The rock-bottom entry: an infrared hitting pad, not a real launch monitor. Fine for cheap indoor fun, but the accuracy is famously loose.
The OptiShot 2 is the rock-bottom entry point — but be clear about what it is: an infrared hitting pad, not a true launch monitor. It reads your club through infrared sensors rather than tracking the actual ball, so you can play sim courses cheaply, but the accuracy is famously loose.
It needs almost no ball-flight space and the software's included, which is its appeal for casual indoor fun. Buy it only if you want the cheapest possible way to hit balls into a screen for entertainment. If you care about real, trustworthy data or actual practice value, spend more — even a Mevo or R10 is a completely different class of tool.
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