Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #373 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Sonocaddie

Features

• Yardage guide with Course layout
• Distance Calculator
• Green View
• Digital Scorecard and Game Analysis
• Personalised Course Information
• Stores up to 30 Courses
• Waterproof
• Membership: Birdie membership included for Free UK/Ireland Course Downloads

Manufacturer's Description

The most critical information in golf is distance. How far to clear that water hazard? How far to the center of the green? Which club to use? But with the Sonocaddie V300 Golf GPS device you can forget about finding yardage markers, pacing off distances or even worse, guessing at distances when you are unfamiliar with a course. The V300 does all that work for you, helping you to minimize poor shot selections and in the process shaves strokes off your game. How does it do it? Through a unique combination of technology and a flexible, simplistic design.

Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but powerful enough to take strokes off your game.

Utilizing the most advanced and sophisticated high-tech GPS satellite technology available, the Sonocaddie V300 calculates the distance from any point on the course to the green or any other target, even without a clear line of sight. All players need to do is download the particular course--domestic or international--that they will be playing to their V300 via a PC and detailed course information covering every curve, contour, slope and sandtrap will be at the placed at their fingertips.

But that's not all. Other features built into the Sonocaddie V300 include shot distance measuring and tracking, digital scorecard and game analysis functionality, and personalized course editing and mapping. Shot measuring allows players to leave the driving range behind as you accurately measure the length of individual shots, while the tracking system strings each shot in a round together cumulatively for later review. The unit's digital scorecard and game analysis functionality allows players to toss out their paper scorecard and tiny pencils for good as they keep track of their game digitally and perform an analysis based on pre-determined data points at the end of each round. And although the V300 is designed to download every known aspect of the courses of the world, no course's links are static. This is where its editing and mapping functionality comes in. Whether it's the filling of a bunker, the lengthening of a tee or a removal of a tree, with the V300 players can map, edit and save changes noticed on their favorite fairways right on the spot.

Finally, the unit's memory and optional Sonostar membership club perks allow for all the flexibility that even the most avid of golfers could need. The V300 ships with enough built-in storage space to simultaneously accomadate data on up to 30 courses as well as track 100 rounds and record 100 scorecards. Course data can always be recorded manually, but the V300 also includes Birdie membership for Free UK/Ireland Course Downloads or choose unlimited worldwide downloads with a one-time lifetime Sonostar GPS Eagle membership fee of £25*. Either way users are getting the most advanced GPS golf solution on the market.

Specifications:

The V300's distance calculator.

• Size: 4.3 by 2.3 by 1.1 inches (108 by 58.3 by 28.4 mm)
• Weight: 140g (4.95 ounces)
• Storage: Stores up to 30 golf courses, 100 scorecard
• Power: Rechargeable battery, Up to 15 hours
• Display: 2.2" High-Resolution Color LCD with backlight
• Language support: English
• Waterproof: Yes, IPX6
• Regulation: CE, FCC, WEEE, RoHS Compliance
• Antenna: Built in
• Internet connection: Required
• Membership: Birdie membership included for Free UK/Ireland Course Downloads
  

What's in the Box?
Sonocaddie V300, mini USB Cable, rechargeable Battery, user’s guide, belt clip, AC charger adaptor, carry pouch.

System Requirements for Course Download

• Windows 2000/XP/Vista 32-bit
• CD-ROM
• Minimum of 512 MB RAM (XP) / 1 GB RAM (Vista)
• Minimum of 12 MB of hard disk space

Manufacturer's Warranty

One-year extended warranty

About Sonostar
At Sonostar, we strive to be leaders in high quality creation, and development of new products. Breakthrough ideas and innovations are what give us our competitive edge. Sonostar is a great developer of technology with a strong financial backbone, enabling us to maintain a competitive edge. Sonostar employs the very best people in research and development engineering; mainly in GPS technology and other related microprocessor products. Sonostar was founded with the vision of creating affordable microprocessor solutions designed to merge advanced technology into sports activities in order to provide players a higher level of performance.

* A Sonostar GPS membership is not required to obtain GPS signals and to manually map locations on courses on your Sonocaddie V300, but to utilize the system's 3D graphics, its more advanced functionality and to download course data you must choose from one of the three optional plans. See your user's guide for details and rates.

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Customer Reviews

V300 - great service and cost of ownership
I contacted Sonocaddie to ask if they would map my local course before committing to purchase my V300. They asked for course details and a scorecard and three weeks later, my course was available to download, all free of charge. My purchase included lifetime birdie membership (UK) which means my initial purchase cost is all I will pay, no annual subscriptions or course creation fees. The units hole overview is excellent, giving the user a feel for how the course is laid out graphically and the scorecard facility is handy too with stats available. The distance checker is OK, but I doubt if I would use the shot track recording, it would have been better to have integrated this with the scorecard. Overall, highly recommended, check your course availability first but you can either map it yourself (easy) or ask them to do it for you.

Best thing since sliced drives......
I did a lot of research into these types of products as well as the range finder laser types before purchasing this item.

I found it easy to use; I liked the colour screen and the ease of operation.
Good value for money coming in cheaper than the colour version of the Sky Caddie and a comparitive price to the black and white version of the Sky Caddie model.

I could not access the site initially to download the courses I wanted but that was the fault of my PC's firewall system and not the accompanying software. I did have to contact the customer service people to resolve it but they were most helpful and prompt with their replies. I suppose it did help that there was a five hour time difference between here and the States. I sent my queries off after lunchtime and received my replies the same day !!
They were extremely anxious that the product did what it said on their website...

Another reason for purchase was that my home course is on the software database and when downloaded is very accurate in all its detail. The Sonocaddie website allows you to browse and search for courses and that is why I knew my course was listed there. Excellent software.

There is a facility to edit landmarks on each hole and I have added some water hazards and bunkers that I particularly wanted to know the distances to.
It also has a ' MARK ' feature that allows you to measure how far you hit each club and have spent many a happy hour on the practice ground finding out how far I hit each club compared to how far I THOUGHT I hit them !

All in all a good purchase and I am completely satisfied. I cannot say it will lower MY handicap but what I am finding is that I am either pin high or past the flag more often now that previously which can only be a bonus. YOU, the poor golfer still have to hit the shots and that only means hard work on the practice ground !!

Yours Sincerely, a satisfied five handicap golfer ( formerly one handicap )....

Brian
I had never used a GPS device for golf before, so was a little reticent about the technology and also whether I was breaching the corinthian traditions of the amateur game. By the end of my round I was re-assured on both counts!
The device is remarkably easy to use. it comes out of the box partly charged, connects easily with the PC and I downloaded my home course Camberley Heath within seconds. I like the fact there is a USB charger and conventional 3-pin plug.

it is a very easy to use and intuitive device. The coloured display is excellent and clear to see, and zooming on on the green was easy, The feature to measure how long my shots were was useful, particularly on the few occasions when my tee-shot was straight enough to find, never mind measure!
I also like the score-card facility and the fact that it stores previous scores.

I think for any level of golfer this is a very useful device. It saves scratching around on the fairway trying to to find a sprinkler head or local landmark to gauge or guess distance by. It removes yet another excuse from my repertoire when I mis-hit! It actually made my round even more enjoyable.
its easier to use than the most basic of mobile phones, I'd recommend it to any golfer of any level. Would be a great Father's Day present for anyone short of ideas!