SkyTrak was the name that launched a thousand garages.
Before the Square Omni, before the Garmin R10, before the GC3 and the BLP and the Eye Mini — there was SkyTrak. A white box with a camera in it that sat next to your ball and showed you where your ball went on a screen. Revolutionary at the time. Affordable at the time. The first launch monitor that made home sim golf feel like something a normal person could actually do.
It was 2018. The company was SkyGolf. They made handheld GPS units and the SkyCaddie. They were a golf tech company that decided to build a launch monitor. And they got it mostly right the first time.
That first SkyTrak unit (the one with the blue ring, the one that needed the protective case, the one that had a shot delay that made you want to throw your phone at the wall) sold thousands of units. It was the gateway drug for an entire generation of home sim builders. Guys who’d never heard of a launch monitor suddenly knew what “ST” meant. They knew the pain of misreads and the joy of watching a perfect drive land on a virtual fairway.
The SkyTrak was not perfect. But it was ours.
And then, quietly, the brand just… disappeared.
The Timeline
As best as I can piece it together:
2022: SkyGolf gets acquired. The details are murky — private equity, asset transfers, the usual corporate shell game that happens when a mid-size golf tech company changes hands.
2023: The SkyTrak+ launches. It’s a real upgrade — better camera, faster processing, no more shot delay that makes you want to throw things. It’s good. Really good. The community embraces it.
2024-2025: Something shifts. The skytrak.com website goes through a series of redesigns. Support response times get longer. The original SkyTrak (the 2018 model) quietly reaches end-of-life. Owners start asking “what’s happening to SkyTrak?”
2026: skytrak.com starts redirecting to www.skytrak.com. Which is now a construction equipment company named MJ Equipment. Selling telehandlers. The “SkyTrak” on their site is a brand of forklift — not a launch monitor.
The product page for the SkyTrak+ at /product/skytrak-plus? 404. Gone. The official software support page? Gone. The forum where owners shared settings and tips? Empty.
The brand that launched a thousand sims doesn’t even own its own domain anymore.
The Good News
The part that actually matters if you’re thinking about buying a SkyTrak+ today:
The product is not dead. It’s on sale.
PlayBetter — the biggest SkyTrak retailer in the US — has the SkyTrak+ listed at $1,495 right now. Down from $2,495. All variants show available: true. The standard unit, the game improvement package, the PlayBetter exclusive bundles — all in stock, all shipping, all supported.
I checked their Shopify backend directly. Every single SKU comes back as available: true.
The SkyTrak+ is also fully compatible with GSPro (via the OpenSkyPlus2 community connector), E6 Connect, and TGC 2019. The software ecosystem is mature and active. When I look at the GSPro community forums, the SkyTrak+ connector threads are among the most active — people are using these things every day.
The original SkyTrak (2018 model) is end-of-life. That’s true. It’s been end-of-life for a while now. The first-gen unit with the 2-second shot delay and the blue ring — that one’s done. But the SkyTrak+ is a fundamentally different product. Faster processor, better camera, lower latency. It’s not a refresh. It’s a replacement.
What This Means For Buyers
The brand story matters for one reason: trust. When you buy a launch monitor from a company whose website now sells construction equipment, you want to know what happens if something breaks.
The honest answer: PlayBetter handles it. They’re the authorized retailer and service center. Warranty claims go through them. Support questions go through them. The SkyTrak+ has been sold through PlayBetter for years — the brand’s website was never the primary sales channel anyway.
The software updates? Still happening. The SkyTrak+ firmware was last updated this year. The mobile app is still in active development. Just because the brand’s website sells forklifts doesn’t mean the product is abandoned.
The Lesson
There’s a bigger story here that every home sim buyer should hear.
Pioneers are vulnerable. SkyTrak was first to the affordable launch monitor market in 2018. First-mover advantage is real — but so is first-mover risk. Small companies get acquired. Domains get lost. Brand identities get absorbed into corporate structures that don’t care about golf.
Does that mean you shouldn’t buy a SkyTrak+? Absolutely not. At $1,495, the SkyTrak+ is the best value in mid-range camera-based launch monitors. The SkyTrak+ vs Square Omni comparison shows where it stands against the competition. The tracking is proven. The software ecosystem is deep. The community connector for GSPro is mature and actively maintained.
But it means you should know what you’re buying and who you’re buying it from.
SkyTrak the brand is a ghost. SkyTrak+ the product is alive and well. Buy the product. Don’t worry about the brand.
And buy it from PlayBetter. Because they’re the ones who actually answer the phone.
The short version: skytrak.com redirects to a construction equipment company. The SkyTrak+ is discontinued (clearance at $1,995, CPO at $1,495). The SkyTrak ST MAX at $2,995 is the current flagship. Buy the product. Ignore the ghost story.
Next step: Read our full SkyTrak+ review for the complete breakdown. Or check out the SkyTrak+ comparison with the Square Omni — now $104 cheaper, which changes things.