FlightScope Mevo+

The FlightScope Mevo+ sits behind the ball, so the room has to hold the sensor setback on top of your swing and the ball flight. This is the placement that most often rules out a shallow garage.

Verified specs

Sensor typeRadar
Where it sitsBehind the ball
Space behind the ball7 ft to 9 ft
Mount height above the hitting surface
Mount position forward of the tee
Ball flight to the screen8 ft minimum
Minimum ceiling heightFlightScope does not publish one. We check this unit against our own 8 ft floor instead.
Minimum room depth16 ftClearance behind the screen, plus ball flight, plus what the sensor and your backswing need behind the tee.
Hitting zone
Indoor or outdoorIndoor and outdoor
Needs a computer
Weight
Battery

Placement figures read from FlightScope FAQ, sensor placement and indoor requirements on 2026-08-25. Manufacturer published.

A dash means the maker does not publish that figure. It never means we guessed one.

Software it works with

Compatibility is published by the software makers rather than by the sensor maker, so these are read from the software side.

Will it fit your room?

Checked against every unit we track, so you can see where this one sits rather than just whether it passes.

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Packages built around the Mevo+

Most people buy the sensor as part of a package, because the enclosure, screen and mat have to work together and the room has to hold all of it.

What matters most?
PackageLaunch monitorRoom it needsPrice

Flightscope Mevo Gen2 Garage Golf Simulator Package

The Indoor Golf Shop

Lowest priceNo repositioning for leftiesIndoor and outdoor
FlightScope Mevo+$3,300See package

Flightscope Mevo Gen2 SIG10 Golf Simulator Package

The Indoor Golf Shop · SIG10 Golf Simulator Enclosure

Most includedNo repositioning for leftiesIndoor and outdoor
FlightScope Mevo+$3,500See package

Carl's Mevo Gen2 Golf Package

Carl's Place

No repositioning for leftiesIndoor and outdoor
FlightScope Mevo+19 ft deep$6,428See package

Room figures are the retailer’s own published minimum for that package, not our arithmetic. Where a retailer publishes none we fall back to checking the launch monitor and the enclosure separately and say so. We show one price and never a struck-through one, because a was-price is a claim about the past that we cannot check. Prices move often, so treat these as the figure on the date each package cites.

Who the Mevo+ suits, and who should skip it

Worth it if

  • You have real depth, comfortably over sixteen feet along the target line.
  • You want to use it outdoors as well as in, where radar is at its best.
  • You would rather not fix anything to the ceiling.

Look elsewhere if

  • Your room is short. This is the placement that fails a garage, and no budget fixes it.
  • You want the tightest possible footprint. The sensor needs floor space behind you that a side or overhead unit does not.

Common mistakes buying a Mevo+

Measuring the room but not the sensor setback

The distance behind the tee is on top of your ball flight, not part of it. A sixteen foot room that looked generous stops working the moment you add six to nine feet behind the hitting position.

Putting the sensor where the golfer wants to stand

Radar units need a clear view down the target line from behind the ball, which is exactly where a right handed golfer takes the club back. Plan the sensor position before you fix the mat down.

Budgeting for the sensor alone

A launch monitor is not a simulator. You still need an enclosure, an impact screen, a mat and usually a projector before you can play a hole. The complete builds on this page are the honest comparison, and the cost guide breaks down where the money goes.

Measuring to the wall instead of to the obstruction

This unit needs about 16 ft of depth at minimum. Measure to the nearest thing that actually stops you, which is often a water heater, a shelf or a garage door track rather than the wall itself. The room fit calculator checks your real numbers against every unit we track.

What FlightScope publishes, and what it does not

FlightScope documents 2 of the 6 things a buyer needs to work out whether the Mevo+ fits a room. The rest you will find quoted confidently in plenty of places, but not by FlightScope.

Published

  • the ball flight it needs to the screen
  • how far behind the ball it sits

Not published

  • a minimum ceiling height
  • the hitting zone size
  • a list price
  • an accuracy claim

Where a figure is missing we check this unit against our own 8 ft floor instead and label the row as such, rather than borrowing a number from a shop or a forum. The reasoning is on how we verify.

Notes on this record

FlightScope publishes 7 to 9 ft sensor to tee for full swings and 8 ft of ball flight minimum indoors. It publishes no ceiling height. Price, parameter lists and subscription tiers still need reading off flightscope.com.

Common questions

How much room does the FlightScope Mevo+ need?+

At minimum about 16 ft of depth. That is clearance behind the screen, plus ball flight, plus the space the sensor and your backswing need behind the tee. Width and ceiling depend on your enclosure as much as on the sensor.

What ceiling height does the FlightScope Mevo+ need?+

FlightScope does not publish a minimum ceiling height for it. Any specific figure you see quoted comes from a third party. We check it against our own 8 ft floor and say so.

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