Testers ANNOUNCED! SkyCaddie LX5 Watch

[adamflowers 89]

Adam Flowers - Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I have never used a GPS watch or device.

I currently use the free version of the Golfshot app to determine yardages

[Adamdavisdpu 0]

 

1. Adam Davis, Chicago IL
2. Samsung Galaxy Active (app: myroundpro, golf pad)
3. Watch for front, back, center (General distances), Bushnell for pin

[rbwynn 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. Ryan W. - Cleveland, OH

2. Yes, I have - I currently own a Bushnell neoXS watch that I received as a gift in 2016. 

3. I've been using that neoXS watch for essentially every round since receiving it. I find it to be pretty accurate and rely on it 98% of the time. If there is a precise yardage that I need, I'll rely on a playing partner's rangefinder.

 

[Stacycohen89 0]

Stacy Cohen- Dallas 

Apple Watch, Samsung active golf edition, my caddie

bushnell pro x2 rangefinder

[Mgio02 0]

1. Mike Giorgetti - Boston, MA

2. Yes - Garmin Vivoactive 3

3. Vivoactive watch and Callaway rangefinder 

 

[Tom Eva 0]

Tom Eva - Jersey, Channel Islands

Yes - hole 19 and 18Birdies 

Currently using Bushnell V4

[Pareethan 0]

Ethan Pare, Syracuse New York, never used GPS or watch, and I currently use a Nikon rangefinder

[Halloran 0]

Sean Halloran in Saco ME

Yes. Apple Watch with 18 birdies and Laser rangefinder

^combo of this^

[SimpleMan 0]

Grant Giltner - Denver Colorado

Yes - Grint iPhone app and Arccos Sensor 

precision pro NX7 Slope 

[Akaminskipga 0]

Adam Kaminski, PGA Professional, LONG ISLAND NY

Yes, use bushnell phantom, arccos sensors and iPhone caddie feature plus bushnell pro xe laser.  Old golf buddy world gps as well.

i use both my bushnell pro xe as well as arccos caddie and bushnell phantom to determine yardage

[Kyle16 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  

 

Kyle Weatherwax 

nashville, Tn 

I have not used a gps watch or device

I either use my phone apps like 18 birdies or golf now complete or I find the closest yardage mark and guess my yardage based off that. 

[m3prez 0]

Randy Moore - Florida

Yes. Bushnell Hybrid and Garmin G30

Bushnell rangefinder

[benjie15 0]

1. Benjie McKendry - Alpharetta, GA
2. I have used a few different GPS apps on the iphone: TheGrint, Golf Pad & Golfshot
3. I use Golf Pad on every hole to determine distance and club choice.

[mkotten89 0]

Matt, Boston, MA

Yes, Garmin s60

All my yardage comes from my Garmin s60 watch

[Billy Matre 0]

Billy Matre - New Jersey

Yes - GolfWith GPS, 18 birdies

I use GPS for tee shots & layup and rangefinder for approach shot.

 

 

[David D 0]

David DeGood — Nashville, TN 

I’ve never used a watch for GPS before.

 

Currently, I use an old callaway 200 rangefinder. 

[Nhandal 0]

1. Nassry Handal - Boston, MA

2. Yes, Apple Watch with The Grint App

3. Bushnell Tour

[Kevin Kikkert 36]

1. Kevin K, Grand Rapids, MI
2. I tried to use an app on my phone years ago, and forget the name, but I hated having to keep my phone on me while trying to be present. I have never used a GPS watch for golf, but I do currently wear a Garmin 230 Forerunner watch that I've used for running around 5 years now. 
3. My current method of determining yardage is a point and shoot range finder, which is a Nikon Coolshot

[Rafael T. 0]

Rafael Torres Cleveland, Ohio

I have used the Grint app gps before.

Current method is range finder, Leupold GX-1i with a yardage book (if available). 

[bdudge 0]

18 hours ago, GolfSpy STUDque said:

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Brian Dudgeon - Orange County, NY

Never used a wearable or GPS device.
 

Currently use a laser rangefinder for distance.