Accessory guide · prices verified 07/2026
Screens, Nets, Mats, Projectors: The Receipt's Other Lines
The components nobody researches and everybody replaces. Each pick is tier-labeled to match our three builds, every price verified 07/2026.
Published 2026-07-23
Impact screens
Wear item. The hitting zone frays first with heavy use — divide the replacement price by your winters and budget accordingly.
SIGPRO Premium screen, from 7'7"×7'7"
Shop Indoor Golf's house screen in its smallest size. A real ballistic screen at the lowest verified price on this page — sized for the smaller bay, not the budget net build, which needs no screen at all.
STARTER SCREEN
$549.99
Carl's Place Premium screen
Triple-layer polyester rated to 250 mph ball speed, from $683.95 (4:3, 7.7'×10') to $1,241.95 (16:9, 10'×18'). The screen inside the enclosure kit our Practice Bay build specs.
OUR PICK
$683.95+
Carl's Place DIY enclosure kit
Screen plus blackout enclosure walls in one kit, from $1,149.95 — you supply the EMT conduit framing from the hardware store. The 9'×12' with the Premium screen upgrade lands at $1,889.95, and it's the Dedicated Room build's line.
SCREEN + ENCLOSURE
$1,149.95+
Nets
Safety item. The failure threads all start with the same sentence: it was fine for the first month.
SwingNet Pro, 7×7
The cheapest net we'd stand behind — $599 against a $699 list, built for daily drivers rather than weekend chips. The 8×8 XL is $50 more. This is the $1,269 garage build's net.
OUR PICK
$599
The Net Return Pro Series V2
Rated to 225 mph with a published 250,000-shot guarantee — the wear math in writing. Returns the ball to your feet, which sounds like a gimmick until the four-hundredth swing of January.
THE GUARANTEE
$795
Mats
Joint-health item. This is the line where cheap shows up later as a wrist brace.
Fiberbuilt Flight Deck
A real fiber hitting surface with an adjustable tee at $99.99 — the floor of acceptable for a season of full swings. Never hit off less than this.
<$1,500 BUILD
$99.99
SIGPRO Softy LITE, 4×7
Stand and hit from the same 4×7 surface, with the forgiveness that saves elbows over a winter. The Practice Bay build's mat; its heavier sibling below is the step up.
OUR PICK
$839.99
TrueStrike Single
The gel-section mat that simulates taking a divot instead of punishing you for one. A fitting-studio staple, priced like one.
$7K+ BUILD
$1,098
Projectors
The component with the widest honest price range on this site — $949 to $4,899 — and the one where the spec that matters is throw ratio, not lumens.
BenQ TH671ST
The long-running 1080p short-throw default: 3,000 lumens, 16.7 ms input lag, lamp-based. The bulb is a consumable — that's the trade against the laser tier.
LAMP, PROVEN
$949
Optoma GT2000HDR
1080p laser at a 0.496:1 throw, 3,500 lumens, 30,000-hour light source, $999 against a $1,499 list. No bulb replacements — the wear math that makes it both builds' projector line.
OUR PICK
$999
BenQ LK936ST
4K laser, 5,100 lumens, a dedicated golf mode — and a $4,899 verified price that has moved well above its old street price. Only worth it beside a screen and GPU that can feed it.
4K LASER
$4,899
The components nobody researches and everybody replaces. Each pick below is tier-labeled to match the three builds on the cost breakdown, every price verified 07/2026, with the wear math that decides whether cheap is actually cheap.
Frequently asked
- Is it ever safe to buy the cheapest net?
- The SwingNet Pro is the cheapest net on this page and it's still the pick — not the absolute bottom of the market. A net's one job is stopping a mishit driver every time; the sub-$100 alternatives are how balls meet drywall. If the budget genuinely can't reach $599, hit into it with irons only until it can.
- Why does the mat matter more than it seems to?
- It's the line where cheap shows up later as an injury, not just a wear item. A winter of full swings off thin turf over concrete is hard on wrists and elbows — the $99.99 Flight Deck is the floor for a reason, and the 4×7 stance mats are what you upgrade to once the sim proves it'll get used.
- Lamp or laser projector?
- Laser, if the budget allows the $50 gap between the TH671ST and the GT2000HDR. The laser's 30,000-hour light source removes bulb replacements from the recurring-cost list entirely, and its 0.496:1 throw sits closer to the screen — easier to mount out of the swing path.
Sources
- 01checked 2026-07-23
SIGPRO Premium impact screens verified from $549.99 at Shop Indoor Golf
https://shopindoorgolf.com/products/golf-simulator-screen-premium - 02checked 2026-07-23
Carl's Place Premium screens verified at $683.95-$1,241.95 by size at PlayBetter, rated to 250 mph
https://www.playbetter.com/products/carls-place-premium-golf-impact-screens - 03checked 2026-07-23
Carl's Place DIY enclosure kit verified from $1,149.95 at Rain or Shine Golf with published size and screen adders
https://rainorshinegolf.com/products/carls-place-diy-golf-simulator-enclosure-kit - 04checked 2026-07-23
SwingNet Pro verified at $599 (list $699), XL at $649, at Rain or Shine Golf
https://rainorshinegolf.com/products/swingnet-pro-golf-net - 05checked 2026-07-23
The Net Return Pro Series V2 verified at $795 at PlayBetter, rated 225 mph with a 250,000-shot guarantee
https://www.playbetter.com/products/net-return-pro-series-v2-golf-hitting-net - 06checked 2026-07-23
Fiberbuilt Flight Deck verified at $99.99, SIGPRO Softy LITE 4×7 at $839.99, and BenQ TH671ST at $949 at Shop Indoor Golf
https://shopindoorgolf.com/products/sigpro-softy-lite-4-x-7-golf-mat - 07checked 2026-07-23
TrueStrike Single verified at $1,098 and Optoma GT2000HDR at $999 (list $1,499) at Rain or Shine Golf
https://rainorshinegolf.com/products/optoma-gt2000hdr-short-throw-hd-laser-projector - 08checked 2026-07-23
BenQ LK936ST verified at $4,899 at Shop Indoor Golf — above its historical street price
https://shopindoorgolf.com/products/benq-lk936st-golf-simulator-projector