FlightScope Mevo Gen2 Against Mevo+: Pick by the Data You Need

If all you need is carry, spin and launch for club gapping and simulator play, the Mevo Gen2 is the better buy. It costs less than the Mevo+ base price, runs for about six hours on one charge, and includes eight E6 Connect courses with nothing extra to add. The Mevo+ earns its higher price only when you want club path and face angle, the two numbers that explain why a shot started where it did and curved the way it did.

The catch is that the Mevo+ is a moving target. Sources report that FlightScope is phasing it out in favour of the Gen2, and the prices and add-on bundles around it have changed more than once. Every figure below is a starting point. Confirm current pricing with FlightScope or an authorised retailer before you buy, because some listings disagree with each other.

We start with a decision table and a plain verdict, then go through the comparison in the order we would rank them for most buyers: the data you will use, what you pay, battery, room fit, software and availability. Where sources disagree we say so, and we show the arithmetic so you can check it yourself.

How we put this together: we compared published manufacturer specs, retailer listings and owner reports, then applied the criteria below. Links may earn us a commission.

Decision table

	Mevo Gen2	Mevo+
Price at time of writing	About $1,199 to $1,299	About $1,499 base; about $2,299 with Pro Package and Face Impact Location (listings disagree on the bundle total)
Tracking	Fusion Tracking	Fusion Tracking
Data parameters	18	20
Club path and face angle	No	Yes
Add-on options	None	Pro Package, Face Impact Location
Battery	About 6 hours	About 2.5 to 3 hours (listings differ)
Included E6 Connect courses	8	12
Third-party simulator support	GSPro, Awesome Golf, TGC 2019	Broad third-party support
Indoor depth	About 16 ft total	Ask FlightScope for its current spacing guidance
Availability	Current model	Reported to be phasing out

Read the table as a checklist. If path and face angle are the reason you're shopping, the table settles it. If price and battery matter most, the Gen2 wins on both lines.

We ranked the factors by how much they should matter to a typical buyer: the data you will act on, the total cost to get that data, session length, simulator and course access, and how long the unit will be easy to buy and support.

Choose the Gen2 if, choose the Mevo+ if

Choose the Gen2 if:

• You mainly want carry, spin and launch numbers for club gapping and simulator play.
• You want six-hour sessions for long range days or lesson blocks.
• You want one fixed price with nothing to add later.

Choose the Mevo+ if:

• You are fixing a slice or hook and want to see face-to-path numbers.
• You coach or fit clubs and want impact location to back up what you show a student or customer.
• You want to know where on the face the ball struck, not just how it flew.
• You want more included E6 courses, 12 against 8.

If a discounted Mevo+ sells within a couple of hundred dollars of the Gen2 and you know you will use club data, the Mevo+ is the better use of the money. If the gap is wider, buy the Gen2 unless path and face are the reason for the purchase. Confirm current pricing first, because Mevo+ discounts change. If you are also weighing a radar unit from another brand, our Mevo Gen2 or Rapsodo MLM2PRO and MLM2PRO or Mevo+ comparisons cover those tradeoffs, and Mevo+ or Garmin R10 covers the Garmin option.

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One tracking family, two different jobs

Both units use FlightScope's Fusion Tracking, which blends Doppler radar with image processing. That shared core is why ball data is close between them. Carry, launch angle, ball speed and spin should not be the reason you pick one over the other. The hard gap is club data, and only the Mevo+ offers it.

Both units run through the FS Golf app and support simulation, so the day-to-day workflow feels familiar if you move between them. Both also benefit from metallic dots or RCT balls when you hit indoors, because those give the spin read something clear to track. Plan on buying them if you hit indoors.

The practical upshot is that you are not buying a better tracker when you choose the Mevo+. You are buying a second layer of information on top of the same ball data. Whether that layer is worth the money depends entirely on whether you will read it. The sections that follow examine that question from several angles.

Data side by side: 18 parameters versus 20 plus add-ons

Feature	Mevo Gen2	Mevo+
Parameter count	18	20
Ball flight (ball speed, launch angle, spin rate, carry, total, apex)	Yes	Yes
Spin axis, roll, shot direction	Yes	Yes
Club path	No	Yes
Face angle	No	Yes
Spin loft	No	Yes
Face impact location	No	Optional add-on (Face Impact Location)
Advanced club data	No Pro Package; one listing says upgrades are in development, which FlightScope has not confirmed	Optional add-on (Pro Package)

The Gen2 covers the ball-flight numbers most golfers look at first: ball speed, launch angle, spin rate, spin axis, carry, total, roll, apex and shot direction, plus putting metrics. The Mevo+ reports the same ball data and adds club path, face angle and spin loft. If one particular field matters to you, check the maker's current parameter list before you decide. Our guide to every Mevo+ data parameter explains what each number means and how to read it.

