I had a chance to test the Zelocity Tracker today and must say I was impressed. http://zelocitytracker.com/PureLaunc..._Overivew.html
Thanks to Fairtree for meeting up with me and speding time showing and allowing me to test the unit. As you guys know I have tested Flightscope, Trackman, Vectors etc in the past so its good to compare.
The unit as you can see has three pods that use radar technology to track the ball and club. The single pod sits behind and the double pod sits ahead about 4 feet. Being radar yechnology it certainly works better outdoors. The indoor minimal requirements are 10 feet from the screen and 4 feet from the single pod for a total distance of 14 feet. Anything less I get the sense that the unit struggles but anything more it works better. Like anything the more the marrier. We hit outdoors at a range driver and irons. It seemed to pick up the shots well and gave the club and ball data very accurate. It works with wireless technology with a dongle and apparently the pods have 8+ hrs of battery life. The unit sets up in seconds, is not heavy and easy to transport. Each shot seemed to be detected outdoors with very good accuracy. What was measured seemed to fit the ball launch, speed, distance and most important the spin and curvature that we saw. You do have to hiy between the 2 pods in front so if for example you hit a shot outside these areas (dreaded shank), it may not be picked up. We did have one very outside hit shot that didn't register. Again thanks to Fairtree for meeting with me. It was awesome.
Afterwards I spoke with Sean from Zelocity and he tols me that they have integrated with the Holiday Golf simulation software http://holidaygolfusa.com/. The cost of the software and courses is around 1 grand or so. He also said that they are working to integrate with E6 and RedChain. All good. For putting you can autoputt or buy an optional putting track around $900.
Well I must say for the pricepoint I would recommend this unit (4 grand including the fitting software etc and 1-2 grand for the courses and more to come). I think it will challange the other launch monitor sim units such as the Vector Pro, GC2, Flightscope and Trackman given its pricepoint. Although the Trackman and Flightscope are the preMadonnas of the radar based launch units, the price of Tracker is something to really look at. Trackman (20 grand), Flightscope (12 grand) and Tracker (4 grand). Are they 16 and 8 grand respectively that much better? For indoor simulation there is no doubt that the GC2 is a strong competitor but if you have more room than I mentioned this unit is a real option to think about.