Latest / PlayBetter's Golf Tech Weekly / #6: Garmin Approach G82 Golf Launch Monitor and Handeld GPS
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- PlayBetter: I hit a great tee shot right down the middle. I'm kind of looking at the data and a couple of them walked up and they're like, what the heck is that? It tracks your data. And I said, well, yeah, it tracks some basic data. And then before we knew it, we were, we were doing it for everybody's shot on every hole. For those that are still playing golf without technology like this, it's almost a bit like playing blind, isn't it? At this point. Welcome back to Play Better's Golf Tech Weekly. I'm Mark Schrofforgian joined by Daniel Fitzpatrick. And Daniel, today we've got a very interesting product to discuss. In fact, I might call this one the most interesting piece of golf technology, or at least the most unique in 2026. That is the Garmin Approach G82. Why don't ⁓ you tell us a little bit about it, please. Yeah, thanks Mark. ⁓ So yeah, it's certainly a unique product as you said, not for the fact that it's a handheld GPS. I mean, we do have many competitors in the space now that are doing similar things, including our cell phones, which are all capable of providing some form of basic GPS functionality in today's world. ⁓ But this Garmin G82 is certainly unique because not only is it a a GPS handheld, but it's also a launch monitor. So as you can see, there's actually a radar here at the top of the device that's capable of not only tracking and measuring some basic full swing data, but also some putting data too, which is certainly unique and really helps people, you know, not only on course, but in the practice as well. So you can not, you know, practice at the range, but then you can also get some data on course. I truly believe it's the, you know, most unique and easiest device to use on course to collect data, just because of how easy it is to take from your golf cart, set it down on the ground, hit a shot, grab some data, keep on playing. really excited to talk about this, dive in and kind of talk about our experience, because it's one of the few devices we've talked about this week, or this series, I guess I should say, that we've actually tested and used on the course. So excited to kind of tell the audience about our experience with that. Right. So the G82, of course, for those who don't know, is the evolution from Garmin's approach G80 product, which ⁓ was the same kind of core functionality. ⁓ It was released seven years ago. And just for the same reason that this device is so unique, that device was so unique. ⁓ Once again, it combined handheld GPS functionality with a built-in launch monitor. in a way that no other product had to date and even still now no other product has other than now the new evolved G82. So it's kind of that perfect Venn diagram as you say Daniel between simple practice data and on course yardages. ⁓ And I think right off the bat, we think in terms of people that maybe don't want to have a dedicated launch monitor ⁓ or also don't want to wear a golf watch Now they can get all of that in one device, ⁓ which is really, really interesting. ⁓ So the G80 was a very interesting niche product, but it's been around for seven years, and so we've kind of been waiting for this evolution. And really what the G82 does is address all of the ways that the G80 was starting to show its age. So with the G82, we now have a much larger ⁓ Transflective touchscreen display, which is up from three inches on the G80. It's a 480 by 800 resolution. It is still transreflective. It's not AMOLED, which we'll talk about. ⁓ So it's visible in sunlight, but not maybe as crisp as Garmin's watches. ⁓ It's now got a built-in cart magnet, which is a huge upgrade because the original G80 had a really kind of antiquated, kind of janky system of clips and bungees, that kind of rubber band style attaching to a cart. This is of course much cleaner, also comes with a detachable carabiner clip. As you touched on, Daniel, it adds putting metrics, which is totally new, not just to the G80, G82 family, but to Garmin in general. ⁓ which is super interesting. I know that's something you've played around with a good amount, so we'll talk about that. It also adds bag mapping for the first time to this kind of device, another very cool thing, and also virtual caddy. So this device will actually start to club you as it learns your game, ⁓ which is, again, pretty awesome. ⁓ So ⁓ let's kind of talk through some of those features. ⁓ Bag mapping jumps to mind is something that I think all of us would be well advised to kind of go through in our golf lives and probably continuously update. ⁓ Tell me about kind of that functionality and feature and how it might help a golfer. Yeah, so I think the biggest differentiator here is that when you look at professional players and amateur players, there's one hugely distinct difference outside of their God-given