Guide

I spent the last three months testing portable launch monitors on the driving range, in my garage simulator, and on a couple of golf trips with friends. Some impressed me. Some made me want to throw them into a lake. This guide breaks down the best portable launch monitors in so you can pick one … Read more

I spent the last three months testing golf simulators in my garage, my spare bedroom, and even my buddy’s basement. I swung real clubs at real balls, hit shots into screens, and tracked every metric my arms could handle. Here’s the deal: $5,000 gets you a genuinely good indoor setup in , but you need … Read more

After spending 90 days testing the best golf simulator software options side by side in our home setup, I can tell you the gap between a frustrating experience and a jaw-dropping one comes down to two things: the launch monitor feeding your software and the software’s ability to turn numbers into believable ball flight. We … Read more

I built my first golf simulator floor in my garage three years ago, and I ruined two hitting mats before I learned what actually works. After testing the best golf simulator flooring options side by side for six months, I can tell you the difference between a setup that protects your joints and one that … Read more

Home golf has exploded over the last three years, and after testing dozens of setups in our own shop, we can tell you the bay you choose will make or break the experience. The best golf simulator bays do more than catch balls. They protect your walls, kill ricochets, and give your launch monitor a … Read more

Racing style gaming chairs are bucket-seat ergonomic thrones designed after motorsport seats, built to keep your spine aligned during marathon gaming or work sessions. I tested 10 models over six weeks across sim racing, FPS grinding, and 12-hour work days to find the ones that actually deliver on comfort, support, and long-term durability. The best … Read more

I have spent the last three months plugging every retro game stick I could get my hands on into the back of my living room TV, and the results surprised me. The best retro game sticks in are not always the ones with the loudest marketing claims, and the cheapest HDMI stick is rarely the … Read more

I grew up blowing into cartridges and mashing buttons on a grey brick that weighed more than my backpack. So when my nephew asked me which console to buy for his birthday, I spent three weeks testing every retro gaming bundle I could find on the market. I plugged them into my own TV, button-mashed … Read more

I’ve spent the last two months testing the best FPGA consoles on the market, and I can tell you this category is having a moment. FPGA chips recreate classic gaming hardware at the silicon level, not through software tricks, so you get sub-frame input lag and bit-perfect output that software emulators simply cannot match. For … Read more

If you have ever dug out an original SNES, hooked up a MiSTer, or built a Raspberry Pi arcade and felt your modern gamepad’s mushy D-pad betray you on a precision platformer, you already know why we built this guide. After three months of testing across original hardware, emulators, and modern displays, our team ranked … Read more