Great review. Wish you would have hit some woods with it though

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi FishHardGetLucky! Thanks for watching the video and for your comment! Apologies I ran out of time in the fitting bay! I’m back in there tomorrow. Can try hit a few shots with fairway wood and driver and let you know how it performs.

@FishHardGetLucky

Жыл бұрын

@@weekendtourpros awesome!! Appreciated!!!

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi FishHardGetLucky! I’ve just finished up in the bay and I had enough time to hit 5 drivers with the PRGR setup vs. Trackman exactly the same as you saw in the video. The clubhead speeds were all within 1mph of each other and for 3 shots they identical when the TM number was rounded up/down. Ball speeds were identical in all 5 shots which blew my mind! The only negative is that the PRGR overestimated my carry number by 5-7 yards on all of the shots but it was consistent! I hope that helps you! Please feel free to ask any other questions, that’s what I want this KZread channel to do - help other golfers! All the best! 👍🏼

@FishHardGetLucky

Жыл бұрын

@@weekendtourpros thanks for doing that! I guess if you’re going to have it be off on yardage by 5 yards.. You want it to be on your driver. I really appreciate you checking into that for me. Cheers from Wisconsin, USA

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree and no problem at all! Glad I could help! One of the coolest things about social media is we can help each other all round the world! All the best! 👍🏼

Excellent video. Thank you! I can tell you put a lot of thought into the content rather than mindless talking like a lot of others do. I loved how you broke it up into 3 sections. Very helpful. Very professional.

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Kelly! Thank you for watching the video and for your really kind comment. I’m still fairly new to this KZread stuff so learning a lot every day and making a lot of mistakes so lovely comments like this encourage me to keep going! Thank you! 👍🏼

The surprise/amazement in your voice when comparing both devices is funny--I was just as surprised as well. Great video. Looking to get one of those PRGR to help out with data gathering. Thanks!

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Haha glad you found it funny Kevin! I genuinely couldn’t believe it. I was convinced it would be 2-5% out and that would still have been impressive enough for home use as a mid handicap golfer but how accurate it was just surprised me so much! Obviously there’s discrepancies and the lack of certain parameters being measured like spin will always play a part but as a home device for speed training or basic data on the range, I love it! All the best and thank you for watching my video! 👍🏼

And I pulled the Trigger. Thank you. For the Awesome Review

@weekendtourpros

5 ай бұрын

Hi Eddy! No problem at all! I still use my device for swing speed training and my golf club has a grass range so it’s great for getting a few basic numbers! I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching my video! 👍🏼

Love your Reviews. Spot on Mate.

@weekendtourpros

6 ай бұрын

Hi Eddy! Thanks for watching the video and for your kind words! I really appreciate it! Have a great day! 👍🏼

I love the PRGR. I've used it for swing speed training and its also great for prepping before a round if you've only got nets and not an actual range. Only slight downer is, as you say Luke, that it struggles with wedges/shorter shots. I place it on a head cover or similar to raise it slightly and it seems to like that better.

@weekendtourpros

7 ай бұрын

Hi Allan! Thanks for watching my video and for sharing your own experiences! That sounds like a brilliant tip on the wedges! Hopefully that will be useful for anyone else watching the video! All the best! 👍🏼

Very thoughtful review - thumbs up! And if you don't mind me saying, I'm blown away that on your 90 second Final Thoughts you NEVER blinked at all - WOW, I'm not much of a blinker myself but you easily beat me so without watching more videos I'm definitely Subscribing and kudos for your confident and sincere performance in front of the camera! Happy Trails, Michael

@weekendtourpros

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Great spot Michael! I think when I filmed this video I was still trying to get confident in front of camera and that was no doubt the 3rd or 4th attempt to get that section right and I was probably super focused and forgot to blink! Haha! Thanks for giving the video and my channel a watch! Really appreciate it! 👍🏼

@CaliforniaTravelVideos

8 ай бұрын

@@weekendtourpros Good on ya - indeed it takes time to build up our confidence in front of the seemingly unforgiving cruel camera lens that we perceive is there to critique us, when in reality it's our best friend that want to share our true, genuine, inner-self. Indeed your close come off with your intimacy and vulnerability, revealing your authentic self as I learned from Thom McFadden. Perhaps you will also enjoy a few tips he's taught actors over the years - enjoy! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZWaAzI-rj6vXpMY.html

@weekendtourpros

8 ай бұрын

@CaliforniaTravelVideos thank you! I’ll take a look after work today! 👍🏼

Much needed review. Another channel tested the device without switching club settings. I appreciated you breaking it down in 3 parts and being totally honest (good and bad). CLEARLY the GOOD outweighs the BAD. Thanks to you I see one of these in my near future.⛳

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Leiulf! Thanks for watching the video and for your kind comment! Yes I think it’s a great device and glad it’s helped you 😀. All the best, Luke!

