is a great tool if you’re only interested in yardage…(read more here: Golf Buddy Voice GPS Review)”

Amazon Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Pros & Cons

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Pros: There are alot of postive points to this golf GPS device.

Ease of Use and Durability

Handy small size with most functions done with large button

Clip it anywhere! Hat, belt, visor, pocket

Their software works with Mac computers.

Cons:

As I said above, this is a brand new unit that just came out in May of 2012. Reviews are very good for this unit.  There were only a few things mentioned – each with a solution.

• Buttons on side of unit were small to press – you had to look at them directly. The main button to make it talk is much larger and you can just reach up to your hat and press it. The button that you push to set your distance is on the side and it is smaller. The customer that mentioned that said they still liked it.
• The Auto Hole recognition feature does not read the hole correctly sometimes when transistioning from one hole to next. Golf Buddy has a way to fix this. You push two buttons and hold – choose next hole. Customer that experienced this said it was an easy correct and other than that very accurate.
• Battery life – just like all the other golf GPS units on the market today, people said they’d like a little longer play. Reviews were good overall for battery.

Summary:

The Golf Buddy Voice GPS Rangefinder has hit the market with good reviews.  It is great for someone who wants basic information on yardages distances.  Having the unit talk to you and tell you the yardages without having to look at it is a new concept that I’m sure other companies will follow on the bandwagon with.  Note: If you purchase this be sure to go to Golf Buddy website and make sure you download the latest firmware version.  This will give you all the courses up to date and any software updates.  Again, if you are a Mac user you’ll be happy to know their software is compatible unlike the Bushnell products.

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