Callaway gpsy watch update4/1/2024 As always, I check the GPS yardages provided with direct laser measurement. Īfter all of that, I am happy to say that the numbers provided by the upro mx+ are excellent. My game is inaccurate enough without faulty numbers. I want a number I can trust so that I know what club to hit. You might as well just listen to your technophobic playing partner who bases all of his yardages on sprinklers and squirrel spoor. The whole point of using a rangefinder of any kind is to know the correct yardage to your target. This has to be the first order of business. Have something extra to separate it from my iPhone or laser rangefinder.Have data for all of the courses I play.Give accurate yardages to multiple important targets (front, middle, back, traps, doglegs, & etc.).So what do you need your GPS to do for you on the course? These are the first things that came to my mind: I would almost like to see another pair of hardware buttons on the left side of the unit that could be dedicated to some of the features associated with the touch screen buttons. Some of the small buttons on the touch screen are just a bit small to hit easily. The screen size issue comes up more in the performance of the unit on the course. Obviously the screen size fits the unit size, that’s not the issue. The only real gripe I have about the design is the a-bit-too-small size of the touch screen buttons. Overall, it has a feeling of quality, something that I appreciate in my expensive purchases. The lower scroll button on the face is also within easy reach of the thumb. It is likely better suited to right hand operation as the two side buttons are located where the right thumb naturally rests. The unit stays put in your palm as you access the three buttons and touch screen. The material on the back of the unit is a nice feeling plastic-rubber compound (plubber?). You can see in the photos how the size compares to my “old school” iPhone 4S (pictured below). The overall size is right around palm-sized. You’ve got a battle ahead.Īesthetically, this is a slick looking unit. That’s a pretty tall order for any product, but especially for a product in a category (dedicated GPS) that already faces potentially fatal competition from the smart phone/app market. Due to the face-plant of the previous unit, this upro not only had to be good, but it had to make people forget about what happened with the previous upro. So you see, when Callaway released the upro mx+ earlier this year, it was more than just a release of the latest generation of the unit. You can see the original MGS forum post HERE. The problems with the unit were so serious that Callaway recalled them, issuing refund checks to those who returned the second-generation units. That stuck apple would probably prove fatal, just like the serious issues with the upro mx. More like getting an apple stuck in your windpipe. Instead, the issues with the previous upro mx were a trifle more severe. We’re not talking minor issues, like how I sometimes forget good nutrition and eat an apple fritter. Some of you may remember from about a year ago that the last incarnation of the Callaway upro mx GPS unit had some technical issues. (Written By: GolfSpy Dave) I need to start this review with something that Callaway would likely rather I not bring up again.
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