The ifrothgolf review
A putting alignment mirror that reflects your eyes and shoulders back at you so you can see whether your setup actually matches what it feels like. PuttOut now sells it as a Mirror and Adjustable Gate Set: the mirror plus two magnetic guides for the stroke path and an adjustable gate with several width presets for start-line, breaking-putt and target work. The mirror also pops out of its rubber case as a 1mm version when you just want the bare essentials.
What's great
The feedback is immediate and unforgiving in the best way. Line your eyes up over the ball, check your shoulders are square, set the face to the printed line, and any little drift shows up instantly. The magnetic guides are genuinely sturdy and the gate gives you several drills rather than one, so it earns its place in the bag for longer than most aids. The spiked rubber base grips carpet and short grass well, and the whole thing folds into the travel bag so you can take it to the club.
Worth knowing
Despite the scratch-proof talk, the mirror surface scuffs more easily than you would hope. A few months of the magnetic guides and putter head brushing across it leave visible marks. It does not really hurt how it works, but it nags at you for the money. Speaking of which, it now ships as the gate set near 50 pounds rather than the older standalone mirror around 30, so check you actually want the gate and guides before buying. And like any mirror trainer, it tells you what your setup is doing, not whether your stroke or read was any good.
The verdict
If your bad putts start before the stroke even begins, this is one of the few aids that keeps paying off. Buy it for the honest setup feedback, accept the surface will scuff, and know you are paying for the full gate set rather than the mirror alone.
