Testers ANNOUNCED! SkyCaddie LX5 Watch

[MacDaddy]

John Mackesy. Lakeview, OH

Android phone / watch apps,  currently have Hole 19 Golf GPS for smartwatch installed.

Most often use Skydroid GPS App on my phone.

[MaTTyPar]

Matt Mahan

yes

18 birdies, but always have to have phone handy  so wearing a watch would be more ideal 

[Wicki]

I use golf logix and Swing U to get my yardage, as well as a range finder that was handed down.  I do not like the range finder, it bounces too much with my heart beats.  Would love to have something more convinent and quicker than a have to go into an app.  Then have to wait a moment to catch up.

[Bogey Man]

23 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. Name and Location; WHITTIER, CA
2. Have you ever used a GPS device or watch? Which one(s)? YES, A FREE TRY OF SMART CADDIE
3. Current method of determining yardage: LASER 

[GITAKLU]

1. Clu S.  -  St George, UT
2. Bushnell Phantom GPS or skycaddie
3. Bushnell Tour V4, and my old Callaway Diablo Octane rangefinder (for friends to use),  fairway markers, sprinkler markers, and course knowledge, and caddie if using one

[Joelhig]

Joel Kansas

Yes Garmin S40

Garmin S40 and Bushnell V4

[Kevin Floyd]

Hi- Kevin from New Jersey. I have been playing for about 40 years. I am currently using a Bushnell Patriot Jolt rangefinder. I have never used a watch for range finding. 5.2 handicap index.

[vballguy78]

Jim Kratz - Michigan

I have used a Callaway uPro, Garmin Approach S3 and S60

I am currently using my Garmin Approach S60

[RaidersReb]

1. Paul Sparks Arlington, TN

2. Yes Garmin Vivoactive 3, Garmin Vivoactive, Garmin Approach G6 handheld, Skycaddie SG4

3. Garmin Vivoactive 3. Take the G6 for new courses to see hole layout. 

[Ola isaksson]

1:Ola Isaksson. Phoenix AZ

2:using a bushnell laser 
 

3: not a big fan of the laser  a watch be so much better 

 

 

[aebuchanan1]

1. Name and Location - Tony Buchanan, PA
2. Have you ever used a GPS device or watch? Which one - Bushnell Neo watch
3. Current method of determining yardage - Bushnell Neo watch

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[Ewing27617]

Robert S Ewing

Raleigh, NC

Currently using Arccos

 

 

[wrightstuff13]

23 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

Wright, Aston, PA. I have used Hole 19 GPS app. I currently use Hole 19 and a rangefinder.

 

 

 

[struby]

Bill Strub - Twin Cities, MN

Yes - iPhone using the Hole19 App

Hole19 iPhone / Apple Watch app

[DoubleBogie33]

Daryl Golden - San Antonio, TX

Yes - Callaway All-Sport Watch before that was Garmin, I'm a watch guy.

I use my watch for distances

[WayRight]

Mark Coy - Illinois

 

Garmin Approach X40 & Garmin Approach S20

 

S20 & 18birdies app

[bus3110]

Joe O'Brien - St. Louis MO

Bushnell Neo XS, Shotscope v2, Arccos Caddie Phone App

Currently use a Precision Pro NX7 Rangefinder

[TequestaGolfer]

William Rinehart, Jupiter, FL

Currently use a Garmin S4 watch and a Bushnell Tour laser

Use both devices and course yardage markers to determine distances.

[BBgolfSurferOK]

Brandon Baker, Oklahoma

i currently use Garmin S60 watch. don't own a handheld range finder.

it has been good, but it is sometimes cumbersome to navigate. there are features i wish were different on it, but overall good. would love to compare it to this Sky Caddie version!

[Vladimir Punto]

 

Vladimir Punto, East Meadow, NY (Long Island)

Use Sky Caddie Linx GT, and other skyCaddie Hand held