Garmin Approach S12, Easy-to-Use GPS Golf Watch, 42k+ Preloaded Courses, Granite Blue, 010-02472-01

I’ve been golfing a long time. I don’t know why I never had one of these gps golf watches? It’s rare I would say “it’s a game changer” for things. But I gotta say after researching golf watches and come upon this one in particular I’m sold. To the S12 now, I’m not a stranger to electronic devices we all have them. However on a golf course while playing it needs to be: easy to use and navigate through functions, easy to read in rainy or sunny conditions with a lot of glare, accuracy is key also looks and feels good wearing it along with tough durability. Definitely all of these things and more. I played my first 18 (pouring rain first 4 holes) with it after getting accustomed to the functions and being familiar enough to actually use it. I was thrilled with the performance and ease of use. Funny I only somewhat generally knew how far I was hitting each club.. now I know for sure. Big help cutting scores just that alone. On only two holes I noticed it didn’t move to next.. so I manually kicked over to next hole pretty easily. On another that was close to last green as well.. just walked over to tee box and it flipped automatically easy peezy. If that’s a negative thing I’ll take that all day every day no problems here. All in all I’m super happy with the S12 from seller to fast delivery to actual accuracy and simplicity of use it’s been a very good purchase. Hopefully I get even better at using it’s functions and that it holds up for a long time. In closing you can spend a lot more on a gps golf watch for sure. So far this seems to be well worth the money. I can pretty much guarantee you won’t have to ask anyone for yardages again. It does enough and well enough in my book not to be a major distraction and balances high tech and useful features to up your game and joy of playing golf.

This was a birthday gift to my husband. He absolutely loves it. He came home after playing and said I am in love with this watch. He says it is dependability. It is easy to operate. It is accurate. I said that is why I bought a Garmin. We both have old forerunner watches to walk. Can not beat a Garmin.

I had been using a hand held range finder until one day I played with a group of men who all were wearing GPS watches. I looked it up, and purchased this. I also changed out the strap to a velcro loop style.Pros:Very light weight.Accuracy seems consistent with range finder, and it's much easier to get distance by looking at your wrist.Able to get lay-up distances, and distances to hazards.Relatively inexpensive.Good contrast in bright daylight, easy to read.Stroke entry works well.Cons:Fairway and hazard visualization is not as good as the expensive color models.Too many steps to "measure shot" or "change hole position"Battery life is as claimed, but it is too short and requires recharge too often.More steps than one would like to get distances to front and back of hazards.Other:Like any GPS watch, it doesn't actually know distance to the hole. My solution is, when in range of the green for the range finder, to compare the "Center of Green" from the watch to an actual range finder "distance to pin", and use the difference for other future shots at pin.To replace the original band, I recommend:https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DD57SHV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1It is inexpensive, lightweight, and much easier to put on or remove.Overall, an excellent compromise between weight, cost, and functionality

This is one of the best GPS watches I have purchased. If you are looking for easy set-up and immediate "take it to the course" ready then this watch is for you!

Very reflective and easy to see in the sun. Light and not bulky. Takes 1 to 2 minutes to get go's signal 1st time but then it's very accurate on course and simple to use so it doesn't distract me during the game. Battery is great, after a 3.5 hr round it still had a 90% charge and bluetooth was on to connect to garmin phone app. Absolutely love it and would buy again.Update: syill working and if just using as eatch with bluetooth and gps off it lasts a long time its been 2 weeks and still shows almost full charge. I giess thats the benefit of a watch that only does 1 thing i.e. golf and not all the smart watch features I don’t need, my phone does that stuff.

Works great. I am happy.

I have had the Bushnell and Tec Tec Tec GPS range finder watches and this is by far the best of the lot. The Bushnell is a good watch and accurate, but the battery only stays charged for 1 round and if a golf course has been redone or had modifications, it is very difficult to get the watch updated for the new layout. The Tec Tec Tec watch is accurate, but doesn't even hold a charge for a complete 18 hoel round. This Garmin watch has a long charge, is accurate, easy to see in mid afternoon and much easier to attach the charging cord than the other 2. I would recommend

Does everything it says it does. Stays charged for 3-4 rounds. Would definitely recommend it.