Parameter count is a weak guide on its own. The two extra numbers on the Mevo+ only earn their place if you read them. A player who checks carry and spin rate every session will see no difference from the Gen2. A player trying to explain a push-slice will see the difference straight away, because the face-to-path relationship is what tells you whether the ball started right of target because of the face, the path, or both.

The Pro Package adds advanced club data. Face Impact Location shows where the ball struck the face. Both are optional, so the Mevo+ has two meaningful prices: the base unit and the fully equipped unit. Treat them as different purchases when you compare against the Gen2, because the gap in cost and in capability changes depending on which one you have in mind.

What you pay now and over five years

The Gen2 has one price. Listings put it at about $1,199 to $1,299. The higher figure is a launch price that one listing reports, and the lower is a common retailer price. Either way the five-year total matches the day-one total, because nothing recurs. Neither unit needs a FlightScope subscription for core data, according to the listings we checked, but confirm that with FlightScope. Third-party simulator software carries its own licence on top of the hardware.

The Mevo+ base price is about $1,499 after a reported price drop. Add-ons change the total, and the figures do not agree. One listing puts the Mevo+ with Pro Package and Face Impact Location at about $2,299. Another puts the add-ons at about $975 one-time, which added to the $1,499 base comes to about $2,474. Those two numbers cannot both be right for the same bundle, so confirm the full price with FlightScope before you budget for it.

Here is the arithmetic on the gaps, using the figures above:

• Path and face on the base unit: $1,499 minus $1,199 is $300 more than the Gen2 at its lower price. Against the $1,299 Gen2 figure, the gap is $200.
• Full Mevo+ against the Gen2: $2,299 minus $1,199 is $1,100. Using the $2,474 add-on sum instead, the gap is $1,275.
• Cost per extra capability: the base Mevo+ adds path and face for roughly $200 to $300, depending on which Gen2 price you use. Adding the add-ons pushes the gap past $1,000, which is more than three times the cost of the base upgrade.

The lesson from those numbers is that the base Mevo+ is the reasonable way into club data, and the add-ons need their own justification. If you are going to read face-to-path every session, the Pro Package and impact location may pay off. If you are not, you are buying two extra features you will rarely look at. For add-on detail and what each one shows on screen, see our FlightScope Mevo+ review.

Battery and session length

On paper the Gen2 runs about six hours. The Mevo+ is listed at about three hours in one source and about 2.5 hours in another. Treat the Mevo+ as a 2.5 to 3 hour unit and plan around the shorter figure, because a battery that comes up short in the middle of a session is the worst outcome.

Take a 90-ball range session at about one shot per minute. That is 90 minutes, or 1.5 hours. On the Gen2, six hours covers four of those sessions. On the Mevo+ at 2.5 hours you get one session with about an hour to spare, and at three hours two sessions fit with no margin at all. For one range visit, both units cover it without trouble. For a full day of lessons or back-to-back sim rounds, the Gen2 is the safer choice.

Indoors with a nearby outlet the gap matters much less. You can plug in between sessions, so battery life is mainly a concern on the driving range or in a barn with no power. Confirm whether each unit can run while it charges, since that decides whether a long indoor session needs the battery at all.

Fitting each unit into a room

The Gen2 needs about 8 ft behind the ball and about 8 ft of ball flight in front of it. That is roughly 16 ft of total depth, which suits many spare rooms and basements. Check your ceiling height and width against the room size guide as well, because depth alone does not tell you whether the swing and the screen will fit together.

The Mevo+ also sits behind the ball, so the basic setup geometry is similar. FlightScope's current spacing guidance is the figure to use, and it is worth getting before you commit to a room layout. Ask the maker for the current number rather than relying on an older figure from a forum or a retailer page.

Both units need real golf balls and metallic dots or RCT balls for indoor spin reads. Plan the room around the screen and the hitting position first, then find a spot for the launch monitor. A rough layout on the floor with tape will show you more than a diagram will, especially for hitting space.

Simulator software and included courses

Feature	Mevo Gen2	Mevo+
E6 Connect courses included	8	12
E6 Connect licence	Described as lifetime with no recurring fee in one source	Confirm licence terms with FlightScope
Named third-party software	GSPro, Awesome Golf, TGC 2019	Broad third-party support
Session export	CSV through FS Golf	CSV through FS Golf
Third-party software licence	Paid separately	Paid separately

Both units export session data to CSV through the FS Golf app, so you can keep records or load them into a spreadsheet for trend tracking. Third-party simulator programs need their own licences whichever unit you buy, so budget for that on top of the hardware. It is easy to leave that cost out when you compare sticker prices, so add it to the total before you decide.

