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  • Mevo+ with TGC 2019 one year later

    Just wanted to post an update and share my thoughts on owning the Mevo+ for the past year. Like most on here I have multiple applications that I use my Mevo+ with. E6, TGC 2019, Creative Golf, FS Golf.... One thing that was frustrating to me was TGC 2019 was having a terrible time getting my driver to read properly. At the recommended 12 degrees of tilt the driver would show drastic draw / hook on what felt like straight or slight draw contact. This frustrated me for awhile and I switched between E6, FS Golf and TGC and E6, FS Golf would show straight shots or slight draws and TGC would be way left. Initially this made playing TGC a lot less fun. I was resorting to aiming way right and playing these massive hooks to get a ball in the fairway. In any event I decided to start experimenting with tilt of the unit and once I increased the tilt to 15 degrees or more everything in TGC started working as it should. Probably took way to long for me to find this out, but hoped it would help someone else noticing the same issues.

    Once I solved that issue I have really been enjoying the unit and have had a blast playing in the online societies over the past few months. My one major gripe with TGC 2019 is not being able to get a ball to stick on a green. Perfect wedges and 9 irons from 140 / 150 with high apex and decent backspin still bound 10+ yards forward. E6 on the other hand acts as one would expect on those shots. I suppose you can't have it all.

    It's a great unit and I've taken it on course, to the range and primarily in my sim room. It's just a solid device. YMMV, but I don't know that you would get a ton more value out of a GC Quad or Trackman unit. I do think the Uneeker units that have the slow motion of the clubhead at impact adds value, but it also comes at a higher price point. Pretty much any person who has hit shots on my simulator or even random folks at the driving range have all loved the unit and wanted to know more about it. Wondering if anyone else has taken it to the range and instantly had a few curious people ask what the unit is and how accurate it is. Overall it's great for in-home sim use and is pretty darn accurate.. Would I use it for a ball fitting: No. Would I use it for club fitting: Potentially. If you are really into splitting hairs and wanted to compare shafts and balls where you were looking to get that last ounce of extra distance you may need a more powerful tool to really get accurate data for that. If you are a normal 0 - 30 handicap player looking to have fun and get some practice and sim rounds in this is a fantastic device. I feel each Mevo+ is probably it's own unique creature. Depending on environment some people may have more success with less distance ball to Mevo+ or more or less tilt than recommended just based on how the components are situated in the unit. My advice to anyone who is struggling with their unit is to experiment with a range of setups until you find one that works best for you and your environment. Unlike the photo based units these radar units tend to be a little more particular from environment to environment, but once you have it dialed in I think it can compete with most higher end systems on the market.

    All that being said, I'm really loving the unit and now that I've got the tilt figured out for my environment with TGC I think it's worth every penny.


  • #2
    How does putting work for you at 15 degrees?

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    • tcb121
      tcb121 commented
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      Putting works great. I've had no issues even with 7 foot putts. Vary rare to get a no read at this setting for me. Again, I think each unit is a little unique. Maybe what is reading 15 degrees on my unit is actually 12, and just not calibrated right. Strange thing is E6 reads just fine and FS Golf was reading just fine, it was only in TGC 2019. Either way, happy to have found the solution. Try some different tilt settings and see if you get different results. Sometime I go even higher than 15 and it still works fine for me. Would love to test my environment with another Mevo+ unit just to see if is isolated to just my unit.

    • tcb121
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      One other thing that I should mention.. I putt at 6 feet from the unit with a non metallic dot ball as recommended. Sometimes for really short chips I will chip from 6 feet from the unit as well with a non metallic dot ball. For everything else I use the 8 feet from unit to ball and I have 10 feet of ball flight into my impact screen.

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    I also use mine at around 14-16 degrees with TGC 2019 and don't have any issues from driver to short chips. (8 feet mevo to ball and 9 feet ball to screen) I don't do putting atm as my mat setup isn't ideal, but also as putting on Mevo+ isn't accurate enough for practice / game improvement I feel. But I may give it another try once I flatten out my mat setup.

    As for the bounce on greens, it's not that pronounced for me and I thought it was quite realistic.(I feel E6 is less realistic actually) I get nice backspins with my wedges also. See some of my 7 iron shots here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dE8ImZV00 I only average 6000-7000 rpm with it (as I'm using cheap Callaway Diablo Tour balls) so no big backspin action. Maybe I'll do some full wedge/9 iron shots next time with Pro V1's.
    I got golfers elbow this week so am taking a forced break atm

    I found some examples:



    But yeah, many greens here in Australia are quite hard and I'm used to that, so maybe that's why I feel it's realistic. haha.

    With the recent addition of the control pad (arcade joystick) to use with TGC 2019, it is now my favorite out of all software for both practice and rounds. I never have to walk to my computer/laptop again during a round and that dramatically changed how I play the game and increased my enjoyment 10 folds. e.g. I just set it to Show Preview mode (P), and fire away, then when I'm happy, get out of that mode, and continue playing the hole, until the next shot where I want to hit multiple shots with. If you don't have one yet, get one now. (I uploaded another video using it with link to more info)

    IMHO, there is no competition to the Mevo+ at its price point for those that have a radar-capable environment. Only $2k outright. Simply awesome.
    Last edited by aussiebenny; 10-05-2021, 04:30 AM.

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    • #4
      Originally posted by rjheard View Post
      How does putting work for you at 15 degrees?
      tcb121, what version of firmware is your Mevo+ running?

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      • tcb121
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        I'm running the latest firmware that flightscope has released. Shows as AVR Version 0.27 and DSP 0.18. I believe these are the most up to date firmware available.

    • #5
      Hi guys, how does one connect Mevo Plus to TGC2019?

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      • tcb121
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        Purchase a license from ProTee United or another authorized reseller and follow the instructions to install it. Here is a youtube link with instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_OP-kONitk
        Pretty straight forward.
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