Ratings & Reviews for Garmin Approach S42 Golf GPS Watch

Garmin S42

Works great when it was working, but just after a year it does not work picking up satellites. It just keeps searching. It used to pick them up in a few minutes. I tried shutting off and re start but no help doing that. Not worth the money if product is not dependable. .Disappointed in Garmin. .

Good features

Bought about a month ago and have used it on 6+ rounds of 18 holes. The only problem so far is that it doesn’t always track my shot distances and I’m not sure why.

Inconsistent success

On my 3rd S42. Very frustrating to get to the course and the watch doesn’t find any courses. I’m now having to connect to Garmin Express before every use and download any updates and to ensure it will find courses.

Great

Bought as a give for my wife who is not into the "bells and whistles" that the s70 has. She finds the s42 to have everything she needs without it being complicated . The price was right too.

Very solid all-around golf watch.

It's got everything you need for golf and is great for wearing off the course as well.

A handsome 'watch'!

Very pleased with my watch after 5-6 times using it.

This watch is all you need

Very easy to set up and use and is extremely accurate on the course. Love it!

Disappointed

The approach as 42 does give me accurate yardage. But it only gives a picture of the green, not the actual direction of the hole and after golfing when using it as a watch, it is very difficult to read because it's very dark. Overall, I am disappointed.

Worth it!

Could not play golf without this watch, and through a few glitches, am very happy with the many featured of this watch. Instead of those range finders, this us right on my wrist. Favorite features are telling me t h e distance of every shot I hit, then after round through the Garmin app., u can see every shot u hit. Great watch. Garmin support is awesome, whenever something comes up. I highly recommend

Incorrect distances

I bought the S42 but had to send it back as 20% of the time the distances to front, centre and back were significantly wrong. A replacement was provided but the results are the same. The S42 is significantly inferior to my old S2 at twice the cost and I would not recommend this watc to anyone.

Great features but accuracy in question

Purchased recently to replace older model. looks great and has some meat new features but I purchased primarily as a golf tool and the distance measuring is off by at least 10 percent. I can stand on the fairway market and the distance will be short by 15 yds.

customer care

had a s42 for 3 years when it stoppped locating courses. garmin set me a brand new one, great company and products. would highly recommend.

So far I love it.

I like all the features and some I haven't check out yet. It has pretty accurate readings as some people I play with have the handheld device and I'm only little bit different.

So so

Got this for father's day and not thrilled how long it takes to navigate yardage

Golf 5. Fitness 3

Bought mine refurbished and have used it regularly since receiving it. Golf features specifically distance work great. One challenge I have to this point is steps on golf course track on watch but don’t appear to update all phone summaries

iNTERESTING DEVICE

I had a simpler version of the garman for several years but it was lost when we changed residences. I bot the S42 because it seemed relatively simple to use. That has not proven to be the case. For a device I use once a week I should not need to carry the instruction manual which I printed from your website. At the moment I am unable to fully shut off the device since I will not be using it for another week. I do not want the battery to run down prior to the next use.

S42

Having problems finding satellites and pairing with the garmin app on phone

Wow! Golfing game changer!

You gauge distance every shot! No more guessing! Great device features to round out your game.

Great piece of equipment

Recently purchased. Have used it for my first three rounds of golf. I like the score keeping and the ability to download a completed card after the round. Still figuring out how best to use other features. Distance to hazards etc.