Eye XO, truestrike and putting.

[gojoholo]

I'm at the beginning stages of my build (concrete pouring this week!). Lots of decisions to be made but one thing I have already is a TrueStrike mat. For the launch monitor I'm fairly sure I want a Uneekor, and I'm leaning towards the Eye XO, but I'm not sure how the putting will work with the TS mat. I was thinking I'd have some putting turf next to the truestrike rather than trying to putt on the TS mat. I know the detection area of the eye XO is about 12-18 inches wide, which would struggle to cover both the TS gel section and any adjacent putting turf. However, I saw in one YouTube install video (think it was GolfSimulatorVideos) that you can have a seperate putting zone from your regular hitting zone. Are any of you Eye XO users using this feature? If so, how far apart can the zones be? Can I make l stretch it enough to cover both my TS mat and some putting turf too? The TS gel section alone is about 13 inches wide.

[Wormburner]

Just my opinion and I do not use My EYEXO unit the way you are planning. The hitting zone with the EYEXO is 12 to 13 inches wide so I would not think this would work unless you narrowed your hitting zone in half. I use CCE mat and love it. I use it for putting and hitting. I know it gets a lot of bad reviews on this forum as being hard on the body but I just don't get that kind of feedback from the mat. I think the mat is very forgiving and does a very good job of giving real life feedback. plenty of good mats out there but I am not sure your plan will work. The QED I believe the hitting zone goes to 18 inches so your idea may work better with that unit. Good luck!

[legendsfan]

Since you are just building I'd go for something that works great for putting and hitting. I used a Dricore subfloor over my concrete. Then used a putting surface over the dricore. I took the gel pad out of the TrueStrike mat and cut a hole in the subfloor the size of the gel pad. Placed the gel pad in and it is the same height as the subfloor. The putting surface looks like one solid piece but I cut around the pad so I can easily replace it when it wears down or the putting surface. A year of use and I've had to replace neither yet but will need to do the putting turf first.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DRICORE-R-Insulated-Subfloor-Panel-1-in-x-2-ft-x-2-ft-Specialty-Panel-FG10003/205505261

Photos of shed. Unfortunately I got lazy and never posted the finished product but it's 80% the final photos.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SWfwAxBR1E7JyqXy8

[dudley286]

Very nicely done!!!

[shwag33]

It'll work. I have a fiberbuillt embedded into the concrete which is like the same width as the TS. I have putting turf everywhere else. I have like a 5-6" zone on the inside of the fiberbuilt where I can putt from.

[gojoholo]

Great. Thanks.

[gojoholo]

The build is complete! I have set up the Eye XO with the standard "single hitting area" recommended in the setup instructions. I have the area overlapping the edge of the truestrike mat so I have about a 2 inch wide strip of my putting surface I can putt on. This seems to be working, but I have had to sacrifice about a third of the width of the gel section of the truestike mat (its not in the hitting zone). I have tried setting up a multi-area hitting zone in the setup/calibration tool. This looks like it would allow me full use of the gel mat, plus a big section of putting turf too, but when I set it up this way the EXO doesn't pick up the ball at all. Has anyone got multi-area mode to work?

[Diggitydog]

I have the EyeXO and was interested in the multi area hitting zone but the Unekoor tech support guy said that the multi area has to be within the smaller green rectangle and not the larger green + mark area. Like the idea and tried myself but basically just putt off the True Strike gel mat. Dedicated putting area would be better feel for sure.

[BGT1977]

So I am in almost the same exact situation with my build over a concrete slab in my garage. I have a true strike hitting section strip (2" thick) I am planning on using dricore subfloor (3/4") then (3/4") OSB on top, then 1/4" Audimute Peacemaker rubber underlayment, then 1/4" putting green to = 2" to be flush with my true strike hitting section. I am hoping this will be flush as I am planning on buying the dricore shortly. I am a little worried now about the surrounding putting green that I will be using as my stance mat wearing out over time after seeing that picture of the guy having the same issue over 18 months. I am going QED for sure for the bigger area to put off the TS hitting area, my best friend is a lefty so hopefully, he can on his side as well but I am not sure (anyone think this is possible?) I swear I am ready to lose my mind overthinking this shit. Any thoughts/suggestions would be much appreciated.

[gojoholo]

I don't think the QED hitting area will stretch wide enough to allow you to putt from both sides of the truestrike mat, but it doesn't have to does it? Your leftie friend can putt from exactly the same spot as you, but standing on the other side if it. It's not like he needs a lot of room for his putting backswing 😁

[BGT1977]

ahh good point. again I think the whole process is something I am overthinking. thanks for the input.