ProActive Sports Green Go Pocket Ball Washer

A friend of mine has a Balzee pocket ball washer and I was planning on buying one until I saw this similar product for about the same price that seemed to be more self-contained than the Balzee, which basically opens completely and then folds in half when done.The Go Pocket ball washer is a small pouch made from neoprene, like a can cooler. It is lined with a non-removable microfiber towel pouch that is sewed to the neoprene outer cover around the opening, but the other, closed end is not attached, so one can pull the towel pouch inside out and pull it out (but not remove it) from the neoprene cover for wetting or for washing the dirt out of it.This ball washer is small enough to fit completely unobtrusively in my shorts pocket but is easy to grab when one is on the green. Insert the ball, squeeze and rub the ball inside the washer, and in only about 10 to 15 seconds, you will have a clean ball that is as clean as any you have run through a golf course stand ball washer next to the tee box. I was surprised that it worked so effectively the first time I tried it - I went out to my garage, rummaged in the bottom of my golf bag for an old ball I had found on the course, came up with one that had mud and dirt caked on at least one to three years old, yet it came out completely clean. I used it at least a dozen times in my round yesterday and it stayed wet the whole day and performed flawlessly.I believe that reviews here on Amazon should be objective - they should discuss both the pros and the cons of every product. I'm actually having a tough time coming up with any negatives for this ball washer. About the only one I can think of (and this is a guess since I've just used my Go Pocket only once) is that it has only a moderately durable construction and seems like it would wear out after a few seasons - I'm guessing that for my use (I play about 20 round season) it will maybe last 3 years. If it proves to be less durable than that, I'll come back and edit this review accordingly. A lifespan of roughly a pair of golf shoes is not bad, though, for an item that cost no more than a medium popcorn at a typical movie theater, and this product is clearly not intended to last a lifetime, to be passed on to one's children.I had a few concerns reading some of the other reviews that were more critical of this product. Those concerns turned out to be altogether non-issues and I think are attributable to user error or excessive nitpicking.First, the opening on the Go Pocket ballwasher is not too narrow or tight. The ball fits easily inside and is not at all difficult to remove - one simply squeezes from the closed end of the ball washer toward the opening and the ball comes right out. I would say that the opening is the ideal size, large enough to allow for easy insertion or removal of a ball, small enough to retain water inside without leaking or drying out (slight problems on the Balzee - this is where the Go Pocket's design is superior to that of the Balzee).Second, the Go Pocket does not, contrary to what a number of other reviews have said, leak in one's pocket. If you held it under a tap and filled it or guessed at a few tablespoons full of water going into it, then haphazardly tossed it in your pocket, sure, it will leak, but you also didn't use the product properly. To use, pull the microfiber towel liner out of the neoprene outer case, wet the towel portion carefully with lightly running water without wetting the outer neoprene cover, then squeeze out the excess water but don't quite wring it out. Push the towel liner inside without spilling. Put it in your pocket with the opening facing up. I had no problems with the opening shifting downward or spilling in my pocket - the rest of my pocket stayed perfectly dry.Conclusion: This product works exactly as advertised, it is easily pocketable, it does an excellent job cleaning even dried and hardened mud and dirt off a golf ball, it stayed wet for an entire 18-hole round (I'd bet it would still be wet enough for a 36-hole day), and it did not leak. At no more than the cost of a cheap beer-and-hot-dog combo at the 9th hole turn, it is a very solid value. I give this product 5 stars.

If you pull the lining out and wet only the lining, the exterior will stay dry and you can comfortably carry this in your pocket during the round. It easily cleans the ball better than I would have expected. Then I just pull the lining out at the end of the round and let it dry until the next round. Once every two or three rounds I rinse the whole thing out

I put about a half ounce of water in it and after several minutes, it leaked thru and made my shorts pocket wet. Works well enough, but you must carry, and not place in your pocket.

The outer shell does not keep moisture in. The moisture will seep out on one side leading to a wet pocket. One way to avoid this is to use less water but the little amount isn’t enough to clean the ball.

When it comes to golf I have an obsessive need to have clean balls and clean clubs so of course I have a club scrubber and I have this little gem. Unlike others, I could care less if my back pocket gets a little wet. The clean ball is what's important. I have a water bottle in my bag for the sole purpose of keeping my ball washer wet, and I mean wet, not just moist. I do have one little problem that's come up of late. The colored golf balls with a Matte finish are harder to clean. The ball doesn't turn as easily when you're trying to knead it and it comes out of the pocket with a bit a difficulty. I think if they made it just a wee bit bigger it would work better with the Matte Balls. I know there's been a lot of people I've played with that went home and ordered one of these after borrowing mine on the green to clean their ball.

I have used this pocket ball washer for two rounds, and in general, it does what I need it to do: clean my ball when I get to the green. I am not a person who wants to lug around a filthy wet towel to the green, mostly because it's one more thing I'll misplace. I have used Pocket Rounds for several years, and head-to-head, I like the Pocket Round a little better.Both products are not completely waterproof, despite what they say, but it isn't so bad as to be a dealbreaker. When you wet the inside of this Green Go washer, eventually some of the water starts to appear on the outside, mostly around the opening of the washer. It has never been bad enough to get my pants pocket wet, but just an observation.The fit for the ball is a bit tight, and moving the ball around in the washer is not as easy as I had expected before buying it. If you have more than just a thin film of mud on the ball, you are better off wiping what you can on the grass, then finishing the job with the pocket washer. With my Pocket Rounds, I don't worry about extra mud since I can easily wipe it off on the cleaning surface of the Pocket Round. With the Green Go, the bits of mud just move to another part of the ball.I expect that I will continue to use this as well as using my Pocket Rounds, but I don't see myself buying another Green Go. I might try the Callaway pocket cleaner that has the magnetic closure but can open up fully.

To clean the ball this product works great! I've purchased several of these over the years. It all depends on the opening size. A couple i got the opening was just a tad too small and it was hard getting the ball in and out of it. A couple I've had no problems with getting the ball in and out.

You can wet the inside and the outside stays dry. But you have to wring out the excess water or it could feel wet in your pocket. Only used it once so far, so I can't speak for durability, but it doesn't seem flimsy. I plan to use it all the time while golfing.

As soon as I put water inside, it started leaking out the sides and bottom. Even after I wrung it out a but, the first ball I tried to clean ended up saturating the whole pouch with water. Most certainly not waterproof whatsoever. However, it does do a really good job of washing balls. Sitting on the dash of the cart it does its job perfectly. I couldn't imagine putting this thing in my pocket!!!

Excellent product, very useful, very compact and does the job perfectly. Easy to use, just pop it into your pocket and go.

Easy to use , does exactly what it claims to do , really pleased with it

Excellent product cleans golf balls and irons very well.

Works great. Does a nice job at cleaning your golf ball