What They Have in Common
Both come with an impact screen, side barriers, and foam or frame padding in the box. Both are rated to 250 mph ball speed. Neither publishes a weight or a stored size. Neither includes turf, a projector, or a launch monitor. List prices are within $5 of each other.
Where They Differ
The Room Question
This is where the two products diverge most sharply — not in price, but in how much information the maker hands you before you pull out a credit card.
The Net Return publishes a room requirement: 12 ft wide, 9 ft ceiling, 14 ft deep. Those are the maker's own words. Measure your space against those three numbers and you know whether it fits. The enclosure frame itself is 10 ft wide by 8 ft 6 in tall by 3 ft 6 in deep — the extra room accounts for your swing, not just the structure.
The Indoor Golf Shop publishes no room requirement for the SIG12. The frame is 12 ft 2 in wide by 9 ft 4 in tall by 5 ft deep, and there's a note that you may need more than a 10 ft ceiling, but that's it. The frame's footprint is not a room requirement — a 9 ft 4 in frame does not fit under a 9 ft 4 in ceiling once you factor in a driver swing. Beyond that ceiling note, The Indoor Golf Shop doesn't publish what the room needs.
Frame Size and Screen
The SIG12 is wider, taller, and deeper than the Simulator Bay 10. The screen it ships with measures 11 ft 5 in wide by 8 ft 7 in tall, with a 14'3" diagonal. The Net Return doesn't publish a screen size — only the frame dimensions — so there's no direct comparison to make there.
The SIG12's 5 ft depth versus the Bay 10's 3 ft 6 in depth is a real difference. Both makers publish their depth, so that one you can measure against your own room.
Warranty
The Net Return covers the Bay 10 for 3 years. The Indoor Golf Shop's warranty on the SIGPRO Premium screen is 1 year residential. That year covers the screen specifically, so I'd call and ask what else is covered before buying.
One more thing worth flagging: The Indoor Golf Shop's own data lists two different depths for the SIG12 — 5 ft on the product page and 16 ft in their store data. That's the maker contradicting itself, not a typo I'm resolving.
Who Should Buy Which
Get the SIG12 Simulator Enclosure if:
- You've already confirmed your room works and don't need the maker to tell you
- You want a screen size you can plan around — the SIG12's is 14'3" on the diagonal
- Your space can take the deeper frame — 5 ft versus the Bay 10's 3 ft 6 in
Get The Net Return Simulator Bay 10 if:
- You want a maker that tells you the room before you buy — 12 ft wide, 9 ft ceiling, 14 ft deep, full stop
- Your ceiling is right around 9 ft and you need certainty, not estimates
- The Bay 10's 3-year warranty matters to you versus the SIG12's 1-year screen coverage
- You can sit the enclosure 6 inches from a wall, which The Net Return specifically notes
The Bottom Line
At a $4.99 list price gap, this comes down to the screen size, the depth, and the room question. The SIG12 is wider, taller, and deeper, with a published screen diagonal that The Net Return Simulator Bay 10 simply doesn't match with a listed spec. But The Indoor Golf Shop doesn't tell you what room the SIG12 needs, and that gap is real — a 9 ft ceiling sounds like plenty until you measure to the garage-door track and realize the frame height and the swing clearance are two different numbers. The SIG12's bigger frame and published screen dimensions are the hardware case for it. The room uncertainty is the tradeoff.
Get the SIG12 Simulator Enclosure.