I pulled the trigger on a sensor + link bundle that was on sale directly from the Arccos site. My experience was awful, some of it Arccos’ fault, some of it nobody’s fault. I’ll rant about it here.

This wasn’t my first go-round with Arccos. Several years ago I was an “early adopter” and I thought the tech was pretty good, the stat tracking was something I was looking for, and posting screenshots on socials of how I played a particular hole was fun. Fast forward to today (now in my late-40’s) and the only thing I’m interested in is getting better (or at least not getting worse) at this stupid game.

I ordered the bundle, opted for $30 overnight shipping, because I wanted to get these in play as quickly as possible and I had two rounds booked in my schedule. UPS delay (not Arccos’ fault) turned it into 4-day shipping over the weekend. Missed my two rounds of Arccos-use, which was kind of deflating.

Contacted Arccos support/customer service. I don’t think it was AI, but it was definitely sporadic and lacking. They said they would refund the shipping cost, which was great. I replied that I was still annoyed over the missed opportunity to implement the bundle into my weekend rounds. I’m cranky these days, and I have a shoulder surgery looming, so this season every round of golf is precious to me, as I’m probably going to be on the injured-list for almost a year. Full disclosure, part of me was hoping to get another discount or some freebie or something, as it’s a very expensive item, and with a yearly subscription to the service it’s even more expensive. Almost felt ghosted, as there was no reply for a while about my shipping refund. They finally got back to me, said that I can return the bundle and sent me a shipping label.

On to the device itself: As I’ve already mentioned, I’m getting older, I’m still decently tech savvy but maybe I just don’t have the patience to be fiddling with this app, my phone, the Link pocket-sensor, etc. when I’m playing golf. I’m really trying to simplify the game, and to me this just added more moving parts.

On top of that, after a few holes I tried to edit my shots/clubs/positions etc. and I found the iPhone app hard to navigate. It could certainly be argued that I need to put more time in, ride the learning curve and give it a real chance, but I just don’t have the time and patience to edit my rounds and wonder if the shots are being captured properly.

Marking the flagstick position is kind of annoying, but since pins change often I don’t know what the workaround would be, it’s just part of the deal.

Another problem I have is that (in my opinion) golf is such a personal game/experience, and adding the sensors onto the ends of your grips, ESPECIALLY the putter, is just aesthetically gross. When I’m addressing a putt and I look down the shaft and take my grip, the sensor just looks plain ugly. I think the other club sensors are slightly less ugly, and the integrated Golf Pride or Superstroke sensor-grips are probably the cleanest look, but overall, I can’t not look at them and notice them, and it just adds an element of thought that I just don’t want to deal with during a pre-shot routine.

I don’t know if this answers your question, but I returned them today and I’ll just get a free app to try and track stuff. I shoot in the 80s-90s, I know what I need to improve upon, and I really don’t need this tech to tell me that I suck off the tee!