Swing Caddie SC200 Launch Monitor Review

During the current year's PGA Show down in Orlando, I continued getting posed a variety of a similar inquiry "what's overwhelmed you up until now?"

The appropriate response? Very little.

As a rule I wasn't excessively dazzled with the vast majority of the tech side of things.

In any case, the proviso to this was the Swing Caddie SC200 launch monitor by Voice Caddie.

On demo day, I found the opportunity to take off and see the Swing Caddie 2 in real life. I hadn't knew about it previously, however I was captivated by it's incentive:

A section level launch monitor, that can give you exact separations and not use up every last cent.

I've currently gotten the opportunity to hit the range with it a couple of times, and put it through some serious hardship – so how about we bounce straight into the review to see whether the Swing Caddie 2 is an update over it's antecedent and worth the $349 sticker price.

Early introductions OF THE SC200

The bundling for the Swing Caddie isn't excessively extravagant, however it's done and I sensed that I was opening a top of the line product while unpacking it.

Remembered for the case are:

• Swing Caddie 2 Launch Monitor

• Remote Control

• Cowhide conveying pack

• 4 aaa batteries

• Guidance booklet

The Swing Caddie itself is a truly hot looking gadget. It's naval force blue with a brilliant orange screen that I saw as very simple to peruse while on the range. It is marginally intelligent, so splendid daylight could prove problematic, yet I haven't had any issues with perceivability up until this point.

The gadget isn't enormous (15cm x 7.5cm x 2.5cm), and makes for the ideal size to slide into your sack while taking off to the course, or exceptionally simple to store in a storage at your home course.

Alongside this size arrangement couldn't be simpler. In contrast to state, a Trackman, you needn't bother with a PC or a major cumbersome gadget to utilize it. You truly turn it on, place it 3-4 feet behind the ball, set your mode and club – and away you go.

The Swing Caddie works admirably of giving you the perfect measure of data to be helpful. With this specific gadget, on the off chance that it broadly expounded, I figure it would make the client experience more tangled for the normal individual – and any less, and it would feel somewhat stripped down.

For each shot the Swing Caddie lets you know:

• Convey Distance

• Swing Speed

• Ball Speed

• Crush Factor

It additionally reveals to you to what extent you've been rehearsing, the quantity of balls you've hit, and when you turn it on it will say "hello there" and disclose to you the temperature.

There's where you can change to have it let you know "absolute" separation as opposed to convey separation, yet it's basically a gauge dependent on assessed roll, instead of a 100% precise perusing.

The included remote is a lot higher caliber than I was anticipating that it should be, and it had a little it of weight to it, which I love. I genuinely don't figure they could have made a more easy to use remote for this gadget – it worked impeccably, and whether I was changing my club, changing the mode, or changing my objective separation – it performed immaculately.

Truth be told it was acceptable to such an extent, that beside turning it on I never utilized any of the catches on the gadget itself. I'm certain you could, however it would make things progressively awkward.

So out of the door the Swing Caddie 2 was looking great so far, and was absolutely satisfying my grandiose desires after my 15 minutes with it at the Show – yet did the great occasions continue rolling?

HOW Can IT WORK?

Like better quality professional arrangements like Flight Scope or Trackman – the Swing Caddie utilizes a doppler radar based framework to ascertain your shot data.

The SC200 has worked in temperature and barometric constrain checks to help precisely adjust itself for the most exact readings conceivable.

Be that as it may, in case you're anticipating that a genuine contender should those products recorded above – you'll have to truly rearrange your desires.

I think their slogan of an "individual launch monitor" nails what this is. It's a phenomenal preparing help and approach to make the range progressively pleasant, yet in case you're a professional or club fitter – this won't have the highlights or pin direct precision toward do what you need it to accomplish (more on that underneath).

SWING CADDIE SC200 PROGRAM MODES

One of my preferred parts about the Swing Caddie 2 is that it has a couple of various modes you can utilize, that are every one of the ones I'd really need to rehearse with.

PRACTICE MODE

This is only the standard mode where you mention to it what club you're hitting, and it gives you the data. At the point when I originally set it up, I pulled out a 7 iron, hit the ball and promptly she let me know "one hundred fifty six yards."

Amazing, no issues up until now.

More often than not this is probably the mode you'll be utilizing – except if you're truly attempting to dial in a particular separation or work on your approach game.

TARGET MODE

This is one of two "games" incorporated with the Swing Caddie that I very appreciate.

You can pick your separation in augmentations of 5 yards (or meters), and you proceed to hit a genuine of 10 shots attempting to hit that separation.

The Swing Caddie will at that point give you a score from 1-10 dependent on how great your shot was.

APPROACH MODE

Is to truly assist you with focusing on your, you got it, approach shots. Again you will have 10 shots, yet this time before each shot it will give you a separation somewhere in the range of 40 and 100 yards. You at that point need to attempt to get it as near each separation as could be expected under the circumstances, and it gives you a score out of 10.

I'm as yet not so much sure how the score in either mode functions. Initially I was thinking you got a point for each yard you were off – and the most minimal score was the best. In any case, I don't know that is the manner in which it works. I have to invest more energy with it.

I found that any of these games (or any training as a rule) functions admirably when you have some reasonable separation markers on the range to go for. On the off chance that you simply have an open field and it instructs you to hit it 76 yards it very well may be somewhat hard to get an edge of reference.

• IS THE SWING CADDIE SC200 ACCURATE?

• So the inquiry at this point I'm certain you're all pondering is, "is it exact?"

• The short answer is indeed, it's shockingly exact.

• Does that mean it's ideal?

In no way, shape or form.

