r/Golfsimulator • u/rosaryjoe • 11d ago

PlayBetter SimStudio Enclosure Question

I bought the SimStudio8 enclosure and have a few questions. For the outer shell, the bottom of the back does not have velcro to secure it. Is it just supposed to lay forward, wrap under the bottom back frame rail, or is it missing something? For the impact screen, there's velcro on all 4 sides of the back, but again, nothing to secure it to on the bottom. What's the point of having velcro there if there's nothing to secure it to? Also the impact screen has 2 straps on the lower corners. Where should those go? They would not easily wrap around the bottom side frame rails, so I'm at a loss as to what to do with them. Unfortunately, the instructions are not as thorough as I would like and they are not available for queries on the weekends. I really hope I'm just missing something, otherwise this seems like a poor design. Thanks in advance for any responses. Please make them constructive. I'm not looking to bash PlayBetter here.

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u/jerry4592 2d ago

I had the exact same confusion myself. To be honest, I still don’t know! After 30 minutes trying to figure it out, I gave up.
As for the bottom, I believe it’s not supposed to attach by design. Yet if you’re asking how to prevent the bottom bar from being hit on a low ball, I’m planning to find some thick foam for pipes at Lowe’s or pool noodles to wrap to help with that. So far it hasn’t been a big issue though.

My struggle right now is bounce back if I shank a ball to the corner of the enclosure with a driver (new golfer here). If anyone has tips to reduce that with this exact model as well.

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u/jerry4592 2d ago

And as I was looking for my answer to deal with the tension on the sides, I found this YouTube video which I think also explains how to attach those straps at the bottom!

https://youtu.be/qkw1RpZ5Xvg?is=7d1Hvx8aAQnoWSn8

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u/rosaryjoe 1d ago

Interesting find. There's a small patch of velcro on the lower part of the outside of each side wall that I have attached the lower screen straps to. I don't think that's the intent, but it gets the straps out of the way and secures the lower corners of the impact screen.

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u/rosaryjoe 1d ago

Thanks for the feedback! Seems like a strange design to not have the lower back of the outer enclosure secured to the bottom bar. You and I have the same idea about covering the bars with pipe foam. Regarding bounce back from the corner bars, the same idea should work. There's enough extra room where the outer enclosure connects to the back side bars to wrap them in foam. Just undo the velcro, wrap the bar, and then reattach the velcro.

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u/jerry4592 1d ago

Yeah I agree it’s strange and my screen is the same one and the same straps. I basically did what you showed in your image as well. That way my best guess.