talent and their work ethic to be the golfers they are. ⁓ You know, they all know as far as professional golfers go, they all know exactly how far their golf clubs go. We as amateurs, we have the idea or we have a perception of how maybe how far we can hit a ball or what our best shot looks like. But the bag mapping tool with the G82 is similar to other devices, but it is also nice that you hit multiple shots with the same club and you select which clubs are in your golf bag. And what it does is it takes the average data that it captures. And then when you're on the golf course, you can use that to help you select a club in certain scenarios. So, ⁓ maybe I'm on the golf course and I'm guilty of this too, Mark, where you're sitting there and you're thinking, man, I can hit an eight iron that far if I catch it perfect, if I don't get hit by a certain wind. When in reality, maybe the smarter choice is, well, maybe I should take my average of data and play the averages. play the numbers, what's to my advantage type of thing. So ⁓ I think it opens up maybe some humbleness to some golfers that maybe what you think isn't always the perfect club selection and this is where technology is our friend and we can trust that data, not only that we're gathering on the range, now we can trust it out on the course to help us make better decisions and hopefully shoot lower scores. Absolutely. ⁓ So again, this thing is a ⁓ handheld GPS and then also a launch monitor. So let's kind of touch on each of those kind of separate tracks and then we'll talk about kind of the marriage of the two. ⁓ On the GPS side or what you might typically use as you're on the course, this really becomes just like having a large ⁓ Garmin Golf Watch. ⁓ in your hand. ⁓ It is large, I will say. So playing with this thing in your pocket, maybe not so practical. Again, it's got the cart magnet, so easily can attach to a cart. It also has a ⁓ carabiner clip, so you can clip it to your bag. ⁓ But you've got the same, just as with all the other Garmin Golf products, you've got the same 43,000 plus preloaded courses, which essentially covers most of the courses that you would encounter worldwide. ⁓ You've got full color course view maps. You've got distance to front, middle, and back of each green. You've got hazard distances, layup yardages. You've got manual pin placement. You can zoom in to get a close-up of the green. ⁓ If you subscribe to Garmin's ⁓ golf ⁓ subscription, you get green contour data so you can see slope direction. ⁓ You've got aerial imagery. plays like distances, even wind speed and direction. You've got a pin pointer ⁓ to show you direction to the pin if you have a blind shot. ⁓ You've got a digital scorecard. One thing that I found cool about it is ⁓ they have ⁓ really all of the various ⁓ kind of ⁓ scoring methods that you might use. So whether you're playing stroke play or stableford or match play or even a skins match, ⁓ it'll tabulate all of that for you so you don't have to. sit there and grind on the scorecard and figure out who won each hole and who owes who money. ⁓ So that's kind of cool. ⁓ You have kind of the optional add-ons of adding CT10 club sensors for automatic shot tracking. You've got range relay so that it pairs with Garmin's Z30 range finder to give you ⁓ precise flag distance as you play the rest of the hole. ⁓ Just a ton of Amazing stuff and we've only talked about one half of the device So so daniel here we are in 2026 ⁓ for those that are still playing golf without Technology like this. It's almost a bit like playing blind, isn't it at this point? Yeah, definitely and you know, there's certain parts of the country where you know golfers aren't playing the same golf course every time they go play if you're not a member at a country club ⁓ You know, you might be playing a different public golf course each time So to have these golf courses in GPS at your disposal is is a nice little touch to get an advantage on your playing competitors on your friends ⁓ You know you quickly find out if you're the only one in the group that has something like this everyone's kind of navigating over to to take a peek at certain things here and there and try to get some more information while they can so ⁓ It's kind of like we touched on earlier, you know, it's kind of it's kind of funny to sit here and be hyped up about a handheld GPS in 2026, but when you look at all the features and all of the in-depth capabilities that the device has, it's super appealing and it has features like you just discussed, Mark, that no other device has, especially with the laser rangefinder integration. mean, there's studies out there that show that almost every golfer uses both GPS and a rangefinder now in most of their rounds of golf, even if it's I use one on every round and I play the same golf course every single time. it's just to have that information knowing where the front middle backs of the greens are, you how far is it to cover