![]() ![]() It is a little surreal to receive your "Carry Distance" audibly from the app before your ball has hit the ground. The app instantly returns 14 metrics from the popular carry distance, smash factor and ball speed to the more detailed, like spin rate and spin axis. Rest assured, if you forget to change clubs in the app, you can edit it in the app. You'll use the phone app to select clubs (having already set up my bag in my Garmin Golf app, it knew which clubs I had) and view your results. The only button on the monitor itself is a power button. ![]() ![]() In order to use the R10, your smartphone's Garmin Golf app (free) will need to be running for the duration of the session. You can record swing video to the Garmin app and view results from your whole session. The R10 is a slick unit that is just 8 ounces and packs up into a carrying case that will easily fit into your golf bag or use the clip to attach it to the outside of it like a rangefinder. Its aim is a consumer-priced launch monitor ($599 MSRP) for avid golfers seeking advanced swing data that can be used at the driving range, indoors or in your backyard. But the G80's launch monitor component was fairly limiting, providing four simple metrics. Their G80 device was a handheld GPS/Launch Monitor hybrid that could be used on the course as GPS and also track swings either on the course or at the range. This isn't technically Garmin's first-ever launch monitor. Garmin, best known in golf for its wearable GPS devices, is the latest company to go big into launch monitors with their new Garmin Approach R10. Portable launch monitors continue to proliferate as amatuer golfers get smarter about how all the numbers like launch angle, ball speed, apex and spin rates add up to create the ball flight they have. ![]()
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