3-wheel or 4-wheel cart - Pros & cons

[ScubaSteve]

Looking to upgrade my older 3 wheel cart to something newer. As I only walk about 25% of my rounds, I'm leaning towards one of the the Costco Caddytek ones just because of lower cost, but not sure yet.

From reading various reviews I see the high level pros/cons of a 3 wheel being:

Pros

rolls easiermaneuvers easierCons

not as stable on uneven groundPros/cons of 4 wheel:

Pros

more stableCons

rolls a bit harder especially in the roughAnyhow just looking on some thoughts/experience between 3 wheel carts and 4 wheel carts. For those of you who have had both, which type did you like the best and why? Any other thoughts/pros/cons that might help me make up my mind. Thanks in advance!

 

[596]

If its a 3 wheel cart, the ones that have a rotating front wheel are better then ones that don't. The rotating front wheel allows the cart to turn much easier. My wife's cart has one that rotates but also has a small lever on the handle that locks and unlocks the rotation. Its a great little feature.

I'd imagine , don't know for a fact, but the 3 wheel carts probably fold up smaller then a 4 wheel cart?

[greenwavegolfer]

I've had the 4-wheel Caddytek from Costco for 4+ years now and no regrets. I like the stability of the 4-wheel (I can let it roll down a hill in front of me without worrying it will tip over). I'm also lazy and never use the brake so it's nice being able to angle it on a hill and know it won't tip or roll and that's something you can't do with a 3-wheel cart with the rotating front wheel. But honestly it's not a huge difference either way. But either way Costco doesn't have anything in stock right now with everyone scooping them up because riding isn't allowed a lot of places.