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Dan Parker has tested all the latest remote golf trolleys or remote golf caddies to help you pick the right one for your game in 2025 and beyond.
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00:00Right then, remote golf trolleys, an incredibly popular new gadget on the market.
00:04I'm seeing loads of these out on golf courses at the minute and last time I did this video,
00:07about three years ago, I only really had three, maybe four to talk about that I thought were
00:11worthwhile. This year I've got eight, so the market has expanded quite vastly in the last
00:17couple of years and that's great. So I've got three categories I'm going to split up this test
00:20into today. The best value remote trolley because there's a few value ones that have come out over
00:24the last year or so. The best with GPS, there's a couple with integrated GPS that are worth talking
00:29about and then what I think are the best actual remote experience, like the physical use of the
00:34remote trolley, which is the best there. Right, let's get started. I'm going to start with best value.
00:40Right then, best value and best value is under a thousand pounds. That's the market, don't have a
00:44go at me. I know that's a lot of money for a lot of people, but if you're in the
00:47market for it,
00:47this is the cheapest and best you're going to find. Two options here, Stuart V10 remote and
00:52Motorcaddy ME remote. I'll start with Stuart V10 and the RRP of that is £1,100 or £1,200,
00:57but I know this is often on sale for either £9,99 or even £8,99. So check around shopping
01:03periods.
01:03I know you can catch this for under a thousand. Now it strikes quite a big pose, isn't it? It's
01:09pretty out there. This is basically a combination of Stuart's old chassis. You remember the classic
01:13ones you saw back in the day with its latest and greatest technology. I'll start with what I like
01:18about it. The remote experience is superb. I love the wide wheel base. It makes it really steady over the
01:23ground. And as we all Stuart products, the remote experience is always top, top notch.
01:28It's got the latest ATC control under it, which basically means as it goes up a hill or down a
01:34hill, it will maintain the speed you set it at. It's never going to run away from you.
01:37And as I said, that wide wheel base makes it really, really easy to control.
01:41So that's what I love about it. There are a few things I don't love about it. So bear these
01:44in mind.
01:45This is just my opinion, but to live with, it's just a little awkward. Like look at the size of
01:50it.
01:50It is huge. It doesn't fold down very small. It's not very heavy, admittedly. I know it looks
01:56like a bit of a bulky thing, but it's not very heavy, but to carry it in and out of
01:59the car is
01:59really awkward. You've got to sort of hold it like a child and it's just a little more awkward than
02:03some
02:03of the other ones you'll see today. Taking the battery in and out is a little fiddly. You've got
02:08to take the whole bonnet off to put the battery in and just that sort of day-to-day quality
02:13of life,
02:14taking it in and out of the car, all that stuff is a little awkward with it. It also doesn't
02:18have an
02:18anti-tip rear wheel. It has this sort of just sort of nub, which is fine and does stop the
02:23trolley from tipping over. But I don't really understand why Stuart just didn't put a wheel
02:26there to allow it when it does get caught on a bit of a hill just to move off. For
02:29$899, if you can
02:30find it at that price, that is brilliant for a Stuart product because you are getting an exemplary remote
02:36functionality trolley. But yeah, just to live with, it's a little big, it's a little out there.
02:40It's not to everybody's taste, I don't think. Certainly not to mine, unfortunately.
02:43So what I would point you toward and win in my best value is this, the Motocaddy ME remote.
02:48At $999, 100,000 for a remote trolley, brilliant. And what you're getting here is an excellent remote
02:55trolley, but with much better quality of life and folding and just ease of use than the Stuart.
03:02Motocaddy trolleys fold up really small. It's part of the M series. These things are remarkably compact.
03:06It's got a stand on it, which is really useful, which means it can stand up on its own, which
03:11I know doesn't sound like a lot, but when you're living with this day to day and trying to put
03:14it
03:14in and out of your car and leave it in the garage or whatever, having a trolley that just stands
03:17up
03:18on its own and isn't falling everywhere, it makes you feel better. I don't know how to describe that.
03:22I'm sure those who've used these before will get that. It's pretty basic, you know, there's nothing
03:27on the handle other than a dial. The battery's still got a wire, which is a little bit prehistoric
03:33nowadays, but that's fine. Listen, you're getting a cheaper trolley here. But the remote's excellent.
03:38And what else has it got? USB charging, which is kind of helpful as well if you need to charge
03:42the
03:42remote or anything. And actually something that I just thought of literally now is that the Stuart,
03:48you can only use in remote mode. There's no way of flipping to handheld if you're over a bridge or
03:53you through a car park or something. The Motocaddy, you can go from the remote here into handheld
03:59because you've got the dial on the handle. So that's something to bear in mind as well.