that, that bunker over there, you know, being that it's touchscreen, you can just simply tap on the screen and kind of see those distances. So it is still useful as far as the GPS handheld goes. And for me personally, I, I welcome the ability to put my phone away. you know, not worry about the outside world. You know, in my opinion, you know, golf is a way to escape that outside world for four hours, hopefully not too much longer, which would pace and play. But I do think that it's a unique device that can help people just focus on golf for a few hours and forget about what's going on on their phone and ignore those things, which I find valuable as well. You know, that's a selling technique that, may not be used very frequently, but I do think that's a huge advantage to just be able to focus on golf and enjoy those moments. I agree. ⁓ Are you by the way, Daniel, do you wear a you wear a watch when you play? Are you a golf watch guy? I am now. ⁓ As of recent, yeah, so I am a Garmin golf watch wearer. ⁓ However, I will say as you've noted earlier, ⁓ in testing this G82, I've ditched the watch when I play when I have this device because it's a bigger screen, it's easier to see. ⁓ I kind of have big thumbs, so on the watch it is a little bit difficult to go through the touchscreen options at times. ⁓ And at times, because I do have more of a bulkier smartwatch, it kind of feels like there's a big weight on my wrist. So at times I just feel like it's not the most comfortable to play golf in. Yeah, that's what I was going to bring up is I am a golf watch wearer, ⁓ not exclusively, especially now that we have toys like this to experiment with. But, you know, and a lot of people aren't and a lot of people, it just doesn't work for. They find it that it maybe it hits the back of their hand or it just introduces a feeling that they're unfamiliar with and they don't like, or they don't like the tan lines, you know, ⁓ as simple as that. ⁓ So, I mean, just kind of making the case, as you said, for why a handheld GPS would be relevant in 2026. Well, one case would be not everyone wants to wear a golf watch, but still wants GPS data. And of course we've touched on, there's tons of apps, many of them for free, where you can get some of that stuff on your phone, ⁓ but not to the extent of all of the things we just ran through and walked through. ⁓ there you go. ⁓ GPS functionality, pretty outstanding, ⁓ but. The real party trick of this device is you can turn a handheld GPS into a launch monitor with the touch of one button. So all of a you hit this button and now you've got a launch monitor. ⁓ You attach this kind of separate attachment to the back of the device ⁓ and then you ⁓ kind of a cool design, you use a golf ball and there's a. indentation on the device in the golf ball. ⁓ You set it on the ground and it kind of sets at a 45 degree angle right to the side of the ball, about 12 inches to the side of the ball. And now you have a launch monitor. ⁓ You said, Daniel, ⁓ bringing this thing on the golf course, ⁓ there really is no other launch monitor that you can bring out onto the course as practically as this. And while that might not be a common or constant use case, You know, we're not always gonna be gathering data as we're playing a round of golf. I gotta say it's a pretty cool party trick. You played a few rounds with this and now you had some buddies that were turning their heads. Tell us about your experience with that. Yeah, and I, you know, I think it even shocked me how interested people get when you take the device from your cart because it's not like, you know, I sit there and I've got this new device, this is what I'm gonna be doing with it today. It was more of... you know, I'm just going to kind of test this in the background, not make too big of a fuss about it, because I was still learning and understanding how the device worked and what it was capable of. But it was so funny because it was the second or third hole we played. I grabbed it off the cart, because again, it has that nice magnetic mount and set it down on the ground. you know, a couple of the guys kind of start looking around like, what the heck's he doing? and, you know, I hit a great tee shot right down the middle, I'm kind of looking at the data and a couple of them walked up and they're like, What the heck is that? It tracks your data. And I said, well, yeah, it tracks some basic data. And then before we knew it, we were doing it for everybody's shot on every hole. ⁓ It probably became a pace of play problem for the people behind us just because everyone was so infatuated by it. But it was really cool just to see how basic it was, but at the same time, how much people were navigating to it. And before the end of the round, we had guys researching it on the website, ready to buy it, and stuff like that. ⁓ It is funny how these guys have always pushed data away from them, but just the simpleness of carry distance, smash factor, ⁓ seeing that information while also being a useful GPS device, all of sudden it becomes more appealing. And again, they were noticing me. I wasn't on my phone getting distracted, other things like that. ⁓ you know, when you play well, obviously too, they also start navigating, hey, maybe we want the devices he's using and stuff like that. So that's part of it in there too. But yeah, it was really unique just to see people navigating towards the technology, especially for people who, you know, pretty much push technology away other than a rangefinder before that. Yeah, yeah, super cool. And as for what it does track, ⁓ it is basic. you're getting ball speed, club head speed, smash factor. swing tempo and carry distance, ⁓ actually also total distance as well. ⁓ But then you're also getting ⁓ putting metrics, which is entirely new. ⁓ I know that's something you've played around with. ⁓ Tell us about that experience. Yeah, and you know, I'm. be the first person to tell you as data centric as I am with wedges and irons and full swing shots, I am the first person to push technology away from the putting green. And that's just for the fact that I've always been a firm believer that's a feel thing and you should not really introduce too much technology into in your short game. know, putting in my opinion is 95 % between your ears and having confidence. ⁓ But yeah, it's incredible what it actually does measure and track and can help you with because again, while it is basic, it's really useful information and eye-opening just for any golfer. The fact that it's measuring the length of stroke, it's one of the few devices out there that will measure that metric in accordance to any other launch monitors that are out there. Usually if you're talking about putting data, you've got to get into some pretty high-end devices that will give you actual putting type data. and that can be expensive. Even just length of stroke. I know GC Quad and GC Quad Max, there were some of the few devices that do measure metrics like that. So when you're talking about length of stroke and tempo, that's stuff I can get on board with. And that's stuff that I can repetitively work on over time. I found myself on a 10-foot putt just trying to match my backstroke and forward stroke post-impact. because that's quickly how you have the most success in your putting game is when you can match up your backstroke and your tempo and post impact. When those three things align, you typically have success. So the fact that it's measuring that data, ⁓ I think is cool and gave me a new way to practice that afternoon when I was testing it and it quickly became addicting. And then again, very, similar to the full swing stuff. You have a couple of people walk around or even drive by the putting green and what the heck is he using? And they come up and kind of look at it. Well, that's really cool. You can use it for all 14 clubs in your bag. ⁓ I think that's unique. I think it's useful, but it's not overkill, which I appreciate at the same time, because again, I truly believe in that putting data. Simplicity is still killer, but it's nice to have that, honestly. I really did enjoy that aspect of the training technology they have. Sure, might not be something you use all the time for a player like yourself. Somebody maybe wants to use it a lot, somebody maybe not at all, ⁓ but pretty good core fundamental tempo training, ⁓ trying to match the length of your backstroke and your follow through, ⁓ all kind of fundamental putting ⁓ pendulum type of techniques that might be useful. ⁓ It is interesting, so for full swing shots, it's measuring the data from the side of the ball. So you set this device down, directly to the side of the ball ⁓ on the putting green. You actually set it a few feet in front of you and then it measures ⁓ everything ⁓ as it's coming at the device. And one thing that I wanted to note is a bit of a quirk or kind of downside is whereas with the putting functionality, it does show you a ⁓ indicator that it's ready to read the shot. So you know that now I'm going to hit this putt and it's going to read it. On the full swing, at least near as I could tell, ⁓ I didn't see any kind of indicator that showed me that it was reading the ball or ready. ⁓ Typically we see that with launch monitors. We either get an audible or a ⁓ visual or both that tells us the device is ready to read the shot and so we know now that after we complete our swing we're gonna get data. With this we're kinda going on faith. Now, that said, the setup is so, simple and you set the ball down about a foot and I don't know exactly the tolerances as to kind of ⁓ what the hitting zone is that it can pick up, but in my experience, it was regularly picking up the shot data. I just found it initially slightly unnerving that like, all right, is it gonna read this thing or not? I wish that maybe there was a little bit of ⁓ a green bar or something that would pop up or a