 I am firm believer in the adage - You buy cheap - you buy twice.
A golf trolley is a workhorse - it covers 4 miles minimum everytime you go out. It rolls over ground that you wouldn't take a 4x4 with a 54lb load on it.
So you really need a good 'un.
I'm in the market for a push type trolley with 3 wheels. I've am coming to the end of a relationship with a PowaKaddy Freeway Sport that keeps packing up, I really think an electric trolley is a luxury I can't afford anymore, and the course I generally play isn't hilly so a good push trolley will do the job.
I've looked at the PowaKaddy version and also for about the same price I have looked at the "Hummer" which looks good. I've noticed that the wheel width doesn't seem as wide on these though - would there be a problem on some courses with these?
The trolley needs to be robust and last for many years - it won't be a fashion item but it must be effective.
So has anybody got any views and reviews?
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 http://www.americangolf.co.uk/navproduct.asp?prod=151661&dept=trolleyspull1&title=PowaKaddy-TwinLine-3
Got one of these and they are the dogs nads.
Or better still.
http://www.protrolley.com/pages-main/category-52_15/remote-trolleys-xl255-remote.html
The creme de la creme
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 I have just bought powakaddy twinline 3 to replace yet another cheep trolley, I used it for the first time today and it is superb. The build quality is second to none, you can pull or push it and it is very stable, I got mine off ebay brand new for £69 with free delivery and it came next day. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk:80/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230115762912&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:UK:11
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 Another vote for the Twinline 3, I bought mine from Direct Golf for £69 a few weeks ago. Very impressed with it.
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 Sun Mountain Speedcart. I have had it for 2 years now and it is brilliant. I play at least 18 holes twice a week so 1000 miles. Have also been known to play 36 holes in 1 day. No battery required.
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 I have a Powakaddy 3-wheeler, twinline 3 I think is the model, and use it on the occassions when I cant carry. I've found it excellent, only gripe is the brake is effectively useless and it will run off on slopes and in the wind.
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Message to John Foster:
Hi John,
I was very interested in your suggestion for the Sun Mountain Speedcart. I had a look round and found a couple of sites where they sell them.
They are a bit pricey but they look like a quality product and I am prepared to pay the price.
Have you seen the Hummer? Its very similar in concept to the SM in that it has pneumatic tyres.
Have you ever had cause or the need to obtain spares, (like new tyres), if so where do you go to?
There may be a bigger problem though!
Apparently the course I play, which is an Open Qualifying course, will not allow this type of trolley on the grounds that the wheels are too narrow. They only allow wide wheeled trolleys.
If you came to our course you would not be allowed to use your type of trolley. I know it seems daft, because they couldn't care less about bloody big heavy buggys going out in all conditions which damage the course even worse.
What is the attitude at your club?
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 powakaddy twinline 3
easy to put up light and super stable.
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My club is an Open Championship course and there are no problems. You would think a links course was less prone to soft ground etc. Have you asked them. I have been to a few courses with narrow wheel bans. When I asked them about it they said no problem. As far as I can tell this ban stemmed from trolleys with narrow SOLID wheels years ago. The Pneumatic tyre exerts less pressure on the ground. The only spares that I have needed was the brake cable which I replaced with a cable for my Mountain bike. The only other problem I had was to go through a very thorny bush with it (don't as me why) and got a puncture. A quick trip to halfords for some Tyre Slime and never another puncture. Touch wood!
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 I am also looking at a new 3 wheeler (no reliant jokes please). My Powakaddy quattro has about had it - I had to replace the splay prevention wire and also had to move the front wheel to make it stable. My current favorite is the new Clicgear 2 which has "proper" wheels. It is not cheap at around £130 but for the job it has to do it looks like it will last forever. If like me you would struggle to justify the price my plan "B" is the Motocaddy S1 lite - just the same as the electric version but no motor or battery - around £75.
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Have to agree with the warning about the break on the Twinline 3. Was fine on my old course but the new one is hilly and the trolley is now next to useless as I am in constant fear of it running away (have had to chase it several times). Worst thing is I wrote to the manufacturer for some sort of comment and they did not even acknowledge.
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I've am coming to the end of a relationship with a PowaKaddy Freeway Sport that keeps packing up.
I bought one of those just last week, are you able to enlighten me please on what the problems were Many thanks
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 I also have a Sun mountain Speedcart (2008 model with clamps, not straps), I cannot recommend it more highly its easy to push (thin Wheels and pnuematic tyres), Freewheels down hill and has bullet proof build quailty! I use mine at least 3 times a week, (Over 600miles in a year) and have a Tour sized Callaway bag fully loaded with all kinds of crap and it just rolls on! The Brake has only needed adjusting once in over a years hard use! Great trolley 
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