Shotscope V3

[toehold57 961]

Whereas my first round picked up every shot, the 9 I played yesterday had some missing shots.  Strangely (to me) they were all 60* wedges.  
 

Maybe I didn’t take big enough practice swings since they were chips around the green.

[JY56 67]

10 rounds on it now.  Manual putting seems to be the ticket for now.  The only editing I am having to do now is when I forget to record something and a few shots where the gps is off a little, as in it thinks I'm on the green when I'm just off, or thinks I'm by the bunker when I'm actually in etc.  I also find the uploading of my round from the V3 to be a lot faster when I do it at home vs at the course after the round.  Must be due to better wifi

[yungkory 10,693]

49 minutes ago, JY56 said:

10 rounds on it now.  Manual putting seems to be the ticket for now.  The only editing I am having to do now is when I forget to record something and a few shots where the gps is off a little, as in it thinks I'm on the green when I'm just off, or thinks I'm by the bunker when I'm actually in etc.  I also find the uploading of my round from the V3 to be a lot faster when I do it at home vs at the course after the round.  Must be due to better wifi

Are you using L1 or the L5 combo?

[dlow206 9,319]

My shotscope v3 arrived at the post office today in my local area a few hours too late to be delivered for this week's round 

[JY56 67]

On 7/25/2020 at 12:13 PM, yungkory said:

Are you using L1 or the L5 combo?

L1

[artful_golfer 1,560]

On 7/24/2020 at 7:32 PM, toehold57 said:

Whereas my first round picked up every shot, the 9 I played yesterday had some missing shots.  Strangely (to me) they were all 60* wedges.  
 

Maybe I didn’t take big enough practice swings since they were chips around the green.

Which tag do you have on your 60°. I have my SW tag on my 56° wedge and it's misses recording it every time unless I tap the tag before a swing.

[fozcycle 14,127]

Not having any issues with the SS V3.....all are working and only have to edit one or two shots at round's end.  Usually a penalty that I forgot to tag.

[toehold57 961]

8 hours ago, artful_golfer said:

Which tag do you have on your 60°. I have my SW tag on my 56° wedge and it's misses recording it every time unless I tap the tag before a swing.

I have the LW tag in my 60.  
 

Is this tapping a V3 thing?  I don’t recall seeing anything about having to tap a club to the watch.

[golfish! 1,797]

On 7/25/2020 at 12:40 PM, dlow206 said:

My shotscope v3 arrived at the post office today in my local area a few hours too late to be delivered for this week's round 

@dlow206 "This week's round"? You mean for that day's round...right? xP

[dlow206 9,319]

12 minutes ago, golfish! said:

@dlow206 "This week's round"? You mean for that day's round...right? xP

I wish I could play more than once a week. Maybe my birthday week I can play twice, haha

[artful_golfer 1,560]

@toehold57: Is this tapping a V3 thing?  I don’t recall seeing anything about having to tap a club to the watch.

No, it is not a suggestion or requirement from Shot Scope. I started doing it because of 1) a posted article that said you sometimes need to "wake" the watch to make sure it records your shot, 2) I had a new driver that I couldn't install the tag on so I kept it in my waist band and then tapped the watch on it before using my driver (and that worked), 3) my watch consistently misses my SW use unless I tap the tag.  The tapping may not work for everyone but when I remember to tap before I swing, mine doesn't miss any shots and I don't have to do edits. I think having to do edits is a pain. I have told Shot Scope customer service about what I am doing and they have passed that info on to their team to test it.

[fixyurdivot 13,860]

A new forum member was venting about Shotscope's unwillingness to repair his V2.  It sounds like the rechargeable battery is going out.  So, out of curiosity, I sent SS an email inquiring about this. Apparently once the 12 month warranty expires, it's a throw-away device... 

Hopefully the battery longevity is stellar or there are going to be some disappointed customers. Hard to believe they're designed as such.

Edit: Updated message about the V2.  

[dlow206 9,319]

On 7/28/2020 at 8:11 AM, artful_golfer said:

@toehold57: Is this tapping a V3 thing?  I don’t recall seeing anything about having to tap a club to the watch.

No, it is not a suggestion or requirement from Shot Scope. I started doing it because of 1) a posted article that said you sometimes need to "wake" the watch to make sure it records your shot, 2) I had a new driver that I couldn't install the tag on so I kept it in my waist band and then tapped the watch on it before using my driver (and that worked), 3) my watch consistently misses my SW use unless I tap the tag.  The tapping may not work for everyone but when I remember to tap before I swing, mine doesn't miss any shots and I don't have to do edits. I think having to do edits is a pain. I have told Shot Scope customer service about what I am doing and they have passed that info on to their team to test it.

