Smart watches

[SaintHacker]

Looking at getting a smart watch of some sort in the very near future. Not sure whether to go for a golf specific watch, garmin s20 or similar, or go for a full on smart watch like the Galaxy and put a golf app on it. Anyone got any experience pros/cons of either?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I've got the garmin vivoactive 4 and it's got everything I need it for and more.

I think you can add the golf app onto it aswell.

Boss piece of kit though.

 

[fundy]

I've got the garmin vivoactive 4s and it's got everything I need it for and more.

I think you can add the golf app onto it aswell.

Boss piece of kit though.

can you store music on the watch on the 4, or do you have to get a different "music" version as you did with the 3?

 

[FuzzyDuck]

I had a basic Garmin which only showed me distance to front, centre and back of the green. It was OK but I much prefer the app (Tag Heuer) I run on my Apple Watch as it shows detailed hole layout and I can easily get distances to hazards. It has the ability to do scoring but I find that too much of a faff. Of course the Apple Watch can do so much more than this, e.g. workout tracking, heart rate monitoring, notifications etc. I would never go back to a dedicated golf watch.

 

[Karl102]

Posted the other day on a thread. I have got the s60 and it’s brilliant. Pretty pricey, but keep your eye on fleebay. I got mine for a steal!
Great smart watch plus hole images as well as distances...

 

[Deleted member 1740]

can you store music on the watch on the 4, or do you have to get a different "music" version as you did with the 3?

I'm pretty certain you can but I've not.

I only use the tracker for when I'm in the gym, its wasted on me in all honesty.

 

[fundy]

I'm pretty certain you can but I've not.

I only use the tracker for when I'm in the gym, its wasted on me in all honesty.

i had the original vivoactive, used it for golf and exercise but would love to put music and £30 on the watch for when I walk the dog via the pub so dont need the phone or wallet

 

[Deleted member 1740]

i had the original vivoactive, used it for golf and exercise but would love to put music and £30 on the watch for when I walk the dog via the pub so dont need the phone or wallet

Sorry mine is the vivoactove 4, I think you can link it to play music through spotify if that makes sense?

 

[fundy]

Sorry mine is the vivoactove 4, I think you can link it to play music through spotify if that makes sense?

i know

the model before was the vivo 3. they then bought out a vivo 3 music that you could store music on directly rather than listening from your phone so didnt have to have the phone present, was wondering if the 4 had that (might be easier to look at the specs )

 

[Deleted member 1740]

i know

the model before was the vivo 3. they then bought out a vivo 3 music that you could store music on directly rather than listening from your phone so didnt have to have the phone present, was wondering if the 4 had that (might be easier to look at the specs )

Haha I'm not very techy but I've just uploaded spotify onto it?

 

[fundy]

Haha I'm not very techy but I've just uploaded spotify onto it?

do me a favour can you load one song onto the actual phones memory?

 

[funkycoldmedina]

I've got the Samsung Galaxy watch and have the taylormade app which is great for what I need. It tracks your club distances if you can be bothered but I just use it for GPS distances

 

[robbeh32]

Samsung have just bought out a golf edition watch.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/wearables/galaxy-watch-r800-golf-edition/

I'm very tempted to buy this but in current climate I think I should wait. Bit scared to spend money don't know why.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

do me a favour can you load one song onto the actual phones memory?

Yeah give us a minute it's just charging ?

 

[fundy]

Yeah give us a minute it's just charging ?

not gonna lie mate, in no hurry, any time this side of july or august lol

 

[Deleted member 1740]

not gonna lie mate, in no hurry, any time this side of july or august lol

????

 

[Deleted member 1740]

@fundy you can upload and store music and play it but you need a computer or laptop to load it.

Got there in the end ??

 

[BubbaP]

Samsung have just bought out a golf edition watch.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/wearables/galaxy-watch-r800-golf-edition/

I'm very tempted to buy this but in current climate I think I should wait. Bit scared to spend money don't know why.

Probably a great watch, but what a terrible website (on my Samsung phone)

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Posted the other day on a thread. I have got the s60 and it’s brilliant. Pretty pricey, but keep your eye on fleebay. I got mine for a steal!
Great smart watch plus hole images as well as distances...

Same here. Do you practice on the range? If so, it's got a swing tempo reader built in, and also ( not used it myself), if you buy an extra, it can read your swing and analyse it.

 

[Reemul]

Samsung have just bought out a golf edition watch.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/wearables/galaxy-watch-r800-golf-edition/

I'm very tempted to buy this but in current climate I think I should wait. Bit scared to spend money don't know why.

I have the Samsung Smart Watch with Golf Caddie App installed, it works great, gave my kid the Garmin watch and use this all the time, works really well and the watch itself is great, battery lasts around 4 days as well