Considering mevo+ for only on driving range

[Arnoud242]

Hi,
I'm considering to buy a Mevo+ (maybe even with pro addon). I will only use it at my local golfclub. (i don't have room to make a hitting space at home at my current house, hopefully at my next house )

Currently the driving range at my local golfclub had damage on the net's because of a storm. So there are temporary 'emergency nets' ~36 yards away from the hitting place that will be there for the next 3 months. So the ball will have 36 yards of flight time before hitting the net. Is that enough for the normal setting? Or do you have to set it to indoor mode then?
We cannot hit driver because you will hit over the net. There are some cages to hit in a net with a driver with not much flight space.

Is it worth buying a Mevo+ to improve my game for only using it at the driving range? Will be hitting lot's of full iron shots, pitch and chip shots with driving range balls. And try to use it in the cages for my driver.

After 3 months the driving range will be restored and i can hit full shots with all clubs again (with driving range balls)..

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Is there a website or page on this forum to learn all about every parameter from launch monitors and how to improve your game with it? For example, where can i read about what numbers you need for a good angle of attack, dynamic loft etc. I read alot about what they mean, but can't find what numbers you need looking for.

[bubbtubbs]

IMO it's absolutely worth it even if you're only using it outdoors. It works best outside anyways.

You'll want to set it to Indoor (not Short Indoor) mode because it's less than 40y of ball flight but more than 13'.

[Arnoud242]

Thanks! Gonna pull the trigger soon i think/hope!

[Shankz]

I found these trackmn charts awhile ago and seeing as how I am a work in progress I compare my numbers to the LPGA chart not the PGA chart. Not sure if this helps with your situation.

[Arnoud242]

Thanks! These are handy!

[Shankz]

If you like to read this might interest you.
https://www.foresightsports.com/site...lub%20Data.pdf

[Shankz]

Ignore the second link

[Arnoud242]

Great information, just printed it to read at home :-)

[GolfSimDad]

Hi,
I'm considering to buy a Mevo+ (maybe even with pro addon). I will only use it at my local golfclub. (i don't have room to make a hitting space at home at my current house, hopefully at my next house )

Currently the driving range at my local golfclub had damage on the net's because of a storm. So there are temporary 'emergency nets' ~36 yards away from the hitting place that will be there for the next 3 months. So the ball will have 36 yards of flight time before hitting the net. Is that enough for the normal setting? Or do you have to set it to indoor mode then?
We cannot hit driver because you will hit over the net. There are some cages to hit in a net with a driver with not much flight space.

Is it worth buying a Mevo+ to improve my game for only using it at the driving range? Will be hitting lot's of full iron shots, pitch and chip shots with driving range balls. And try to use it in the cages for my driver.

After 3 months the driving range will be restored and i can hit full shots with all clubs again (with driving range balls)..

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Is there a website or page on this forum to learn all about every parameter from launch monitors and how to improve your game with it? For example, where can i read about what numbers you need for a good angle of attack, dynamic loft etc. I read alot about what they mean, but can't find what numbers you need looking for.

Absolutely. I use mine exclusively at the range.

FYI, you can save $100 on the Mevo+ with promo code Mevo5 when you purchase directly through FlightScope.

[Arnoud242]

Hi, one more question about the Mevo+ before pulling the trigger

I got a eye disease where my cornea is effected. My sight is getting worse and worse and i have trouble following the ball in the air. (with driver mostly)
When i play with a group, the other people usually help spot the ball for me.

But i regulary play alone after work. Sometimes when weather is not in my favor i don't see 80% of my driver hits.
I lose alot of balls because of this.

Now i was thinking the following: Is it easy to place the Mevo+ behind the ball just for 1 driver hit. Then when i can't see the ball, i can look at my phone what the direction was (and how far) so that i know a little bit where to look. Or does that take to much time to set it up every time? Is it to much of a hassle or easy?

Thanks in advance!