@pwbnola

Жыл бұрын

@@weekendtourpros How do you adjust the settings so that you can tell the device which club you are using?

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

@@pwbnola Hi Pat! If you jump to 9:21 in the video I show you how to do this! 👍🏼

Comprehensive professionally presented, very clearly articulated review. I've got one of these for speed training but following this I will use to hone my pitching distances too. Thank you.

@weekendtourpros

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching James and for your kind comments. I’ve used it a few times for practice when at a driving range without any technology and it’s been great! I hope you get on with it! 👍🏼

@jamesshipman1394

10 ай бұрын

@@weekendtourpros I've just read Dan Grieves 3 releases (twice) and need to turn my mini seeing into a pitching swing. Getting a smash factor around 1 will be ideal for most pitches and this device will help me. I just didn't realise until I saw your video. Major thanks!

@jamesshipman1394

10 ай бұрын

Swing not seeing😩

@weekendtourpros

10 ай бұрын

Love it! Dan Grieve is brilliant! I keep looking for a lesson spot with him! I’ve heard the book is excellent but I’m just not great at learning technique that way! Best of luck with it! I’m sure the device can only aid you with your practice! 👍🏼

Excellent stuff very professional. Thanks 😊

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Roy! Thank you for watching my video and for your kind comment, it’s made my day! Thank you! All the best, Luke!

@royahoy8655

Жыл бұрын

@@weekendtourpros no problem only just found your channel just going through your videos they are great I can relate more to you than pro's. Enjoying them all thanks 👍

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Ah that’s great Roy! That’s exactly why I started the channel because I couldn’t find videos I could relate to! I’m still fairly new to this and it’s a hobby only but hopefully the videos get 1% better each time! Thanks again!

Good review

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven! I really appreciate you watching the video and for your kind comment! Thanks!

Good review. What would be even more interesting would be Trackman v Trackman to see the repeatability/consistency of the flagship product. As a former software engineer who programmed various precision measuring systems I suspect the results would vary by a significant amount. The manufacturer wouldn't like it though. lol

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve! Thanks for watching and for your comment! Yeah that would be interesting but I guess we’ll never be able to because even putting them next to each other would cause them to read differently so I guess we’d never be able to tell?!? But I get your point! All the best! 👍🏼

I have owned a PRGR for past 2 years, it has served me very well, be careful though keep the unit perfectly level for accurate readings. I use a small tripod £7 ebay with level mount, other axis used is a pocket bubble ebay £1. Worth the effort of 1-2 minutes to set level.

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Oliver! Thanks for the additional info! Really helpful! I’ve personally found the PRGR to be incredibly accurate without doing those things (as you saw in the video) and that’s definitely the appeal to me but it’s great to know that if anyone has issues they can invest a small amount of time and money to get that added accuracy! Also good to hear you’re still getting value from it 2 years on! All the best, Luke!

Excellent video. I wouldn't be too worried about it not picking up wedges. Does anyone really use a launch monitor for anything under 100 yards?

@weekendtourpros

5 ай бұрын

Hi Kevin! Thanks for watching and for your comment! I guess some people would want to use it for dialling in wedge distances but I hear you! 👍🏼

Not familiar with "speed training" nor how this sort of gadgetry actually works, but based on what I saw here in your fine review (and comments related to club selection method with the gadget), it looks like the dern thing doesn't even require that a *ball* be present! *Wonderful*! Rob Cheney, the brilliant Singapore based fellow on KZread, has convinced me that learning how hard to swing a gap wedge to generate all the carries between 30 and 80 yards is something that I *really* want (and need) to know. And I am willing to put in the practice time on it. I *must* have this thing, as it appears that there would essentially be no *limit* on how much this could be easily practiced. Just gotta find a source for bulk battery purchase. :-) Thanks so much for sharing!