04:01So if you're in the market, if you want to be part of this remote trolley revolution we're seeing,
04:05I'm seeing loads out on courses at the minute, but you want to spend as little as possible
04:09and get the best experience, these are your two options. If you're not worried about the size
04:14and how much, how slightly, well, massive this thing is, great option, superb remote. If you want
04:20something a bit more compact, a little bit easier to live with, in my opinion, go for the Motocaddy.
04:25Right then, my next category I'm going to pick a winner in is best remote GPS. Now you'll see a
04:30lot of
04:30people who, and a lot of remote trolleys, you want the full package here, right? You get the remote,
04:34you get the trolley and you get an inbuilt GPS. It's the full experience, really. I've got three
04:39to talk about. I only got one here with me today and I'll start with this one. It's the Motocaddy
04:43M7
04:44GPS. Now, this is a couple of reasons why I love this. Number one is the actual chassis itself is
04:50brilliant. The battery self-disconnects as you fold it up and reveals the charging port. So you can just
04:55charge the battery directly from the chassis, which I love. I think it looks really sleek. And again,
05:00because it's part of that M series, spoke about the ME, folds really compact, the wheels invert,
05:05it stands up on its own. It's so easy to live with. That goes for any Motocaddy remote trolley.
05:10So something to bear in mind if you're shopping in this market. The GPS, big improvements. It
05:15hasn't actually physically changed, but full hole mapping is now included for free. They used to
05:20charge you for that subscription service. I never loved that. I'm really glad they got rid of it.
05:24And it means as soon as you open this thing, it's got the full works, right? Touch screen's excellent.
05:29Graphics are excellent. The full hole mapping is so useful if you're playing different courses.
05:35Dynamic green view. So it's got the actual shape of the green on it instead of something just generic.
05:39You can drag and drop the pin. You can drag and drop positions on the hole for layups.
05:42It's really intuitive and really easy. Unfortunately, I say unfortunately in Motocaddy sense,
05:48it's been superseded by PowerCaddy this year. So I'll talk about
05:53two PowerCaddy products, the RX10 GPS and the RX12 GPS. Now, I only tested the RX12 GPS,
05:59but they're essentially the same product. It's not here with me today, unfortunately. It's back
06:03with PowerCaddy. But what this has got is a five inch, which is huge, portrait touch screen. And
06:10changing that orientation from landscape on the Motocaddy to portrait on the PowerCaddy, I didn't
06:16think it would be that big a deal. But as soon as I got the PowerCaddy on the course,
06:19it was a huge change. It just makes a lot more sense, isn't it? Because you play a golf hole
06:23essentially in portrait mode. So you can see more of the hole. The fact it's five inches over the
06:29three and a half of the Motocaddy, you've got more screen to look at. It was really vivid,
06:33really vibrant, touch screen quality of like your iPhone, which is excellent as well. And for me,
06:39that just completely elevated the GPS experience. And I almost can't see a good GPS now on a trolley,
06:46whether remote or not, that isn't portrait. It just makes 10 times more sense.
06:51So you've got the RX12 with a five inch screen and the RX10 as a, I think, three and a
06:57half,
06:573.8 inch touch screen. About a £200 difference between those two. So if you squeeze it on budget,
07:03but still want that portrait screen, that's where the RX10 comes in. The PowerCaddy itself,
07:08it looks great. The remote experience between the Motocaddy and the PowerCaddy, I can't tell the
07:13difference. There isn't one that's discerned to be better than the other. But when we're talking
07:17about out and out GPS, that portrait screen on the PowerCaddy is a complete game changer. And for me,
07:23that's why if you're in the market for a remote trolley with a GPS, I'd go for the RX12.
07:28Right. My final category is going to talk about just the best remote experience out of all of these.
07:32If you're in the market for remote trolley and just want a good remote trolley, here we go. Right.
07:37So Stuart going to feature quite prominently here, but I've got two others to talk about.
07:40The first is a fun one, right? The Alphard CyberCat. The remote experience of this thing was outrageous.
07:47Absolutely, probably a bit better than the Motocaddies and PowerCaddies. Keeps right up with
07:50the Stuart's for the out and out remote experience. It was super intuitive, easy to control, rapid.
07:56It had a decent remote on it. And for £12.49 here in the UK, a decent competitor to these
08:03guys,
08:04if you can get over the fact it does unfortunately just look a bit ridiculous. I'd look out for Alphard
08:09because they've clearly got some really good remote technology in the guts of the trolley,
08:15right? They just can't quite get the design cues right just yet. They've also got what's called
08:19the Clubbooster V2, which I spoke about in my video two or three years ago, which I'll link to,
08:24which basically is the rear chassis of a trolley, remote controlled, that you can turn any of your
08:30pushcarts or corresponding pushcarts that they match up with into a remote trolley. Now, this is about £800
08:36in the UK and there's a great, should have put it in the value section perhaps, value option here
08:41to look out for from Alphard as well. Again, a little bit complex, design cues aren't great. It's
08:46just a little bit uncultured, but another great option. Look out for Alphard. I think they're going to
08:51figure that out in the years to come. More good remote experiences, Motocaddy. Now, the M7 remote.
