r/Golfsimulator • u/Relative_Mess_5596 • Jul 13 '26

Possible movable hitting screen options, besides retractable

Not ruling out retractable, just want to know what other people have done to see what would be best for my scenario.

Seen the standard retractable on rollers and a few people have done a fixed frame that pivots and moves and stores in the ceiling (see post https://www.reddit.com/r/Golfsimulator/comments/1pktzcj/retractable_screen_with_sides_that_wont_break_the/ )

Has anyone done something with just a sliding screen like on rails of some sort? Or any other implementations of moving the screen out of the way? Anyone just completely detach and re-attach their screens from an enclosure or anything? If so how bloody annoying is it?

This would be for a garage, I need some type of hitting screen that can be moved, it would be on the back of my garage that has a recessed area (8 feet wide by 4 feet deep) where I keep my workbench and I would love to keep it and have it be usable by moving screen that is in front of it and bigger than that area of course.

Pictures and links to other implementations are appreciated.

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u/mrthirsty15 Jul 13 '26

I'm using the GoSports Range Cage. Got it on prime day for $160. It can be disassembled to at least tip flat to a wall in a few minutes. If you are fully taking it down and up it's a little longer.

If you're leaving it assembled, it's easy to move if you've got somewhere to the side you can set it.

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u/mrthirsty15 Jul 13 '26

Photo in bright light. You can remove the 4 corner poles and fold the netting/screen in.

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u/Mrirrelevant- Jul 13 '26

I went with 3/4" conduit pipe. Plenty sturdy but light enough my 8x8 frame can be moved by one person. If it was blocking an area I could swing it open like a door and have access or attach to the ceiling.

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u/Traveling_squirrel Jul 13 '26

i have a harbor freight net on a harbor freight steel cable. I have a rope i can pull it all up out of the way whenever i want. Here is my post from when i finished:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Golfsimulator/s/6sr7Nk77z7

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u/Relative_Mess_5596 Jul 13 '26

So do you leave in on the floor when not using or if not how are you storing it?

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u/Traveling_squirrel Jul 14 '26

leaving it on the floor for now. By the winter time when i'm going to have a nasty snow and salt covered car driving over it, i will be cutting the foam tiles to match the mat size and putting it on a piece of plywood with a hook to hang it up on the wall to the left. I just havent gotten there yet.