A golfer finishes his swing in a home golf simulator built into a British garage, facing a large impact screen showing a fairway

October 16, 2026

Af Harrison Peck

Best Home Golf Simulators UK: Our Picks by Room Size and Budget

A home golf simulator is 4 things working together: a launch monitor, an enclosure with an impact screen, a hitting mat and a projector. The launch monitor sets the price and decides how much room you need, so that's how we've picked. These are the 7 GolfBays packages we'd point most UK golfers to, grouped by the space you've got and what you want to spend.

Quick summary

  • For most UK garages and spare rooms our pick is the SkyTrak ST+ SimBox package at £2,490 to £2,890, because the launch monitor sits beside the ball and the enclosure comes in 7 sizes.
  • The cheapest complete package is the Square Golf EasySim at £1,649, with a camera launch monitor and an enclosure only 1m deep.
  • Radar units such as the FlightScope Mevo Gen 2 track the ball from behind you, so plan on 5m of room depth, against 4.5m for a camera unit beside the ball.
  • Our packages cover the launch monitor, enclosure and screen, and some add a hitting mat, so budget from £899 for a short throw projector.
  • Software is often a yearly cost: GSPro is £250 a year, while FlightScope's Mevo Gen 2 comes with 8 E6 Connect courses to keep.
  • At the top end, Trackman iO Home mounts on the ceiling and needs no set distance in front of or behind the ball, from £14,050 as a SimBox package.

Best home golf simulators at a glance

Prices are GolfBays prices on 30 September 2026. Where a package comes in several enclosure sizes, the range runs from the smallest to the largest.

Package Launch monitor Where it sits Best for Price
SkyTrak ST+ SimBox SkyTrak+, camera and radar Beside the ball Most garages and spare rooms £2,490–£2,890
Square Golf EasySim Square Golf, cameras Beside the ball Small rooms and tight budgets £1,649–£1,849
FlightScope Mevo Gen 2 SimBox Mevo Gen 2, radar and camera Behind the golfer Deeper rooms, and the range £2,250–£2,650
Bushnell Launch Pro Indoor SimBox Launch Pro i, 3 cameras Beside the ball Data you can trust £3,159–£3,559
Garmin Approach R50 SimBox R50, 3 cameras and a screen Beside the ball Real courses with little setup £5,499–£5,908
Uneekor EYE MINI LITE Lux EYE MINI LITE, cameras Beside the ball A premium, finished bay £6,980
Trackman iO Home SimBox Trackman iO, radar and imaging On the ceiling A permanent bay with a clear floor £14,050–£14,450

1. SkyTrak ST+ SimBox package: best overall

The SkyTrak ST+ SimBox package beside its key stats: a camera and radar launch monitor that sits beside the ball, and an enclosure in 7 sizesShop now →

If you asked us for one package without telling us a thing about your room, this is the one. The SkyTrak+ reads the ball and club with a photometric camera and dual Doppler radar, and it sits beside the ball rather than behind you, so it works in the 4.5m of depth that most garages and spare rooms can find.

The package covers everything in the bay except the projector: the SkyTrak+, a SimBox enclosure, our PRO+ impact screen and a 1.5m × 1.5m hitting mat, plus a year of SkyTrak Core software. The SimBox frame clicks together without tools in under an hour, and it comes in 7 sizes, from 2.6m wide and 2.5m high up to 4m wide and 3m high.

The SkyTrak ST+ SimBox package costs £2,490 in the smallest size and £2,540 at 3m wide, which is the width we'd start from if the room allows. After the first year, SkyTrak's software is a yearly membership. Price that in before you choose between this and a FlightScope package that comes with courses to keep.

The catch: from year 2 the software is a yearly bill, so the cheapest package to buy isn't always the cheapest to own.

2. Square Golf EasySim package: best for small spaces

The Square Golf EasySim package beside its key stats: a camera launch monitor beside the ball and an enclosure 3.3m wide, 2.5m high and 1m deepShop now →

The EasySim is our cheapest complete simulator, and it's built for rooms that can't give up much floor. The enclosure is 3.3m wide, 2.5m high and only 1m deep, and its 4:3 screen shape makes choosing a projector simpler.

