Ratings & Reviews for Garmin Approach S42 Golf GPS Watch

Best Watch Purchase

I am beyond thrilled with this watch. I love that I can use it for daily wear, along with being a golf watch. The battery life is great as well. I will totally buy another one when the time comes.

Stopped locating satellites

Used 4 times and now will not locate satellites. Do not know how to fix can not get any information to do so.

Didn't work

It was set up to my phone did tje down loading plus it was a refurbished watch it never worked ill send it back

Can’t get the synch to work

Not able to load my scorecard from my watch to my app. It’s connected but fails to synch. I e tried several things and reset the watch default settings several times. No success yet, I’ve spent hours trying to figure it out and all the online help directs me to keep doing the stuff I’ve already tried. This is so extremely frustrating, I would love to get the caddy features available but cannot if I keep losing the data from my played rounds. Very disappointed in the lack of help or ab...

Perfect for a casual Golfer

It does everything I want in a golf watch and more. It is ideal for someone who is out there once to twice a week. The watch is very detailed with its stats and information and it feels like having a caddy on my wrist. I would definitely recommend it to someone who is a casual golfer looking for a reliable and detailed golf watch.

Flaky

I bought this a few weeks ago and I’ve had to uninstall and hard reset it a couple of times already. First it was draining within hours; then it stopped connecting with the golf app. I also find the user interface maddening and not intuitive. For merely tracking on the course, it is fine although my last round it lost the distance in the middle of the hole but rerighted itself when I moved to the next hole.

S42 review

Would like it better if my S42 had picture of green with yardage.

Garmin

I brought this product two weeks, very happy with it although the battery wears down pretty quickly. Other than that great watch, easy to use.

Game Improvement

Very easy to use and the information is creating better club selection. Better than having a caddie. Great product and very accurate! Happy golfer!

Best for the price

I'm an avid golfer (+100 games a year) and I have used a few golf watches to this day. Approach S10, Vivoactive, Vivoactive 3, Approach S42 and Golf Buddy Aim W12. I bought the Golf Buddy last winter and I used it for a trip to Myrtle Beach in April and for the start of my season at my home course. Two weeks ago I ordered a new Approach S42 as this watch was easier to manage on the course. Nothing fancy but very accurate and easier to get data on Garmin Connect and Garmin Golf. If you already ha...

HORRIBLE - DON'T BUY IT!

GET THE BASE MODEL INSTEAD. The less tech, the better the watch works. My S2, which I have had for years, is much easier to use. Any little movement disturbs the face, so you have to go back to the last screen. THE TOUCH SCREEN DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK! When you play only 9 holes, the watch does not handle that well. Every round so far, I have had to shut off the watch and start again, 2 or 3 holes into the round. A pain in the butt. I don't need the dam watch to keep score, yet if you don'...

Nice golf watch, questionable accuracy

I bought this to replace my Garmin S12 golf watch. Love the scoring feature upgrade. But I find this a lot less accurate than my older watch. I’ll shoot a pin with a rangefinder and the watch is way off at times. I keep it fully charged and upgrade it all the time as satellites change, but I’m still not thrilled about its accuracy.

Great features

Bought this a month ago and better than I thought, my last watch always died (battery)

Great watch!

Purchased a month ago and it has been great so far! Yardages are more accurate than I am and it finds them quickly. I really appreciate the shot tracking and analytics. My only request for the future would be a desktop editor that allows for easier shot editing and deleting rounds from the watch itself.

Great Features

I bought this watch 2 weeks and have already used it to play 5 rounds of golf. I found the watch very helpful in assessing the distance I get in my drives and other clubs that I use. I also find the stats of the rounds I played very helpful.

Great golf watch

This is my second Garmin watch and I love it! Reliable and easy to use! Thank you, Garmin

Too soon to tell

First one I bought only lasted two weeks before the battery would not fully charge. On my second one for one week. So far so good. Had a S10 before and liked it but it did not even last one year before the battery failed. Hope to have better luck

Accurate

I have used it for 3 years. I have found it accurate. I would give it 5 stars if it had a better connection for charging.