Garmin Approach R10 Portable Golf Launch Monitor

[kiwihacker]

On 3/13/2024 at 6:06 AM, T626G said:

Went and used this for the first time and absolutely love it! So happy with the purchase 

Glad to hear it. I'm still using mine and still love it. It may not be as good as some of the newer devices coming out but it is still a great device and makes range sessions or hitting into a net way more fun and interesting. 

[T626G]

12 minutes ago, kiwihacker said:

Glad to hear it. I'm still using mine and still love it. It may not be as good as some of the newer devices coming out but it is still a great device and makes range sessions or hitting into a net way more fun and interesting. 

 

100% agreed. That day at the range was the most fun I've had on a range. Ended up purchasing a bigger net just to be safe on my wedges and have been anxiously waiting. I'll be out there every day after work weather permitted. Going to get my money's worth out of the r10! For my current needs I don't think there was anything better for the money.

[Frankensteins Monster]

Does the R10 save range sessions in the cloud or is it device specific and range sessions can only be viewed on device used for the session?

[jjschafe]

11 hours ago, Frankensteins Monster said:

Does the R10 save range sessions in the cloud or is it device specific and range sessions can only be viewed on device used for the session?

 

It saves it to the cloud, so it's viewable on any device you have the garmin golf app on and are logged into your account.  You can also export range data as a csv, or more importantly, I would highly recommend using Golf Shot Analytics on a PC if you really want to dive into your data.  

https://www.golfshotanalytics.com/ 

[cdnavalanche9312]

On 3/14/2024 at 5:20 PM, kiwihacker said:

Glad to hear it. I'm still using mine and still love it. It may not be as good as some of the newer devices coming out but it is still a great device and makes range sessions or hitting into a net way more fun and interesting. 

Which newer devices are you speaking of?  Do they have the club data that the R10 has and how accurate is the club data?

[T626G]

I'm just curious if anyone else is using the Titleist prov1x RCT balls? 

 

I bought some and that's all I've used, I'm wondering if it's necessary? 

[jjschafe]

9 hours ago, T626G said:

I'm just curious if anyone else is using the Titleist prov1x RCT balls? 

 

I bought some and that's all I've used, I'm wondering if it's necessary? 

 

Weird, I thought I had posted this earlier in the thread but can't seem to find it so maybe I didn't. 

 

For me, they were a HUGE improvement.  Something about the way I deliver the club and the launch conditions that I create convinced the Garmin that I had very low spin on my irons.  For example - it would consistently "calculate" around 3500rpm-4000rom spin on a 7i, resulting in 180yd carry knuckling missiles.  RCT balls measure more like ~5500rpm, resulting in my expected ~170yd carry.  That was a pretty consistent trend with all irons, for me.

 

For others that I have read about, and also seen on youtube, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.  I've concluded that if your launch conditions hit the sweet spot of the Garmin algorithms, the RCT balls don't change much for you.  But, if you are like me and apparently are a little outside the norm in club delivery, RCT balls are awesome.

[T626G]

Gotcha. Ya i need to run some regular balls through it and see if I notice how much of a difference there is. I would think there would be.

[kiwihacker]

On 3/21/2024 at 7:56 AM, T626G said:

Gotcha. Ya i need to run some regular balls through it and see if I notice how much of a difference there is. I would think there would be.

The biggest difference I found was driver distance. With ordinary balls the Garmin calculated far too high spin numbers so my drives were really short. With the RCT balls I got much closer to numbers I would expect for a good drive. As others have mentioned the difference wasn't that noticeable with my wedges and irons. 

[kiwihacker]

On 3/20/2024 at 1:52 PM, cdnavalanche9312 said:

Which newer devices are you speaking of?  Do they have the club data that the R10 has and how accurate is the club data?

No I'm just talking about devices like the MLM2 which measures spin axis much more accurately i.e. if you're slicing or hooking it off the planet the Garmin will barely register a bit of a fade or draw whereas the newer devices will predict the ball flight more accurately. (All the various connection and other issues with the MLM2 notwithstanding 🙂). 

[Dufferonius]

On 3/19/2024 at 10:31 PM, T626G said:

I'm just curious if anyone else is using the Titleist prov1x RCT balls? 

 

Some people have experimented with just sticking a small "dot" of aluminum tape (e.g.: Aluminum duct tape) to a plain old ball and found it works well.

 

There's a YT video where a guy side-by-side A:B's the MLM2Pro and the R10 using an RPT ball for the MLM2Pro with a small dot of aluminum tape on it for the R10. He got mostly nearly identical numbers from the two LMs.

 

This was with a 7i or so, IIRC. He said he was going to repeat the experiment with a driver, but I don't know if he ever did.

 

[big10blue]

Love my Garmin!

[ChronicSlicer]

How accurate is the shot direction feature?

[LeftDot]

20 hours ago, ChronicSlicer said:

How accurate is the shot direction feature?

 

Very accurate, but highly dependent on alignment.

[big10blue]

On 3/14/2024 at 7:52 PM, Frankensteins Monster said:

Does the R10 save range sessions in the cloud or is it device specific and range sessions can only be viewed on device used for the session?

Its cloud based