R10 distances still way short

Hi all

I have been tinkering with my R10 since the 3.9 update (never worked before that, usual solid green issue on backswing).

I was hitting tentatively into a net at first so didn't really pay much attention to the short yardage.

Yesterday my 3mx3mx3m cage for the garden arrived, so I took the day off today to test properly. My device is level and the bottom of legs are level with the tee mat height wise as advised.

All of my distances are way off, varying from 10 yards on short irons, 15-30 on mid to long irons and 30-50 with driver.

I have experimented with differing device heights and between 5-6 foot from R10 to ball with the distance from ball to net a constant 12 feet. Nothng seems to make a difference.

Being an Android user, I cannot calibrate the device in E6 wwith the altitude setting like this guy does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_Yol7io9g

Is there anything else I can try?

There seems to be so so many users complaining of this, it cannot all be user error!

I am hoping Garmin will do another update to try and rectify these issues. Or at least a workaround similar to the E6 fix.

Even with these failings I absolutely love the device. The shot shape seems spot on, just the swing speed and therefore distances also.

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0 9143661 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Rob

Why are you saying 8 feet behind the ball now? Directions have always been 6-8. Garmin has said 7 feet before. And why are you saying 8’ minimum? Can you further back with the unit than 8 feet?

0 1169133 over 2 years ago

i have the same issue. i did a test today comparing R10 against E6 and Awesome Golf. i took 20 shots with each device. My average swing speed on the R10 was 78. Using the E6 and AG, the average was 84. When I tried to hit one as hard as I could, the highest swing speed I could reach on the R10 was 84. I hit 91 on both the E6 and AG. The E6 and AG reflect more of my natural yardages and swing speeds. Any idea why R10 is always coming up short? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

0 3019278 over 2 years ago in reply to 1169133

How can you get higher swing speeds on the E6 if its getting its information from the R10? I can see distances being different as they are calculated but swing and ball speed should be the same.

0 1169133 over 2 years ago in reply to 3019278

Thanks for your feedback. I just read that you can run the E6 and R10 at the same time. All of the swings were done independently. Unless for some reason I swing slower when using the R10 then the other 2 sim programs the difference would make sense. I’m going to try to run 2 sim programs at the same time. I hope they all match up and just accept what it says. Thanks again.

0 4618560 over 2 years ago in reply to 1169133

I put my r10 using gspro driving range up against my gc2 using fsx2020 driving range and the ball flight was fairly similar. Distance with the irons was off maybe5-10 yards which is not too bad. The driver is the biggest difference it was aleast a good 25-35 yard off. Ball flight was good but the spin on the ball is also way off.

0 7559565 over 2 years ago

Same here. I know that I’m often optimistic about my distances but I’m like you. Even pitches with wedge group are 5-9 yds short. Also, I says I hit almost every shot right. I don’t.

0 2205607 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Rob

Rob sent me the same information and I tried it with no difference. When I messaged him back to let him know that he pretty much ghosted me.

+1 Garmin-Rob over 2 years ago in reply to 2205607

Hello, based on our last conversation I was under the impression you were able to make adjustments that helped with improving the metrics. If that is not the case I'm happy to continue our conversation.

0 2205607 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Rob

No, the irons got better but the Driver is still way off. 160 yards at times when I consistently hit 225-240.

0 Monopoly over 2 years ago in reply to 2205607

I'm having the exact same issue. HTH and Garmin Range always short distances especially with longer clubs.. Changing the elevation in E6 it's a lot more accurate. If Garmin had this same elevation settings maybe we'd be better off.

I've tested my distances using Uneekor Eye XO on TGC 2019 and the E6 connect is pretty darm close stats. HTH and Garmin Range are always 20-30yards short.