Features:

  • Standalone device (no phone app needed)
  • Features: Carry Distance, Swing Speed, Ball Speed and Smash Factor. SC100 does not have voice.
  • 3 Modes: Practice Mode, Target Mode and Random Mode
  • At least 6 ½ feet in front of you and the net.Make sure the ball and your SC100 are on the same level
  • Easy use with remote control. Refer to the PDF attached below in Technical Specification for User Manual.
  • Distance of SC100 behind you is within 4 feet. For known high hitters we recommend placing further back up to 10 ft
  • Range Balls: Some range balls (almost golf balls, foam or practice) are made to fly shorter due to material used so readings can be inaccurate
  • Colored Balls: colored balls have a harder time being read in flight
  • Check battery springs for bends or damage as connection with only 3 or 2 batteries will cause inaccuracies
Voice Caddie SC 100 is a very impressive information tool.

Voice Caddie SC 100 is a very impressive information tool. I have used this device one day at the driving range. I hit 3 baskets of balls and 98% of the hits displayed information. The bad hits (ground balls, shanks, skulls, etc.) did not register. I am close to 70 years old so loved how simple this is to use - just put it 4 feet behind the ball and turn it on. Right out of box remote did not work, but replace the battery (cr 2025) and it works fine. You have to remove the plastic film protecting the whole face of the VC SC 100 for the radar and remote to work properly. I was hitting the ball consistently 20 to 30 yards further than the VC SC100 would indicated -- but then realized I was on an ELEVATED TEE - the device just gives distance based on ball speed and angle of ascent - it does not know I am 10 feet above ground and have extra flight time before ball hits the ground. People on both sides of me wanted to know what device displayed so showed them - everyone impressed.

Training to improve your swing

This works like a charm and has helped me to improve my game. I was hesitant after reading all the reviews about how the unit didn't perform, but it has worked flawlessly for me and I am happy with it. I use it at home and hit into a net. It tells you the carry distance, not the carry and roll so at first it seems that you aren't hitting well. I like the immediate feedback after hitting a ball and seeing how far the carry is so that I can remember that feeling of a good shot and what I did. It has helped my game, for example after using this with the driver I was able to improve my drives by 25 to 35 yards. I was obviously not doing something right before and with a little practice developed the tempo and muscle memory needed to hit the ball with higher club head speed, it has had a beneficial effect on all my clubs in that the club head speed has increased. I have tried the medicus clubs and other training aids with some success, but this by far is the best training aid with the most immediate results that I have used. I wish I would have bought this a few seasons ago.

Excellent product, great training aid, and accurate!

I initially thought the SC100 was giving me low readings. I'm an older guy that quit golfing for about 7 years and started back up again after retiring 2 years ago. I knew I'd lost distance and, of course, swing speed, but I didn't think it was this bad. I was a 4 handicap with a driver swing speed of 98 mph before laying off. I could push it over 100 a bit if needed. Now this thing was showing 80 mph. Yikes! That can't be right. Well, after some work on my swing and practice, I got back to 90 mph with the help of this device, and at my age I'd be happy to maintain that. But of course I will try to bump that another consistent 5 mph if I can. If nothing else, the SC100 will help keep me at 90 and be a great practice aid with the target mode, which I haven't tried yet but will soon. I'm very pleased with it.

sceptical at first but has proved invaluable on the range!

I was decently skeptical about this due to mainly the backspin obviously not being tracking by this launch monitor. But I've found accuracy on distance to be spot on with what I experience from hitting the balls and then using my laser range finder to see the actual distance. I've even found it to be accurate enough when leaving off the settings regarding which club I'm using, ie hitting a 7i when the swing caddy is set to driver doesn't produce wildly innacurate numbers. I'm guessing that the radar does get some estimation of launch angle, or that the way that it measures sort of compensates for unusual trajectory. Anyway, carry distances are accurate enough, certainly a lot more accurate than me estimating using my eyes, which makes my time on the range in the evenings a lot more satisfying as it's usually too dark to see the tail end of my hits through the air or where they landed. I find that swing speed is the less accurate of the two measuresments, which is fine by me, but what that means is that smash factor should also be taken with a grain of salt. The reason I know is that I actually had two of these set up, and while they would often agree on all counts, they would only ever disagree with swing speed. And I find swing speed varying a lot more than carry distance, which if you know how people swing in general, is generally not true (most people have very static swing speeds regardless of what they feel they might be doing differently), there is far greater difference in ball striking, ie smash factor and ball speed. Anyway, don't hold out for the one that lets you dial in lofts, as I said the club setting doesn't seem to matter greatly and different irons launch differently despite lofts being the same anyway.

