No not about the Meaning of Life, is there any point in Mah Jong or where to find semolina in Sainsburys – but what more information would you like us to give you when you’re deciding whether to buy?
What could we add to the website to make it more useful?
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to find out everything that’s important to you, as fast and simply as we can. So we’re asking for experts to help us … you!
Yes, we do make a seat. Details are on our accessories page. Click here to have a look.
Any more news on the distance function – such as timescale, any sort of cost indication, and will it be retrofittable?
Hi Chris,
No plans for this for the moment still – we’re still huge supporters of the ‘keep it simple’ principle.
How much is a spare battery & the carry bag please ?
I am thinking of purchasing your trolley after seeing my neighbours & how light it is , he always moans about my Hill Billy being heavy.
John,
The spare battery is £41, and the carry bag is £19. Post and packing would be £4. Please let us know if you’d like more information.
Have had my GoKart for a month – I love it. Mainly playing 9 holes after work at the moment. I re-charge my battery after every round, but wondered if it does any harm to keep re-charging after only 9 holes.
Hi Mary,
Glad you’re enjoy using the GK! You’re doing exactly the right thing by re-charging after every use. What batteries hate more than anything else in the world (even more than witnessing their owners four putt) is being left in a state of partial charge for longer than necessary. The moral of the story; always charge sharpish even after just a bit of use.
Drive unit; are the gears in the gear box and intergrated diff. plastic or metal?
Robert,
A combination of mouldings and stainless steel, specified according to suitability.
Hi
I’m hoping to buy a GoKart soon. I was wondering if anyone knows if it fits into the front or rear boot of a Porsche Boxster. My current cart I have to remove once of the wheels to get it into the boot, and its becoming a pain.
Yep, it’ll fit in the back boot with the wheels removed, and in the front boot with both wheels in place.
Is battery life longer if the battery is run down fully after use, to keep its memory, and then fully recharged
Hi Robert.
No, that doesn’t apply to this sort of battery. The (now rather obsolete) Nicad technology liked that sort of treatment though.
I like the gokart and thinking of getting one – what’s cost if I use my current battery and don’t buy the battery and charger you have for the gokart?
Hi Mike,
Trolley only without battery and charger is £187 plus £15 carriage. Let us know if you want to check whether it’ll fit.
Hi, Is your powerful motor as whisper quiet as other highly acclaimed karts.
The motor does make a slight mechanical noise but it’s not in any way obtrusive, and customers don’t complain about it.
At present I have a powercaddy trolley which has a seat which can be attached and which I find invaluable when play is slow. Do you have a GoKart trolley with optional seat?
Patricia,
Yes, we have a seat for the GoKart – if you take a look at the accessory page http://www.gokart.co.uk/the-go-kart/accessories/
you’ll see some photos. It costs £19 plus postage.
Not that I’m extremely over weight or anything!! But with regards the seat , would it take 14.5 stone (obviously of pure muscle)?
Gary,
Yes, your gluteus minimus (bum, to you and me) would be fine on a GoKart seat. It can cope with a bit more than that so go off and get some pies.
What is a battery fitting kit? Must it be purchased separately, or is it included in the £219 price of the trolley?
A battery fitting kit is only necessary if you want to use a battery you already have on the GoKart. Lots of batteries will fit; let us know if you have a stack nestling in the corner of your garage and we’ll say whether they’re compatible. The ‘fitting kit’ is the cover that the bare battery sits in to clip it onto the GoKart.
If you’re thinking of buying the set – GoKart, battery (in cover) and charger – you won’t need a battery fitting kit.
Any plans for a lithium battery trolley?
Lithium batteries. Hmmmm. They’re nice but very expensive. Effectively it would double the price of the trolley. The way it stands now we actively use the battery as part of the frame, locking it and adding stability. And with the carrying handle it’s easy to grab, not heavy to lift and generally pretty easy. Would an extra couple of hundred pounds be worth it?
Hi there
I purchased a golf kart last year and it is brilliant. I have emigrated to Australia what are the possibilities of getting a spare battery or can you at least send me the specs such that I can try to get one here.
Hi Kari – yep, we’ll email you the specifications so that you can shop for it locally. You’ll just change the cover over, which is simple.
Hi There
I love the trolley, the seat is a godsend and the trolley bag is great for the car, but still havn’t seen the umbrella attachment available yet. When can i buy it?.
One more thing, I noticed you now sell the golfbag. I would love to see more detailed pics of the bag before I buy it.
cheers
does the cart come complete with bag or do you have purchase it separately
Thanks
Hi Gary,
The GoKart bag isn’t included in the price of the set – the transit bag is £19 (no postage charge if you order it at the same time as the trolley), and the golf bag is £69 plus £4 p&p.
Just to let you know my golf has improved and I’m sure the new GoKart trolley helped me achieve a more relaxed and a better focus on the game – psychology does work!
