Stewart Golf Q Follow Trolley Review: A seriously impressive bit of engineering

Very few innovations have come along in the game of golf in the last few decades that can be considered a real game-changer, but Stewart Golf already has a couple to its name.

As one of the pioneers of remote-controlled golf trolleys back in the early noughitess, the British company delivered yet another radical piece of tech in 2014 with the X9: the first trolley ever to follow the user around without the need for remote input.

A decade on, and Stewart Golf still stands clear as the market leader in follow-enabled trolleys. In fact, few other companies seem to have been able to work out how to bring their own to market, meaning if you want a follow trolley, you'll almost invariably have to get a Stewart. And if you want one in 2026, it's the Q Follow you'll receive.

Given a revamp in 2025, the Q Follow builds on more than 10 years of refining the follow trolley concept, promising the smoothest follow experience yet engineered into a golf trolley, an even more compact package when not in use, and the same British-built engineering and quality Stewart is so well-renowned for.

But with a price tag approaching £2000 (or more if you want the Carbon version), does the Q-Follow deliver enough convenience out on the course to be worth the added investment? We put it through its paces on the undulating links at Dunbarnie to find out.

Check out our video review below and scroll on to read our detailed thoughts. Let us know what you think of the new range in the comments below, and check out our guide to the best electric trolleys of 2026 here.

Looks and features

The 2025 edition of the Q Follow is a product of evolution rather than revolution, building on the already successful Q Follow formula with an array of modern quality of life tweaks.

The new Q Follow looks, for all intents and purposes, pretty much the same as the old one, but plenty of tweaks have been made under the frame to bring it up to 2026 standards. Most notable is the upgraded battery and revised 8th-generation follow software, which dramatically improve efficiency and the quality of the follow function across more uneven terrain and winding paths (the main area where follow trolleys tend to struggle).

As with previous models, the Q Follow comes in a range of different options at varying costs. The base model will set you back £1,799 at standard retail, for which you get all the included accessories and a 230wH battery – good for around a round and a half of golf. The 307wH max battery, which will last more than two rounds between charges, will set you back an extra £200, while the Q Follow Carbon, which has a carbon fibre frame and the max battery as standard, will ring in at £2,399. 

Naturally, then, the Q Follow sits at the very top end of the trolley market regardless of model, but what you're getting is top to bottom British engineering in every instance. Every Q Follow, along with its motors, is bespoke designed and built in Britain, with every trolley hand-assembled and finished at their Gloucestershire HQ.

The Q Follow folds up into a package 540mm h x 600mm w x 320mm d package, weighing in at just over 17kg with the battery installed. It's certainly not featherlight, but it is compact for a trolley of its kind and can be carried fairly easily with one hand.

The included remote is quite chunky but also deceptively light. It features a hook on the back, which is ideal for attaching to either the trolley handle or the back of your belt once in follow mode, and 10 buttons remote allowing you to control direction, speed, cruise control and the follow function. 

Performance

Once you're ready to play, assembling the trolley is very simple. Three hinges allow the entire trolley to fold out with ease, taking only seconds. Thanks to the thick rubber straps, positioning and securing your bag takes mere moments.

The Q Follow is, of course, not much use if the follow function itself doesn't work very well. And admittedly, getting the follow function to work on a variety of different terrains has long been the main area where follow trolleys have fallen short. The Q Follow's 8th-generation software is easily its best yet, and will navigate most types of course with relative ease.

There are a few areas where, like all remote-controlled trolleys, using the Q Follow starts to get a little bit unwieldy. Because the trolley itself lacks the ability to navigate around obstacles in front of it, walking over uneven terrain like heather or gorse is basically inviting the trolley to tip over, and. 

As such, you'll generally want to use the follow function on wider fairways and paths, or be very careful about where you're stepping if you're navigating particularly tight pathways, but this is all down to a golfer using their best judgment.

Thankfully, you can very easily switch into controlling the trolley manually via the remote, and all in all the Q Follow is very intuitive and easy to use. In its simplest remote setting, you can easily guide the trolley with the four arrows on the remote, while starting and stopping the trolley is as easy as pressing the forward arrow or the stop button. It has two stop functions, either a more gentle GlideStop or a more sudden emergency stop, which we'd recommend using if you're on a steep downslope or walking towards a hazard.

The Q Follow also has handles if you really get fed up of using it remotely, and while there are no controls on the trolley itself, the remote will slot in between the handles in to serve as an impromptu control panel for when you're pushing it. 

The downside to this, of course, is that the Q Follow needs the remote at all times to function properly, meaning you have to remember to keep it charged every time you play as there's no option to simply use it as a standard electric trolley without the remote.

Should you buy the Stewart Golf Q Follow Trolley?

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At more than £1,700, the Stewart Q Follow represents a sizeable investment, whichever way you look at it. It is, after all, more than an entirely new set of clubs in some instances. But exactly whether or not it's worth it depends on what you want to get out of your round.

Where the Q Follow shines in just how much energy it gives back to the golfer that can be focused back on your golf. You'll save a ton of energy that would have otherwise been used pushing or carrying your clubs, and that becomes very noticeable towards the end of your round when the feet and mind generally start to tire. 

As such, the Q Follow is also a fantastic option for those who have mobility issues or simply need a bit of extra help getting around the course where carts aren't available.

The follow function, of course, takes a little bit of getting used to, but it represents a real upgrade over using a standard remote control once using it becomes second nature, albeit at a premium of at least a few hundred pounds compared to a standard remote trolley.

The other thing to consider is that while the Q Follow was, for a while, the only option if you wanted a trolley with a follow function, that's slowly changing. Chinese brand NAVEE, for instance, has just released the Birdie 3X: a follow-enabled trolley that's lighter and smaller than the Stewart, has built-in controls for using without the remote, more battery life, and is £500 cheaper to boot.

Even so if you have the disposable income to spend, the Stewart Q Follow remains about as luxurious and premium a way to get your clubs around that you could ever hope to buy.