There quite simply isn’t a more well respected brand when it comes to spikeless golf shoes than Ecco. They basically invented the category. Over the last 5 years, they’ve continually pumped out my favorite golf shoes. First, it was the Hybrids 2s. Then the Hybrid 3s became my new favorite. Currently? I’ve continued to rave about how the Ecco Biom C4 is the best golf shoe I’ve ever owned. They’re incredible. But every pair of the half dozen or so Ecco shoes I’ve reviewed? They’ve all been spikeless models. Ecco’s G series of spiked shoes have been around for years, but I’ve never tried…
Author: Sean Ogle
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.
Updated July 2023 to reflect current pricing. Use Code BE20 to get 20% off anything at Stitch Golf A golf bag is a very personal thing. Over the last few years, there have been a number of boutique brands becoming popular for their minimalist boutique bags – Mackenzie and FlagBag come to mind. But there’s one brand I consistently hear more golfers get excited for than any other: Stitch. Stitch Golf creates a high-end luxury golf bag, that is the one I most often hear golfers lusting after when it comes time to select a new quiver. I’ve seen them…
I have over 30 golf rangefinders sitting in my office, and can you guess which one has gotten the most use over the past 12 months? Nope, it’s not from Bushnell, Precision Pro, or Blue Tees – although they all make fantastic devices. The rangefinder that I’ve used the most this past year is the Cobalt Q-6 Slope. Cobalt is a direct-to-consumer brand that makes some of the most accurate rangefinders in golf. It’s a tricky market to be in. The Q-6 retails for $449, and with the limited marketing budget of a small direct-to-consumer brand, it’s a difficult sell…
Updated July 2023 to include comparisons to the new Swing Caddie SC4 This year there’s been a ton of hype about a bunch of different launch monitors. The Garmin R10… The Bushnell Launch Pro… The FlightScope Mevo Plus… These are the devices that are in highest demand and that I get asked about repeatedly on this site. But you know what the most underrated golf launch monitor of the year may be? The Swing Caddie SC300i. For under (barely) $500, the SC300i provides one of the most streamlined and user-friendly experiences out there. It doesn’t have some of the features…
Update July 2023: The Ooler Sleep System is no longer offered for sale by Sleepme. I’d recommend reading our Eight Sleep Pod 3 review for the best alternative to the Ooler system. For years now I’ve been on the fringe of some of the biohacking communities out there. I’ve had some friends that have gone deep down the rabbit hole into things like red-light therapy, infared saunas, nootropics, and much more. I haven’t done that much with those things, but there’s one recommendation I’ve continually seen come up that has intrigued me: The ChiliPad Sleep System. (Now also known as the Cube Sleep System). You…
Updated in June 2023 to give a 1 year performance update mention the new Cobalt Q-4 Slope. There have been so many new rangefinders coming out these days, it’s hard to keep up with them all. And with Bushnell being a little bit slow to come out with any new devices, much of the hype has come from some of the eager upstarts in the budget to mid-tier price range like Precision Pro and Blue Tees. But there are a handful of companies on the higher end of the market that have been making rangefinders for years, that you probably aren’t hearing…
As I’ve become more familiar with the golf tech world over the years, there’s one product I never quite understood: the Garmin Approach G80. I’ve always thought it was just a hand-held GPS – an expensive one at that, considering it costs $500. With all of the smartphone apps out there that can essentially do the same thing, I just didn’t quite understand why this product was so expensive. And then I found out. It’s because the Approach G80 is far more than just a golf GPS. It’s a launch monitor. It’s a simulator (kind of). And it may just be the…
Over the last few years, we’ve seen a bunch of excellent, affordable golf simulators and launch monitors being released for consumers. Whereas accurate data used to cost tens of thousands of dollars, now with devices like the FlightScope Mevo Plus, Bushnell Launch Pro, and even the sub-$1k Rapsodo MLM2Pro – you can get a world-class practice and simulator experience from the comfort of your own home. All of those brands have had a lot of hype around the release of their devices. But for those paying attention, none are quite as exciting as today’s announcement: the release of the Golfzon Wave.…
My journey to Fishers Island happened in a very unexpected way. I was in New York City (you know, back when I used to travel), and saw that I had a friend from out of town who was also in the area on a golf trip. I shot him a note saying something like “Hey, you’re in NY too?! Any chance you have time to get a round in?” “Our schedule is pretty tight, but you know, we may actually have a spot for a forth on Wednesday. Let me check.” “Can you make it to the New London ferry…
About 3 years ago Bushnell created an entirely new product category with their golf Bluetooth speaker, the Wingman. We’ve now seen competing speakers from the likes of Precision Pro, Blue Tees, TecTecTec and more. The original Bushnell Wingman is a solid speaker. It sounds decent, and the integrated magnet works well. But there are some issues with bluetooth connectivity distance and a quirky app experience. Update July 2024: Bluetooth released the Wingman 2, which fixes many of the issues with the original. Well, they’ve spent the last 3 years learning from that first product and have now released not just one new…