Nice video! The thick turf does help! We have a few videos on our channel with the good ole OptiShot 2! We beat the sensor pad up pretty good over a span of three years and it never broke!
Bought and Optishot on Ebay recently. Works fine, but I really worried about the pad. I hit in my garage. Built a 3X5 raised stance mat with a hole to hold the Optishot. Put a 1/2 inch gym floor pad under to help a little. Still a few bad wacks over the two weeks and the pad is ripping in 2 places. So I've pulled off the original pad, and covered the unit with a regular 1 foot by 2 foot hitting pad I use outside. I had to cut the holes for the sensors of course. This pad has a durable rubber bottom, but I'm not sure I won't be ripping the turf off when I fat the front sensor area. At any rate this should work for a while, and when Father's Day rolls around, I can get the kids to get one of those thick pads if I can't find a great cheap solution. Update: Been playing with the more durable mat for a while now. It has held up well. I am using foam balls, so when I tee upI just use bottle caps. I didn't want to puncture a hole where most of the abuse happens.
I bought the thicker hitting pad and it lasted one full round of golf (4 players) and was completely destroyed and unusable after. Tried using a thinner layer of artificial grass on top of a layer of foam which worked fairly well however I need to find a better way to adhere the grass pad to the foam; i used Velcro but the backing on the turf is rough so adhesion is a issue and a ""fat" shot will strip the turf from the sensor entirely and with each one of these, the turf has less and less adhesion.
Yes as David stated if you don’t have the device in the formulates mat then you will need to choke down on the club to balance the depth of you feet below the pad. You will be okay I’ve had mine since 2011 and she is still going strong knock on wood lol…. Thinking of upgrading to the Orbit
Good point. I was looking at this model and was wondering about off shots hitting the sensors. Then my other issue was it reads the club so you don’t know if your shots will have a good ball flight or not. I would like to know if my shot that feels good has good ball flight and direction. With this did that. Good review
You might also want to ensure that you feet are positioned at the same level as the ball on the Optishot mat. If you don’t you’ll gain muscle memory of a ball above you feet and end up chunking or thinning it out on the course (even more than usual!).
Hi Jack. Hope you liked the video. Plenty of other OptiShot videos on the channel. Natural light does impact readings and can give you less accurate results, or in some instances the infrared lights don’t pick up the swing. That said, I still think the OptiShot is great value for money, and good fun. Any questions please do let me know. Happy to help.
Nice video! The thick turf does help! We have a few videos on our channel with the good ole OptiShot 2! We beat the sensor pad up pretty good over a span of three years and it never broke!
Bought and Optishot on Ebay recently. Works fine, but I really worried about the pad. I hit in my garage. Built a 3X5 raised stance mat with a hole to hold the Optishot. Put a 1/2 inch gym floor pad under to help a little. Still a few bad wacks over the two weeks and the pad is ripping in 2 places. So I've pulled off the original pad, and covered the unit with a regular 1 foot by 2 foot hitting pad I use outside. I had to cut the holes for the sensors of course. This pad has a durable rubber bottom, but I'm not sure I won't be ripping the turf off when I fat the front sensor area. At any rate this should work for a while, and when Father's Day rolls around, I can get the kids to get one of those thick pads if I can't find a great cheap solution.
Update: Been playing with the more durable mat for a while now. It has held up well. I am using foam balls, so when I tee upI just use bottle caps. I didn't want to puncture a hole where most of the abuse happens.
Sounds good. Hopefully it works out for you! From my research the thicker turf pad is worthwhile - I don’t have it myself mind.
I bought the thicker hitting pad and it lasted one full round of golf (4 players) and was completely destroyed and unusable after. Tried using a thinner layer of artificial grass on top of a layer of foam which worked fairly well however I need to find a better way to adhere the grass pad to the foam; i used Velcro but the backing on the turf is rough so adhesion is a issue and a ""fat" shot will strip the turf from the sensor entirely and with each one of these, the turf has less and less adhesion.
Really useful advice and heads up 👍
Glad to hear it!
Yes as David stated if you don’t have the device in the formulates mat then you will need to choke down on the club to balance the depth of you feet below the pad. You will be okay I’ve had mine since 2011 and she is still going strong knock on wood lol…. Thinking of upgrading to the Orbit
Good point. I was looking at this model and was wondering about off shots hitting the sensors. Then my other issue was it reads the club so you don’t know if your shots will have a good ball flight or not. I would like to know if my shot that feels good has good ball flight and direction. With this did that. Good review
You might also want to ensure that you feet are positioned at the same level as the ball on the Optishot mat. If you don’t you’ll gain muscle memory of a ball above you feet and end up chunking or thinning it out on the course (even more than usual!).
Yes, very good point, want to make sure your feet are level with the ball.
I’m looking at a similar set up. Do you find the natural light effects your optishot or does it seem to work well? Thanks for the helpful clip!
Hi Jack. Hope you liked the video. Plenty of other OptiShot videos on the channel.
Natural light does impact readings and can give you less accurate results, or in some instances the infrared lights don’t pick up the swing. That said, I still think the OptiShot is great value for money, and good fun.
Any questions please do let me know. Happy to help.
Seems like a decent bit of kit to use!
Yeah, it’s a great bit of kit, and will no doubt come in useful in the winter!
Surprised you didn't get DJ to help you with this one.
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Iwho cares what you think,,,, I don't!