08:58So we had M7 GPS, which is this with GPS in it. We had ME, which is a real back
09:04-to-basics
09:05remote trolley. This sits somewhere in the middle and I think if you like the look of the Motocaddy
09:09trolleys, as I've said, to live with, they are brilliant, but just want remote and want it a bit
09:14more flashy than the ME, there's your product, right? Really good, nice compact remote. I do like
09:20the remotes on the Motocaddy and folds really easily. It's got that battery that self-disconnects and
09:25is just a joy to live with. So if you like the look of a Motocaddy and want the best
09:28remote Motocaddy,
09:29I'd go down the middle, effectively, of their line and go for the M7 remote. But it is Stewart
09:35that dominate the category when I'm talking about best remote, right? These guys came up with it,
09:41or at least follow technology, about 20 years ago and they just do trolleys, right, Stewart? I've been
09:46to their factory a couple of times and it's quite a lot of fun to go around. They just do
09:49remote
09:50trolleys and they do them really, really well. So I've got two to talk about here. I'm going to start
09:55with
09:55the queue follow. It's probably what most people know Stewart for, is that follow technology,
09:59where you put this, the remote, on your back pocket and the trolley follows you from a safe distance
10:03behind. A lot of fun. Gives you a real sense of freedom on the golf course when you're just walking,
10:09clubs are behind you and it's just you and the course. It's very enjoyable. You can switch between
10:14follow on your back pocket and remote really easily. And the same with the vertex we're going to
10:19speak about in a minute. I love the folding mechanism of the Stewart. Beats Motocaddy out,
10:23just in my opinion, because it's super quick, folds impressively compact for the size these things
10:28fold out and has a really clever handle on it that makes it really easy to lift in and out
10:33of your car.
10:34And again, I know it sounds like a really small thing, but when you're living with these things,
10:38those small details really add up to make the experience so much easier with them.
10:43And with the V10 I spoke about earlier, what you'll see in a lot of these trolleys,
10:47the Alfard Powercaddy Motorcaddy is a 360 rotating front wheel, which is great and it gives it great
10:54maneuverability on a, you know, on a circle on its own, right? But the wider wheel base of these
11:00Stewart's just make them that more stable across ground. And I think that really makes them stand
11:04out when I'm talking about best remote experiences, right? So that's the Qfollow. And now the vertex here
11:12is everything the Qfollow is without the follow. So if you don't want follow, if you don't feel like
11:17you're going to use that, you don't spend the extra money on follow because it is a bit dearer,
11:21the vertex is the one for you. It's got the same chassis, so that same great folding mechanism
11:26I spoke about, really wide wheel base, really stable. And as the Stewart V10 remote does, that
11:32active terrain control, which basically means you barely have to touch the remote to keep it on the
11:38same pace in the same direction you want, which I think is what these things are all about.
11:42The last thing you want to be doing with a remote trolley is having to play the remote loads and
11:46think about, oh, where's my trolley going? Oh God, what speed is it going at? The whole point of these
11:50things is to try and take away from that and let you focus on your golf and enjoy the walk
11:55and enjoy
11:55your golf and think about all of that, right? And that is what the vertex does brilliantly. And for me,
12:01it's a toss up between the Qfollow and the vertex here, but I just don't end up using follow that
12:05much.
12:05I just don't, I do it every now and again, but not as much as I'd like to. Therefore, why
12:10not go for
12:10a bit cheaper and just use the best remote trolley, which for me is the Stewart Vertex.
12:15So there we have it then. I hope that summary of my testing over the last sort of two or
12:19three years,
12:19these things have been really helpful, depending on where you are in the market, what you're after,
12:23whether it's value, GPS, or just the best remote. There's your winners. My winners are here,
12:27apart from the power caddy, obviously, because she's not here today. But the ME for value,
12:31the vertex for overall remote experience and that power caddy GPS really blew me away. So well done,
12:37power caddy. On that, I'll pick an overall winner and I'll go for what I would spend my money on
12:42if
12:42I was a punter, right? If I was one of you watching. And it would be really close to these
12:47two,
12:47because for a value experience, the ME is just brilliant. And if you want to start and use a
12:51remote for the first time, great, go for it. But that level up into the vertex for me is just,
12:56it's worth that extra money, folding mechanism, just how brilliant it is to use day to day and
13:01out on the golf course and how little I have to interact with it makes it the best remote trolley,
13:06if that makes sense. So listen, I hope you found that helpful. As I said, if you like the look
13:10of
13:10any of these you've seen today, down in the description, there's some links. You can find
13:13them for the best price in your area. If I've forgotten any, or I should have given some more love
13:18to one or another, let me know down in the comments. I'd love to hear from you. But for now,
13:22for my resplendent Fulford Heath golf club. I'll see you next time.
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