SwingPerfect Golf Portable Folding Golf Hitting Mat Dual Turf with Handle.

You have owned one of those home practice mats. It was fine for about a day. On the first swing it slid half a hand forward, so you shoved the sofa against it. On the second swing the turf was sheared into a white stripe. By the third you stopped using it, rolled it up against the balcony wall, and threw it out two months later. The problem was never you. It was the base.

A home mat and a range mat carry two completely different loads: the range mat is set into the ground and nothing can push it, while a home mat lies on a floor and every strike both shoves and slams it. Foam and ordinary EVA cannot take either. Shove it and it slides, slam it and it collapses.

This mat sits on a high-density anti-slip rubber base, with 45-degree diagonal ribs moulded across the entire underside and four independent shock pads under the strike area. The ribs spread the shove sideways across the whole base, the pads swallow the slam before it reaches the floor. The result: hardwood, tile, carpet, balcony stone, once you set it down it stays, and it leaves no mark.

The surface is not one layer either. Half of it is 35 mm, standing in for thick rough, where blades catch the hosel and force you to squeeze the ball out from a steeper angle. The other half is 12 mm, standing in for fairway, level and almost drag-free, where the work is clean contact.

Those two lies need two different motions on a real course, and most home mats give you only one of them. Fully open it is 41.5 by 39 cm at 1.2 kg, and it folds to eight centimetres with a handle you can carry in one hand. Two tee holes sit left and right so either dexterity works.

In the box: the mat and two white rubber tees. Bring your own balls and extra tees. Living room, balcony, office, backyard, campsite, find any flat patch and hit.

• One mat, two turfs. The whole course in your living room.

• 1.2 kg, eight centimetres, pick it up and you are at the range.

• No slip, no creep, no scuffed floors.

1. It does not slip, so you dare swing indoors: full 45-degree diagonal ribs plus a high-density rubber base keep the mat pinned however hard the club comes down, even on hardwood.

2. Two turf heights, two real lies: 35 mm rough trains escape shots, 12 mm fairway trains clean contact, one mat doing the work of two, which most home mats cannot offer.

3. It does not collapse and does not mark the floor: four independent shock pads under the strike area keep impact inside the mat, so the flat below stays quiet and the floor stays clean.

4. 1.2 kg, eight centimetres folded, carry it anywhere: 41.5 x 39 cm open is enough for a full swing, and folded it disappears into a boot, a cupboard or a camper corner.

5. Both dexterities, one mat: two tee holes offset left and right so neither hand needs a special version, and two white rubber tees come included for driver work.