Great Potential But Major Issues

This could be the best range finder on the market but the product team really dropped the ball. Major product blunders include: - Range finder completely turns off (not just sleep) if you don't use it for a single hole. This results in multiple times a round where you are standing there in the fairway waiting 45 seconds for it to turn back on, often while everyone in the group is waiting on you and wondering why you're just standing there. - When you turn on the range finder Garmin thinks you need to spend 10 seconds staring at a screen that tells you the maps are provided by the US DOT, and then another 15 seconds staring at screen that says "Hold up to enter demo mode". A feature that is probably never used and could just be put in a menu. Instead they make everyone wait for it to turn on while it sees if you want to enter demo mode. - No magnet to stick to a card. If they would fix these issues it might be the best range finder on the market because it gives you the distances to the front and back of the green in addition to the pin. Unfortunately if you email them the customer services reps will gaslight you and tell you it doesn't do these things.

A Lot In A Small Package

Bought this a few weeks ago and was really impressed. I didn't realize when I bought this you was looking at a digital picture when looking through it. At 1st I was unsure if I liked it. But after using it a few rounds I have gotten used to it

Great Features With Complete Hole Overview.

I bought this a month ago and loved it. The view finder is fantastic, giving you a full view of the hole with hazards. I highly recommend this range finder for someone who looking for an all in one. With this you will not need your watch or your phone-everything is in the view finder. The display is very high resolution and easy to read. One of the best range finders I used. Unfortunately, it does not pair with my Garmin Watch.

Best rangefinder I’ve ever had, and I’ve had plenty

Great Features, Bad Design And Bad Standby Modes.

Returning the Z82 because of the standby mode. Constantly having to hit button to get it out of standby mode. When it doesn't get out of standby mode, you have to turn it off and power it back on. Loved the features, but what good is it, when you can't get it out of standby mode. Also, the power button on top is a poor design. You sometimes hit the power button instead of the yardage button.

Nice Features- Poor Magnification

It took little to get use to, It is harder to range at distance without using the cart's steering wheel to hold it steady. It would be better if the magnification was higher and some type of image stabilizer. I like the features, just much harder to range and hold the unit still.

Best Range Finder

This is more than just a range finder , it is a gps scorecard and contour data

Good, But Not Great For The Price

Been using it for awhile now and it offers some great features. To maximize some of the features I guess you have to purchase the garmin connect membership to get green reading on it. For the price, I think it should be offered free for a 12 month trial at least. I would rate it higher, but it sucks not to have magnetic capability which makes the risk of leaving/misplacing it . That's really a shame when cheaper brands have this basic capability. The carrying case isn't user friendly. It kind of reminds me of my canteen cover from when I was in the Army. I think a simple rubber cover (which I bought aftermarket), would have been safice. I still had to buy it to go along with all my other Garmin gadgets (R10, S62, Z82, S80), but this is my honest review.

Wish battery lasted longer. The lens is not very clear. Can’t use to see if ball on green etc. great data info yardage to hazards.

Great Standalone, Subpar For Integration.

The range finder is amazing in most aspects. The frustrating part is its inability to connect with the G82 or an S70. This should be clearly shown for its independence, so I would not buy it for intent of using alongside other Garmin Golf products. I have the app and subscription, but this is a feature that would make it more seamless for my golf experience on the course.

Z82

Great device.. very innovative and detailed. Good quality.

Garmin Z82

I really like having this range finder , works perfect and gives me confidence

Very Disappointing

I have had Garmin Golf watches for years (S70 now) so I had high hopes for the Approach Z82. 1. It was hard to connect to Garmin Connect (figured it our on day 2), and even when connected, nothing seemed to connect - for example, a YouTuber said that once connected, and after using the Z82 to determine the yardage to the pin, the pin location would show on the S70 watch (instead of being in the center of the green). Didn't happen, ever. Even worse, it's just a pain to use as a mere rangefinder. You have to turn it on and then it cycles through a copyright notice, etc. And then you have to select the mode (play golf, vs just shooting flags on the range). And then it is slow - you lift it to shoot the flag and the screen cycles from dark to light, but even with the proper illumination of the screen, it is a low-resolution screen which looks murky. And finally, several times the distance measured was incorrect.

Awesome Z 82

I love all the features and functions of Z 82. The graphics are awesome coupled with the wind direction feature. Ultimately helped improve my game as it highlights all the features of any specific hole. They added benefit of the extended battery which allows me to get multiple rounds out of one charge is also a win-win.

Great Features

Absolutely love this thing on the course gives you exact numbers for everything you need as well as when you use it for an actual rangefinder outside the course the zoom is impeccable and I really like the way the AI works when you used.