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 Ballfinder Scout
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Average Rating: 2 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 4
RRP: £129
Year: 2007

Description: The Ballfinder Scout™ is a hand-held electronic unit, as light as a mobile phone. Super-fast 3.2 mega-pixel imager locates balls with a range of up to 35-feet when only 1% of the ball is showing. Latest imaging/tracking technology from Sarnoff Labs.Full endorsement from golf legend Nick Faldo Includes batteries, belt clip, and free Nick Faldo Recovery Shot and instructional DVD. For less than the cost of losing a Titleist Pro V1 every week for a year.

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Andrew Cowley 2 
Posted: 07/11/08
'DOESN'T DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BOX'
Strengths:
It can detect a ball that you can see for yourself.
Weaknesses:
Can't find a ball amongst wet grass or fallen leaves - especially lighter cloured ones. Gives too may false readings in these conditions. Of course, autumn is the time when balls disappear into these areas.
Overall:
Glad I was able to get a refund. Paid only 50.00 for an ex demo model although top whack.
k at the palce I got it was only around 60.00. They are obviously trying to get rid of a job lot of rubbish.

I'm trying to contact Faldo to ask if he actually tried one - ha ha!
 
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Alan Tovey 
Posted: 18/04/07
'UTTER, UTTER RUBBISH'
Strengths:
None. Except when I dropped it it still worked. Well, it still tunred on.
Weaknesses:
It was quite good at picking out the daisys on my lawn when I threw a few balls on it to give it a quick test. Didn't find a single ball though.
Overall:
If you buy this you are a moron. I had one on test. Sending it back was a happy day.
 
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Boanerges 
Posted: 18/04/07
'HIGHLY EXPENSIVE UTTER RUBBISH'
Strengths:
None that I have ever found
Weaknesses:
Doesnt Work
Overall:
It's probably unfair of me to comment as I carried out a good deal of Consultancy work for the Company which has the worldwide distributorship for the product outside the USA. However, as I was never paid for my work AND the product didnt/does not work and cost MILLIONS of dollars to develop it will almost certainly finish up NOT as a ball-finder but as a great WHITE ELEPHANT!

In addition, as they have paid Nick Faldo to endorse it(Nick will endorse ANYTHING if the fee is right)it will become a white elephant even more quickly as word gets out-as it always does-that the object LOOKS the part but it couldn't locate a ball the size of a football a yard off most fairways!
 
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The "Eagle" 
Posted: 16/04/07
'GLAD I DIDN'T PAY FOR IT!!!'
Strengths:
Won it in a competition.
Weaknesses:
Tried it out last 2 rounds and as of yet I haven't found 1 ball in the rough or semi. It even struggles to pick up balls in the fairway!!
Overall:
Don't buy this!! £129 rrp its worth about £1.
 
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