What They Have in Common
Both are electric walking caddies from Motocaddy. Both run a 28-volt-class ULTRA lithium battery with the cable-free Click 'N' Connect system. Both carry built-in GPS loaded with 40,000 courses on the same 3.5-inch touchscreen. Both include an umbrella holder, cup holder, and storage console, and both use EASILOCK bag retention. Warranty terms are identical: 24 months on the trolley and charger, 60 months on the battery.
Where They Differ
Remote Control — and What That Buys
This is the clearest difference. The M5 walks beside you; the M7 can be sent up the fairway from a stated range of more than 100 metres via a USB-C rechargeable remote. That's not a small quality-of-life gap — it changes how you move around the course, where you park while you chip, how you manage a wet fairway crossing. The M5 has no remote and no remote mode at all.
Motors and Wheels
The M7 runs two 230W motors; the M5 runs one. What that means on a climb isn't something a spec sheet can tell me, so I'll leave it at the count. The M7 also adds 360° rotating twin front wheels and a retractable anti-tip rear wheel — hardware Motocaddy doesn't list for the M5, which has no front-wheel swivel or wheel count published.
Braking
The M5 has an electronic parking brake. Motocaddy's M7 page doesn't mention a parking brake at all — that's a gap in what's published, not necessarily a gap in what the cart does, but it's worth noting if a brake matters to you on sloped lies.
Folded Size and Weight
The M5 folds to 25.5 × 18.5 × 16 inches; the M7 to 25.5 × 20.3 × 16.5 inches. Both share the same longest dimension at 25.5 inches. The M5's folded volume is 4.4 cubic feet against the M7's 4.9 — a half-cubic-foot difference. Neither enormous nor negligible in a packed trunk. Motocaddy publishes a single figure for each cart's weight — 25 lbs for the M5, 33 lbs for the M7 — but neither page says whether that includes the battery, so those numbers can't be ranked against each other in any honest way.
Price
The M5 lists at $1,499. The M7 lists at $2,099. That's a $600 gap at list.
Who Should Buy Which
Get the Motocaddy M5 GPS DHC if:
- You want GPS and downhill control without paying for a remote you'll rarely use
- Trunk space matters and the smaller fold — 4.4 cubic feet against 4.9 — helps
- You're happy with a single 230W motor
- $600 is a real consideration and you'd rather spend it on something else
Get the Motocaddy M7 GPS Remote if:
- A remote control is the reason you're buying an electric caddy in the first place — you want the cart at the green while you're still approaching
- You want two 230W motors rather than one
- You want the twin front wheel setup and the anti-tip rear wheel
- The $600 premium fits the budget and the feature list earns it
The Bottom Line
The M5 GPS DHC does what most golfers need an electric caddy to do — GPS, downhill control, a parking brake, a five-year battery warranty — and it does it for $600 less than the M7. The M7 is a real step up if the remote is something you'll actually use or if you want the second motor. Pick on those two factors. If neither applies, the extra $600 doesn't need to leave your wallet.
Get the Motocaddy M5 GPS DHC.