Perfect for the price, so much info!

After a lot of study I decided on this monitor over several other monitors. It gives both speed and clubs be Kama calculates the smash factor and gives a very accurate carry distance. It is about the size of a cell phone and comes with a nice carrying pouch and remote that fit into my golf bag couches. It is a conversation piece while on the Range. Everyone wants to come see how fast their club is swinging. I will probably sell it soon: I have up saved up for a skytrak system. If someone is interested give me a shout.

OMG - I really was amazed at how good this product is.

I read the reviews where people had trouble getting it to work and gave up. I expected some cluggy half baked product that might work. Nope. It worked beyond my expectations. The range bucket is about 100 balls. The SC100 recorded 95 shots. If I left the club face too open, the ball went outside it's radar window and it missed it. But in fairness, I don't count shanks either. The cool thing about this product was it knew when I center faced it. My swing speed might be the same, but it also measured ball speed and recognized a clean strike and gave me credit for it. On a 95 mph driver swing I could get from a 215 carry to a 235 carry based on my ability to transfer energy to the ball. You can guess that before I went for more speed, I was searching for consistency and beginning to find it. So me and the SC100 will work on maximizing my current potential before reaching for more. This product amazed me with how good it was. The range balls were yellow and it had no trouble with them. I hope everyone gets a good unit because it will help you.

