This Rapsodo Mobile Launch Monitor May Have Been Replaced, But It Remains Our Favorite Budget Monitor On The Market

If you want to take your game to the next level, creating more meaningful practice sessions is the place thing to focus on. Heading to your local driving range and hitting balls for an hour is great but if you don’t go with a set strategy of what to work on, results have a lower ceiling than if you’re organized.

Hitting 60 drivers at the far fence is fun, don’t get me wrong, but adding more structure and routine to your session can help turn a good golfer into a great one.

In order to get the most out of a practice session, we’d recommend getting a launch monitor. This sounds like a daunting task given the misconception on how expensive launch monitors are but in the last number of years the number of budget-friendly monitors has increased significantly. Not only are these options affordable but the quality has increased year-on-year. Gone are the days when your monitor has to connect to a state of the art computer system or laptop, most cheap launch monitors can simply work by connecting to your phone.

At Golf Monthly we do a lot of gear testing, especially clubs, which allows us to use launch monitors very frequently, which in turn allows us to put them through their paces as well. Launch monitors have become all the rage over last few years and we regularly see Tour players carrying Trackman, Foresight Sports and other models when practicing or warming up. This technology has transitioned to us every day golfers and amateurs too with brands like Voice Caddie, Garmin, PRGR and Rapsodo offering models that give a lot of data, for a fraction of the price.

Now I should say again, we have tested a lot of models in this area and we can realistically say our favorite budget option is currently the Mobile Launch Monitor from Rapsodo. It may have been replaced by the MLM2Pro model, but when we consider the price, performance and usability, the MLM still is hard to beat, which makes the fact it is discounted all the sweeter.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when thinking about launch monitors – how do I set them up? How do I use them once I’ve successfully set it up? What do the numbers mean?

Thankfully, these questions are answered with ease when using the Rapsodo MLM – simply make an account, log in to the app on your phone, set your phone into the front slot of the device, set it 6ft behind your golf ball and you’re good to go. Once you start hitting the Rapsodo MLM captures video of you hitting and displays shot tracer-style graphics on the screen.

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