Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Approach R50 Premium Golf Launch Monitor and Simulator - Black
Average customer rating
4.2
(79 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 79 reviews
5 Stars
42
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
4
1 Star
4
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Approach R50 Premium Golf Launch Monitor and Simulator - Black
Customer Rating
5
This thing is awesome!
on January 29, 2025
Posted by: JimmyD68
I've been practicing and playing on the R50 for a few weeks, and what a treat! It's incredibly portable and captures all of the data you might get when you go to a club fitting. Most average golfers, of which I'm one, probably don't get a chance to hit every club multiple times on a monitor, so they can get a good idea of how far they TRULY hit each club. Most base it on that one time we flushed it, so we come up consistently short of our targets because we have an unrealistic idea of how far we hit our clubs. My goal is to be able to make better club decisions on the course this year, and the R50 will help me to do that. I'm using it indoors now but will be incorporating it into my range sessions when the outdoor season arrives. The screen is good size and quite bright. If you are on the fence about purchasing a very good launch monitor, the Aprroach R50 might make you pull the trigger. I did and I'm extremely happy!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, January 31, 2025
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
4
Definitely will help my game!
on February 4, 2025
Posted by: Cbatt
Very happy with the product, but the distance on all the clubs are not accurate. I’m hitting my driver and it only goes 210 yards. I easily hit my driver 250 plus. My pitching wedge I hit 120 and I barely get 100 yards. I went into settings and made adjustments to humidity and elevation that was recommended for indoor use but it didn’t change anything. But all and all I love it.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, February 5, 2025
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
2
Still have concerns
on February 4, 2025
Posted by: Cincyburn
Received my R50 a month ago and although it’s fun to play and portable, I still have concerns that have not been addressed by Garmin. I have set it up next to a trackman on several occasions and everything looks good until getting to the longer clubs which are consistently short by 15-30 yards. The Garmin rep stated “well trackman is a superior product” the numbers should be at least relatively close for a 5,000 dollar product. I was told I would be emailed information to trouble shoot but have never received an email. I’m sure I’ve missed my window for return at this point so just hoping they send out a software update that addresses the problem.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, February 5, 2025
Thank you for your review and experience with the Approach R50. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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Customer Rating
5
Upgrade
on February 12, 2025
Posted by: WoCo
Moving to Garmin from the Skytrak platform has been a wise choice. Enjoy its ease of pairing to GSPro. Trust the shot data from R50 and it is much better at capturing every shot.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, February 13, 2025
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
5
Sky track replacement
on February 17, 2025
Posted by: Bugman
I bought this unit because I was not happy with the Sky track. This unit is a lot better unit, but at double the price. I am very satisfied.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, March 5, 2025
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
1
Total Disappointment
on February 17, 2025
Posted by: Big EEEEEE
Just today 5 disconnect’s from GSPRO and 1 where the unit would not recognize a ball. Forget about the yardage being way off today as well. R50 would make a great paper weight!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, March 5, 2025
Thank you for your review and experience with the Approach R50. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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Customer Rating
4
Easy to use
on February 23, 2025
Posted by: Lunch
So far I’m liking it I question the club head speed on my driver it seems to be 10 mph slower then it should be and about 5 mph slower on my irons but the distances I’m getting with the irons are very accurate not so much with the driver otherwise great LM
Response from GarminBy Garmin, March 5, 2025
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
4
Great device with just one flaw
on February 25, 2025
Posted by: Arend
I found the Garmin R50 incredibly user-friendly and intuitive. Unpacked the device, updated the software and started hitting balls in the space of half an hour. Because of the technology used (photometrics) your setup can be compact - unlike launch monitors based on doppler-radar technology which require minimum distances for ball tracking.
The one thing though I found just plain annoying is that the driving range software clutters up the view with the ball trajectories of the shots you played before, instead of just refreshing the view for each new shot. I sincerely hope that Garmin will fix this in a future software update.
The one thing though I found just plain annoying is that the driving range software clutters up the view with the ball trajectories of the shots you played before, instead of just refreshing the view for each new shot. I sincerely hope that Garmin will fix this in a future software update.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, March 5, 2025
Thank you for your review.
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