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin! Thank you so much for watching my video and glad you found the review helpful! Just for clarity, as I’d hate for you to buy the device without me being clear on this, the PRGR will only show clubhead speed without a ball so it is perfect for swing speed training but it will not show carry distances without you hitting a ball. But that can be into a net. Sounds like you’re doing some great work so all the best with it! 👍🏼

@mntlblok

Жыл бұрын

@@weekendtourpros That definitely clears things up. I had gone on to a bit more research and kinda figured that out. Looks like I'm now leaning towards the Swing Caddie SC4 and a net for the "otherwise wasted" 🙂 lanai in our new place in The Villages.

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

@@mntlblok sounds great Kevin! Best of luck with it all! 👍🏼

@mntlblok

Жыл бұрын

@@weekendtourpros Thank you!

@kevinfay4062

3 ай бұрын

You could always purchase some rechargeable batteries...

It has a facility to set which club to measure. It does 9 iron to 3 iron (I). No 2 iron unfortunately. It does U3 to U6. I'm assuming this means utility clubs, which I would hope in turn would include both irons and hybrids because there isn't a separate category dedicated to either. It does PW, AW and SW, but no Lob Wedge, so considering the number of short clubs available it is a bit limited. It does W1, W3, W4, W5, W7 and W9. I assume these are for woods, W1 being the driver. I use a lot of hybrids which are only numbered by their loft. In some circles these could, I suppose be deemed as woods and an estimation could be made to decide what wood they represent to use for input. Similarly though, they could be termed as iron replacements, certainly for the longer less lofted hybrids. For instance, a 19° hybrid equating to a 2 iron which could and can only be input as a 5 wood. But does that work? There are possible anomalies with the PRGR in this respect. I would like to understand why the numbering of the club needs to be entered in the first place. How does it calculate for each club, or is the input only for data storage and subsequent analysis and comparison? I mean, could I obtain all I need to know from swinging a 5 iron (5I) on the driver setting (W1)? I don't know much about the expensive launch monitors and their flexibility but the PRGR also has modes for baseball, (batting and pitching), which are frankly pretty much redundant. The device could have been designed to be a dedicated unit for golf with possibly more information being made available. I have one and it is quite useful but it is limited in its versatility.

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Barnes! Thanks for watching my video and for such a helpful and informative comment. I think it’s great for viewers to hear from other owners of the device. My understanding is that for hybrids you would use the Utility club choice rather than the woods. Most manufacturers put a number against their hybrids as well as the lofts so I’d use that. For example a 19 degree hybrid in most brands would be a 4 hybrid so I’d use the U4 for that. I’ve used my 22 degree hybrid in U5 and it seems to be fairly accurate. Regarding whether you need to select the club, my understanding is each club has an algorithm based on the club and ball speed it picks up to determine carry distance and I’d suspect these to be a little out if you had grossly the wrong club selected (eg hitting your SW with it set up as W1) and I’m not sure why you wouldn’t take the 10 seconds to select the right club. I don’t disagree though that it’s not perfect and you do have to sometimes use the club you think is most like the one in your hand but I’ve seen that with some other launch monitors too so they are not alone. I do think for the price point it’s unbelievable value with high accuracy when compared to Mevo+ (£2k) right up to TrackMan (£20k). Great insight though and thank you so much for taking the time to put some a great comment! 👍🏼

@Barney29508

Жыл бұрын

I have Titleist hybrids. I have a 17°, 19°, 21°, 24° and 27° I also have three "utility irons". A 2, 3, and 4. I experiment a lot! Where, in your opinion would these be placed as "numbered clubs". The utility irons are probably a little more obvious, but the problem is relating them back to the hybrids and in turn relating those back to the conventional irons that they would take the place of.

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Barney! Thanks for the follow up. Nothing wrong with experimenting! Based on other manufacturers who do stick a number on their hybrids as well as the lofts (e.g. TaylorMade and Cobra) I’d suggest that the: 17 degree = 2 hybrid 19 degree = 3 hybrid 21 degree = 4 hybrid 24 degree = 5 hybrid 27 degree = 6 hybrid So for those I’d use the U2-U6 settings and I’d do the same for your utility 2 iron too if there is a U2 option. For the other long irons I’d be surprised if there’s too much difference in the data between selecting a U4 or just an I4 etc. I don’t *think* the algorithm would change hugely between a U4 or I4 etc. but just think to maximise accuracy I’d select as close as I can to the actual club. Worst case I’m sure you’re talking a 1-2% discrepancy. Hope that helps pal and thanks again for your comments! 👍🏼

Great video! Can PRGR be connected to some form of display for golf course simulation?

