Sun Mountain Speed Cart X, 3-Wheel Golf Push Cart, Steel Fog

Why it's worth it

A three-wheel aluminum cart that hangs your bag more upright, so the load sits over the wheels instead of dragging behind them. It folds two ways, stores upright in a garage, and comes with the console, basket and holders you'll actually use.

This cart is built around how a bag hangs, not how a spec sheet reads. Sun Mountain angles the bag more upright so the weight sits over the wheels instead of behind them. You feel that in your forearm halfway up a long uphill fairway. At about 18.6 pounds it isn't the lightest cart here. But it's the one that pushes like it weighs less, which is the number that matters after four hours.

The hand brake sits right where your thumb already is. Squeeze it on a sidehill lie and the cart stays put while you read the putt. Sun Mountain builds it into the handle instead of hanging a lever near the axle, so there's nothing extra to snag in thick rough. If your course has real elevation, that alone is worth stepping up from a bare-bones cart.

From our review of 6 golf push carts

What we like

• +This cart is built around how a bag hangs, not how a spec sheet reads
• +The hand brake sits right where your thumb already is
• +Storage is the boring feature you'll use on every hole
• +The fold is two steps, and it earns them

What to know

• –Two steps isn't one step
• –The hand brake is a preference, not an upgrade