Testers ANNOUNCED! SkyCaddie LX5 Watch

[Capone 0]

Cameron Geske, Phoenix, AZ

iPhone app only (The Grint)

Laser Rangefinder, The Grint, or course markers +/- elevation & wind

[Jacob L 0]

Jacob Lehmann upper Peninsula of Michigan 

18 birdies app

Do not use rangefinder 

[DCputterguy 0]

Location: Alexandria, VA

 

Previously used: Garmin Approach S3

 

Currently using: 18Birdies app

[zachmabie 0]

Zach Mabie, Greenville NC

Yes - 18birdies app

18birdies app

[Ashtralia_nyc 0]

Gday!!

ashley from nyc via Australia

I currently use my eyes, brain and feel of the course or a caddie hahah

[Renerd21 0]

1. Rene Guerra
2. I use my phone utilizing The Grint App for yardage unless I am lucky enough to have a playing partner with a range finder
3. The grint app on my phone or if the cart has GPS. Sometimes I look for a sprinkler head and go old school. 

[Rnlittle20 0]

1. Ryan Little 
2. yes, bushnell tour v4 & Garmin approach
3. bushnell your v4

[DJ Jones 0]

DJ Jones

North Fontana, California 

Inland Empire  Area of So California 

I have used sky caddie and Garmin devices. Including watches and hand held GPS. 
I currently use a Garmin GPS watch to determine my yardage. 

[calebtench 0]

Caleb Tench - Charlotte, NC

callaway - Busneil - sky caddie 

busneil range finder 

[Goran Barnes 0]

Goran Barnes Wake Forest, NC

Golf Buddy GPS watch 

Callaway 300 Pro

 

[DannyO 0]

1. Dan O., Maine

2. Yes, Skydroid and golf course specific Apps

3. Hybrid of Range Finder, GPS Phone Apps and pacing. Always need redundancy when taking measurements (goes with my profession). 

[Codyshort13 0]

18 hours ago, GolfSpy STUDque said:

There’s some irony when contemplating the market for watches in 2020.

Specifically, it’s a situation where the original purpose of the item is no longer a defining selling point.

Remember when the primary, if not the only, purpose of a watch was to keep time? Me neither.

It’s a reasonable assumption that time is anything but of the essence; golfers are far more interested in all of the golf-related stuff that this piece of wearable technology does.

The SkyCaddie LX5 GPS watch is built around the architecture of the SX500, which was named the “Best Handheld GPS” in MyGolfSpy’s annual Most Wanted testing.

It offers an abundance of bundled golf technology, and did I mention it also tells time. Ain’t that something?

 

TESTERS WANTED

This review opportunity is open to members residing in the United States. If you'd like to be considered, please reply to this thread with the following information:

1. Name and Location
2. Have you ever used a GPS device or watch? Which one(s)?
3. Current method of determining yardage

1. Cody Short, Tallahassee, FL

2. I’ve used the GolfLogix app in the past, but don’t use it currently.

3. I use a Bushnell laser rangefinder.

[SmurfItchy 0]

Andrew Hentrich north of Philly 

I use the Grint app 

For my yardage I use my Bushnell range finder and the Grint app. 

[jheindr1 0]

1. Jason - Broomfield, CO
2. Apple Watch - Using TheGrint
3. Apple Watch/iPhone - TheGrint App

 

[Drawdy 0]

1. Rich Drawdy SIoux Falls, South Dakota 
2. I’ve been using the Garmin Approach S20 for about two years now. 
3. Garmin Approach S20 Watch. 

[Jason Drucker 0]

Jason Drucker - Long Island NY

Never used a Watch Before, did have Garmin Handelds back in the day.

Pinned Golf Blackjack/Yardage Books

[Troy E 0]

Troy -Raleigh NC

never used gps device other than some that are loaded on carts 

use bushnell v4 

[JAllen 0]

Jordan Allen-Lake Charles, LA 

Yes, Garmin S20

Rangefinder-Bushnell 

[Ibar34 0]

• Kevin Ibarra - Los Angeles, CA
• Only the App 18Birdies
• I either use the 18Birdies App, ask someone in my group who has a range finder, or the yardage sticks to eye ball it

[sroel908 17]

Steven Roeland, Menomonee Falls, WI

I have not used a specific GPS device or watch before

I use the free Golf Pad app on my Android phone
 

Thank you!