Others have experienced and contrasted it with a Flight Scope or Trackman, anyway I didn't have that extravagance – so I'll simply expound on my experience. All things considered, practically in all cases, a large portion of the individuals who have made that examination have appear to think of a similar decision that for a $300 gadget, it's shockingly exact.

I began on training mode with my 7 iron and hit around 20 shots.

In a steady progression, it was basically directly on the separation I was envisioning at around 155 yards.

Incidentally it would miss a shot inside and out, which occurs with any launch monitor paying little heed to the cost.

I found that on the off chance that you hit your shot well, at that point the exactness was practically dead on. Be that as it may in the event that you top it, or have an awful cut then the data can shift fiercely.

I found as a rule that the more drawn out the club, the less precise the gadget became. I tend to have an awful cut, and there were times where I had a major banana cut with my driver, and it would reveal to me I conveyed it 260.

Probably not the most exact…

However more often than not when I was hitting my drives straight-ish, it would give me a number that appeared to be pretty spot on.

I hit one fix of time where I had my sand wedge out and was attempting to play a game in approach mode, and out of the blue it wasn't perceiving any of my swings. I turned it on and off, and balanced where I was standing a piece – and in the long run it began to remember them once more.

This just happened once in my testing, yet where you stand and outside conditions could assume a job in your outcomes.

Main concern, for a gadget this portable and (generally) moderate to have the option to give you sensibly exact separations? It's a standout amongst other preparing apparatuses I've tried.

Simply make sure to consistently think about things while taking other factors into consideration, and on the off chance that you get a couple of odd readings simply recall the Honda Civic you spared by not accepting a Trackman 🙂

Distinction BETWEEN SWING CADDIE SC100 AND SC200

Unavoidably, in case you're in the market for this gadget you may likewise go out and begin taking a gander at the first Swing Caddie (SC 100). At this moment, I've seen these for as low as $169 – so you may be inquiring as to whether it's justified, despite all the trouble to get one of those.

While I haven't utilized the first actually, I can in any event reveal to you a portion of the distinctions you'll discover in the two.

Here are the new highlights on the SC200:

Voice separation yield

Adjustable club lofts

Shows swing speed/ball speed and crush factor after each shot without having the switch between the two

Barometric weight alignment for expanded exactness

Yet, beside these the innovation is truly comparative, similar to the various modes (practice, target, and approach).

The subject of whether the SC200 merits the update sort of relies upon you and how you intend to utilize it. Do you have custom fitted clubs and lofts? Unquestionably worth getting the 200.

The upgraded one will be somewhat increasingly exact no matter how you look at it, however the rest boils down to individual inclination.

In the vast majority of my testing I was the one and only one (or one of the main ones) on the range, and I truly loved the voice separation yield.

Significantly more than I expected I would.

It genuinely made for a hands off encounter that just permitted me to concentrate on the shots, as opposed to manage the tinkering with the gadget constantly.

All things considered, on the off chance that you for the most part practice on a range with a lot of others the voice yield could get a bit of irritating – and in case you're having an off day, a portion of those separations could be humiliating too 🙂

There is volume control, so can let it path down.

A FEW QUICK DOWNSIDES

Through this audit, ideally at this point you have a quite decent feeling of what the Swing Caddie is, and what it isn't.

I've made it entirely clear the exactness is acceptable with shots hit well, and irregular with the shots that aren't hit so well – however what are other principal drawbacks to this gadget?

To start with, in case you're somebody who truly prefers to examine your information sometime later – it is extremely unlikely to attach it to your telephone or PC and investigate/spare your information.

It spares a portion of your data in the gadget, nonetheless. You can see midpoints for each club in the gadget – however clearly this is somewhat constraining in what you can see.

In case you're searching for cutting edge measurements, you won't discover them here. For the vast majority (myself included), there's such a mind-bending concept as a lot of data. Trackman all in all, is a lot for me – this is about appropriate for me as far as information. Be that as it may, in case you're searching for turn rates, launch edge and so on you'll be frustrated by the measurements given here.

The cost. At $300 I believe it's valued decently for what it is. Notwithstanding, it removes it just from the "easy decision" mode for the easygoing golfer.

I met my companion Bob on the range one of the days I was trying it, and had him hit a couple of shots on it. He thought it was truly cool, and said "I'd be on top of it at $200."

Luckily, if that is you, you can get the SC100 for around that cost and simply penance a couple of highlights.

In any case, generally my fusses with it are minor, and again they all basically come down to the individual and what you'll utilize it for.

IS THE SWING CADDIE 2 WORTH IT?

The subject of whether the Swing Caddie is justified, despite all the trouble, truly relies upon you and your training propensities.

Is it accurate to say that you are somebody who once in a while hits the range, and just likes to play constantly?

At that point there's no genuine explanation behind you to burn through $300 on a launch monitor that is adequately only a range device. Go purchase Arccos or something that permits you to precisely make sense of your separations on the course.

Be that as it may, in case you're somebody who likes to invest energy at the range, and all the more significantly is genuinely dedicated to dialing in your separations with each club – at that point I can't think about a superior preparing help at the cost than the Swing Caddie 2.

Actually, I'm not somebody who invests a lot of energy in the range. Be that as it may, and this is a major at the same time, having the Swing Caddie has made me eager to rehearse once more.

I've truly delighted in utilizing it, and through the span of a half hour meeting, seeing my shots begin shifting by 10-15 yards in separation, to truly getting dialed in and moving to a change of 2-3 yards isn't just fun, yet reassuring.

Is it great? In no way, shape or form. Be that as it may, is it great at the cost? Unquestionably.

Along these lines, to sum up, in case you're searching for an individual launch monitor to give you generally precise separations while on the range, give you a system to make rehearsing fun, and to genuinely assist you with dialing in your separations – look no farther than the Swing Caddie 2 by Voice Caddie.