The Square Golf launch monitor uses high-speed cameras beside the ball. It reads ball speed, launch direction and angle, backspin and sidespin, plus club path, face angle, dynamic loft and angle of attack, so you get club data as well as ball data at this price. The room still has to fit a full driver swing, so the 1m depth saves space around the screen, not around you.

The Square Golf EasySim package is £1,649, or £1,849 with a hitting mat included. The Lite impact screen inside it is designed to stay quiet when the ball hits, which matters in a garage that shares a wall with next door.

The catch: the enclosure comes in one size, so it won't grow into a wider room, and with only 1m of depth you hit from closer to the screen than you would in a SimBox.

3. FlightScope Mevo Gen 2 SimBox: best for deeper rooms

The FlightScope Mevo Gen 2 SimBox package beside its key stats: radar and camera tracking from behind the golfer, with 8 E6 Connect courses to keepShop now →

The Mevo Gen 2 combines 3D Doppler radar with image processing, which FlightScope calls Fusion Tracking. Like most radar units it sits behind the golfer and watches the ball fly, so it wants a deeper room than a camera unit does. We plan on 5m of depth for radar.

In return you get a monitor that's just as happy on a driving range, and software you own outright. Every Mevo Gen 2 comes with a lifetime E6 Connect bundle of 8 courses, including Valderrama and Kiawah Island's Ocean Course, for iOS and PC. Indoors, radar units generally read spin more reliably from a ball with a metallic dot on it, so keep a few dotted balls for the simulator.

The FlightScope Mevo Gen 2 SimBox package runs from £2,250 to £2,650 depending on the enclosure size, which undercuts the SkyTrak package at every size.

The catch: it asks more of the room. You'll want 5m of depth and a few dotted balls, where the SkyTrak manages in 4.5m with whatever ball you tee up.

4. Bushnell Launch Pro Indoor SimBox: best for accurate data

The Bushnell Launch Pro Indoor SimBox package beside its key stats: a 3-camera launch monitor with infrared beside the ball and yearly software plansShop now →

The Launch Pro i is the indoor edition of Bushnell's Launch Pro. It measures impact with an auto-calibrating 3-camera system and infrared, so it sees the moment of impact rather than working out what happened from the ball's flight.

It sits beside the ball like the SkyTrak, so it suits the same rooms. The difference is the software: Bushnell sells simulation as yearly plans, so the package price isn't all you'll pay to play, and it's worth deciding which plan you want before you order.

The Bushnell Launch Pro Indoor SimBox package is £3,159 to £3,559 and includes the SimBox enclosure and our standard hitting mat.

The catch: the running cost. Add a year of the simulation plan to the price before you compare it with a package that comes with software to keep.

5. Garmin Approach R50 SimBox: best all-in-one

The Garmin Approach R50 SimBox package beside its key stats: a launch monitor with a built-in 10-inch screen and more than 43,000 courses in Home Tee HeroShop now →

The R50 is a launch monitor with its own 10-inch touchscreen, so a lot of what other setups hand to a PC or tablet happens on the unit itself, and it can mirror that screen straight to a projector (Garmin). It uses 3 high-speed cameras to track more than 15 ball and club metrics, including spin rate and spin axis, indoors or out; some of the club numbers need the tracking sticker Garmin includes.

Garmin's Home Tee Hero puts more than 43,000 real courses on the screen with an active Garmin Golf membership, so your local course is probably in there. The R50 also works with third-party simulator software if you'd rather play in something else.

The Garmin Approach R50 SimBox package costs £5,499 to £5,908, a little over twice the SkyTrak package. What the extra buys is 3-camera tracking and a screen on the unit.

The catch: the 43,000 courses come with a subscription, because Home Tee Hero needs an active Garmin Golf membership.

