Garmin Approach R10, Portable Golf Launch Monitor, Take Your Game Home, Indoors or to the Driving Range, Up to 10 Hours Battery Life - 010-02356-00

Hubby loves this simulator and has used it almost daily since getting it in March. it has 1900 courses on it including the ones near our house. He had a bit of trouble getting it online connected so our son set it up for him.

Great value for lower cost simulator. 22,000 course options. Stats galore if you want to nerd out on your game. Easy set-up!

Love it - I use it outdoors, and am very impressed for the money.

I am still working to setup my golf sim area. This launch monitor has worked pretty well, but I have concerns about intermittent periods where the R10 gives a “busy” status light and needs to be reset.

I really dreaded writing this review, because I desperately wanted to love this monitor.I purchased this monitor solely for the metrics it can give (ball speed, spin, launch angle, path, etc). At $600, this puts the monitor in the incredibly affordable range and an absolute deal. So, why is the review one star?When the monitor works, it's awesome. All of the measurements are within reasonable margins with Trackman4, the main differences seeming to be spin rate and ball speed, which again, are well withing reasonable margins of error.Here's my biggest gripe with the R10. Way more often than not, the monitor will not pick up the shot and I can't even start my session. I consider myself relatively tech savvy and understand that the monitor has to be within a certain distance of the ball AND directly behind the ball and the target line. I've also tried different software/firmware versions to see if it would improve the rate at which shots are registered.I have ripped my hair out trying to get this thing to work. I have even gone to lengths of using a laser to ensure that the R10 and golf ball is in-line with my target and the damn thing STILL will not recognize that I am hitting a golf shot. I understand that this is incredibly cheap and affordable in the realm of launch monitors, but it is still a very difficult $600 pill to swallow when the tech doesn't even work more than 50% of the time. Therefore, not only do I not recommend this product, but I highly recommend looking elsewhere for a lunch monitor.

After 11 months using this product inside and outside, comparing data side by side to Trackman at Club Champion, this product is more than worth its price and is nearly identical to trackman #’s. When using the simulator indoors, I highly encourage the Titleist RCT golf balls as it accurately tracks spin due to the reflective layer underneath the balls cover. If you don’t have these balls, it’s an algorithm to estimate spin which can be misleading to true spin numbers. If you’re trying to fit yourself for a new driver, you need those golf balls. Without these balls, my spin was estimated to be around 4,000 RPM which i know is inaccurate. Once i put the balls in play, my spin dropped to my expected 1900-2200 number at 114 mph club head speed.I’m using the r10 with the E6 simulator software and it’s fantastic. The interface is already built in the garmin app, you just need a computer that can run the software. I’ve used awesome golf and it wasn’t realistic enough for me. E6 is LIDAR based and has a yearly subscription that is reasonable. I’m using a gaming computer and have no issues. Again, the RCT balls accurately track spin, even on chips via the E6 software. It wasn’t tracking this on chips (showed 0rpm spin) until I put these balls in place.My yardages are spot on to my exact carry numbers. I don't ever focus on total distance as that is always misleading for any simulator. I found that optimal indoor lightning is absolutely necessary for the simulator to capture each swing. You need ample room (about 8 feet) for the garmin to be able to capture the RCT ball spin #. The best thing about the garmin unit is ability to modify elevation, humidity, and temperature within the garmin app (if using E6 software you can only modify elevation). This is HUGE! Golfers underestimate all three of these factors when playing golf.There are a lot of weekend hacks on youtube that can't use launch monitors to their fullest capacity, and I can genuinely say this is a great unit.I feel you can benefit from this unit and would highly recommend if you’re a data golfer like myself.

Really surprised how well this works. It adds a lot to the hitting mat experience in that you can see what you are doing wrong.

I’ve been using the Garmin R10 for a little over a month now. It is worth saving up the extra 100 and just getting the Rapsodo MLM, the Garmin R10 is very finicky, it will only read about 80% of your shots and and will randomly lock up and get stuck in loop where it says “placing ball” then “ready” then repeat that until you power cycle it. When it does read correctly, it is close to accurate, however it reads distances short a lot (yes I am using titlest RCT balls). I believe the technology in the Garmin R10 is good for the price but they seem to have a lot of bugs that make it not worth recommending. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone wanting to get into SIM Golf.