My wife gave me an Optishot for my birthday(what a great wife!). She then gave me a challenge to create a simulator setup in the sun room. One rule, I could not turn our sun room into a man cave netted crazy golf simulator room! Attached is the result. Wireless projector, larger mat, motorized screen with remote, fabulous HQ material(from Cory at Par2Pro). I only use Almost Golf balls due to the many windows but the screen can handle real golf balls. I push a button and the screen goes away. I remove the mat and we have our sun room back. Added benefit, we can watch cable or Apple TV on the screen too. It was a bit hit during the super bowl party!
Subtle Simulator
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Nice setup. doesn't the light from outside affect your sensors and what happens when you invite a hacker friend over ? Do you protect the windows ? Also , what setting do you use for almost balls as I would imagine at "real ball" setting you might get an inflated clubhead speed ? Do you have the original turf or a thicker one ?
Stephen
The simulator seems to function fine with the lighting in the room. The only exception is sometimes when you hit a driver 100+ MPH, it will show something like 65. This usually only happens once a round a most. We just take a mulligan because it is obviously wrong. The windows have screens. They have been hit a few times but the "almost golf ball" didn't damage the screen/window probably due to it hitting at an angle. Nothing has been damaged, ever..... even after a Super bowl party! The sensors get the data from the club head so the ball doesn't matter that I can tell although I have never tried the "real ball" setting. With a little thought/effort, you should be able to set your profile up to be consistent with your game irregardless of the ball. On the turf, I am using the Dancin Dogg mats. They work fine. When not using a tee, I set the ball right in front of the hole(helps with fat shots trying to dig it out of the tee hole). It seems to work much better. My espon wireless projector is awesome. On a bright day and with all the windows, the image is degraded but if the weather is that nice, I will be outside playing anyway! When a cloudy and at night, the image is fantastic. John
Recently remodeled Sunroom with subtle simulator.