Garmin R10 - Make Your Own Metal Dot - THIS WORKS!! 

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Subbed! doing the tape job as we speak, excited to try this tomorrow morning! Thanks again!

Thx for all of the tips!

Superb video really helpful thanks David🙏👍

Once again David thank you for the video, I think I have watched all the R10 videos, I am so far in between Rapsodo and R10. You have definitely help me on the journey with the net and mats for sure. Thank you

Great tip David thanks for passing it on...Don't have a Garmin R 10 for I have a Earnest Sports ES 15 that works well an get the spin, but I will try a few balls with the tap to see if I get some better reading.....

Just tried this with my Prov1s and worked like a charm. Reduced my spin rates significantly and improved yardage acurracy. Thank you for the video!

Thank you! I tried it and my R10 gave me non-italicized vertical spin readings! You saved me $$$!!!

Thanks for the video. So when you say, "dot facing forward", do you mean facing towards the screen or facing forward to your club face? Also, I'm new to golf sim world, do you have a video explaining what all the numbers mean and what we should be looking for?

I just tried this and had great results for the most part. I did notice that it didn’t pick up a few shots when I’ve never had that problem with the Garmin before. Also, it seems to struggle with short chips with the tape on the ball. I had a couple of chips with my lob wedge that flew high onto my screen but the software read them as being worm burners. Which is weird because without the tape the garmin always reads my chips correctly

Great video again David. Do you think this could be used for a “ball fitting” in the home simulator??

Best advice ever

Great tip! Saves me a lot of money after already spending wayyy too much on accessories for the Garmin unit :) . Are you finding that with the dot and updates, the numbers between Garmin Golf and Awesome golf are similar? Or is Awesome golf still the way to go?

OMG. This is a game changer. If someone hasn’t already asked, I have a big question. My golf simulator will be in my garage below my sons bedroom. Could you test this technique with quiet golf balls? You know the kind that make less noise. I wonder what the result would be

I tried more and made sure ball was in alignment...and it worked.. Just not every ball...but it does work

I’m still in the hunt for which launch monitor is best for my setup and bank account. Well done brother

I think this gives the R10 the upper hand over the MLM2Pro. With this hack I can use any ball with the R10. Love it! Also the MLM2pro doesn't show club path data, which is a bit of a let down... AND you have to wait several minutes to see the impact camera videos? That makes that feature useless while practicing. I think I've made my decision. Looks like they already dropped the R10 price in the US by $50 too.

Thanks David & a big shout out to John!

Super video. Does it matter what size the dot is that you cut from the roll? Shape? I assume that you cut the square as small as possible but wanted to ask. Thanks again!

Great video. I would have appreciated a little more opinion and xhatter about the device, accuracy setup etc.

What’s the difference between back spin and spin rate? They always seem very close? Thank and keep those videos coming

Have you tried using a silver ("Heat reflective") spray paint. Silver has the highest Radar return of any metal. It is easy to spray the whole ball and cheap.

so is the only thing the dot does is help the accurcy of the spin rate? Does it make a difference when you play with a dot on a sim course?

Thanks. Would like to see if maybe more dots would matter....

What stand/tablet are you using? What cable are you using to connect the tablet to your projector?

Have you tried it with an 'almost' golf ball or how about a swing practise golf ball. Not able to try it myself yet until the snow clears and I can get the net back up in my garden.

When the ball is resting on the tee or the turf, where should the dot be positioned in relation to the swing path? Do you want the dot pointing away or to you? does it matter?

Hey David, Great content man. I am having a issue with my garmin . Everything reads absolutely perfect. Except the driver . I followed your videos with setup etc . And the driver still reads a little low with distance . Like 20-40 yards Do you have any pointers to help ? I hit into a net at about 10-12 feet outdoors . Thanks again

I bought a box of the ProV1x RCT balls (I use ProV1x) to compare the RCT balls v no dot v with a dot…plan to test on the Mevo+ and Garmin R10.

Will adding more dots make it more accurate? Instead of one dot put 4-6 around the ball on the front, back, top, bottom, and sides?

I am wondering if a silver marker would do the trick instead of tape, which probably falls off fairly quick - worth a try??

David, I don't know if this will work but if you have a hole punch for paper, see if it's capable of cutting through the tape and if so it may give perfect dots.

Woohoooo I made it in the video 😂😂😂

Solid

It didn’t work consistently for me. I think it read once or twice but that’s it. Maybe I’ll try some different tape. Thanks for putting out the info!

Is 1 small dot enough? Or would a few dots around the ball make a difference like some other balls for the mlm etc

Another option to test that I am contemplating is getting metallic auto body paint. I'm thinking I could mask off the same Y that Titleist is using & give it a try.

Any idea if the reflective dots for clubs will work as well?

Can you post an amazon link to the tape? Just so I can see what you used?

You should do a contest and offer to mail the winner a ‘month supply’ of the magic tape- (which would just be a couple inches off your roll) lol.

Pretty cool, will silver penn work as well?

I found two dots worked really well. Some shots with one didn't register

I wonder if its possible to place the dots on the club to detect club path data

Just the one dot? What exact type of tape did you use? Thanks

Thanks. But are the spin rate accurate?

As anybody tried a "Sharpie" Metallic Silver markers? You could draw small dots within the dimples...just curious

You seem to be really close to the screen. I just got the R10, and I thought I needed to be at least 12 feet from the screen. Is that the case? Does it make a difference?

i wonder if it works with metallic paint or marker pen?

Does this work for flightscope simulators as well?

Does the dot leave marks on your impact screen

How do you tell that the spin rate wasn’t italicized??

Are you still using the metallic tape?

👍👍👍 . You looked like lost weight mate!

so is this only work for indoors or will it work outside in a cage?

I tried this and either got really bad readings or no reading. I think my 'dots' maybe have been too big. I'll try smaller like you have.

Is Aluminium tape ok or i need real metall

I thought you don't need the metal dot. Only for Knightscope

Does this work with metallic paint pens ?

When I tried this my spin rate on my 60deg went up 3000rpm

How high are you ceilings?

Is that electrical tape?

Is this still valid with new updates?

Why couldn’t you just use metallic paint pen to mark a dot on the ball?

Can't trust shot shape as the r10 doesn't read spin axis , only back spin allegedly

How are you getting a positive angle of attack with a 9 iron?? Your first few shots were all positive attack angles? Even your 7 irons are showing positive angles of attack for the vast majority. That makes no sense.

Literally no difference 😂

I’m not spending hundreds of dollars on a monitor that requires stickers to work. Have fun