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Hey guys,
fist time poster here building my first simulator and I wanted to ask for advice concerning the hitting mat since I‘m very overwhelmed and lost.
I just bought a Net Return pro package and while I‘m very pleased with the net I‘m I‘m not the biggest fan of the Pro Turf since it‘s hard on my joints and I feel like the grass texture is very rough. Currently I hit off of two 4x1‘ strips of the quattro mat (one to stand on and one to hit off) which is fine but I for me it‘s quite tedious to adjust the distance of the standing mat according to the club you‘re using and I start to develop quite a bit of elbow pain. With injury prevention being my top priority I decided I want a Fiberbuilt mat.
There are so many great Turf-Setups of the Forum but I live in Germany so unfortunately a lot of the options you guys post are not available. Furthermore since it‘s my first built I have little to no experience when it come to building a hitting surface.
With costs in mind I thought of buying 5x8’ of 1,6“ EVA Tiles (ca. 100€) in which I would like to make a cutout for a 4x1‘ Fiberbuilt hitting strip (300€) and top the surrounding EVA Tiles with a green carpet.
Is that a solution you can recommend? I‘m having a hard time to find posts on how people built a solution with the FB Strips. I hit off wood flooring and I read that the FB Strips have metal on the base - do I need some kind of buffer material underneath the FB Strip? I have read one post on this forum where somebody is not happy at all with a FB Deck on EVA Tiles.
The other option would be to buy the FB Grass Series Traditional 4x5‘ hitting mat but it‘s substantially more expensive (800-900€). Furthermore I would have to move this mat 1‘ everything I use it due to limited space and the placement of the hitting strip far outside.
I want to avoid spending 450€ on a DIY solution I‘m not happy with - on the other hand I‘d like to keep costs down where it‘s rational. Would you advice against a DIY solution and simply buy a complete FB-System?
Many thanks in advance
fist time poster here building my first simulator and I wanted to ask for advice concerning the hitting mat since I‘m very overwhelmed and lost.
I just bought a Net Return pro package and while I‘m very pleased with the net I‘m I‘m not the biggest fan of the Pro Turf since it‘s hard on my joints and I feel like the grass texture is very rough. Currently I hit off of two 4x1‘ strips of the quattro mat (one to stand on and one to hit off) which is fine but I for me it‘s quite tedious to adjust the distance of the standing mat according to the club you‘re using and I start to develop quite a bit of elbow pain. With injury prevention being my top priority I decided I want a Fiberbuilt mat.
There are so many great Turf-Setups of the Forum but I live in Germany so unfortunately a lot of the options you guys post are not available. Furthermore since it‘s my first built I have little to no experience when it come to building a hitting surface.
With costs in mind I thought of buying 5x8’ of 1,6“ EVA Tiles (ca. 100€) in which I would like to make a cutout for a 4x1‘ Fiberbuilt hitting strip (300€) and top the surrounding EVA Tiles with a green carpet.
Is that a solution you can recommend? I‘m having a hard time to find posts on how people built a solution with the FB Strips. I hit off wood flooring and I read that the FB Strips have metal on the base - do I need some kind of buffer material underneath the FB Strip? I have read one post on this forum where somebody is not happy at all with a FB Deck on EVA Tiles.
The other option would be to buy the FB Grass Series Traditional 4x5‘ hitting mat but it‘s substantially more expensive (800-900€). Furthermore I would have to move this mat 1‘ everything I use it due to limited space and the placement of the hitting strip far outside.
I want to avoid spending 450€ on a DIY solution I‘m not happy with - on the other hand I‘d like to keep costs down where it‘s rational. Would you advice against a DIY solution and simply buy a complete FB-System?
Many thanks in advance
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