Push carts have become as much a part of golf as riding carts in many regions. As technology has grown, adding automation to them seemed like a natural progression. The MGI Zip Navigator is a feature rich cart designed to let you walk free around the course, while your cart does the heavy lifting.
The MGI Zip Navigator features a fully directional hand held remote control that gives you the option of speed control in different terrains. Need some more power going up a hill, no problem, but MGI has combined that with automatic downhill ease, which handled the ups and downs of the course with ease.
The electric cart features a gyroscope for automatic tracking on straight courses for ease of use. In our testing, it worked tremendously well in staying online no matter what type of hole we were encountering.
Powered by a 380Wh battery finishing a round was never a doubt, even on days featuring long walks and slow waits. Playing in a bit of wetness, the wheels handled it well and overall offered a great bit of flexibility during the round vs the traditional push cart. One area where we think the MGI Zip Navigator falls behind is a lack of follow feature. Where the cart automatically follows you around the course based on clip on device, which is available in some recent options we have tested.
Folding up the cart is a breeze and will fit just about anywhere. 28″x18.5×16.5 was a nice breakdown size that allowed two of them side by side in the rear of a small SUV with ease.
The MGI Zip Navigator comes in with a slew of available accessories and from what we have been told by a few others, they work tremendously well. We were not able to test most of them outside of the drink bottle holder, which holds most beverages in a snap and never had an issue with something popping out. Drink stayed stable and I guess the best thing you could ever say about this accessory is that we never really thought about it.
Coming in at a price of $1,500, it won’t be for everybody, but does fall in line with most in the space. For more information check out their website at us.mgigolf.com.
A mistake? No. Its a fine cart. Its not my favorite, but certainly nothing wrong with it and users report great findings. If you watched the live stream yesterday, the early part compared the two.
I am really glad to have a remote, but I know that there are different views on it.
Love having the remote and I can count on one hand how many times a round I have to put a hand on the cart after leaving the first tee box. Just so easy and worth the extra.
Overall it has been a great unit and the battery life on it has been spectacular.
Unfortunately they made some minor upgrades in the model since mine came out that I wish mine would have had.
These include a more adjustable section for the bag to fit properly
Currently a stand bag that I have sits too low for the top strap to fit in the right area and I need to put something in between the base of the bag on the top of the cart to have it sit at the level it should.
The other issue is that they have since upgraded the metal rods that the wheels sit on by making them thicker.
One of mine seemed to have gotten slightly bent or warped over time and I was unable to put the wheel on and off. Because they have upgraded that section there were no replacement parts which would have obligated me to buy an entirely new motor unit system which would be prohibitively expensive.
The company had no used or replacement parts for my first gen model.
Fortunately my friend managed to use a sanding tool and between slightly bending it and sanding it it now seems to work okay again but should this happen again I may have to look into getting a new model.
I would also say that the all-terrain model is probably preferable to the standard because it would be more stable. This model does seem to tip a little easier than some other motorized push carts that I have seen.
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Agree on the tipping. I’ve had the AT since February, 2021 and made a couple additions to fix two issues I have had.
1.) I added a 5lb diver weight to the underside of the frame where the bag sits to stabilize the cart and it has all but eliminated the tipping.
2.) My stand bag (2 different ones) tend to shift in place from side to side so I added a couple small stoppers to the top base/strap.
Other than those two items, I have enjoyed this cart and would purchase it again. I have over a little over 230 miles on it.
I did the same. Wonder why the designers didn’t think of it.
It’s half the price of a Stewart golf follow cart. For that amount it’s a lot of extra rounds of golf.
In fact, I can’t even fathom the benefit.
DEpends, Wide open fairway, i let her run at a decent walking pace. She might be 10 yards in front of me, but if there is a bridge or spillway, i have a hand on it at all times. I park it to the right of the ball mostly, unless it casts a shadow over the ball then i adjust
This is me. I am going into my fourth year with mine and I honestly see no benefit in a cart that follows you. I would constantly be looking behind me to make sure it was there. I would much prefer to have it in front of me. The remote and the cart in front of me are perfect.
I let it run out ahead of me 15 yards or so most times. If the ball is off in the rough I leave it parked on the edge.
I have gotten 45 holes and 54 holes after forgetting to recharge my battery. I usually charge every two rounds regardless of the battery indicator. The cart is a real PIA to push if you run out of battery, both times the battery died, I was lucky that I was close to the clubhouse.
Storms flooded the bag shop and my bag was under their care and charging at the time and everything was submerged and sorted out as were charging at the time.
Wasn’t only one.
Thankfully the club insurance covering it and got the AT model to replace it.
Can’t wait to play my first round on it.
I tried some non remote loaner ones and can’t tell you how much I missed the hill speed control the gyro and of course the remote.
The unit I borrowed would go flying downhill and choke uphills and kept going off line and actually hurt my back pushing it back online since the front wheel was fixed.
Agree with others no need or desire for a follow unit. Address cost and with unit behind it would be easy to have it end up in a hole or bunker etc as I can’t see exactly where it is tracking. Also the remote on the Stewart model is huge.
Prefer a small one.
I agree with this, I have a follow cart at the moment as well but I rarely use the feature, next cart for me will just be remote