Testers ANNOUNCED! SkyCaddie LX5 Watch

[destockwelltx 0]

David Stockwell / Bellaire, Texas

Yes: Skycaddie (v2 through Skycaddie SGX-W), Arccos with Samsung Galaxy 10

Arccos and Bushnell T4, stepping off from sprinkler heads.

 

Would love to test an accurate and reliable Skycaddie. My SG-X broke after a few months and very few rounds. Could not turn it off, nor turn it on. Tracking pointer stopped working. Now sitting on my desk, unused and unusable for years.

[GregB135 1,020]

Greg - Tampa, FL

Previously used Garmin multi-sport GPS watch along with cell phone GPS apps

Currently use 18 Birdies GPS app and Precision Pro NX7 range finder

[TJ Spy 0]

TJ Ju - Nashville, TN

Apple watch with iPhone app (18 Birdies)

18 Birdies on Apple Watch

 

[Good Neighbor Always 0]

H KEN ELKINS

WEYERS CAVE, VA  24486

 

"GOLF BUDDY"

[flushem 0]

1. Jake Yoon, Fullerton, CA
2. I had original GolfBuddy GPS.
3. I use laser rangefinder.

[Bill William 0]

Bill from Chaffee Mo

In the past have used Garmin GPS watch

Yes, currently using Callaway GPSync Watch

[KGauger 0]

Kyle Gauger - Orlando, Florida 

Have not

Laser range finder 

[Blamb21 0]

Brady lamb. Saint Paul, MN

Used mostly phone apps (swing x swing, 18birdies)

Currently use the Bushnell wingman, or my phone app. Or I just guess. Depends on the day

[MICHAEL DLUGOS 0]

On 7/9/2020 at 12:36 PM, 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

I use a garmin gps watch.

[Cameron Dudley 0]

Cameron Dudley  Las Vegas NV

do not use handheld GPS

use a Bushnell Tour V3

would love to try a GPS 

[KB0822 0]

Keith- Katy Tx

i phone apps

18 birdies

[SimonBazas 3]

Alec Mathews-Vallejo,CA

Yes- Free Caddie on Android, Garmin g80 (no longer own)

I usually ask someone with a GPS/Range Finder, Stakes and sprinklers

[mikeyt7555 0]

 

Michael Thompson - Paola, KS

Yes, my first one is the one I still use.   Bushnell Excel

I currently get front,  middle, and back of the green yardage on my watch.   Look to see where the pin is and make my estimate from there.

[CRenda3 0]

Chris Renda- Cincinnati, OH

I’ve used golf gps apps on my iPhone. 

For yardage I use Course markings. 

[Golfallday7 0]

 

1. Len Carella - New Jersey
2. Both. Garmin GPS and Suunto watch. 
3. NX7 Pro Rangefinder

[jwood357 0]

Jason Wood

Greenville SC

18 Birdies App and Range Finder

Use App on Apple Watch

[Wizz330 0]

Chuck Mayle - Canton , Ohio

Yes Bushnell Ion2 

18Birdies or , precision pro 

[JB34 0]

Jason Bauer - Clarksville, TN

Yes, all the apps on iPhone and Apple Watch

currently using the Garmin Z80.

[Stshep14 3]

Steve Sheppard 

Rio Verde, AZ

YES, A hand held Skycaddie

Bushnell Tour V4

[HOGGOLFER 6]

 

Scott DeGeer Tulsa, Oklahoma

Currently use a Bushnell Phantom attached to the golfcart as well as a Leupold GX-5i 3.   Since I ride and walk, I have been looking at GPS watches and would love the opportunity to test the SkyCaddie LX5.  Recently retired from IBM, I am a 1 handicap that plays 2-3 times a week.  Thanks!