Voice Caddie SC100 vs Swing Speed Radar vs ES12

I really needed a device that I could use in my backyard driving range so that it would tell me roughly how far I was hitting. There are devices like this Voice Caddie SC100 that try to tell you a lot of information like, Ball speed, Swing speed, smash factor and distance. And you also have the Radar Swing and tempo monitor that shows Swing Speed and Tempo. So I decided to buy both of them to compare and see which one is really worth buying. TESTING SCENARIO: 1. 5 Golfers will each hit 10 balls with a PW, 7 Iron, Fairway Wood, and Driver in a Driving range. 2. I will use an SC100 and a Swing Speed Radar to measure the swings. 3. Bushnell Pinseeker range Finder to verify distances. TEST RESULTS: 1. Distance Accuracy: a. SC100 - There was roughly a 30% difference on the average in distance from what was showing in the display and what the Range finder was showing for all the Golfers. b. Swing Speed Radar - This only Displays Swing speed and tempo so based on the Swing Speed, I looked up a chart that showed distances based on swing speed and club type and loft. When using that chart with the Swing speed Radar, we were only 10% off on the average. 2. Swing Speed Accuracy: a. SC100 - The SC100 was very inconsistent in how it measured the Swing speed. So in effect, the distances displayed were not accurate. It was sometimes absolutely wrong. It said I was swinging my PW, 110 mph. I wish, I could swing that fast. But there were times where they both displayed the same approximate speed. b. Swing Speed Radar - Very consistent with how fast they were swinging and looked very accurate. 3. Reliability: a. SC100 - In order to capture 10 swings, we had to move the device further and further away, finding the sweet spot where we got the most readings. Even after getting the best position, less 35% of swings actually registered. b. Swing Speed Radar - I also had to position this a little bit but once in place would register 80% of our swings. 4. Price: a. SC100 - $250 b. Swing Speed Radar - $120 SUMMARY: Based on our testing, using a Swing Speed Radar and a Carry Distance Chart we got from GolfWRX, is so much more reliable and accurate than the SC100 in determining carry distance. Actually after we left the range and analyzed the raw data, we could see that for each of us we could tell that if my swing speed was 73 mph with my 7 Iron, I could get about 115 yards carry. So if I go to my backyard and hit 70-75 mph, I know my distance would be around 115 yards. *********UPDATE December 15, 2014********** I got an email from the Manufacturer and they were sorry that I had issues with the unit I had and asked me to give them a call. I got to speak to Kevin from Voice Caddie based here in the OC. He asked me the issues I had and he said he had never had that issue before and asked if I could meet him in a driving range so that he could test the unit with me. I told him I had already returned the unit to Amazon so there was nothing to test with. He said that he would bring a unit with him so that I could at least see the features of their device. Well, we met Kevin in the driving range and we proceeded to conduct a test. At the very first swing, I already could tell the difference. This new unit detected almost all my swings. I was really impressed. I compared the readings to the Chart I had used earlier, and it was accurate. So I swung my 7 Iron 70 mph and it read about 109 Yards. That is almost spot on to what is in the Swing speed to distance chart. It is also far better than the Swing speed Radar now. He spent about 2 hours with us in the driving range and it was clear that one I returned to Amazon was a faulty unit. I now really liked the SC100, but I told him that I had returned my SC100 to Amazon and I have just bought a new Ernest Sports ES12 Launch Monitor from an auction site. I was really surprised when he told me that I could take the new SC100 we were testing with, home with me and continue using it. I am so impressed with how well they treat their customers. Excellent product with an even better customer service. Very Highly recommended. Once I receive the ES12, I will do a side by side comparison with the SC100. ***********UPDATE December 19,2014********** To be fair to Kevin from Voice Caddie, I retested the SC100 again against the Swing Speed Radar. TESTING SCENARIO: 1. 5 Golfers will each hit 10 balls with a PW, 7 Iron, Fairway Wood, and Driver in a Driving range. 2. I will use an SC100 and a Swing Speed Radar to measure the swings. 3. Bushnell Pinseeker range Finder to verify distances. TEST RESULTS: 1. Distance Accuracy: a. SC100 - There was only a 1-2% difference from what the chart said, and also the Bushnell Pinseeker range finder. Clearly very accurate. This is only Carry distance mind you. b. Swing Speed Radar - This only Displays Swing speed and tempo so based on the Swing Speed, I looked up a chart that showed distances based on swing speed and club type and loft. When using that chart with the Swing speed Radar, we were only 10% off on the average. 2. Swing Speed Accuracy: a. SC100 - The SC100 was not reading the same as the Swing speed radar. But since the SC100 carry distance was 1-2% off the mark, I consider its finding more accurate. b. Swing Speed Radar - Very consistent with how fast they were swinging and looked very accurate. 3. Reliability: a. SC100 - It really didn't matter where I put the SC100 as long as it was somewhere between 40 to 60 inches, it was able to read the swing. It only did not pick up 2 swings out of all the swings, and that was caused by the tester shanking the shot. b. Swing Speed Radar - I also had to position this a little bit but once in place would register 80% of our swings. 4. Price: a. SC100 - $250 b. Swing Speed Radar - $120 5. Features: a. SC100 - Swing Speed, Ball Speed, Smash Factor, remote control, Target mode, Random Mode and Practice mode. Now that I was finally able to test it completely, the Smash Factor was a really useful training tool. It seems to measure a ratio of how much faster the ball is going compared to the speed of the club. So a high Smash Factor would tell me that I am getting enough ball speed as compared to my swing. I used it to test different balls and you can see how different balls would give a higher or lower ball speed or smash factor. So I can now try different balls and see which one can get me the most distance. b. Swing Speed Radar - The only feature this has is Swing Speed and Tempo. 6. Intended user a. SC100 - Almost all of the swings of the adults and teenagers registered without a problem, but shorter kids will not be able to use this as it will not register. After speaking with Voice Caddie, they said that the SC100 has a low threshold on purpose so that they could increase the sensitivity for adult sized Golfers. After speaking to me, they are planning to come up with one that would target junior golfers as they have slower swing speeds and shorter clubs. b. Swing Speed Radar - Since it only measures swing speed and tempo, this was able to measure the swing speed of most junior golfers about 30% of the time. Not that great but at least it would register sometimes. SUMMARY: Clearly, the SC100 replacement unit is a far, far more reliable and functional product and is a great training tool. The other parents in the Junior Golf Academy saw me testing this and are also interested in getting one for themselves. So for teen to adult golfers, this is the training aid for you if you want to be more scientific about your practice and game management. Highly recommended. I will soon compare the SC100 against the ES12. It is arriving on December 22 so expect an update soon after. ********UPDATE December 28, 2014********* I received my new ES12 Launch Monitor and tested it compared to the Voice Caddie SC100. So how do compared to the SC100? PROS: 1. It works for Juniors. It was able to detect all of my 7 year old's shots. 2. It can verbally announce your distance. 3. You can select between Carry distance or Total distance. 4. iPhone app shows a Historical report of your swings. 5. Just as accurate with distance as the SC100. 6. Awesome tool if you are gapping your clubs. CONS: 1. Needs a Smart phone, unlike the SC100 that does not need an iPhone to work since it has a built in display. 2. Does not display the Swing Speed or the Smash factor which are pretty important if you are working on your swing. SUMMARY: If you are just trying to keep track of how far you hit per club for gapping and club selection purposes the ES12 is ideal. But if you are working on your swing, the SC100 is the preferred.