6. Uneekor EYE MINI LITE Lux package: best premium bay

The Uneekor EYE MINI LITE Lux package beside its key stats: the 3.75m by 2.7m Lux enclosure and a camera launch monitor run from a PCShop now →

The Lux is our top enclosure: 3.75m wide, 2.7m high and 1.5m deep, made for rooms that are staying a golf room rather than a garage with a net in it.

Inside it, the Uneekor EYE MINI LITE reads the ball with cameras from beside the mat. It runs from a Windows PC with an internet connection, and it works with Uneekor's own View, Refine+ and GameDay software as well as GSPro. You can expand the system with extra cameras later.

The Uneekor EYE MINI LITE Lux package is £6,980. Budget for the PC on top, because the EYE MINI LITE won't run without one.

The catch: the Lux comes in one size, 3.75m wide, 2.7m high and 1.5m deep, so the room has to take all of it and your swing as well.

7. Trackman iO Home SimBox: best if money's no object

The Trackman iO Home SimBox package beside its key stats: a ceiling-mounted launch monitor with no minimum distance in front of or behind the ballShop now →

Trackman iO is Trackman's first launch monitor built purely for indoor golf. It mounts on the ceiling, combines radar, infrared and high-speed imaging, and measures 3D spin and spin axis rather than estimating them.

Being overhead solves the 2 problems every floor unit has. There's no minimum distance in front of or behind the ball (Trackman), and nothing sits on the floor to trip over or catch with a follow-through, which counts for a lot when the family shares the room.

The Trackman iO Home SimBox package starts at £14,050 in the smallest enclosure.

The catch: apart from the price, it's fixed to the ceiling, so it suits a room that's staying a golf room, not a garage the car goes back into every night.

The ProTee VX ceiling-mounted camera launch monitorShop now →

If you want a ceiling unit without the Trackman price, the ProTee VX puts 2 high-speed cameras overhead, needs no marked balls and comes with GSPro, for £6,240.

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What size room does a home golf simulator need?

At least 3m wide, 4.5m deep and 2.8m high inside for a full driver swing, with a camera launch monitor beside the ball. A radar unit that sits behind you wants 5m of depth, and 4m of width lets left and right-handers take turns on the same mat.

Where the launch monitor sits Width Depth Height
Beside the ball (camera) 3m 4.5m 2.8m
Behind the golfer (radar) 3m 5m 2.8m
Shared by left and right-handers 4m 4.5m to 5m 2.8m

Height is the number that rules most rooms out. Plenty of British garages have a 2.4m ceiling, which a full driver swing won't clear for most adults, so measure the space a simulator needs from the ceiling down before you measure anything else.

Where the launch monitor sits changes more than the depth. Camera units beside the ball, like the SkyTrak+, Square Golf, Bushnell, Garmin R50 and Uneekor, read the ball at impact, so they need the least room and read putts well, but a left-hander has to move them to the other side of the mat. Radar behind you, like the Mevo Gen 2, needs the depth and dotted balls indoors, and pays you back on the driving range. Ceiling units clear the floor, at a price.

If the house has no room to spare, a garden room built around the swing gets you the height that garages lack, and a Trackman iO or ProTee VX on its ceiling keeps the floor clear.

Watch out: radar in a short garage

A radar unit behind the golfer needs room to watch the ball fly. Squeeze one into a 4.5m garage and either the unit ends up too close to the ball or you end up too close to the screen, and the numbers suffer. If the room is short, go camera.

What else do you need besides the package?

Our packages cover the launch monitor, enclosure and screen, and some include a hitting mat. 3 things usually aren't in the box: a projector, a PC or tablet to run the software, and the software itself once any included year runs out.

The Optoma GT2200HDR short throw full HD projectorShop now →

A short throw projector sits close to the screen, so you don't cast a shadow over the ball. The Optoma GT2200HDR is a full HD short throw at £899.

Brightness and throw distance matter more than resolution in most garages, so picking a simulator projector starts with the distance from the lens to the screen.

GSPro golf simulator course softwareShop now →

For software, GSPro costs £250 a year, runs on a Windows PC and works with most of the launch monitors above, but SkyTrak doesn't currently support it.

