Get The Net Return Home Series.
| The Net Return Home Series | Spornia SPG-5 Compact | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (MSRP) | $695 | $249.99Lower price |
| Type | Hitting Net | Hitting Net |
| Room needed | 9 ft wide, 8 ft ceiling, 14 ft deep | Not published |
| Footprint (W × H × D) | 7 ft × 7 ft × 3 ft 6 in | 5 ft 6 in × 5 ft 6 in × 5 ft 6 in |
| Hitting surface | Not published | Not published |
| Impact screen | None (hitting net) | None (hitting net) |
| Ceiling needed | 8 ft | Not published |
| Max ball speed | 225 mph | Not published |
| Ball return | Yes | Yes |
| Side barriers included | No | No |
| Stored size | Not published | Not published |
| Setup time | 5 min | Not published |
| Weight | 26 lbs | 16 lbsLighter |
| Material | UV-treated netting; aircraft-grade aluminum frame | Not published |
| In the box | Net, Frame with color-coded connectors | SPG-5 Compact Edition Net, Bulls Eye Target Sheet, Chipping Basket, Support Poles & Ground Stakes, Carry Bag |
| Warranty | 3-year warranty; FAQ: '3 years or 250,000 shots (whichever comes first)' | 1 year (Spornia’s warranty page states 60 days on netting) |
Get The Net Return Home Series.
Get The Net Return Home Series. It's 7 ft square, rated for 225 mph ball speed, and The Net Return publishes the room it needs — 9 ft wide, 8 ft ceiling, 14 ft deep — so you can actually plan around it. The Spornia SPG-5 Compact lists at $249.99 versus $695 for the Home Series, and that $445.01 gap is real money. But you're getting a 5.5 ft square frame, no published ball-speed rating, and a warranty that may be 60 days on the netting depending on which Spornia page you read.
Both are hitting nets with automatic ball return, both work indoors or outdoors, and neither ships with side barriers in the base package — both offer them as separate purchases. If all you need is a net that sends the ball back, both technically do that job.
The Net Return Home Series is wider and taller: 7 ft × 7 ft versus the SPG-5 Compact's 5.5 ft × 5.5 ft. The SPG-5 is deeper — 5.5 ft to the Home Series's 3.5 ft — but Spornia publishes no room requirement at all, so what that depth means for your actual setup I can't tell you. The Net Return says the Home Series needs 9 ft of width, an 8 ft ceiling, and 14 ft of depth. Those figures are marked approximate, but they're the only published numbers here, and they're what you measure your garage against.
A 5.5 ft net is going to catch a solid strike with some margin, but thin misses and push-cuts head somewhere else. The 7 ft face on the Home Series gives you more buffer for shots that aren't dead center.
The Net Return rates the Home Series netting at 225 mph ball speed. That's the netting's limit, not a durability promise — but it's a number. Spornia publishes no equivalent figure for the SPG-5 Compact, so there's no way to make a fair comparison there. You either trust it or you don't.
The warranty gap is sharper. The Home Series carries a 3-year warranty, which The Net Return also describes as 250,000 shots, whichever comes first. The SPG-5 Compact's warranty is listed as 1 year on some pages and 60 days on netting on Spornia's warranty page. That's a contradiction on their own site, and I'd want that sorted out before buying.
The SPG-5 Compact weighs 16 lbs, though Spornia's own page also lists 15 lbs — either way about 10 lbs lighter than the Home Series — and it folds down into an included carry bag. If this net needs to move between the backyard and the garage, or disappear between sessions, that matters. The Home Series assembles without tools in about 5 minutes, and it ships as net and frame with no carry bag.
The SPG-5 also ships with a Bulls Eye target sheet and a chipping basket. The Home Series ships with the net and frame. If you want side barriers for either one, that's a separate purchase.
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The $445.01 gap at list is real, and the SPG-5 Compact earns it as a portable, packable option for shorter practice sessions. But the Home Series is a different category of product: bigger hitting face, a published ball-speed rating, a clear room requirement you can plan against, and a 3-year warranty. The setup difference between a 5-minute no-tools assembly and whatever Spornia's pop-up frame takes isn't the reason to choose — the size and the specs are. If the space fits, the Home Series is the right answer for anyone hitting full shots.
Get The Net Return Home Series.