[preludesam]

I think It takes to much time and hassle. Maybe others have a better experience but setting up the target line and getting the tilt and roll correct takes me a couple minutes. I guess you could just throw it down and get a rough guess on direction. Thinking about it you would have to wake the radar up each time and leave the app running on your mobile device too.

[KJZ78701]

Absolutely. I use mine exclusively at the range.

Do you have issues with missed shots on a grass range?

I have a ticket open with Flightscope, but thought maybe you and others could add a bit of info.

Mevo+ WITH newly added Pro Package completely misses all my really good shots on the grass (picked clean off a tee). It gets all the bad ones, but misses, really, all of the good ones that are picked clean. I set up a tee at the distance used during setup. I have a 52* wedge, 32* 6 iron, 3W and Driver that I added and used during the session. Height set at 0 inches, which I didn't adjust into the negative numbers since the Mevo+ just couldn't be lowered under the level of the grass.

-Mevo+ pointing north with an umbrella shading the device. I was in bright sunshine. Nothing but a few golf balls between the Mevo+ and the ball being hit. No overhead power lines, no cell towers close by. No other golfers within 20 feet of me.
-Tried to use different tilt angles up to 18* with no luck. (Always had Roll set to 0.0+-.1)
-Tried to hit at the 7', 8' and the 9' setup length with no luck. I even moved a few inched left, right, back and forward of the setup distance.
-Tried "Slow Swing Speed", "Indoor" mode, Range Balls v Normal Balls, with no luck.
-Tried with Sleep mode at 30 seconds and maximum and with Sleep mode off.
-Didn't matter if I hit just after "Ready" or with no "Ready" for over 30 seconds.
-It WILL pick up a good shot if I take a bit of sand/turf.
-Tried with video recording (using only Mevo+ camera) on and off, no difference.

It was worse with the driver than the other clubs. Big high fade registered and a pulled (teed it high) pop up registered, but 15 consistent down the line drives did not register. Really, it didn't miss one bad shot with any club, even a shanked 6 iron was registered.

Ideas?

[bubbtubbs]

From how this post reads, it seems as though your Mevo is on a downslope or elevated from the hitting area?

There's no negative tee height setting because Mevo can't be above the tee surface, only below. Doing otherwise is in direct contradiction of the user manual.

It's likely the misreads and no-reads are the result of it looking for the launch window in the incorrect place, which is really some undisclosed distance below where the unit expects it to be.

Try finding a flatter spot, or one that slopes the opposite direction so you can account for a positive tee height and see if it resolves the issue.

[KJZ78701]

No downslope. The range has about 40 yards of hitting area front to back and it's flat. That said....

The ball starts at the same height on the read shots v the missed shots. I do NOT see misreads. It either reads the shots as they flew, or it misses them all together. More missed shots with the driver than the other clubs and the ball starts higher in that case.

Anyone know if the Mevo+ has a microphone that it uses to HELP recognize a ball strike? I ask because the shots that I pick clean have a different (duller) sound to the shots it picks up.

[bubbtubbs]

There's no microphone as with an ES unit. The same radar that tracks the flight detects the ball leaving the hitting zone and starts collecting data.

If the range is flat, why mention needing to lower the launch monitor below the grass? Trying to make sure I understand you properly.

Can you post some screenshots?

[KJZ78701]

Sorry for the confusion. When I see a setting that wants you to tell the software how far below the bottom of the Mevo+ is relative to the bottom of the ball being hit, I assume the Mevo+ prefers to be below the ball, which is why I thought about digging the Mevo+ down into the ground.

Can anyone tell me why the bottom of the Mevo+ can't be above the bottom of ball being hit? (Why doesn't the software allow for us to use heights above as well as below?)

[preludesam]

It's an issue with the field of view for the radar. If the ball is below the bottom of the unit then radar cannot "see" the ball. If there was no tilt and it could see the ball then on shots the ball would fly above the radar's field of view.

I assume the Mevo+ prefers to be below the ball, which is why I thought about digging the Mevo+ down into the ground.

The ground and radar do not play well together. It’s one of the reasons a camera is in the radar with Fusion Tracking.