48 holes on a single charge...

29 June 2006

Hi Mark,

My X1R (no 747) and I trundled off the first tee of Frilford Heath's red course at 6.00 am yesterday to start a 54 hole challenge. 13 hours later the X1-R finally ran out of steam after 18 on the red, 18 on the blue (both 7,000 yards) and 12 holes of the green. I then put it in freewheel mode and we coasted the rest. Superb!

Yes it was all with one battery and from a single charge - no topping up during the day. And it ran under its own steam throughout - no help from me, or anything like that. The only potential battery-saving practice I employed was to keep use of the left/right buttons to a minimum. Otherwise I used it as normal. I had full waterproofs, umbrella, three bottles of water and plenty of balls on board so wasn't travelling light either!

Since acquiring her at Christmas (I came down to swap the manual version, you might recall) my handicap has come down from 18 to 14 and she is very much a talking point at the club.

Kind regards

Robin