Very easy to use and very useful

I was surprised at how easy to set up and use this radar unit is - and how useful the remote control is. I used it this sunny morning for the first time on a driving range that faces East - and it worked like a charm from the first swing. I had to stand in front of it to use the remote control - to put it in my shadow - and that allowed the remote control to work flawlessly too (but you only use the remote control to change clubs and there's a button for each club, so it's not a problem)' It's very easy to see the large numbers, and it is very accurate on each shot and measurement (our course has range markers every 25 yards). This is one of the most well executed electronic devices I've every purchased. It makes practice much more fun - and helpful too. I also own another radar unit like this one, but the other unit has to be placed 8 inches to the right of the ball - which makes it impossible to see the numbers without moving. The SC100 is far superior to the older unit. It has a very high contrast amber face with very large letters and numbers, and it sits behind you so it's very easy to look back to see the results instantly - which is exactly the feedback you need with every shot. I think the SC100 is already improving my golf game - there's something very reassuring and reinforcing to see actual numbers when you are practicing - just hitting a ball without knowing the actual distance is a totally different experience from hitting a ball, and looking back and confirming the distance of the shot. Very revealing - and very helpful. It's so easy to use I look forward to using it every time I practice.

The only clubs I would not recommend using are wedges

I had mixed emotions about this purchase, but with the sale price I had to pull the trigger. I noticed that most of the negative reviews where for two reasons. One the unit does not pick up all shots. After testing this unit at the range I had nine shots that the unit did not pick up. Each one of them was a shot that I mishit. Either hit it fat and shot did not carry as expected or skulled it and shot was a low line drive. All other shots read perfectly and are where very helpful. The only clubs I would not recommend using are wedges, but hey that not why you are buying this guy anyway! Secondly the remote not working. I was out in the bright sun and had no issues with the remote reading on the unit. The only thing I could see happening is if someone didn't remove the protective film on the monitor screen itself. Most of my shots registered within a few yards of actual distance, from time to time it would have a shot much lower that the ball actually traveled. The only thing that I can deduce is that with the newer model with the ability to change loft and has a barometer in it for calibration you may see slight differences. I live in Colorado so altitude could be an issue. Overall for the price you cannot go wrong. I highly recommend.

Helps with fine tuning your swing tempo

Dont understand the negative reviews for this. I took this to my golf pro for my monthly tune up. He has his trackman set up and we compared. The numbers are not far off. I spent less than 1% of what he spent on his trackman. Doesn't include spin but you don't buy this work on spin numbers. Helps with fine tuning your swing tempo. It also does the smash factor for you. In case you don't know smash factor is efficiency of your swing in relations to club head speed and ball speed. (Ball Speed divided by club head speed = smash factor) Pretty much tells you if you're hitting this square on. Comes with remote to mess with it. Maybe people didn't get a good unit. I would return it and get another unit.

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