Love this thing. I had a mechanical ball returner picked up at a garage sale years ago just on the carpet and I thought I was training effectively. Now that I have the boomerang I am seriously improving my putting. Like a previous poster I move up and down the mat hitting different length putts trying not to hit more than 3-4 from one spot. I have the cup screwed up flush with the ramp most of the time with the ramp set on between 3 and 6 just getting my stroke consistent. I've been punishing myself with very little lip when setup that way making it next to impossible to get a ball to stay in the cup and it's paying dividends with my distance control. My biggest benefit is my putts inside 6-10ft. I've been using it with the mat on a polished concrete floor and it is dead straight. I've been able to groove a repeatable stroke and my confidence is sky high at the moment inside that distance and as such I've hardly missed a thing in that range. When I first got it I really and embarrassingly had trouble hitting the ramp from the end of the mat. Being dead straight it was instantly showing me that I was hitting it left especially because you know your lined up correctly. I used a camera like in the YouTube videos on the site and tried to compare my stroke to some of the pros. I realized I was lifting the putter almost straight up and to the inside and decelerating badly resulting in poor putts pulling most of them left. I now have a nice stroke that is very consistent and I'm making so many more putts than before. I haven't tried the challenge with the cash prize but the way I'm using it is ultimately having a beneficial impact on my game. For the price it's definitely worth it. Bushy007 - GolfWRX.com

I recorded my fist putts on the boomerang. I always thought myself as a good putter but after seeing my stroke for the first time it looks like a slice across them a little bit. I would appreciate your initial comments on the stroke and any advice you may have. Those greens at Huntingdale don't stand a chance anymore!!! Christian - YouTube

I bought the Boomerang putting aid last week and am finding it a bit addictive. There's a catch/release system and a napless 'carnoustie' mat (stimped at 11/11.5) which you buy separately. The aim is to groove stroke and distance control. You have to set the system so that the ball will catch if rolled from less than half way down the 'hole' but will release and fall out if rolled from the middle or above. Once the first ball is caught, you hit a second ball to knock the other ball above centre and therefore release both balls back to you. It's bloody difficult to say the very least - the world record is 12 in a row and I can see why. I'm finding it a good tool, easily transportable and as I said fairly addictive which is a good quality in any practice aid. The system can be set a 6 different levels of slope and the site gives you corresponding distances for normal greens ... so if you're hitting from 12 feet on the system up a level 6 slope the site will tell you that this, say equivalent to a 35 foot putt (or whatever).

Oh, and my wife is happier with this system as it takes up less room and is easy to put away! Myksyk - boards.ie