Gps watch

[Woggathe boy]

Hello, this is my first post. I've got a few Christmas pounds and I'm looking at a gps watch. Just after some advice on the garmin S1 which I can get for£90 from direct golf or the sky caddie watch which I can get for £119 from direct golf. The sky caddie has a scorecard which is clearly an extra on the garmin but was more after reliability and accuracy opinion. I see sky caddie has dropped subscription fees which makes it quite tempting. Im not after any gags about getting a fitting just some cold hard rose tinted opinion.

Cheers

Wogga

 

[anotherdouble]

Hello there, I have seen the garmin in use and from what I see you can't go wrong. Measurements to front, middle and back and from what I believe there are accurate. At£90 you can't go wrong.

 

[El Bandito]

Have the S1. Simple, and a lot more accurate than me!

 

[London mike 61]

A mate of mine has got one and he swears by it, a good bit of kit. I've got a garmin s3 which is ok but probably gives too much info when all I want is a basic distance measuring device . Wish I bought the watch instead

 

[Alan P Mills]

I have the Bushnell Neo watch. Simple I.e. Front, middle and back yardages. Absolutely love it. Don't play without now.

 

[Tommo21]

Have the S1. Simple, and a lot more accurate than me!

Good answer. Had my S1 a while now, so easy, never let me down...trust it.

 

[steve7]

I have a S1 watch,great for what it does.

 

[Papas1982]

Great bit of kit. Speeds up play, and has always been accurate for me. If only my irons could hit the distances......

 

[stevie_r]

Received an S3 yesterday and am itching to get out and use it.

 

[davemc1]

I know nothing about the sky caddie, but the s1 is super. So easy to use, fantastic bit of kit. If I was going to be fussy and pull it down; sometimes it takes a while to load up, and it gives the yardages as the crow flies, which can be a struggle on dog-legs.

 

[Woggathe boy]

Cheers fellas, bit of a resounding win for the garmin. I think I'll be placing an order today.

 

[davidy233]

I've got a sky caddie (not the watch version) and got the missus a Garmin S1 for Christmas - we were out yesterday morning and distances between the two never varied more than a couple of yards to the front, middle, back, though the S1 took a couple of seconds longer to settle on the correct distance when we stopped next to the ball - S1 is really simple to use.

Only down side for me is it doesn't do distances to fairway hazards which my skycaddie does - I use that feature a fair bit.

It's a great bit of kit for the price

 

[cliveb]

... the s1 is super. So easy to use, fantastic bit of kit. If I was going to be fussy and pull it down; sometimes it takes a while to load up

Interesting to hear about someone else who thinks it's slow to get going. My S1 sometimes seems to hang trying to find the satellites and I reboot it in frustration. Once it's found them, it works just fine. A lot of my mates have S1s, and they don't seem to have the same problem. Perhaps there is a lot of sample variation?

The other thing that slightly bothers me about the S1 is that the strap is not replaceable. So if it breaks, you're stuffed. Interestingly, the S2 has a replaceable strap.

 

[DAVEYBOY]

My S3 is the best golfing purchase I have ever made, if you can go the extra mile I'd highly recommend you get the S3 over the S1 :thup:

 

[Woggathe boy]

Sadly my budget can't reach the heady heights of the S3. I have gone in for the S1 after the positive reviews and placed the order. Hopefully should be here for the new year so that I can work out exactly how far I can't hit the ball. Cheers for all the help.

 

[daymond]

You've done the right thing. The s1 is simple and hassle free.

 

[MarkE]

I have the s1. I think I paid around £150 about a year ago and it's the best golf purchase i've made. I would'nt be without it, so at £90 it's a steal.

 

[Ista]

I've got the S3 and it's been an excellent purchase. I use the scorecard function & it's great for distance info without having to interupt actually playing your round which is its biggest selling point. You won't be disappointed.

 

[Woggathe boy]

I went for the S1 and it arrived today, as most kids with a new toy I want to take it up right now. First of all I need to wait for it to charge up and secondly I've got to download some courses. I think I've done it correctly just wondered if any S1 users could help me. It says it has approx 9,000 courses preprogrammed in, does this mean that's all it can hold and do I have to select courses or once I've done the download does it have all the courses.
Thanks in advance

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I know a lot of people with the S1 and never heard anyone say a bad word about it, for £90 I'd say go fro it. I don't know anyone with the SC though so can't really comment on that.