Garmin Approach R10 Golf Launch Monitor and Simulator | Announcement and Features Review

The More Precise and Additional Features of the Garmin Approach R10 for ONLY $600!

If getting the best golf technology AND also golf technology that doesn't exist for under a couple of grand or more brings a smile to your face—get ready for some sore arse cheeks, because the Garmin Approach R10 will hands down be the wisest, most rewarding golf tech investment you've made until now. Here's why:

The Garmin Approach R10 portable golf launch monitor and simulator is only $600 and offers more features that competitors don't.

Here's what Garmin offers that other launch monitors do not:

• More precision with metrics such as launch direction, club path, face angle, angle of attack, swing tempo, and apex height.
• Game modes with rich visual graphics.
• Garmin's own simulation on over 41,000 courses worldwide!
• Multi-player games and challenges
• Measures horizontal and vertical launch angles and estimates spin based on club path and horizontal movement
• The Garmin Approach R10 gets 10 hours of battery life, which is not as much as some golf launch monitors, but is still twice as much as other launch monitor and golf simulator.
• Like all Garmin devices, the Approach R10 launch monitor is water resistant—rated to IPX7.
• Again, it's 1/4 the cost of comparable personal launch monitors and home golf simulators.

What Is Club Path?

Until the Approach R10, Club Path was a feature only offered in the most expensive launch monitor units—e.g., Ernest Sports ES16 Tour ($5,500) and OptiShot Ball Flight ($5,995). The Garmin Approach R10 is your personal golf launch monitor for only $600!

Club Path is a metric that measures the direction of the movement of the club head at the moment of impact of the golf ball. "In to out" (for a right-hander) would result in a movement outward to the right at the moment of impact giving a positive club path. "Out to in" would move inward to the left, resulting in a negative club path.

Other factors to consider in your shot shape are face angle and angle of attack, which the Approach R10 also provides.

Is the Garmin Approach R10 a Swing Trainer?

With these Club Path metrics alone, one can see how the Garmin Approach R10 portable launch monitor will be changing the game for golfers—and the industry. No other golf launch monitor and simulator will help you dial into your swing to this degree for under $5,000.

But that's not all the golf features this golf launch monitor and simulator has to offer—not by a long shot!

Measured Metrics:

• • Ball speed (+/- 1mp)
  • Launch angle (+/- 1 degree)
  • Launch direction (+/- 1 degree)
  • Club head speed (+/- 3mph)
  • Club path (+/- 2 degrees)
  • Back swing and down swing times (+/- 0.05 sec)
  • Angle of attack (+/- 1 degree)

Other Metrics Shown from Calculations of R10:

• • Club face angle (+/- 2 degrees)
  • Spin rate
  • Spin axis
  • Observed ball flight range

Metrics Shown in the Golf App:

• • Carry distance (+/- 5 yards)
  • Total distance (+/- 10 yards)
  • Smash factor
  • Swing tempo
  • Apex height (+/- 10 feet)

More Approach R10 Golf Launch Monitor Features:

• • Work to improve your game at home, indoors, or on the driving range with a portable launch monitor.
  • Track key metrics when paired with a compatible smartphone with the Garmin Golf app to help better your shot consistency, including club head speed, ball speed, swing tempo, ball spin, launch angle, and more.
  • Understand your golf strengths and areas for improvement by using training mode, which tracks stats for each club and shows a shot dispersion chart based on estimated ball flight using the Garmin Golf app.
  • See and analyze your own swing with automatically recorded video clips that include the metrics of that swing when paired with a compatible smartphone with the Garmin Golf app.
  • With an active subscription and the Garmin Golf app, play virtual rounds on over 42,000 courses around the world and take part in a weekly tournament with scores posted to our global leaderboard.
  • Included phone mount easily attaches to a golf bag for better viewing and easier interaction with the Garmin Golf app.
  • Enjoy more time on the range with up to 10 hours of battery life.

What's in the Box?

• • Approach R10 Unit
  • Tripod Stand
  • Micro USB Cable
  • Phone Mount
  • Carry Case
  • Documentation