Your Practice Setup — Prepared for Chris
Prepared for Chris · August 2026
ProFlex pop-up or freestanding cage — here's how to decide.
You've got the ProFlex with the driving mat and standard base in your basket, and you're weighing it against the portable 3m cage — plus which mat to run. Both are good buys, so this page isn't a sales pitch: it's the honest differences, every price on the table, and your FORZA5 code works on whichever way you go.
ProFlex pop-up vs the portable 3m cage
The honest tiebreaker — it's about how you'll use it, not the £10
Priced with the same mat and base, there's almost nothing between them (£609.99 vs £599.98). So decide on use: if you'll practise little and often and want the garden back afterwards, keep the ProFlex. If you want to smash full drivers and leave it standing all season, switch to the portable cage — the extra headroom and always-ready bay genuinely change how often you practise.
If you go the portable cage route, the foam pole padding (+£30) is the one add-on worth a thought — it protects the frame (and your ball) on the mis-hits that find a pole, and it's much easier to add at the start than later.
Three mats, honestly compared
All three are 5ft × 5ft and work with the standard rubber base already in your basket. The difference is the surface — and what your wrists feel after 50 balls.
| Mat | Surface & feel | Tees | Weather | Mat + standard base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORZA Driving Range Mat in your basket — the proven range surface | 15mm turf — the surface driving ranges run daily | 4× rubber tees included | Fully weatherproof, lives outside | £329.99 |
| FORB Teaching Mat printed alignment & swing-path guides | 15mm nylon with EVA foam cushioning — built-in feedback every shot | 4× rotatable tee positions | Best under cover — bring it in during severe weather | £399.99 |
| FORZA Ultra Tee Turf our most premium surface | 35mm tour-density turf — strikes like a real fairway, kindest on wrists and elbows | Push a real wooden tee in anywhere | Fully weatherproof — the all-season pick | £449.99 |
Which would I pick?
The driving range mat in your basket is the smart-money choice — it's the surface commercial ranges take a beating on, and at £329.99 with the base it's the best value here. The one reason to spend the extra £120 on the Ultra Tee Turf: if you'll hit big volumes or your wrists/elbows complain, the 35mm pile is noticeably more forgiving, and teeing a real wooden peg anywhere is a genuinely better experience for driver and woods. The teaching mat is for golfers specifically working on alignment — great tool, but only if that's your project.
The full menu — FORZA5 works on all of it
| Setup | List price | With FORZA5 (5%) |
|---|---|---|
| ProFlex + driving range mat + standard base as your basket stands today | £609.99 | £579.50 |
| Portable cage + driving range mat + standard base same hitting experience, cage stays up | £599.98 | £569.98 |
| ProFlex + Ultra Tee Turf + standard base pop-up convenience, premium strike | £729.98 | £693.48 |
| Portable cage + Ultra Tee Turf + standard base the all-season garden bay | £719.98 | £683.98 |
| Portable cage (with foam padding) + driving range mat + standard base the padded version of the same setup | £629.98 | £598.48 |
All prices include VAT with free UK delivery. ProFlex combos are one product in the configurator; cage + mat combos go in the basket as two items — FORZA5 applies at checkout either way.
Tell me how you'll use it, and I'll tell you which I'd buy
Message me back on WhatsApp with two things — roughly how often you'll practise, and whether full driver matters to you — and I'll give you a straight answer. Your basket's saved and your FORZA5 code works on any of the setups above.