The choice between GSPro, E6 Connect and Awesome Golf comes down to the launch monitor you own and whether you'd rather subscribe or buy once.

Worked example: a SkyTrak garage simulator

GolfBays prices, 30 September 2026

SkyTrak ST+ SimBox package, 3m wide £2,540
Optoma GT2200HDR short throw projector £899
GolfBays universal projector mount £39.99
10m HDMI 2.1 cable £29.99
Total £3,508.98

SkyTrak Core software is included for the first year. Add a tablet or PC if you don't already have one.

How do you choose a home golf simulator?

4 decisions, in this order. Get the first 2 right and the rest mostly follow.

Measure the room. Height first, then depth, then width. The numbers decide whether a camera, a radar or a ceiling unit will work, which narrows the list before you've looked at a single price.

Choose the launch monitor. It sets the price bracket and the room depth, and every other choice follows from which launch monitor you choose. Camera units beside the ball suit short rooms; radar units suit deep rooms and the driving range.

Decide how you'll play. Some packages come with software you keep, others with a year of a subscription. Work out the cost of year 2 before you compare packages on price.

Set the full budget. Package, projector, software and a few fittings. If the total is more than you want to spend, a budget simulator setup starts well under £2,000, and most of the compromise sits in the launch monitor.

✓ Do this

Measure the room first and buy the enclosure size that fits it, with the ceiling height as the number that decides everything else.

✕ Not this

Buy the launch monitor you've read the most about and hope the garage turns out to be deep enough for it.

GolfBays tip

Before you order anything, take your driver into the room and swing it slowly to the top, then hold it there. If the club touches the ceiling at walking pace, it'll hit it at full speed.

Is a home golf simulator worth it?

Yes, if you'll use it through the winter and on the evenings you'd never get to a range. A simulator turns 20 spare minutes into a practice session, and the launch monitor tells you your real distances with every club, which is worth having whether or not you ever play a virtual round.

It's harder to justify if the room has to be packed away after every session, or if the only space is a garage that's too short for the launch monitor you want. In that case, start with the space: a camera unit and a compact enclosure, or a garden room if the budget stretches.

Home golf simulator FAQs

What is the best golf simulator for home use in the UK?

For most homes, the SkyTrak ST+ SimBox package, because its launch monitor sits beside the ball and works in a 4.5m deep room. On a tight budget the Square Golf EasySim is the cheapest complete package at £1,649, and at the top end Trackman iO Home is the one to beat.

How much does a home golf simulator cost in the UK?

From £1,649 for our cheapest complete package, to around £3,500 for a SkyTrak setup with a short throw projector, and £14,050 upwards for Trackman iO Home. Most of the difference is the launch monitor.

What's the difference between a golf simulator and a golf net?

A net just catches the ball. A simulator adds an impact screen, a projector, a launch monitor and software, so you see the shot fly and get the numbers. A launch monitor, a net and a tablet is the cheapest way to get data at home, but it isn't a simulator.

Which golf simulator has the best putting?

Camera units, because they read the ball at impact and don't need to watch it travel. Radar units need ball flight to measure, which a short putt doesn't give them, so they tend to handle putting less well.

What is the best home golf simulator for the cost?

The FlightScope Mevo Gen 2 SimBox, if the room has 5m of depth: it's the cheapest SimBox package on this list and its E6 Connect courses are yours to keep. In a shorter room the SkyTrak ST+ SimBox is the better buy, because it works in 4.5m.

How long does a home golf simulator take to set up?

The SimBox frame clicks together without tools in under an hour. Allow longer for hanging the screen, laying the mat and fixing the projector, which is the fiddly part, because it has to line up with the screen.

Can left-handed golfers use a home golf simulator?

Yes. A floor unit beside the ball just moves to the other side of the mat, and the ProTee VX, a ceiling unit built for right and left-handers, doesn't move at all. If left and right-handers share the room, 4m of width lets you centre the mat for both.

Start with the room, then pick the kit

The best home golf simulator is the one your room can take. Measure the height, choose the launch monitor that fits the depth, and the package more or less picks itself.

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