check mark or whatever that would tell me it was ready to read. ⁓ Not the biggest deal in the world, just something to note. ⁓ So you've got some practice modes with this device. So you've got a driving range mode. You also have a target practice mode. So you can dial in specific distances. ⁓ You have a tempo training mode. This talking about full shots. We talked about the tempo training for ⁓ putting, but you also have tempo training for ⁓ full swing shots, which I think is very useful. and something that I know I certainly could benefit from paying closer attention to as I tend to get a little bit quick ⁓ in my backswing. And so that's something that kind of helps me potentially smooth out my swing a little bit better. ⁓ You have, as we talked about, the bag mapping features. ⁓ What it does not have or what it doesn't do is this is not a simulator. So you are not going to get ball flight visuals. You're not going to be able to pair with virtual courses. ⁓ So this is not something that you're going to use with Garmin's HomeT Hero or something that you're going to use to fire up GS Pro. ⁓ This is a launch monitor and a launch monitor only, except for it's not. It's also a GPS unit as well. ⁓ Limited data compared to premium units. So you're not getting ⁓ spin, you're not getting attack angle, you're not getting club path. ⁓ This is for practice in distance gapping, ⁓ not for fitting, ⁓ club fitting or deep swing analysis. ⁓ Now, that said, for the things that it does measure, let's talk accuracy. What was your experience, Daniel, in the times that you've used it so far? What did you find? Yeah, and it kind of goes back even to when I was using it on course with some of my friends and the first swing they see and like, okay, that's cool, but how accurate is it? That's always the first knock on devices that are unique or are something new that people haven't seen before. ⁓ I found it to be pretty dang good, honestly. ⁓ You know, we had multiple shots even testing from the fairway where you can really test distance gauge. mean, obviously you hit tee shots with drivers and you kind of know, you know, what your distance should be. And it seemed pretty accurate. And then we actually went out into the fairway and hit some shots where we laser measured the shots and then hit our actual approach shots in. you know, there were shots where we hit, where we know we hit them pin high and you know, the data was within a yard or two, which was really impressive. And then there were shots where maybe we didn't hit them quite as clean and it came up short and the data showed that. So it was something that we were quickly able to get on board with trusting the data. Again, it is limited and we are fortunate where we are for this testing that number one, we're definitely at or below sea level. And then number two, there's no mountainous terrain or anything. So everything we're playing on is pretty flat. It is a great opportunity to get a strict baseline of accuracy there. And quite the way, I came away quite impressed to be honest with you, Mark. I thought it was relatively really good. You know, again, it's basic data, but as far as carry distances and smash factors and stuff, I thought that it was very much ⁓ an accurate device. Yeah, I likewise was kind of shocked actually, you know, given that this is, it's only. half launch monitor, $600, we'll talk about the price here in a second, but let's just call it $300 worth of launch monitor functionality, and I was blown away actually by how accurate it was. I'm not saying this is, you should run out and replace your TrackMan or your GC quad with the G82, but for what it is and what it measures, it's impressive, it is. A couple of specs. So this thing weighs 11 ounces, noticeably heavier than the outgoing G80. ⁓ As I mentioned earlier, it is definitely not as pocket friendly as the G80. I'm not really the type of guy that plays golf with my phone in my pocket typically, so that part doesn't bug me. And in fact, for me personally, I welcome the larger size because I want a bigger display and why wouldn't I want? know, bigger is better in this scenario for me. ⁓ As we, as we mentioned, I know some people ⁓ initially at the PGA show and kind of the immediate aftermath have, have knocked the screen just a little bit. ⁓ It's not an AMOLED ⁓ Garmin obviously is capable of delivering a pretty, pretty impressive displays AMOLED displays and all of their latest golf watches. ⁓ But to me, ⁓ given the size, ⁓ I'm no engineer, but I think that AMOLED in a screen this size would have meant a pretty significant compromise to battery life. And so I'm okay with the decision that they made, if that in fact is the case, that they favored battery life over the utmost highest quality screen display that they have available. This thing is spec'd out at 25 hours in GPS mode. eight hours in radar mode. ⁓ That's outstanding. This is the kind of device that I wanna leave in my golf bag. I