I’m still handing out the batch of postcards you sent me and members at my club continue to be impressed. At the moment I’m quite enjoying being the only one at my club with a GoKart trolley. However, I’m sure there will be others joining soon.
All I need now is one of your bags – I’m working on it and hopefully I’ll be able to make some headway soon.
Just one thing you can help me with. I’ve been anxiously waiting to see If I might have been lucky with the Easter draw you advertised when I bought my trolley. Any news yet?
Cheers,
Larry
Sorry Larry, hate to be the bringer of bad news, but you didn’t win. We’ve informed the lucky lad and will announce the result once we have permission to post his details on the site.
If I have a 36 hole battery with only one charger, and your fully charged battery is good off charge for some weeks, could I say play 18 holes and leave the battery off charge and then play a further 18 holes a week or so later without problem?
The reason for this question is that an engineering friend of mine who ran a battery manufacturing business some years ago said that a battery life is generally reckoned on the number of cycles it does and if
you only charge a 36 hole battery every 36 holes played, it will last twice as long as charging after every 118 holes
Don,
You are right in that the battery doesn’t self discharge very quickly, but it’s bad to store a battery for any longer than necessary when it’s not fully charged. So we definitely don’t recommend using a 36 battery in the way you describe.
Regarding your second comment, it is true that the service life of a lead/acid battery is related to the number of charge/discharge cycles, but it’s not the only factor, and the damage caused by storing it partially charged would easily offset any benefit by lowering the number of re-charges.
Are there any plans for tyred wheels? The current ones are great in the main, but our course has lots of rocky paths, and the hard wheels are a bit unforgiving, and I’m afraid something is going to give in the main chassis…
do you make a score card holder
Hi Steve,
The scorecard cover is an integral part of the handle, you don’t have to buy it as an accessory, it’s already there!
Is the length of the handle adjustable?
I normally play one round a week but 5-6 times a year I have a ‘golf day’ where I play 36 holes. Does that mean I need a 36 hole battery? Also does the cover come with the trolley or is it a additional purchase?
Do you have the new treaded wheels? They do have a bit more ‘give’. But the trolley will put up with all the paths on your course, whichever wheels it’s wearing.
Hi Desna,
No the handle isn’t adjustable but we find it really does suit pretty much everybody. Try the GoKart out and if it’s not completely comfortable then just let us know and we’ll collect and refund.
i have a golf partner who thinks it’s very funny to send a friends electric trundling off on its own, while they tee off. it is quite funny when its someone else, but i was wondering if you have any way off either isolating the power, or have any plans to go remote controled?
are you folded sizes for the GoKart in inches or cm’s?
Hi Neil,
Sorry no plans to change the way the on/off works at the moment or take the remote control route. Just hide his putter the next time he does it.
Ann,
If you look at this page on the website http://www.gokart.co.uk/the-go-kart/veni-vidi-vici/ you’ll see diagrams of the trolley folded and unfolded with all the measurements in mm. In inches the folded trolley is pretty much 12″ deep, 24″ wide and 24″ long.
Hi Amrjit – if you play 36 that much you’d do better with the 36 hole battery (or 2 18 hole batteries and use them in rotation). The transit bag isn’t included in the set, it’s an extra £19.
Does the new SEAT for the trolley have to be removed before folding
if so how long to fit.
My trolley is now 2 years old(still very pleased with it), and it is time to replace a tired battery, do you supply replacement batteries without the fitting tray? If so what prices please?.
Cheers
Tom
Hi Tom,
You’d lift the seat out of its bracket for storage (takes a second) – the bracket stays permanently on the trolley.
We supply new batteries complete with a case. There may be occasions when your old battery might come in handy, maybe for the odd nine holes, and you wouldn’t want to be faffing around switching the covers over. The complete unit is still a very reasonable £41 plus £4 p&p
My course is quite hilly. In fact the first hole is quite steep. (upwards)
The figures you publish appear to be the same as other manufacturers. IE for level courses?
My question therefore is: How long will the battery last on a hilly course?
I have been told that a 24ah battery won’t last 18 holes on a hilly course and that I would need a 33ah battery minimum.
My course is Maywood in Risley, Derbyshire
Best regards
Gerry Bird
Gerry, we’ve not had the pleasure of playing Maywood, but you can be sure that the GoKart would eat it for breakfast, and then be jumping up and down asking for more.
We’ve tested the trolley on the meanest, hilliest courses we could find and it can cope with everything we throw at it. If you and I can get up a hill (without pitons and ropes) then a GoKart will. Easily.
We have to disagree with the 33Ah battery information. Our batteries are either 18Ah (18 hole) or 24Ah (36 hole) and they’re ample.
Although we have a big beefy 230W motor, the way the gearing works in the GoKart is very efficient, with the result it’s not heavy on power use. All in all a neat system. Proof is when you take it out yourself, we think you’ll be impressed.