Mevo+ inaccurate distances help

[jls141]

Hi guys, I’m on day 3 of trying to get the mevo to read correctly and getting a little frustrated. Ive got it set up in the garage. I have 18 ft to work with and have watched videos and read articles trying to get the right set up. I’ve varied the distances from net to tee and tee to mevo.
im using the metallic stickers.
I was fully anticipating being humbled a bit by distances but these are just too short. I’m usually 150 8 iron at the course and range.
mevo is giving me 125 max.
driver I am usually around 230-275 let say.
I can’t get a driver past 215 on the mevo. I have really laid into them and I just think something is wrong.
I've messed around with the alignment and the angle countless times.

any suggestions I am not thinking of?
Thanks so much everyone.

[Dax]

Have you taken it outside to try it on the range as that would be the best in terms of checking your distances. I would do this first before deciding to sell the unit. I believe once you are in outdoor mode it sets measurements to your location etc. Perhaps someone can confirm that, but at least this way you can determine whether or not you have an issue. $350 transfer fee seems reasonable when compared to the $1k i had to pay

[3on3putt]

Mevo+ for sale or possible trade for a skytrak if anyone is interested.

Lol. Sorry, that just cracked me up.

In all seriousness though .... what happens if you get a skytrak and get the same numbers?

If you truly don't believe what you see, you can can rent time on the launch monitor at Golf Galaxy and I think some Dick's Sporting Goods locations as well. Rent 30 minutes on there (when stuff opens back up) and see what kind of numbers you get.

Did you try teeing the ball up with an iron to eliminate the mat as the culprit?

Are you using the same type of ball that you play outdoors with?

Honestly, the numbers you are reporting on the mevo seem pretty accurate for a 15 handicapper. Have there been many reports of defective mevo+ units?

Launch monitors can be very humbling. I doubt anyone gets on a launch monitor and learns that they hit the ball further than they thought. Check out this article....

https://mygolfspy.com/mygolfspy-labs-your-distance-reality-check/

[Bubba22]

Jls141have you tried hitting on any other launch monitors like the GC2 or Skytrak?

[jls141]

Lol perhaps an overreaction but I’m frustrated. I’m glad I can give you a laugh though lol.

I have not taken to range, I’ll give it a shot but I primarily want to use it indoors. I guess would still be nice to compare.

I don’t want to vent to much here and I’ve tried not to exaggerate my experience but today when I got home it took over 20 minutes just to get the iPad synced with the flightscope. I had to keep restarting the mevo and toggling iPad WiFi on and off.
I would say that 1 out of every 6 shots did not register.
Here is an example of what I felt like 10 shots were like with the 8 iron.
100, 80, 120, 125, 90, no read, 115, 100, 120, no read.
then grab a 7 iron.
120, 115, 125, 100, no read.

again not to exaggerate and I don’t want to be that guy but something is wrong. I’m 32 years old and reasonably athletic.
I read the link you sent and totally get it. I don’t think I can hit 300 and when I measured at the course yesterday the reality check was in fact 240 carry. Pull out the driver on the ol’ mevo and I’m getting 180, 200, 205, 190, no read.

so not only are numbers short. They are not consistent. Sure I’m sure I’m not the most consistent golfer but With a short iron like 8 or 7 I’m not that wild.

if I get a skytrak and can’t get it past 200 with the driver I will eat crow and then probably take up another sport lol.

I bought the unit used from someone off Facebook marketplace. Just for curiousity will reach out to see if he will tel me if he had issues. He told me he lost his job which was the reason for selling.

[jls141]

Bubba22, neither of those. The only other thing was one of those swing caddies. All they would tell is distance, ball speed, smash factor maybe a few other but numbers were in line with what I thought they should be. I’ve never been to dicks or golf galaxy and hit on anything like that.

[Gresh12]

2 things that jump out in your last couple posts.

