Would I Still Buy the Shot Scope X5 Knowing This? 

Nice review. For the moneys this watch offers quite a lot of technology !

Good review, hopefully you make one of the course mapping update

Great review! Thank you

After 3 rounds, I still have to check if distances are correct but I’m not that sure… The real issue are is the tags’ detection: at least a couple of shots per hole are not detected, and this force you to edit your round carefully each time, if you want any meaningful stat. In the next rounds I’ll double check my distances with my Bushnell, and if not correct, I’ll send it back.

I had a V3 and fell for the upgrade - X5 battery doesn’t last nearly as long as the V3 did. In common with approx 50% of the population I am a female but I haven’t yet been to a course where the red tees are an option (except my home course, after I got on to customer service). Also at my home course there are at least 3 significant water hazards which don’t show up in the hazards screen and some of the bunkers seem to be shown on the wrong side. Will get around to mentioning these to Shotscope, but haven’t done so yet as I want to catalogue all the discrepancies before I do so.

Thanks. As far as battery, I have a V3 that I've had less than a month, and have no problem getting 2 rounds out of it, but I don't think I could get 3 rounds without a bit of charge between rounds. Lithium ion batteries last a very long time, so long as you keep them ideally between 20% charged and 85% charged. With the V3, you get little guidance as to where you are, so I suspect most people let them discharge completely at times, or charge them to 100% frequently, and thus, after a year or two, the battery will just not do very well anymore. I have ordered an upgrade to the X5 on the special offer, and should get it in a week or so. I appreciate your review of it, and I'm definitely looking forward to all the new features, and improved accuracy. I do have one question, though. What becomes of the old V3? Can I give it to a friend? Or, is it permanently disabled due to the upgrade special?

Good video as I'm weighing up buying one. My biggest issue with shot tracking is playing winter golf will reduce yardages making the year averages meaningless. Is there any option to have summer yardages and winter yardages?

This felt very much a beta product - that said the X5 firmware is being improved (multiple updates over the 3 weeks that I used it) and on spec is a good replacement for the V3. But I gave up within the 30 day returns warranty and after waiting 3 days for a response (to be fair there are a lot of public holidays in the UK this month) I got a no questions asked refund paid the same day on supplying proof of posting. So full marks to Shot Scope support for that. I am a keen user of the shot scope tracking so I have dusted off my old V2 watch and I am looking to buy a replacement V3 watch (as I sold mine to partially fund the X5) or maybe an H4. I was initially worried by the screen visibility as setting it up indoors was a real issue, but once on the course the screen is OK (except for their choice of white on cyan club selection which is problematic). I did find the GPS was slow to start up, and once running took some time to settle. The club tracking was no worse or better than the V3. The touch screen needs fine tuning, swipe to unlock was very if-ish with my fingers - but I fully expect them to fix these kinds of problems eventually. The real killer for me was the current short battery life - I found I needed most of the battery to play a single round. This may well be my fingers, or the way I used it (my multiple attempts needed to unlock, find and use a feature would eat battery) but as I cannot change me or my fingers - back it had to go.

Good video

Ive sent mine back Dosnt do what it says on box Half time dosnt pick up tags Watch keeps switching on Garmin far superior

Just purchased the Shot Scope X5. The display is so dim as to be useless AND it cannot be changed. One low-level dim light setting only.

Can you remove where you can see the live score? And just see the distance to the pin?

I’ve had mine for two weeks and it won’t connect to GPS. Emailed support 5 times with no reply. Getting ready to return it. I have the V3 and it works just fine.

Doesn't work properly and no chance of getting two rounds as battery drains. Be careful if considering.

Sooo... would you still buy it or no? I think I missed it.

Its awful. I have used the previous two iterations and am trying to get a refund on the X5. 3 attempts to use it with it having major problems first time and it not picking up the last three holes at all. Since then it just wont connect. The V3 is available for £129 and I would strongly recommend going that route until they actually fix what is, in reality, a braclet.