Well, overall I'm very impressed with the item and looking forward to testing it on the range, rather than hitting into a net. Listed below my initial observations results from a bit of gap testing in the yard:
Pro's:
App works fine most of the time, using iPad Air 2
Syncing in Network mode has been instantaneous for me (very impressive), I'll hit 20 shots outside, come indoors then I can go on-line and copy and paste the shot table in excel, this has worked every single time
Ball flight looks pretty accurate, maybe a little bit more draw than I would normally expect
Delay isn't a problem for me, by the time I've tee'd up again the shot is being displayed
It's bloody addictive!
Visual software looks good
Con's
Carry distances seem about 5-7% low for all clubs, or the mat I use to hit off puts some kind of drag on the club or ball, it's not a pro mat I'm using, basically artificial grass on a wooden board (very firm) - has anyone else had similar issues?
Shot list in history and on website shows the last shot as "shot 1", the last shot should be the highest number ie shot 27 out of 27. The first shot of the set should be "shot 1", as it was!
Why does the side and top view go to 475 yards (about 0.0000001% can reach this), when my practice session is with a wedge?
Roll doesn't seem to be enough, but I don't pay much attention to roll anyway
Have to keep entering password on login screen, this is annoying, even though I've clicked "remember me"
Drains iPad Air 2 battery extremely quickly (but I understand it's working hard in Network mode)
How are you meant to clean the laser aperture/ lens?
Practice time in stats is ridiculously high
Sessions graph goes to 100, that's a bit optimistic. I used it for 6 hours yesterday, and the graph still isn't above 10% (ie 10 sessions)
I know club head speed is calculated but it's basically estimating my smash factor as 1.35 with a 7i on all shots, which is pretty much impossible unless you're a pro (I'm not)
What is needed:
Ability to delete shots
Data on app shows 10 items, on the Sky Golf 360 site it shows 9 (Side angle is missing, we could do with this)
Side and top view should be plotted on a graph that suits the session, ie if hitting 100 yard shots, the graph should be 120 yards long etc (or be able to zoom in)
Centre line on and 5/10y dispersion lines on side and top view
Dispersion circle/ grouping on top view (like GC2 does)
Need more clubs GW, ULW and "others"
Needs a cover, or something to at least cover the charging port (hitting off a mat can spray dirt onto the open chagrin port/ front, this will no doubt cause a future problem).
Should be able to hit shots with alignment mode on
Should be able to set your own "default" practice session criteria (ie elevation and temp, rather than it defaulting to 70 degrees and 500ft and having to change it every time)
Some kind of combine, like with Trackman etc
Most of these should be pretty simple to sort out, and should be more of a priority than sim software and putting etc
Pro's:
App works fine most of the time, using iPad Air 2
Syncing in Network mode has been instantaneous for me (very impressive), I'll hit 20 shots outside, come indoors then I can go on-line and copy and paste the shot table in excel, this has worked every single time
Ball flight looks pretty accurate, maybe a little bit more draw than I would normally expect
Delay isn't a problem for me, by the time I've tee'd up again the shot is being displayed
It's bloody addictive!
Visual software looks good
Con's
Carry distances seem about 5-7% low for all clubs, or the mat I use to hit off puts some kind of drag on the club or ball, it's not a pro mat I'm using, basically artificial grass on a wooden board (very firm) - has anyone else had similar issues?
Shot list in history and on website shows the last shot as "shot 1", the last shot should be the highest number ie shot 27 out of 27. The first shot of the set should be "shot 1", as it was!
Why does the side and top view go to 475 yards (about 0.0000001% can reach this), when my practice session is with a wedge?
Roll doesn't seem to be enough, but I don't pay much attention to roll anyway
Have to keep entering password on login screen, this is annoying, even though I've clicked "remember me"
Drains iPad Air 2 battery extremely quickly (but I understand it's working hard in Network mode)
How are you meant to clean the laser aperture/ lens?
Practice time in stats is ridiculously high
Sessions graph goes to 100, that's a bit optimistic. I used it for 6 hours yesterday, and the graph still isn't above 10% (ie 10 sessions)
I know club head speed is calculated but it's basically estimating my smash factor as 1.35 with a 7i on all shots, which is pretty much impossible unless you're a pro (I'm not)
What is needed:
Ability to delete shots
Data on app shows 10 items, on the Sky Golf 360 site it shows 9 (Side angle is missing, we could do with this)
Side and top view should be plotted on a graph that suits the session, ie if hitting 100 yard shots, the graph should be 120 yards long etc (or be able to zoom in)
Centre line on and 5/10y dispersion lines on side and top view
Dispersion circle/ grouping on top view (like GC2 does)
Need more clubs GW, ULW and "others"
Needs a cover, or something to at least cover the charging port (hitting off a mat can spray dirt onto the open chagrin port/ front, this will no doubt cause a future problem).
Should be able to hit shots with alignment mode on
Should be able to set your own "default" practice session criteria (ie elevation and temp, rather than it defaulting to 70 degrees and 500ft and having to change it every time)
Some kind of combine, like with Trackman etc
Most of these should be pretty simple to sort out, and should be more of a priority than sim software and putting etc
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