Anyone buy a practice mat for home use? (Concerns)

[atomheartmother]

I'm thinking about getting a little practice mat so that I can practice in my backyard without taking divots. This is the one that I saw at Golf Galaxy and am thinking about getting.

It looks nice by my only concern is that without also standing on the same mat, the golf ball will be raised above the ground and my feet (if that makes sense). In other words, the ball would be higher off the ground than normal. Is this an issue at all for anyone else? Would it throw off my swing if I practiced a lot with this and then went to hit off flat ground like on a real course or driving range?

http://www.golfgalaxy.com/Callaway-FT-Launch/CALLAWAYFTLAUNCHZONE/Product

[Jon Robert]

Get a piece of short nap carpeting. They are often found laying by the road or the alley on garbage day.  It gives, it's free, its big and won't move much and it is easily rolled up

[atomheartmother]

Originally Posted by Jon Robert

Get a piece of short nap carpeting. They are often found laying by the road or the alley on garbage day.  It gives, it's free, its big and won't move much and it is easily rolled up

What exactly is short nap carpeting? I'm not familiar with it.

[Jon Robert]

It is the opposite of shag.  small loops that do not stick up very far from the base material. Carpet pile varies from one carpet design to another, ranging from a right flat pile all the way to a long shag pile.

But any carpet scrap would probably work fine