This tapping approach, is it tapping the tag to the watch or just tapping the tag with your hand? Just trying to make sure i understand.

[yungkory 10,693]

1 hour ago, dlow206 said:

This tapping approach, is it tapping the tag to the watch or just tapping the tag with your hand? Just trying to make sure i understand.

I just slap my watch against the sensor. You could spice things up and let out a "MASHED PERTATERRRRS" while you do it if you prefer.

[artful_golfer 1,560]

4 hours ago, dlow206 said:

This tapping approach, is it tapping the tag to the watch or just tapping the tag with your hand? Just trying to make sure i understand.

I started tapping the face of my watch to the tag before I start swinging because it seemed easy and simple. I haven't tried tapping anywhere else but the user guide says it's actually the strap that detects the tags. The MGS blog on the V3 says there is an antenna in the strap that detects the tag and because of the antenna you don't need to tap the tag. I don't what the difference is, I just know tapping works for my watch. I guess it's possible the connection with my antenna isn't strong enough to detect my swings or my SW tag, but by touching the watch my tags are closer to the antenna so that wakes my watch and makes it work. 

The other caution in the user guide is you should not wear an ion band, metal or other device on your wrists because it may affect the watch. I wear a silver Medic Alert bracelet (that I never take off) on the opposite wrist, so maybe I need the tapping to help overcome the bracelet.

[dlow206 9,319]

2 minutes ago, artful_golfer said:

I started tapping the face of my watch to the tag before I start swinging because it seemed easy and simple. I haven't tried tapping anywhere else but the user guide says it's actually the strap that detects the tags. The MGS blog on the V3 says there is an antenna in the strap that detects the tag and because of the antenna you don't need to tap the tag. I don't what the difference is, I just know tapping works for my watch. I guess it's possible the connection with my antenna isn't strong enough to detect my swings or my SW tag, but by touching the watch my tags are closer to the antenna so that wakes my watch and makes it work. 

The other caution in the user guide is you should not wear an ion band, metal or other device on your wrists because it may affect the watch. I wear a silver Medic Alert bracelet (that I never take off) on the opposite wrist, so maybe I need the tapping to help overcome the bracelet.

Cool, thanks for the info. I just got the Shotscope v3 and havent used it on the course yet.

Also, slightly concerned about my MacGyver solution to putting the putter tag on my adjustable counterweighted grip. Will see how well that works out, actually more worried that its going to come off and i will lose the tag.

[artful_golfer 1,560]

17 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

Cool, thanks for the info. I just got the Shotscope v3 and havent used it on the course yet.

Also, slightly concerned about my MacGyver solution to putting the putter tag on my adjustable counterweighted grip. Will see how well that works out, actually more worried that its going to come off and i will lose the tag.

I too have a counter weighted putter. I trimmed the stem on the tag to about 1/8" so it would fit in the grip hole. Then I applied electrical tape over the tag and down onto the grip on both sides. Next a wrapped electrical tape around the top of the grip and the edge of the tag to help make sure the first strip would stay in place. So far it is staying in place and doesn't look offensive. No one has even noticed. I posted a photo of it earlier in this thread but here it is again.

[dlow206 9,319]

1 minute ago, artful_golfer said:

I too have a counter weighted putter. I trimmed the stem on the tag to about 1/8" so it would fit in the grip hole. Then I applied electrical tape over the tag and down onto the grip on both sides. Next a wrapped electrical tape around the top of the grip and the edge of the tag to help make sure the first strip would stay in place. So far it is staying in place and doesn't look offensive. No one has even noticed. I posted a photo of it earlier in this thread but here it is again.

I cut the stem off of mine and then put velcro on both the tag and on the grip. I put a hole in the velcro on the grip side so that the counterweight is still adjustable.

[artful_golfer 1,560]

1 minute ago, dlow206 said:

I cut the stem off of mine and then put velcro on both the tag and on the grip. I put a hole in the velcro on the grip side so that the counterweight is still adjustable.

Hope it works for you. I thought about using Velcro but I was too worried I might knock the tag off in the bottom of my bag.

[dlow206 9,319]

44 minutes ago, artful_golfer said:

Hope it works for you. I thought about using Velcro but I was too worried I might knock the tag off in the bottom of my bag.

I got worried about my approach while thinking about it so i am scrapping the velcro for now.