u/Busch_League2

I just got my Omni in yesterday. Played with it for about an hour and I’m seeing the same distance reduction a lot of people are talking about. Ex. 7 iron topping out at 135 instead of 160+ like on the course, etc. I didn’t have my distance adjustment put to +10% like a lot of people I see now are recommending.

I’m also trying to confirm that I have the latest firmware update since I figured maybe they would have that bug fixed by now, but don’t see any way to force the latest update? It says MMI version is 1.4.0, LM is 1.5.8, and OS is 0.0.0 in the settings. Are those the latest versions?

Is this distance bug affecting everybody, or is it a unit by unit thing? And does the 10% adjustment get it dead on, or just get it close? Seems strange that people are talking about how accurate it is, but that is a huge glaring inaccuracy.

Apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to ask this. I did a search and most other subs didn't receive quality answers to DAF related questions, and I couldn't find anything that directly answered my questions.

I have a giving "target" every year that fluctuates based on income for that year (ex. $25k+, not talking about huge amounts here). I usually spread that out, about half weekly to the church, then the remainder to various other local charities. First question is would it even be worth setting up a DAF for $25k a year?

I end up itemizing every year, and it didn't dawn on me until today that I could be giving away appreciated stock from my taxable brokerage to my DAF for the tax benefit instead of after-tax cash. Then I could either still hit my "target" with less hit to my overall pocketbook, or "up" my giving so I still give my target on a net basis, but the charities actually receive more. I'm not really interested in the compounding investment factor, I'd plan to distribute when I put in either immediately or fairly shortly after initial contribution. It seems like a no brainer to do this, I'm just trying to make sure I understand the details before pulling any triggers.

First thing would be picking a DAF. My main brokerage account is with Merrill Lynch, which I'm not interested in moving, primarily for the great credit card benefits since I put large work-related expenses on my card regularly. They do offer a DAF, but it's under their private banking program, comes with an advisor, and I'm assuming the higher fees that come with using an advisor, been there, done that, don't want to deal with it again, I'd prefer to self-manage everything. I also saw Fidelity and Daffy as options that popped up, I'd do more research before picking one, but open to suggestions. But main question, does using a DAF outside of where your account that you will be transferring from introduce any unnecessary complications, friction, fees, etc? Ideally do you want the accounts under the same company?

How do the contributions to the DAF work? When you donate an appreciated stock, do they immediately sell it and then invest it in one of their funds per your advisement? How long does that process usually take? Then for distributions do you literally go on their portal, pick a charity and a dollar amount, and they mail them a check? Does the check tell them who gave the money, or do they just see the name of the DAF on there, basically will they be able to match a person to a contribution if I want them to or is it always anonymous? Does receiving money from a DAF cause any headaches on the organization's side? What if the charity you want to donate to isn't listed, is it a process to get them added? Does the process involve any work on the organization's side? Most of who I donate to will be small local charities without much admin so I don't want to put a burden on them?

Is making smaller monthly contributions to a DAF ever an issue? I wouldn't do it weekly like I give now, but maybe monthly or quarterly? Same for distributions to the charities? Is setting up recurring monthly or quarterly contributions typically an option? Do they hit you with a fee per contribution/distribution typically?

Thanks in advance for any help with this guys, seems like it could be a really beneficial tool.