Author: Sean Ogle

As the Founder of Breaking Eighty Sean has spent the last 10+ years reviewing the best golf products and golf courses in the world. He prides himself on only writing about products and courses he's experienced first hand, and helping others find exactly what they need to enhance their enjoyment of the game we all love so much.

Well, it’s official: the holidays are upon us. And you know what that means: we’re going to see the best sales and lowest prices of the year on all of the products you’ve been holding off on buying! As has been the trend, Black Friday has basically morphed into Black November, and we’re already seeing a bunch of brands go live with their best sales of the year. I’ll be updating this post daily as sales come and go over the month of November and into December. This will be broken up into 3 sections: Featured Sales: These are the…

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I’ve called the Stitch SL2 one of the best looking bags in golf for years. It’s clean, simple, and has a look that stands out without needing a bunch of oversized logos to do it. But if you’ve been waiting for a version with a little more personality? This one might be worth a look. Stitch has teamed up with Mossy Oak on a limited-edition SL2 featuring the brand’s Original Bottomland camouflage. It launched this week with a retail price of $398. A Different Look for the Stitch SL2 The collaboration takes Stitch’s best-selling SL2 and adds Mossy Oak’s Original Bottomland…

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For three years, the Rapsodo MLM2PRO followed a pretty unusual formula. It kept getting better- yet it never got more expensive. Measured club path and angle of attack were added as free updates. GSPro integration was added for free. Better courses, new practice modes… All of it rolled out through firmware and software, on hardware Rapsodo had already sold you. It’s a big part of why I’ve called the MLM2PRO the best launch monitor under $1,000 for a while now. But there’s only so far you can push the same hardware. And now Rapsodo has done what it hadn’t done…

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When the FlightScope Mevo Gen 2 first came out, there were a lot of questions. How did it compare to the Mevo Plus? Was it worth saving money if you couldn’t get all of the most advanced club data? And where exactly did this thing fit in FlightScope’s lineup? Well, the dust has settled, and we’ve got a much clearer picture now. The Mevo Plus is officially discontinued. FlightScope isn’t making them anymore, and once remaining inventory sells through, it’s gone for good. And as of late 2025, the Gen 2 now supports both the Pro Package and Face Impact…

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You’ve been comparing these two for a while now, haven’t you? I’ve used Eight Sleep for four years. I’ve now tested the Chilipad 2.0 for the past month, and I have some thoughts that surprised even me. Both are water-based. Both use a mattress cover or pad with tiny tubes circulating temperature-controlled water. Both will make your bed legitimately cold (or warm). And both cost more money than almost any reasonable person wants to spend on a mattress accessory. But, honestly? They’re both totally worth it. The question is figuring out which one is right for you: Eight Sleep or…

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When I reviewed the Approach S70, I called it the best GPS golf watch ever made. Three years later, Garmin has topped it. And in a big way. I’ll come right out and say it. The Garmin Approach S72 is the best golf watch I’ve ever reviewed. After three rounds with it, I don’t think anything else on the market is in the same conversation. I honestly didn’t see it coming. I woke up on a Tuesday morning to a press release announcing the S72, and I had no idea it was on the way. Garmin has been on a…

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When I first purchased an Ooler sleep system about six years ago, I was blown away. It was far from perfect, but being able to heat—and more importantly, cool—my bed was one of the biggest quality of life upgrades of any product I’d ever bought. I just wished it got colder. And that it wasn’t so loud. And that I didn’t have to be within Bluetooth range to turn it on. A few years later, I got an Eight Sleep Pod 3, which addressed pretty much every complaint I had. It also added a better app, sleep tracking, and automatic…

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Most of the golf balls you see on TV were built for guys who swing it 115 mph. And most of us… well, we can’t do anything close to that. (Although, you should check out the Stack System if you want to try). That’s actually a big problem in golf. The equipment we see all the time when we follow the game we love, including the golf balls we see, just aren’t appropriate for our own games. But too many people continue to use the wrong equipment anyway. And it’s costing them. Especially if the issue, like it is for…

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There are two things I know about almost every single golfer who is relatively new to the game: 1) They lose a lot of golf balls. 2) Even when they don’t lose them, they don’t really notice or care about the so-called performance enhancements a premium golf ball is advertised to provide. What a new golfer most likely cares about is some economy. Golf is an expensive sport, and it’s only getting worse. Not to mention, it’s hard as hell. Put those things together and new golfers are oftentimes paying a lot simply to also suffer a lot. If that’s you, why…

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There’s a difference between buying a golf simulator to play virtual rounds with your friends and buying one because you really want to work on your game. The Uneekor Swing Optix camera system is very clearly aimed at the second person. Pair it with an Eye Mini Lite, and you’re getting an accurate indoor launch monitor, club data, and synchronized views of your swing from two different angles. Add AI Trainer, and the idea is to help you connect what your body is doing to the shots you’re hitting. For less than $4,000 in launch monitor and camera hardware, that’s…

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