don't want to have to charge it after every single round. I would forget to. ⁓ What do you think about that? Any thoughts or takes on that? Yeah, and actually my first test with anything with a screen, I don't know about you, but I always wear polarized sunglasses and I always have the thought, am I gonna be able to see this with my sunglasses on? ⁓ the way polarized glasses are some screens you just can't see not to be you know completely knocking on a product but as a Launch monitor like the full swing kit as bright and beautiful as that screen is when you have polarized sunglasses on it distorts it you can't really see it as well ⁓ The Garmin device does pretty well. There are times if you're at the wrong angle ⁓ You know, you do have to maybe remove those and look at it. But at the same time It's a nice, bright, beautiful display. ⁓ Like you said, Mark, I think if they went AMOLED, it probably not only would kill the battery, but it would probably drive the cost of the device up as well, just because it would be more expensive to make in that regard. So I'm sure that there's some method to their madness. But I do think that, again, for the device that it is, I think it's great. The screen is nice that it's touchscreen. I like that it's a touchscreen device. And even though that it is big, I mean, comparison to like my cell phone. I just have a standard iPhone here and you can see that it is pretty similar in size to a normal sized iPhone. ⁓ But it's still like, again, we've talked about this before. It's still got a little bit of weight to it, which me personally, I appreciate. I know there's technology packed into it. ⁓ And then you pair that with the nice grippy magnetic mount to hold it up. It's not like you're typically holding this in your hand all the time when you're playing. Yeah, the battery life, the screen, everything is really good. I actually was the first thing, other than the screen, I was like, oh man, what's the battery life on? I'm gonna have to charge it every round or something. And I got done playing around the golf and mind you, I did use the, like the screen dimming feature that, if you don't touch the screen for a certain amount, it just goes into almost like when your phone goes into lock mode. But then you just touch it and it brightens right back up. I played 18 holes of golf. think we measured probably 20 or 30 shots and I still had like 75 % battery. So there's even ways that you can curb that, you know, rated at 25 hours. You can definitely get more out of it if you use some power saving features on it, which I think is cool too, because, you know, some people will want it on and bright and use the whole time. Some people will just be using it maybe in the fairways and, know, around the green stuff like that. So. It certainly is capable of longer battery life is kind of what I'm getting at. I came away at first, I was thinking, you know, that's going to be the first test is let's see how long the battery lasts. And then after the round thinking, okay, this is pretty cool. I only got to charge it maybe, you know, if I play once a week, I only got to really charge it maybe once or twice a month. That's doable, you know. Standard USB-C charging, pretty typical in devices nowadays. So. $600 which I do think jumps out initially to some people as expensive right you're talking about a handheld GPS That's what that's what it jumps off the page as. ⁓ this is a handheld GPS for $600. No, thanks I'll pull up a free app on my phone ⁓ again this is not just a handheld GPS not only is it ⁓ a outstanding handheld GPS, but it's also a launch monitor so ⁓ if you were to buy a handheld GPS of this quality or a golf watch of this quality ⁓ and then separately buy a ⁓ launch monitor of similar quality, ⁓ I promise you, you would be at north of $600. So ⁓ I actually think that the value is strong, ⁓ but only for the right user. Obviously, if you're not somebody that's going to use both sides of this, maybe it doesn't make sense. ⁓ who do you think this does make sense for? Who might be the kind of the target customer or the person that might benefit from a product like this? Yeah, I think ⁓ your recreational golfers, ⁓ even, and don't take offense, anybody out there watching, please, but I do think an older generation golfer, people and maybe senior golfers would really benefit from this device, ⁓ mainly because the screen is large. What's that? Sorry. I've got big numbers mode as well. Yeah, exactly. And I think that just for the fact that the screen is is bigger ⁓ and it's easy to use at the end of the day. It's a very user friendly device. Not to say that, you know, lower handicap younger golfers can't use it because I can see myself buying one of these and using it just like we've talked about earlier. I do think that the target market is a unique golfer at the end of the day because You know, like we've talked about, there's a lot of golfers in today's world that just simply