Anyone have any good ideas for "quieting down" a basket for late night putting without waking the neighbors?

I dont think there is a way and why would you not want to hear the CHING every time you made your putt :D

I guess if you want it quiet you could practice missing your putts :eek:

Stick a long handled shovel in the ground with the handle pointing straight up. Practice hitting the handle. If you get bored, paint 20" of the handle with glow in the dark paint and practice hitting that.

As for quiteing down a basket, I think that would be just plain wrong. It would be like dampening the sunday church bells. Don't do it man, that noise is sacred.

I installed the plastic sleeve covers on mine at one point (like the ones on swingsets), but the hard plastic deflected the discs and impeded the chains' natural movement.
The noise was more subdued, but not that much.
I ended up removing the plastic "chain condoms" and not worrying about what the neighbors thought.

Hang on old tire from a rope to practice accuracy. Other than that ching away.

my buddy wrapped the center pole in towels to pacify his neighbors

I take the chains off my basket to practice putting. Then when you put the chains back on, the basket looks huge.

get one of the innova traveler baskets...

I take the chains off my basket to practice putting. Then when you put the chains back on, the basket looks huge.



Thats the best way to practice a great putt. If you can hit the pole or make them without chains it simple when you get to the course and the chains are there :D

I got a DGA lite basket 12 years ago. It came with a molded styrofoam cover for the pipe in the chain assembly. It was for deading the sound. It did a good job. I never really used it because waking the neighbors are a non-issue for me.

I useded a cardboard shipping tube, like the one's used for movie posters and such on my discatcher sport. I put it around the center tube of the basket, chains and disc will make a softer sound.

that took away a lot of the noise when I had it in my basement.

... It came with a molded styrofoam cover for the pipe in the chain assembly. It was for deading the sound. It did a good job.




That's the best solution I've done. Another way is to take the rings off the bottom and get some rubberization that you dip tool handles into. When it dries, no disc will take it off, can be easily cut away when needed, and stops all the noise from the bottom of the bucket.
Mix these two solutions together and you've got the winning combination for 2nd shift putting practice!

plastic chains

putt indoors

a basket completely made out of rubber

measure your basket's sweet spot and make a facimile of it out of foam. then throw into that

tell your neighbors to mind their own bee's wax

wear headphones/cd player when you putt...duh...

Use hot water piping insulation on the center post. This is simple and works great since most of the noise comes from the chains hitting the pole.

Wrap a towl around the center pole and pull it between the bottom two rings, tape the top and bottom. Voila. I just did this a few weeks ago, works like a charm and you can putt all night long. It's also cheap and a quick fix with materials that you most likely already have.

I got a pic if you are confused, (don't know how you could be though)

Anyone have any good ideas for "quieting down" a basket for late night putting without waking the neighbors?



you can use Gimps method and just hurl some backhands into the wooden fence until the neighbors decide to move out.

Buy your neighbor a case of beer and the 2003 usdgc dvd.

Buy your neighbor a case of beer and the 2003 usdgc dvd.




YES!!! You are correct, Sir! :D

" Anyone have any good ideas for "quieting down" a basket for late night putting (pumping maybe ?? ) without waking
the neighbors? "


Yeah go get laid like every other normal person does at this
time !! :p

my buddy wrapped the center pole in towels to pacify his neighbors

This is what I have done in da past also.

Anyone have any good ideas for "quieting down" a basket for late night putting without waking the neighbors?


I know a guy who put little strips of duct tape on each chain link for that exact same reason.

It worked, but it seemed like an "adventures with duct tape" type of project best pursued while in a very specific type of altered consciousness. :)

my buddy wrapped the center pole in towels to pacify his neighbors

This is what I have done in da past also.



One wash cloth placed near the bottom ring held in place with zip/cable ties on the top and the bottom. This was my solution as well.

Anyone have any good ideas for "quieting down" a basket for late night putting without waking the neighbors?



What I usually do is tape a microphone to the bottom of the basket. Then I crank the amplifier way up. This way I can hear for sure whether or not the putt went in.
This is especially helpful when I'm putting from the upstairs bathroom, down the stairs, through the living room, into the kitchen, where I have the basket hanging from the chandelier.

I've heard of people stringing ribbon through the chains. Less resistance than Duct Tape I suppose

Anyone have any good ideas for "quieting down" a basket for late night putting without waking the neighbors?



Pouring sand in the pole of a permanent basket quiets it down quite a bit without removing the ching of the chains. Not sure if it would work for a portable though.

I shot tough stuff (the expanding foam gap filler from home depot) into the poles of my portables, it quieted down the resonating ring from the pole, but left the ching of the chains. It worked well enough for my yard.