I Tried It: This GPS speaker is perfect for your next buddies trip

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It took me all of five seconds to say yes when the possibility of a golf trip with my college roommates came up. A couple days in Arizona playing golf with my best friends? Sign me up.

But as anyone who’s been on a buddies trip knows, golf on these boondoggles is a little different than your typical weekend game. The drinks are flowing, the tunes are blasting and what you shoot doesn’t really matter. It’s all about having a good time and spending time with your friends. I call it vacation golf.

One of the most crucial aspects of vacation golf is having a proper speaker for the cart. That’s why when I was packing for this trip, I knew I had to bring my Bushnell Wingman View.

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You see, the Wingman View isn’t just any portable speaker. No, this speaker is built by golfers, for golfers, and it’s the perfect accessory to bring along when you’re playing vacation golf. Just mount it to the cart using the magnets on the side of the speaker and blast your favorite tunes all round long.

Not only does this speaker provide great sound quality, it also gives you intel on the course you’re playing. Thanks to its pairing capability with the Bushnell Golf app, you can get accurate yardages to the front, middle and back of each green on every hole. Best of all, these yardages appear right on the screen on the front of the speaker.

This yardage feature is perfect for when you’re playing a course that doesn’t have GPS built in on the carts or if you don’t want to bring the rangefinder out of the bag. Plus, with the detachable magnetic remote, you can control the volume or get accurate yardages even when you’re away from the cart.

The speaker boasts a 10-hour battery life, so there’s no need to charge it up after every round. Better yet, the Wingman View has a built-in USB port so you can charge your phone on the course if it’s ever running low on juice.

After using the Wingman View for three rounds on my latest buddies trip, I can safely say that the device will be a fixture on all trips to come. Check it out below to get your own.

Bushnell Wingman View GPS Golf Speaker

The Wingman View allows you to listen to your favorite tunes and get both audible and visual distances around the course. It features high quality audio combined with a viewable LCD screen that provides distance and music information. EASY-TO-READ LCD SCREEN The Wingman View features the same outstanding sound quality you’ve come to expect from Bushnell Golf, with a new LCD screen that provides visual distance and music information. HIT THE BUTTON FOR AUDIBLE FRONT, CENTER, BACK OF GREEN CALL-OUTS Get audible distance readings, from 36,000+ courses worldwide, through the Wingman View by simply pressing the remote button. AUDIBLE 1ST TEE INTRODUCTIONS & CUSTOM SOUND BITES Get these by simply clicking the Bushnell button on the remote. VIEW HAZARD DISTANCES Get up to 6 audible and viewable hazard distances per hole on the Wingman View with the LCD screen. INTEGRATED BITE MAGNETIC CART MOUNT Wingman View features Bushnell’s franchise feature BITE magnetic mount that allows you to easily attach the Wingman View right on the cart bar. REMOVEABLE BITE REMOTE The redesigned Wingman View remote allows you to get GPS distances, adjust volume, change songs, play sound bites and 1st tee introductions. NEW BUSHNELL GOLF APP The Bushnell Golf app provides additional product benefits, information and data to further help improve your game, as well as access to easily be able to update your GPS device (for 2021 GPS products and beyond). POWER FOR 36 HOLES The rechargeable battery of the Wingman View is long lasting and provides up to 10 hrs (2 rounds of golf typically) on a charge. HEIGHT: 7.3″ WIDTH: 3.2″ DEPTH: 3.1″ WEIGHT: 23.0oz WATER RESISTANT: YES, IPX6 POWER SOURCE: Rechargeable Lithium Ion BLUETOOTH: Yes

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