Review of Voice Caddie T1 GPS watch

I’ve reviewed several different models and brands of golf GPS units and was impressed with the Voice Caddie T1 right out of the box. It is a fashionable timepiece.

Too many times the learning curve is steep for high tech gadgets but the Voice caddie is intuitive and the easiest I’ve ever tested.

If Apple decided to make a GPS watch, I think it would be the Voice Caddie T1: simple with a whole lot of functions, many that are ahead of the curve.

Navigation is quite simple with five buttons to choose from, the dial of the T1 lists (in English) the function of each button so there is no guessing which one to push. Very helpful.

Menu selections are:
• Play Golf
• Tempo
• History
• Walk/Run
• Cycle
• Stopwatch,
• Set Time
• Set Alarm

In the GPS mode the T1 displays the distance to the hole, front, back and center, the hole number and the par.

Automatic course recognition: There is no need to enter a course as the T1 come pre loaded with 30,000 courses and automatically finds your course. It also finds your position on the hole should you forget to turn it on at the first tee or if you are in a shotgun start and begin at a hole other than the first tee.

Yardage: As you would expect, the T1 gives the distance to the hole (yardage or meters): front, center and back, all easy to see with just a glance at your wrist.

Distance measurement: With the T1 you can check the distance of your drive by just pushing the ‘shot’ button to begin and the unit will tick off the yardage as you move to your ball. How easy is that!

Scorecard: The Voice Caddie T1 stores the date, course name, and score for every round you play so that you can keep an eye on your history and improvement.

Swing Tempo: One of the most difficult parts of golf for amateurs and professionals is maintaining a constant swing tempo throughout a round. It’s been said that a perfect tempo is a 3:1 back swing to forward swing ratio. The T1 has the ability to measure your swing tempo. Easy to access from the menu. Nice feature that we haven’t seen in other GPS units.

Fitness: The Voice Caddie T1 uses GPS to track your speed, distance and calories burned for walking, running or cycling. Great for checking to see how far you walked during a round. Also good to see if you burned off that hotdog at the turn.

Timepiece: Displays the time, am/pm, the day, month, and year. The T1 can be used as an everyday timepiece, and it comes with an alarm function.

Battery life: When used in the watch mode battery life can last about a month between charges. When in GPS mode the battery will last about 11 hours. A charging device is included.

The Voice Caddie T1 sells on their website for $169.00. Check out their website at: voicecaddie.com and see the T1 and other products from Voice Caddie.

Review by Bob Marlatt