Review: Voice Caddie Swing Caddie 2 Launch Monitor

A Launch Monitor for $350?? Really 

You realize that Launch Monitors cost thousands of dollars. Companies like TrackMan, Flightscope and Foresight offer them from 25K to 5k. So is it conceivable that Voice Caddie can sell a "real" launch monitor for $350? Clearly it can't do the same things that those professional launch monitor do, however it has some real potential for the golf player that wants to make a greater amount of their time at the range. Many golf players claim to be "Ranger Ricks" or "geniuses" at the range, however battle to take it to the course. A portion of that is because of seen false distances and results at the range. The range is all the way open and the distance markers are not exactly accurate from where you are actually hitting. Utilizing a Voice Caddie Swing Caddie 2 can really improve your range time without burning through thousands on a launch monitor. 

I took my Voice Caddie SC200 Swing Caddie 2 to the range along with my FlightScope Xi+ Tour Launch Monitor. I put them one next to the other and started hitting balls. I started with some 9-iron shots, at that point moved to some 6-iron shots, at that point hit some driver shots. I discovered almost identical carry numbers with the 9-iron and 6-iron, however a couple of discrepancies with the driver. Different numbers that the Swing Caddie 2 shows are: Swing Speed, Ball Speed and Smash Factor. Those were relatively close for the irons, yet again somewhat off with the driver. Since the Swing Caddie 2 just tracks things in the small area around the gadget, and doesn't actually track the ball on the face or once it is down range which now and again means it very well may be deceived by helpless contact. Since it utilizes a math equation to calculate the distance rather than tracking it all the way down the range. 

The Voice Caddie Swing Caddie 2 is about as easy as it gets the opportunity to set up. Install 4 AA batteries, turn it on and then set it 4.5' behind the approximate place you'll be hitting from. It doesn't have to be exact, there is some squirm of a foot or something like that, however clearly in the event that you escape it won't work or excessively close you could hit the unit. The remote will make it really easy to choose the club you are going to hit and then the actual space of that club (in the event that you know it). From that point it is simply swing away in the practice mode and it will monitor your shots. You can have it on quiet and simply take a gander at the numbers on the screen or you can crank the volume up and it will reveal to you them. The thin remote fits in your pocket pleasantly and then you can simply choose an alternate club and swing away again. Extremely straight forward and easy to utilize. Also because of its compact size, it fits in any pocket of your golf bag and will be ready to go whenever you head to the range. 

The Swing Caddie 2 has some different modes that will also make your range time progressively gainful. The Target and Approach modes can transform a dull range meeting into something fun and beneficial for your game. The Target mode allows you to set a distance and then attempt to hit it with the following 10 shots. This can really assist you with dialing in distances. My favorite practice instrument for the range was the Approach mode that gives you random distances to attempt to hit with one shot. Considerably more like playing on the course. You don't hit 25 shots with a 7-iron in succession while playing so doing as such at the range isn't always useful. Changing clubs and attempting to be exact will translate into better approaches on the course. 

While the Swing Caddie 2 can improve your range time, it isn't out and out launch monitor. It can do a couple of things well, however is anything but a fitting device. The numbers are too constrained to even think about telling which driver may be the best fit. It doesn't offer enough launch information. There is also no scattering measurements either. The lack of turn numbers or total distance can also be beguiling from a fitting standpoint. So don't imagine that you can utilize this to do a self-fitting or replace a top of the line launch monitor because it doesn't offer enough launch numbers to do those things. 

So is the Voice Caddie SC200 Swing Caddie 2 a real Launch Monitor? Somehow or another it works superbly of giving accurate carry distances and makes your time at the range substantially more gainful, yet it doesn't offer enough details or accuracy to replace the ones that cost thousands of dollars for fittings or increasingly detailed information. Indeed I understand few out of every odd has the cash or access to that sort of launch monitor. The Swing Caddie 2 can't replace those launch monitors, yet it can fill a real need for you game, especially dialing in distances. On the off chance that you carelessly pound golf balls at the range, this is an unquestionable requirement have to improve your game by knowing your distances and blending it up your practice in with the Target or Approach mode.