use their cell phone and you can't blame them for it. But now that you can get this type of device that doesn't, first off, doesn't require a subscription mind you, to get the basic features. Now, if you want advanced features to it, you can add in subscription and additional attachments and items to pair with it. But to get the GPS and the basic functionality of it with no additional costs, That's pretty unique and pretty cool because even the phone GPSs, they may only give you front, middle, back. They won't even let you drag the cursor around and do custom distances to different parts. This device will do that right out of the box. So I think there's a market just because of that alone that there isn't a subscription. ⁓ But if I'm looking from the outside in, I do think it's probably a ⁓ mid-tier to high-handicap golfer that ⁓ is just getting into data or just wants a user-friendly device. Like I said, maybe the older generation senior golfers, ⁓ they can really benefit from this device in multiple ways too. ⁓ yeah, again, not specifying anybody. I do think any golfer can benefit from this, but if I had to get critical, I think it could be those areas where it will thrive as far as a sale. Yeah, yeah, I would agree with that. I'm not quite a senior yet, but getting closer and I can see myself in this baby. I also think for somebody that, you know, don't want to drag a launch monitor to the range, but you're curious about getting some pre-round numbers, this thing is extremely practical for that. ⁓ I also think that, ⁓ you know, golfers of any age, especially when they're riding, being able to post a big, large GPS to a cart post ⁓ is just a nice, nice way to play golf. be able to get your distances at a glance. ⁓ So yeah, I think it's got some real practical use cases. Do I see myself using this thing out on the course consistently? Probably not, but on occasion, ⁓ sure. And also, if I wanna impress somebody or just kind of have some fun or wanna let a friend see how far they're carrying the golf ball with their different clubs, because maybe they don't know or they don't have a launch monitor, It serves a pretty neat purpose. So I think $600 is a fair asking price. It's $100 more than the old G80, but it does way, way more than the G80. And so if you were choosing between the two, I think that paying up for the G82, in my estimation, is a no-brainer. Not to play with anybody's $100, but that's what I would advise, is the G82 would be the way to go. Available at play better comm of course free two-day shipping got 60 day no hassle returns ⁓ So a lot of reasons to ⁓ to consider this one ⁓ What else Daniel anything before we wrap I Don't think so, you know, I think it like we've talked about it. It's just such a unique device And it's new too, I mean this just came out this year. So I think it is important that we got out and talked about it. We've been getting a lot of inquiries and questions on it ⁓ at PlayBetter and through our channels. So ⁓ definitely wanted to get out here and cover it because we had been actually testing this device. So it is cool that we get to talk about something we've both been testing and trying on course. And that'll continue as the series goes on. ⁓ Obviously for those people who are listening, there is something different you want us to talk about, we can certainly drop it in our comment section and let us know. ⁓ We're constantly testing and researching and trying to get up to date on all these new products. ⁓ Anything our audience can help us identify that's wanted or known out there, just let us know. Yeah, great points. Reasons we haven't tested products we've talked about in previous episodes is because they're not yet released. The Square Omni, The LM-1 is just rolling out. ⁓ The Blue Teas Rainmaker, ⁓ not yet released. ⁓ One product that both of us have been playing with here recently and that I know we're excited to talk about in our next episode is the Bushnell Tour V7 Shift Rangefinder. So please stay tuned for that coming next week. ⁓ Remind everybody to consider liking and subscribing if you like this content and would like to see more of it. ⁓ Also to consider going to playbetter.com and subscribing to our weekly email newsletters. So we've put out a Golf Tech Weekly newsletter every Monday that is kind of a digest of all of the content that we've created lately and we've got a lot of it. And then we also put out what we call a Better Golf Friday, each Friday, where we curate different YouTube golf tips from ⁓ various instructors covering all kinds of different aspects of your game, so lots of nuggets to find there. ⁓ And really appreciate everyone tuning in. Daniel, looking forward to it next week. Yeah, absolutely. Definitely, Mark. Appreciate you joining me again today. And yeah, really excited to dive into Bushnell next week and talk about on-course experience there. It's a really cool product too, so. Sounds great. Talk soon. Thanks, everyone.