SimBooth · Kansas City.

What we specify and install from SimBooth

The models below are the ones on SimBooth’s own site, with SimBooth’s own dimensions, given as width by depth by height. SimBooth describes itself as a Québec-based company that designs and manufactures golf simulator enclosures. Every model is listed with an aluminum structure, a full-surface floor, solid wall and ceiling panels and a crease-free screen; what changes is the size, the screen and who assembles it. We specify and install to order.

• SimBooth 1. 11 ft 1 in by 12 ft by 7 ft 10 in, with a 152-inch screen. SimBooth positions it for people short of space, and rates it for self-installation. It is the size to look at for a lower basement or a spare room.
• SimBooth 2. 12 ft 1¾ in by 12 ft by 8 ft 10 in, with a 172-inch screen. Also rated for self-installation. It is wider and taller than the SimBooth 1, so the choice between the two comes down to the ceiling and the golfer.
• SimBooth 3. 14 ft 1 in by 14 ft 11 in by 9 ft 11 in, with a 196-inch screen. SimBooth positions it for commercial indoor golf facilities and says it needs a professional installation team. It is the size we would put in front of someone planning commercial golf simulator bays.
• SimBooth 4. 15 ft 11 in by 14 ft 11 in by 10 ft 5 in, with a 218-inch curved screen and a commercial hitting mat. SimBooth calls it its largest enclosure, for commercial spaces and high-end residential rooms, and also says it needs a professional installation team.
• Options. SimBooth’s configurator offers standard or half walls, a standard or commercial hitting mat, a BenQ projector, a launch monitor and simulator software. Which of those come from SimBooth and which we specify separately is decided on the proposal.
• SimBooth Kit. A bundle SimBooth describes as all-inclusive and easy to self-install. When the room needs a different projector or launch monitor from the bundle, we start from the enclosure alone and specify the rest.

How we put a SimBooth into a room

• Measure the room before the booth. SimBooth recommends 15 ft wide by 22 ft deep by 10 ft high for the SimBooth 1 and 2, 15 by 25 by 10 ft 6 in for the 3, and 16 ft 2 in by 25 ft by 11 ft for the 4. We measure the finished ceiling under the lowest duct or beam, then check the swing. Our room-requirements guide walks the same measurements.
• The launch monitor is chosen last. SimBooth says its booths work with most tracking devices on the market. A unit that mounts overhead or beside the ball still has to fit inside the booth, so we check the mounting against the walls and ceiling panels first.
• Projector, power and network. The projector mount, the cable runs, power for the projector and the simulator PC, and a wired network drop are planned with the booth, not added after it is built.
• Calibration with the booth finished. The projector is aligned to the screen and the monitor is calibrated with the hitting mat in place. For the whole bay this is part of our golf simulator installation work.

Where SimBooth sits beside the other lines we carry

We also carry and install Carl’s Place enclosures, which are frames with an impact screen, or a screen anchored wall to wall in a dedicated room. SimBooth comes up when the room wants a finished booth with its own floor and panels; Carl’s Place comes up when the screen goes into a frame or is built into the room. A SimBooth builds the enclosure, not the tracking. The launch monitor comes from the lines we are authorized on: Foresight Sports units sit beside the ball, Uneekor mounts overhead, and Trackman combines radar and camera. For the projector, SimBooth’s configurator lists BenQ.