Garmin S60 vs S6 Approach Side By Side Review
Garmin S60 vs S6? You choose. Use our detailed look below to see which golf gps is best for your game. The S6 is a pure golf gps watch without many other bells and whistles. The S60 is a golf gps watch wrapped in an activity, fitness, and lifestyle watch. Obviously those features come at a cost. You decide.
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| Garmin Approach S60 | Garmin Approach S6 |
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| Specs Glass Lens . Polymer or Ceramic Bezel . QuickFit Watch Bands . Silicone or Leather Strap Material . Weight Standard Model: 1.8 oz. Premium Model: 2.2 oz. . Display Size: 1.8″ x 1.8″ x 0.57″ Color Touchscreen 1.2″ Diameter Display 240 x 240 pixels Sunlight-visible, Transflective memory-in-pixel . Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion Up to 10 hours in GPS Mode Up to 10 days in Smart Mode . 5 ATM Water Rating . 1GB Memory . Sensors GPS Compass Gyroscope Accelerometer |
Specs Glass Lens . TPU Strap Material . Weight 1.8 oz. . Display Size: 1.7″ x 1.7″ x 0.56″ Color Touchscreen 1.0″ Diameter Display 180 x 180 pixels Sunlight-visible, Transflective memory-in-pixel . Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion Up to 10 hours in GPS Mode Up to 20 weeks in Watch Mode . 5 ATM Water Rating . 512 MB Memory . Sensors GPS Compass Gyroscope Accelerometer |
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Garmin S6 |
| Golf Features (S60) . Yardages for Front/Middle/Back of Green Yardages for Layups/Doglegs Digital Scorecard Custom Targets Garmin AutoShot Auto CourseView Updates Measure your shot distances Full Vector Map Track Your Stats Green View (You can manually place pin position) Hazards and other Course Targets PlaysLike Distance PinPointer Touch Target to display distance to any point Handicap Scoring SwingTempo Tempo Training TruSwing compatible Round timer/odometer . Preloaded with over 40,000 golf courses worldwide Click Here to See Course Listing Free Automatic Update Downloads for courses played most often |
Golf Features (S6) . Yardages for Front/Middle/Back of Green Yardages for Layups/Doglegs Digital Scorecard Custom Targets Measure your shot distances Full Vector Map Track Your Stats Green View (You can manually place pin position) Hazards and other Course Targets PinPointer Touch Target to display distance to any point Handicap Scoring SwingTempo Tempo Training TruSwing compatible Round timer/odometer . Preloaded with over 40,000 golf courses worldwide Click Here to See Course Listing Free Course Updates |
Let’s review a few of the features shown above.
Green View (S60 and S6) – This will show you the shape of the green with the pin. With your finger you will be able to manually position the pin for that days placement.
Measure you shot distances (S60 and S6) – Gives you the ability to measure the exact distance you hit some or all your clubs.
Garmin AutoShot (S60) – This feature measures shot distances and auto-records detected shots to be analyzed post round on your Garmin connect account.
PlaysLike Distance (S60) – Your watch will calculate your distances based on the difference in elevation to the green.
Garmin S60 in White
| Garmin S60 | Garmin S6 |
| Smart Features . Connectivity Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ . Connect IQ Smart Notifications Weather Music Controls Calendar Face It Find My Phone VIRB Remote Garmin Connect Mobile . Smartphone Compatible iPhone Android Windows |
Smart Features . Connectivity Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ . Smart Notifications Garmin Connect Mobile . Smartphone Compatible iPhone Android Windows |
 Garmin S60 Digital Scorecard |
 Garmin S6 Digital Scorecard |
| Garmin S60 vs S6 Other Features | |
| Garmin S60 | Garmin S6 |
| Clock features including time/date, GPS time/sync, automatic daylight saving time, alarm, timer, stopwatch . Activity Tracker including step counter, move bar, calories burned, distance traveled, sleep monitoring, intensity and more. . Heart Rate features including zones, alerts, % max HR strap compatible . Running features including preloaded run profiles, time, pace, GPS based distance Modes – Running, Indoor Running . Cycling features including preloaded cycling profiles, time/distance alerts, speed and cadence sensor support . Swimming features including preloaded swim profiles, pool swim metrics, swim efficiency . Training, Planning, and Analysis features including GPS speed and distance, auto pause, auto lap, auto scroll, alerts, vibration alerts, activity history, LiveTrack |
Clock features including time/date, GPS time/sync, automatic daylight saving time, alarm, timer, stopwatch |
| What’s in the Box? Approach S60 Golf Watch Charging/Data Cable Manual |
What’s in the Box? Approach S6 Golf Watch Charging/Data Clip Manual |
| . Retail: $399 – $499 Find the BEST Price Garmin Approach S60 Garmin Approach S60 Premium . |
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