Question for early adopters of GCQuad

[Youngun87]

Hello All, First let me say I am very new to this community and do not know much about launch monitors and simulators so I figured this would be the perfect place to get information from passionate and knowledgeable people.

I got the final approval from the wife and I am ready to purchase a GCQuad or at least I thought I was.... I was just about ready to pull the trigger when I started doing some more in depth googling and have read that many people are still having issues with the system. I have also ready that a few people with "inside" knowledge were told by Foresight that they should not buy the GCQuad for at least another 1-2 years until they figure out and fix all the design flaws. Basically that the unit itself will be different in a couple years.

Did I just go too far down the rabbit hole or are there legitimate concerns? If I am going to spend over $15k on this thing I want it to work pretty damn close to perfect.

What are experiences people have had thus far? Any recurring problems that simply have not been fixed? I am primarily concerned with hardware issues that can not be fixed via firmware updates. I am kind of bummed out as I am dying on upgrading from my Skytrak and was really looking forward to using the GCQuad.

Thank you in advance.

-GG

[Mbs313]

I have GCQuad and had no issues at all and having the time of my life getting some golf in when weather is bad or I don’t have the additional time to play real golf... As Rocky said “go for it”

[catshannon]

No issues. Have had the GCQuad for nearly a year now and absolutely no issues. It is fantastic. The "HMT" feature is critical since the ball trajectory doesn't tell the whole story. I have posted in another thread, I used to think my slice came from an out-in path but realized most of the time it was in-out with an open clubface. It has worked flawlessly - I have a simulator setup, but put the Quad away after practice, since I have little kids who play in the simulator area when I am not hitting balls. Setup time is minimal - no calibration needed. At least 1/week, while I practice, I grin like a little kid at my wife and say "This was the best purchase ever". I have shot my 2 best scores ever in the past month, as my game has improved because I am able to practice a lot.

I remember even before I bought it, I saw some of the issues mentioned in this forum, but I think it was for 1-2 very early folks.

A few months ago, I went to an indoor simulator facility, I used to frequent before my GCQuad purchase. They have GC2s and I remember it being fine before. But now that I got used to my GCQuad, I started finding the flash of the GC2 to be annoying :-/

[Shawk]

Owner for nearly a year now as well with no issues.

[Tommyseb]

only thing to be aware of is that the Quad connectivity is locked down by foresight in terms of what Sim options are available, with the Quad i believe you can only use the Foresight FSX software, whereas with the GC2 you can use FSX but also have TGC and JNPG as options to you.

[mmlincon]

just got an email for a demo unit plus 5 extra courses for 12500. Might be a good time to bite!

[catshannon]

It is only ball data though. HMT data would be extra. So I am not sure if it is a good deal. You are getting some extra courses, but if you are just going to use it for practice, it might not be worth it.

[Baller]

That’s still a great deal. Full unit with FSX and club data new is $18k

[catshannon]

I see. How much is the addition of HMT data these days? I guess that last year's prices were different because it was before FSX 2018 launched.

[Baller]

Pretty sure you heard wrong. My quad rocks. I do wish I could use outside software with it along with FSX, but that would just be a bonus.

[awitty]

I've had my unit 18 months and no problems with it. The FSX software could be better though and I was disappointed they charged for the 2018 upgrade.

[RangeRunner]

What do you think is lacking in the software? What would you like to see done better?