Yupiteru Golf Swing Trainer - A Mini Trackman

[bubba22]

Just been testing the Yupiteru golf swing trainer. I give it 2 thumbs up . It is truly a mini Trackman for the golf enthusiast and for those wanting to calibrate and tweak their sim. I have both the Yupiteru swing trainer as well as the Golf swing radar. For mini swing radars here are the options

1. Yupiteru Atlas http://translate.googleusercontent.c...TcP15XkCyKMdgg

2. PRGR Red Eyes http://www.tourspecgolf.com/product_...oducts_id=3457


3. Golf Swing Radar http://www.sportssensors.com/golf-swing-speed-radar/

4. Ernest Sports http://ernestsports.com/

There may be more and if so let me know.
The most expensive is the Ernest Sports at $250. The Swing radar is about $100. The PRGR is roughly $180 and the the Atlas Yupiteru is roughly $150.

The Ernest measures ball speed and estimates distance. The Radar measures club speed and tempo (it can measure ball speedbut not both club and ball speed at same time- and no distance estimation). The PRGR Red eyes measure club and ball speed and calculates smash (actually represents smash as a percentage - so 100% is a smash of 1.5 and so on). It also estimates distance. the Yupiteru measures club and ball speed and gives smash as its true percentage 1.5 etc. It aslo estimates distance.

So here it is.

The Yupiteru worksout of the box. Uses 4 AA batteries. It is placed 3 to 4 feet behind the golfer. It measures all clubs. It measures club speed and immediate ball speed. From there it calculates the smash factor and will estimate distance. It can be used indoors and outdoors as it only needs a short ball flight distance. There are several different models GST4, GST 3GN, GST 3 A and GST 3B. The GST 3GN doubles as a course GPS unit and is more expensive. Not needed in my mind. The GST 4 is the latest update that has a few cool features such as headphone to tell the numbers you see, screen display that is brighter and micro sd data saving option that can be taken to a desktop program. The GST 3A is the advanced model from previous version that has the microsd card for desktop program display. The GST3B is the basic model. I have the GST 3 A.

I went with this Jupiteru over the PRGR because of the reviews in Japan favoured the yupiteru. The Yupiteri is as accurate. It has all the numbers displaed in an easy to see screen whereas the PRGR Red eyes you need to pick up the unit to display between club and ball speed. As well the numbers are displayed in the direction you are hitting whereas the PRGR they are the opposite way. No biggie but nice to just stay in your same stance, look over and see the numbers as opposed to seeing the numbers upside down. The downside for both are the instructions are in Japanese. Google translate helps and I have been able to get it that way. The other downside of the Yupiteru is that the display is in m/s however the yardage is in yards. Again no biggie but I am used to mph. Multiply by 2.2 and viola!! I do have a email into the company to see if we can change this.

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So in summary, I would recommend this unit over the others. Its cost is decent and accuracy much better. Downside is the display in m/s but no biggie. It also is only sold in Japan but one can get it from Ratuken http://global.rakuten.com/en/ (kinda like Japans Ebay) or from Japan http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/ I purchased the unit for 8000 yen and the base for 3000 Yen. Also it DOESN'T measure ball launch, azumuth or spin but who knows in the future.