The ifrothgolf review
A premium remote-controlled electric trolley, designed and hand-built in the UK by Stewart Golf. You drive it from a handset up to 100m away, or let it follow three programmable cruise speeds while you walk alongside. The headline trick is Active Terrain Control: a CORTEX chip samples the ground a thousand times a second and feeds power to two EcoDrive motors so the trolley holds a steady line and pace across cambers and climbs instead of running away downhill or stalling up a bank.
What's great
On hilly, off-camber courses it is genuinely in a class of its own. ATC keeps it tracking straight where cheaper remote trolleys wander or pick up speed downhill, so you spend less time correcting and more time walking. The LiFePO4 battery is the smart bit: 2,000-plus charge cycles means it should outlast several normal lithium packs, and the smartphone app and regenerative charging are a proper modern touch. It folds in about six seconds, has a built-in carry handle for the boot, and the build quality and finish feel like what you are paying for. Two-year warranty and UK servicing back it up.
Worth knowing
It is seriously expensive. The base black model is around 1,400 and the coloured and premium finishes climb past 1,700, which is multiples of a capable Motocaddy or PowaKaddy remote that most golfers would be perfectly happy with. It is also heavy: 14.1kg for the trolley plus another 2.5-3kg for the battery, so lifting it in and out of a high boot is a real two-hands job despite the carry handle. The remote-trolley etiquette can also wind up playing partners, and the value only really makes sense if your course is hilly and you keep gear for the long haul.
The verdict
If you walk a hilly course and want the best remote trolley made, this is it, and the long-life battery softens the eye-watering price over years of use. Flatter-course golfers can get 90 percent of the experience for a third of the money elsewhere, so buy it for the terrain and the build, not the badge.
