R10 distances seem off.

Hey Everyone, thought I would throw in my $.02 here since I am seeing similar issues. I couldn't figure out how to add pictures to this, but I will add them to the Garmin R10 Users Facebook Group.

I am hitting in a garage and into a net with a tarp behind it up to the ceiling so I can hit my high lofted wedges.  I have 11.5 ft from ball to net and between 6-5 feet from ball to R10. I have been playing with the distances for the R10. My concrete floors of my garage are covered. I have tried with the R10 tripod feet on even level of my hitting mat and with them on the garage floor.

All my irons are dead on carry numbers 60 degree through 4 iron. The furthest I have hit my driver is 205 carry. Basically the same as my 4 iron. I have yet to take it to the range and not sure when/if I will be able to, but it shouldn't matter. It should at least be close to normal carry distances (even with indoor swing syndrome). I feel like I am swinging harder than normal to try and see if I can get the ball further with the R10 and still nothing. I was hitting my new driver 265 at GolfTech, in doors, when I picked it up and can't get it over 205 here.

I paid $500 for this, it should work. Hopefully Garmin finds a way to fix it soon.

mfranks72 said:

How much shorter are you hitting?

My 150 yard club goes 135. If you're losing 40%, something is going on beyond indoor swing issues.

More comparison videos of Trackman/Mevo etc. showing carry distances are pretty solid. If you are PGA fast or put a lot or strongly draw/fade your shots you are more likely to show bad shapes indoors or lost distance on woods.

My driver results were the same as yours.  At the range (with a brand new ball from my bag) I hammered one 268 yards, yet on the driveway into a net with the same ball, same full swing, the farthest it would go on the R10 was 205.

I would say it got the shot shape and landing dispersion wrong (well outside of the margin of error) about 30% of the time from observed flight.  However, keep in mind these are used range balls, so I'm wondering if the R10 is tracking the ball for the first 100 feet in the air and calculating where it should land.

Yea, I've heard it screwing up fade vs. draw, but it can't screw up slice vs. straight shot, right?

So I had a lot of time to play with my R10 again today. I used the E6 App today and it works perfectly for my irons. The distance problem I have is specifically linked to the Garmin Software. Tee time hero and the Garmin range have all my irons about 30% short. 

I'm not sure why the Garmin software is so far out but the E6 software is working great. 

Garmin software has my 5i at 145 yards which is just not right  

E6 software has my 5i at 195 yards which is what I expect. 

The distance differences are massive. 

You bring up a great point and an epiphany for me, next time I go to the range, I will try to separate the better balls from the well worn ones, also do a bounce test on each, and see if I can hit 10 bad balls vs. 10 good ones, etc... and see what the results are.  I care more about distance so I can map my bag, but of course, shot shape is just as important.

wow, I think that sounds like promising news... sounds like it could be an easy software fix instead of a more complicated firmware fix.  Have you reached out to Garmin-Rob with this info?

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