Buying Guides
The stuff worth knowing before you spend. Space, tech, and hidden costs, explained plainly.
Golf Simulator Dimensions: Room Size and Space Requirements
Ceiling height kills more simulator dreams than budget does. Here are the minimum and recommended dimensions, and how to measure before you buy.
Radar vs Camera vs Overhead: Launch Monitor Technology Explained
The sensor inside decides everything: accuracy, the space you need, indoors vs outdoors, and price. Pick the technology first, then the model.
Do You Need a Launch Monitor Subscription?
The sticker price is not always the real price. Some units gate their best features behind a fee.
How Much Does a Golf Launch Monitor Cost?
From $145 to $45,000. The price you pay depends almost entirely on which of six tiers you shop, and whether the unit charges a yearly fee on top.
Golf Channel Just Bought Your Simulator Company: What Full Swing KIT Owners Should Care About
Versant, the Golf Channel parent, is buying Full Swing for $530M. Here is the buyer-side read for KIT owners and shoppers, not the business one.
Launch Monitors That Work With GSPro: The Official List
GSPro publishes its own supported-device list. It is shorter than the internet implies, one of the most-recommended launch monitors in golf is not on it, and four of the brands that are on it charge you before the connection works.
Launch Monitors That Work With E6 Connect: What TruGolf Actually Says
TruGolf says E6 is compatible with 19 launch monitors, then names 14 of them. One of the names is a Raspberry Pi you build yourself.
Launch Monitors That Work With Awesome Golf: The Subscription Nobody Mentions
Awesome Golf names 25 supported models, which is more than GSPro or E6 manage. Then its own documentation admits that three of the six brands will not connect until you are paying a different company.
What Golf Simulator Software Costs in 2026: Every Price, and the Third Bill
You budget for the launch monitor. You remember to budget for the software. Almost nobody budgets for the third invoice, from the company that built your launch monitor, charging you for permission to connect it to software you already bought.