The 12 courses on the Mevo+ against 8 on the Gen2 is a real difference if you play the included courses often. If you mostly play third-party courses, the count matters much less. For setup and day-to-day use of the E6 software, see our E6 Connect guide.

Who actually uses face and path numbers

Club data earns its cost for some golfers and not for others. These four scenarios show where the Mevo+ makes sense and where the Gen2 is the better fit.

Slice fixer. Face-to-path is the number that explains curvature. The Gen2 shows spin axis and shot direction, so you can see that the ball curved right, but not whether the face was open, the path was out to the right, or both. That gap is the reason to choose the Mevo+ here. Our piece on how sims read slices and hooks covers what these readings can and cannot tell you.

Gapping and yardage work. Ball data is enough. Carry, total and spin tell you what each club does, which is what gapping needs. The Gen2 gives you that for less money and a longer battery, and the face and path figures would sit unused.

Coach with students. Club path, face angle and impact location give you the evidence to explain a fault to a student. The Mevo+ with add-ons is the setup for this job, and the add-ons are only worth their cost if you use them every week. Occasional lessons do not justify the full price.

Casual sim rounds with family. The Gen2's price and battery win. Nobody in the room will miss face angle, and the money stays in your pocket for course licences or a better screen.

One note applies to both units. The video in the FS Golf app can show some face and path faults visually, so a slice fixer on the Gen2 has a partial workaround. It shows you the swing rather than the numbers behind it, which is useful for seeing a problem but less useful for measuring whether a fix worked.

Availability and the reported Mevo+ phase-out

Sources report that FlightScope is gradually phasing out the Mevo+ as it concentrates on the Gen2. That is a reported plan rather than an announcement we can point to, so ask FlightScope for its current status before you rely on it. The practical question is simple: will you be able to buy a new unit, get support, and find add-ons in two or three years? The Gen2 answers yes more clearly than the Mevo+ does.

If you buy a remaining Mevo+, expect the stock to be limited. Remaining units may be discounted, and a discount is the main reason to choose the Mevo+ over the Gen2 at this point. FlightScope is expected to keep supporting existing Mevo+ owners, though the number of units available new will shrink. Support for an installed base is not the same as a steady supply of new hardware, so weigh the two separately.

Used Mevo+ units need one extra check. Ask whether the Pro Package and Face Impact Location licences transfer to a new owner before you pay for a used unit. An add-on that cannot move with the unit is worth less than the listed price suggests, because you would be paying for a feature you may not be able to use.

If you are settled on the Gen2 after reading this, our full Mevo Gen2 review covers setup and day-to-day use in more depth than a comparison can.

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Owner questions when choosing between the two

Buyers weighing these two units tend to raise the same handful of questions. Each answer below is short. The full terms come from FlightScope, and they can change, so use these answers as a checklist of what to ask rather than as a final ruling.

Do Mevo+ add-ons transfer when the unit is resold?

Pro Package and Face Impact Location are tied to the device or account, so transfer rules matter when you buy used. Ask FlightScope in writing whether a new owner can keep and use both add-ons before you pay for a used unit. Without that confirmation, price a used Mevo+ as a base unit.

Can one FS Golf account hold sessions from both units?

Both units use the FS Golf app, so one account can pair with either unit. Whether one account holds sessions from both units at the same time depends on how FlightScope handles multi-device support. Check that before you buy rather than assuming a single login covers everything.

Do the included E6 courses expire on either unit?

Sources describe the Gen2 E6 licence as lifetime with no recurring fee. The Mevo+ includes 12 courses, but its licence terms should be confirmed separately with FlightScope. Ask whether each course licence is tied to the unit or to your account.

Is a used Mevo+ smarter than a new Gen2?

It can be, but only if you want club path and face data and the price sits close to a new Gen2. Check battery health, the add-on licences and whether the warranty transfers to you. A used unit with no add-on licences gives you much less than the Mevo+ name suggests.

Which one is simpler for a first launch monitor?

The Gen2 is the simpler choice. It has no add-ons to decide between, a single price, and the longest battery of the two. It runs the same FS Golf app as the Mevo+, so day-to-day use is much the same once it is set up. If you want the club data later, you can revisit the Mevo+ once you know which numbers you actually read.