1. Ball speeds seemed normal on swing caddie. If you have exact same setup and you are getting different ball speeds on an SC200 and Mevo+ then something is wrong somewhere. I have both and on ball speed they are both super close and I’ve put my SC200 up against SkyTrak and Trackman and all were within a couple mph of ball speed. I read your post to mean you don’t have the SC200 though so that experience may have been different environment.

2. Lots of no reads. My Mevo+ probably no reads 1 in 50 shots and I haven’t heard people having a lot of no reads without some type of setup or device issue. No reads and horrible misreads just don’t happen for me since I figured out my setup (sample size of one I know but for all the videos Jay puts out I think I’ve seen about one crazy high spin number and no missed shots).

If it’s the device or environment and you’ve tried all the suggestions I’m not sure what else to add except try outside which has been said. Paying $350 to get a remote session may fix an issue or may do nothing and you’ll just be annoyed you paid without a fix.

I had a SkyTrak and I much prefer my Mevo+ but others love their SkyTracks so to each their own. I personally wouldn’t make a change until someone hits on it that has other launch monitor benchmarks but that’s not easy for everyone to find.

[jls141]

Oh and yes I did tee the ball up with an iron. I was getting nothing different. Still erratic numbers in line with hitting off mat.

[Brutaly]

Tbh it sounds like you have a bad unit and that the seller pretty much pulled one on you. I am not going to ask what you paid.

Bite the bullit and send it in for service. As a former ST owner i say do not swap it for a SkyTrak, it is a huge downgrade compared to a working Mevo.

[a98cr125]

jls141 Post a picture of the entire setup / environment. A few pictures if necessary showing the surface, behind, in front, etc.

[jls141]

I’ll grab a picture after work. On my way out today I scanned the hitting area. I have an electric dog fence plugged in just off to the right of my tee. I’m sure that has nothing to do with it but doesn’t hurt to check.
i wrote mevo again for assistance.
i think taking to a range outdoor is a good idea I won’t be able to until this weekend.
I may take a breath and try and continue to solve. You all are incredibly helpful

[pwade3]

If your at the range in outdoor mode and the numbers look good, try switching it to indoor mode. It tracks the ball for 40 yards so should produce decent numbers. I did this with mine and it worked great in outdoor mode but immediately produced my issues in indoor mode.

[3on3putt]

I’ll grab a picture after work. On my way out today I scanned the hitting area. I have an electric dog fence plugged in just off to the right of my tee. I’m sure that has nothing to do with it but doesn’t hurt to check.
i wrote mevo again for assistance.
i think taking to a range outdoor is a good idea I won’t be able to until this weekend.
I may take a breath and try and continue to solve. You all are incredibly helpful

I'm glad you're taking it in stride and I hope you haven't taken offense to any of the feedback. I think we all just hate to see someone give up because they are truly awesome products to have. Don't give up on it so easily. Even if you have some space in your yard to hit some little pitch shots, you could then know exactly how far those balls are going in real life and can compare to how the mevo is reading them.

[DS12]

I'm glad you're taking it in stride and I hope you haven't taken offense to any of the feedback. I think we all just hate to see someone give up because they are truly awesome products to have. Don't give up on it so easily. Even if you have some space in your yard to hit some little pitch shots, you could then know exactly how far those balls are going in real life and can compare to how the mevo is reading them.

I think this would be key to see if it can read a 10 yard chip, should be easier to do that in today's environment than seeing if a range is open

[jls141]

Okay well interesting update guys. After unplugging the electric fence I instantly got better results. I got the 8 iron to go further. Not where I thought but consistently further. And I stopped getting no reads.
i got the driver further than I had before so progress. And swing speed with driver showing 95 not 90 now. So not sure why but I think that’s probably closer to what I am.

also discovered there was 10 mph of wind in my face on the e6 range. The setting to remove wind is grayed out and I can’t disable it. Searched it and saw same problem with no solution.

so I went to FS golf app. Had to play around with the angle but got a longer distance that I had before. Perhaps with no wind and a machine not receiving electric dog signals I am getting somewhere. Got 221 carry and 238 total. Just when I was making progress the unit died. I guess that’s another story. It is plugged in and keeps dying on my while plugged in. I saw what someone posted earlier and I feel like I am following the steps to use it while plugged in but something I am doing must not be right.

the high driver spin numbers are sticking out to me now. I’m thinking the driver carry should be close to 240 so I will see if in FS golf I can get the spin down.
the app isn’t as fun to use as e6 driving range but if no wind in my face I’ll take it.
thoughts guys?

