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R10 distances seem off.

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over 3 years ago

I have been using the R10 for a couple days now and my distances seems way off. Seems very club is approx 20yards short from the range? Is there anything that needs to be done with calibration?

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 6524936

    Just a WAG based on the numbers I'm getting. It just seems very coincidental that my carries would be very accurate with that conversion factor.

    However, it doesn't explain at all the discrepancy between hitting into a net and measured at a range, so I'm probably wrong and am guilty of wishful thinking. :-)

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I’ve just played 2 x 18 hole courses and was hitting the ball the best I’ve ever been hitting it consistently (shot 2 81 rounds). So afterwards I did some testing on the Garmin range app and I can say for sure that multiplying my carry distance by 1.094 equalled just about right on where my normal distances on the course are at. Very interesting. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    So for those saying we aren't hitting as far as we think, I hit at the driving range and my PW lands at the 150yd marker.  But the R10 says it only went 120yds.   Thoughts?  Only happens with PW btw, other clubs are pretty spot on.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Tricep Bro

    Just to play devil's advocate, when you see it land at the 150 yd marker are you sure that your depth perception is accurate out to that distance and that the marked distance is accurate? Especially at longer distances your ability to see where the balls lands is reduced; I've seen people think their balls are landing at the 200 yard marker at our range when they were just clearing the 150 yard marker on multiple occasions. As for the marked distance, it's only accurate for a single position on the range, especially for the closer targets you can be significantly closer or farther from the target than marked depending on which bay you're in. If it's only PW though, then that's pretty odd. So you're seeing that something like a SW or 7i are spot on but PW is way off?

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to whumber

    Yes, it's just the PW.  My 9 iron is going 165yds and the R10 reads it correctly.  But PW is only reading at 120yds.  Pretty sure there isn't a 40yd gap between those irons.  I used to have a Rapsodo MLM and it read PW at 155yds as well. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    After 2 software/firmware updates and a new unit from Garmin I found my unit to be very close to real life. I did get the unit for leveling and aligning the device which help a lot. Only 2 problems left for me.   Launch angle is low. Bad shots topped, extreme toe or heel are extremely bad on the Garmin. A thin shot on the range may be low but goes 100-150 yards depending on the club. On the Garmin that shot would go maybe 10-20 yards straight into the ground. I think this problem maybe from the low launch angle.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Tricep Bro

    WOW man you can bomb the ball  PGA Tour player average distances PW: 120-140 yards. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Tricep Bro

    When I tested with the R10 at the range- with low irons in could have the R10 closer then 8 feet- the ball flight is lower. But the higher irons it would miss the ball flight. I'm guessing its not just the PW, its a sand/lob/gap wedge as well. Try moving the R10 a little further away it might capture better.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 7842412

    2nd hand skytrak arrived yesterday, so I can do some side by side checks later today. Unfortunately Im awaiting protection netting, so I'm just hitting half shots indoors.

    I might also take them both to the local range which has Top Tracer installed- next week!