Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Approach R50 Premium Golf Launch Monitor and Simulator - Black
Average customer rating
4.3
(116 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 116 reviews
5 Stars
66
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
5
1 Star
6
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Approach R50 Premium Golf Launch Monitor and Simulator - Black
Customer Rating
5
I love how easy it is to set it up and use it.
on April 5, 2025
Posted by: Big. John.
I bought.
It a month ago I have it out in my garage.I'm getting my exercise and swinging better.
It a month ago I have it out in my garage.I'm getting my exercise and swinging better.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great Features
on March 31, 2025
Posted by: Keepyoureffingheaddown
So far it has been better than expected. Very easy to use and has been fairly accurate. A couple of glitches, but nothing that the old "on/off" IT answer didn't fix.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Everything I needed!
on March 27, 2025
Posted by: Topher
Easy to use, works great with other garmin devices. Already see improvements in my ball striking.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Accurate and quick responses!
on March 23, 2025
Posted by: Bobe20
Owned for about a month.
Pros: responsive (quickly gives data), accurate, all in one mobility, great monitor/screen, easy to use, literally plugged it in less than 10 min from unboxing I was already on practice range! Love the "aligning" feature that displays the ball being in the monitoring zone.
Cons: hometee hero subscription required to play various courses, statistics on clubs aren't cumulative/saved into "my bag"/summarized. Minor bug issues (reverting back to a previous view option dissapeared until making a new guest visitor profile)
Pros: responsive (quickly gives data), accurate, all in one mobility, great monitor/screen, easy to use, literally plugged it in less than 10 min from unboxing I was already on practice range! Love the "aligning" feature that displays the ball being in the monitoring zone.
Cons: hometee hero subscription required to play various courses, statistics on clubs aren't cumulative/saved into "my bag"/summarized. Minor bug issues (reverting back to a previous view option dissapeared until making a new guest visitor profile)
Overall fantastic product excited to expand the sim setup.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Improve features
on March 19, 2025
Posted by: Golfdub
I’ve only owned my R50 for about a week. I’m happy with the metrics although I’m still struggling a little getting familiar on how to move through the screens and get the formatting I’m looking for. I wish the website had more detailed videos on its functionality.
The accuracy seems good and it hasn’t missed a shot yet.
I would like to see improvements to the driving range. The “follow the ball flight “ feature is poor. You can’t really tell what your shot did. There should be options for different ball flight angles. And when the tracer lines build up on the driving range screen all you are looking at are a bunch of lines and you can’t tell what the shot you just hit is doing. That’s very disappointing. You should be able to show one line or five lines or all of them if you want but they should give you that simple option of selecting the option for what you’re paying for the unit. In general it seems to be a quality unit with nice accuracy but needs software updates to include better practice features in line with what SkyTrak offers.
The accuracy seems good and it hasn’t missed a shot yet.
I would like to see improvements to the driving range. The “follow the ball flight “ feature is poor. You can’t really tell what your shot did. There should be options for different ball flight angles. And when the tracer lines build up on the driving range screen all you are looking at are a bunch of lines and you can’t tell what the shot you just hit is doing. That’s very disappointing. You should be able to show one line or five lines or all of them if you want but they should give you that simple option of selecting the option for what you’re paying for the unit. In general it seems to be a quality unit with nice accuracy but needs software updates to include better practice features in line with what SkyTrak offers.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
It's good, not great (yet!)
on March 19, 2025
Posted by: dale57
The Approach R50 is okay at what it is meant to do. What makes it shine is the simplicity. I have a blast playing with this with my dad and friends. It's easy to boot up, and you can get on a course in no time without having to bring in a computer and mess with settings. I do have some complaints. Garmin is painfully slow with updates. It is near impossible to play with a righty and a lefty (no play through mode). It lacks basic featues from GSPro such as scramble. The putting is lacking and I feel that I need to play with the altitude a bit to fake boost my clubs so they give me the same results as in real life.
My assumption is that these complaints will be solved in time with software updates. Until then, it's still a great time.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
So far so good
on March 13, 2025
Posted by: Zig007
I have it for 30 days and have been pleased so far. I compared it to Trackman and Flightscope and the numbers were very close. My only negative is the hitting area is quite small. This is a concern as I use it outdoors on the range and have to move it about every six shots.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Garmin R50
on March 6, 2025
Posted by: Jim C
I reviewed as many launch monitors that were in my price range. The Garmin has every feature I was looking for. No need for an expensive gaming computer. So far the yardage seems close to my range. Zero concerns and it has the Garmin name to back it up.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin