“OK, Harry, if it’s within +/- 3 mph and +/- 5 yards, I can live with that.” If you don’t have the correct setup and correct club selected, what you’ll get back amounts to little more than an educated guess. Such is the reality of small radar devices. Even when you do have the correct amount of space, your margins for error are thin. The radar needs at least 16 feet to provide the best data possible. The Garmin Approach R10 is a Doppler radar and a small one at that. Yes, it can tell me my club path and face angle, etc., but I take those data points with a grain of salt. The R10 offers a lot of outstanding features but I want to know what my clubhead is doing at impact.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HYPE AND HYPE PRO DRIVERS
While you shouldn’t expect the R10 to be on par with a GCQuad, the spin measurements are consistently off by so much (hundreds of rpms on drivers to thousands on irons and wedges) that we classify them as almost meaningless.This is true for every small-form factor Doppler radar-based launch monitor we’ve tested. Generally speaking, the R10 was more reliable outdoors than in.As with small radar devices, particularly in limited flight scenarios, the R10 struggles to correctly identify shot shape (see below for a classic example).Preliminary data suggests the Approach R10 matches the Rapsodo MLM. The majority of affordable personal launch monitors we test capture ball speed data with acceptable accuracy.We give a slight edge in launch angle accuracy to Rapsodo though the numbers are typically close and both are subject to the occasional misread.With irons and wedges, apart from the occasional and often obvious misreads, the device is typically within one mph and a yard or two of reality.Anything to do with spin and curvature is spotty at best.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HYPE AND HYPE PRO DRIVER
The Garmin Approach R10 struggles to accurately capture higher swing speed drivers (it struggles with driver speed in general) and spin rates can be incorrect to the tune of a couple of thousand rpms.Like other devices that rely on small-form factor Doppler radar, there are things it does well and plenty it doesn’t. The Approach R10 is another in a list of consumer-grade launch monitors that are just OK.We’ll be sure to include the Garmin Approach R10 in our next personal launch monitor buyer’s guide but, based on our preliminary tests, here are the key takeaways: With that in mind, while the Quad is still part of the equation, we’re focusing our comparison largely on the Rapsodo MLM-our top pick for golfers looking to spend around $500. That gives the best-in-class baseline for accessing accuracy but no one should expect a $600 model to compete with an $18,000 device. Typically, we compare the personal launch monitors we try to the Foresight GCQuad. Year after year, we have talked about the significant opportunities for improvement in the personal launch monitor space. You can record your swing, capture a multitude of data and play 42,000 virtual courses without leaving your house.Garmin says the Approach R10 can be used indoors and out.Garmin is a household name in the GPS world so expectations are high for its first launch monitor.Golfers are desperate for something better at an affordable price point.Higher price aside, the Garmin offers significantly more data than Rapsodo, though, as you should expect, not nearly as much as Foresight or Trackman. The kick in the pants is that some of those add-ons will cost you a bit extra. The Approach R10’s feature package includes a visually appealing app and add-on features that allow you to play a virtual round of golf on your home course, play against other people and record your swing all at the same time. The stated specs are +/- 1-3mph and +/- one to five yards on carry distance relative to Trackman. The Approach R10 brings with it an extensive (for the category, anyway) number of metrics and some specific claims about its accuracy.
Will the Garmin Approach R10 prove to be the one that sets a new standard? That’s a nearly impossible ask but as golf’s technology leaders cross category boundaries, golfers hungry for a breakthrough have their wallets ready. Average golfers are desperate for an accurate, feature-rich option at an affordable price.
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