[tonybrown32]

Well... now that you mentioned a dog fence, I have one of those as well, and my dog fence unit is about 6-8 feet away from my Mevo.. hmm... i'll be unplugging mine next time I hit shots, and see if it makes any difference in my minimal distance losses i'm seeing too..

My irons seem about 5 yards short to me, my driver about 10 yards short... My driver also shows me 3500-3800 spin with driver, and I know that's not accurate compared to my other GCQuad sessions i've had recently at lessons... good mention on the dog fence, I'm eager to do some testing now!

[DS12]

I don't think wind impacts anything with the Mevo+. Watch some of Jay's videos. I think he references it a few times

Jay's videos are under Golf Simulator Videos on YouTube

[Gresh12]

I'm pretty sure E6 just takes whatever the distance Mevo+ spits out and goes with it (i.e., no lie adjustments, wind, etc.). This is how I've been playing and seems like it's right. TGC does take the lie penalties in to consideration I'm fairly certain.

Glad you're making progress. The combination of AoA and spin looks pretty odd (AoA of attack pretty high in general but an upward strike with 4k spin seems unlikely). That feels like a potential distance to ball setup issue or height of device versus mat. Granted I'd get a series of consistent shots before stressing too much if that's just one.

[jls141]

Gresh, mevo distance to ball or my distance to ball?

[Gresh12]

Mevo+ to ball I meant. As in you are at 8’ but you’ve input 7’ in the software or something to that effect.

I may be wrong but I think that distance number helps it pinpoint when club hits ball for AoA measurement (read that somewhere so it may be wrong).

Mat height vs Mevo+ height definitely gave me some weird AoA and launch angle numbers until I got those equal (I found exact height to be better than unit below and using software adjustment but I think I saw you say Flightscope told you the latter was better).

I can’t recall if you’ve said but do you have a metal dot on the ball? 8 iron spin looked low unless it’s a super distance ball or really fat.

[3on3putt]

Glad you're figuring something out. Given the other numbers, I don't see anything suspicious at all about the two driver distances.

The one that shows a 216 carry was a pull hook and not a good strike. Only a 1.46 smash factor. Can't expect that thing to go anywhere. Not center contact.

The one that shows a 221 carry was spinning off the planet and also was sliced a bit. And an 8-degree angle of attack? Is that thing on a baseball tee? It's hard to fathom how you could generate so much backspin on such an upward strike. That angle of attack can't possibly be right. If you can get that spin below 2500 on a 141 ball speed you'll start putting them out there. Especially with less side spin.

Also, does it not measure angle of descent? Would be curious to see that given that it gave you 17 yards of roll on a ball that was spinning 3700.

What kind of ball were you using for these? And is that the same ball you use outdoors?

All in all, I think those carry numbers are about right given the other launch conditions. You have to remember that there's a lot more that goes into how far a golf ball flies besides just swing speed. That's just one part of the equation. Based on those two drives, it isn't your swing speed that's holding you back. And I don't think anything is wrong with your unit (other than that wacky 8 degree angle of attack. 5 degrees is considered high.)

Get some more shots under your belt and post more pics. And I'd take your ebay listing down lol.

[jls141]

Well you guys are probably sick of my updates. just got more swings with just driver and max 200 yards. I was paying attention to the spin and every one was over 4k. One was 7k that one only went 170. So I’ll do some research on spin and try and give you guys a breather.