The ifrothgolf review
Golf balls that light up so you can play after dark, either LED balls that flash on impact and run off an internal battery, or glow balls you charge up with a UV torch. Pure fun-round kit, not serious gamers.
What's great
For mucking about after sunset they genuinely deliver, and the main job (not losing your ball in the dark) is nailed. The LED ones flash on for roughly 8 to 10 minutes per strike with no torch needed, and decent ones run 40 to 70 hours total, so a pack lasts ages. The UV charge-up type are brighter and fly much closer to a normal ball, and a 15-minute charge gets you going. Brilliant laugh for a summer evening, wedge shots and putting in the garden, or roping the kids and the mates in.
Worth knowing
Don't expect proper golf. The LED balls feel like tapping a stone, putting is grim, and distance and feel are well off a real ball. Owners regularly report duds straight out the box that never light, balls that quit lighting after a few ground bounces, and on the impact-activated ones the timer doesn't reset when you hit it again, so it can die mid-hole. The surface scuffs and marks easily too. UV balls dim within about 20 minutes and need re-charging between most shots, which gets old fast.
The verdict
A proper novelty I rate for what it is: a cheap, daft night-golf laugh with your mates, not a ball you'd ever put in play in daylight. Buy a pack expecting a couple of duds, keep spares in your pocket, and don't overthink it.