@weekendtourpros

9 күн бұрын

Hi Cafeinomano! Sadly it cannot and that’s probably reflected in the price point vs things like the Garmin that are just that little bit more expensive but do offer some basic functionality. It’s really designed to help you with swing speed training and capturing your distances in the range/for gapping purposes. It’s unbelievable at doing that but that’s just its limitation! Thank you for watching and for your kind comment! 👍🏼

@cafeinomano_

8 күн бұрын

@@weekendtourpros that's a shame, still its a very useful and accesible device

you didn't show the driver swing comparing the PRGR and the Trackman. was it also similar? Did the PRGR read the swing speed around 5-10% slower? was the carry distance the same ?

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dr B! I sadly ran out of time in the bay that day. The next time I was in there I hit some drivers using it for another person who commented and posted the results in the comment. I’ll pin it to the top of the comments section now for you so hopefully you can easily find it. If you want to see video evidence let me know and I’ll do the test again with driver only when I’m next in the studio and post it as a short follow up! Thanks for watching the video and for your comment! 👍🏼

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

I’ve pinned the initial comment now from ‘FishHardGetLucky’. If you view my reply it has all the data in there for you! 👍🏼

what about reading the data? Does it give you an average on every club too?

@weekendtourpros

4 ай бұрын

Hi Ronny! Thanks for watching and your comment! It’s not that sophisticated unfortunately. It tracks up to 1000 shots (if my memory serves me right) and you can scroll through the history but no aggregated data! That’s definitely a constraint! But otherwise for the price it’s excellent (IMO). I hope that helps! 👍🏼

Accuracy of swing speed with no ball pretty on point?

@weekendtourpros

11 ай бұрын

Hey there! Yes for me it does! I’ve used it for swing speed training for a while now and think it does for sure! And as you can see in the video it’s awesome with a ball too. Genuinely think it’s the best £200 I’ve spent on golf. Hope that helps and thanks for watching! 👍🏼

Can you use them hitting into a net?

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jimmy! Thanks for watching the review! Yes you can! You’ll see in the video at the end I was hitting into a simulator screen at a short distance and showcasing the numbers. Absolutely no reason why that couldn’t be a net! I think you’d want a good couple of feet (say 8-10) just to give it enough time to pick up the ball speed but otherwise you should be good to go! Hope that helps! 👍🏼

how does it do with distance clubs?

@weekendtourpros

Жыл бұрын

Hi David! Thanks for watching the video and for your question. I’ve only hit a handful of drivers with it and found it to be really good. When I did my testing for the video I actually found it got more accurate as speed went up and clubs got longer. However I am quite an average swing speed player and I have read some people with fast speeds (Driver over 105mph) comment that it struggles with driver/fairway woods a little bit. Sadly I can’t test that but I’m impressed from what I’ve seen. I had a Mevo+ for a bit and I think this is more accurate (at what it measures, noting the Mevo+ measures more!) for 10% of the price and a lot less time to setup! I hope that helps! 👍🏼

@ddeboy002

Жыл бұрын

@@weekendtourpros Thanks for the info.

Only downside is it has limited accuracy in terms of reading carry distance with driver shots and often overestimates driver carry by 10 yards or so.

@weekendtourpros

9 ай бұрын

Hi Enzy! Thanks for watching and for your comment! I saw similar results with driver carry (5-7 yards) when I tested this for another commenter after the video went live (see the pinned comment). In my tests the speeds were accurate just the carry algorithm a little over the top! Thanks for watching! 👍🏼

how do i change from meters to yards

@weekendtourpros

Ай бұрын

Hi Ralph! I haven’t got my unit to hand but I’m 99% sure you press the ‘Down’ and ‘Enter’ buttons at the same time. It should change the units! I hope that helps and let me know if it worked! 👍🏼

@bournefree

Ай бұрын

@@weekendtourpros worked thanks

@weekendtourpros

Ай бұрын

@bournefree no problem!

No good without a driver test

@weekendtourpros

Ай бұрын

Hi Clints! I sadly ran out of studio time on the day but did go back and do the driver test and put the data in the highlighted comments on this video! Take a look! I’ve used it a lot with driver and as part of speed training and found it to be excellent! Over a year later, I still think it’s incredible value and use it regularly! 👍🏼