When we conceived of this test we wanted it to be about one thing; performance information a' and not just a damn thing more. So we obtained that data. Using our release displays we collected a ton of data to help us establish the longest, most correct, and most readily useful over all individuals of 2013. Thatas quite awesome material, but even data-heads like us understand that a number of you want us to rise above the numbers. For those who want to know what we learned about adjustability, the effect of color, and all of that other things thatas element of a tennis clubas design, we put together this post to offer much more insight to the assessment experience, and a better notion of why each membership performed that way that it did. While Iam particular it would be interesting to really have a variety of golfers test the R1 at every conceivable location to find out just what the influence of adjustability is, that has been far beyond the scope with this test. We did but leverage adjustability whenever feasible. Easy face angle (I guess some would call them alofta) modifications proved very successful in those cases where we had the requirement and the capacity to adjust where the ball would initially start. Finding the arighta environment with the 3 all-in-one types (R1, Covert, AMP Cell) proved a little harder as each has a unique nuances (AMP Cell performed better at lofts less than what were expected, while R1 performed better at lofts greater than expected). While there have been no absolutes, and we canat be very sure we nailed the perfect setup in every case, the changes we did make, even small ones, developed remarkable differences in ball flight. The actual advantage to the guy who buys off the sheet and may not completely understand the benefits of every change might be is less certain, but given that most of these designs now have encouraging portable applications (making them more golfer-friendly )aall other items being mostly equivalent, itas difficult to make a powerful argument for buying a non-adjustable model. The truth is it's rarely a real situation, while quite a lot gets said about color. While color and design and positioning aids were a big topic of conversation during the preliminary round of testing a' and nothing discussed significantly more than the pair of TaylorMade owners, by the time testers got to the 2nd round, most had stopped caring. Blake likely summed it up most readily useful when he explained, aAfter several shot with the individuals that have the active graphics; white, red, blue, red, swooshes, aiming alignments, they actually turn into a non-factor when striking. You stop watching thema. In regards to the subjective stuff (which we donat score any longer) weave always thought that looks mattered especially else, but as we got deeper into our testing what we discovered is that, as Blake recommended, there comes a point when the golfer stops caring what the club looks like. The closely connected attributes of sound and feel shown much more indelible. If a tester didnat like the way a driver looked, he got over it. If he didnat care for the sound and feel we found out about it every session, and in some cases on nearly every move. Itas the simple reason some testers didnat like particular groups. Before performance also becomes a consideration, looks are what bring you to a team, but feel and sound are what hold you there. Iall touch on this a bit more when I examine each club separately, but I think itas worth setting up at the most truly effective as well. If you look in general at the area, all the owners have significantly more in keeping than not. Most have similar models, styles, move weights, and also shaft lengths. Thereas an inherent equality to most of the patterns that produces going from club to club almost natural. Of course, despite our most readily useful efforts to help keep things level, my feeling is that on those occasions when a team was substantially diverse from what the testers struck before it, there were most likely performance problems that arose because of this. The 3 groups I imagine suffered most from our testing procedures are Wilsonas D-100, Geekas No Brainer, and WishonasA 919THI. With the Wilson and Geek the problem is fat. The ultralight Wilson is unlike anything else within our test. Itas beyond ultra-lightweight, also when compared with Callawayas lighter-weight XHot. The No Brainer is fairly heavyaperhaps even Ultra-Heavy. We quickly found that it merely wasnat reasonable to ask our testers to reach both back to back (a little like going from a pool noodle to a hammer), therefore we did what we can to place them out. None the less, transitioning to and from both after hitting whatever else was obviously a concern for our testers. Tom Wishon (who like Geek doesnat do astocka) decided to deliver his people with 44a shafts. While originally the precision results were compelling (off-the-charts good, really), as time passes our testers started to struggle a bit with the shorter length (that I know sounds unproductive). When you consider that our Wishon trials were a whole inch shorter than other things inside our test, and 1.75a to 2a shorter than almost all, itas perhaps not unreasonable to believe that being different (even to a level that frequently gains the player) in this case proved damaging when struck alongside a variety of longer designs. Analyzed differently, itas likely each of the 3 may have performed better. While the numbers were seen by youave, clearly they canat tell the whole history. We thought if we took you behind the figures to reveal a number of the reasons why each club conducted the way that it did hopefully give an improved idea to you of how our testers understood particular groups, and probably it might be useful. Within my opinion the Adams Speedline Super S was one of the bigger shocks of the test. Our slower swing speed players hit it well, and despite a design that doesnat allow for lofts lower than 9.5A our higher swing speed players posted better than predicted numbers a and for my money, itas among the straightest owners in the test, and for whatever reason it looks larger than other things we examined. Nothing can make you more sure of yourself compared to Super S, if major gives you confidence. Iave got an Matrix 8m3 on-hand, which is all the motivation I need to see what can happen with a more customized Super S combo. A few testers were defer by the sound (simply the loudest driver in the test), and there were some grumblings about TaylorMade damaging Adams with white paint, but total thereas little to not like about the Super S as you may assume. Surprisingly the Super LS didnat fair quite in addition to we expected. Just like the Nike VRS Covert, and Cobra AMP Cell Pro, itas fairly easy the LS suffered from the Kuro Kage problem (not saying itas a poor canal, itas just not an excellent fit for the testers). AMuch to my surprise, given the proud history of the LS line, it ended up to become a driver that excited no one. Because the Super S while not quite as loud, itas clear that Adams driver design went in another course the last year or two. Guys who liked Adams drivers from past years could find themselves nostalgic for the good days of the past. Right now you most likely know that Callaway drivers performed insanely well for people. While for other individuals weave spent time trying to determine where Callaway can be involved, what went wrong, the majority of my time has been spent trying to explain why things went so right. For its part the RAZR Fit Extreme was a great singer for the higher move speed people. It proved hugely long for a part of our testers, and when a driver is long, itas typically fun hitting. And oh person, may be the RAZR Fit XTREME fun going to. Regardless of the all the positives for the bigger swing speed player, itas not a driver wead in good faith recommend to slower swing speed people. Our testers in that group suffered a bit, and XHot left little (ZERO) argument that itas the greater choice for the sub-100 MPH group. For the golfer, however, RAZR Fit Xtreme is full-on monster function 24/7, and that's why it generates my own Top 5. And then, needless to say, thereas XHot. One of the late arrivals to the test, XHot essentially stole the show (and first place over all). Slower Swing speed players hit it actually long and straight, while larger move speed players hit it almost as long, and just as straight. If youare looking for an explanation for what separates XHot and RBZ2 (another true star of this examination) from the group, the answer is very simple; they outperformed the heard at every capability level and every swing speedaand Xhot warm did it only a little bit better. The Cleveland Classic XLACustom is probably theAunder-appreciatedAworkhorse of our test.A The one word description is continuous. To be honest a Clydesdale (minus the connection to poor alcohol). Besides telling people they loved the aclassica looks (duh), the reality is there wasnat much talk in regards to the Classic. For the life of me, I canat figure out why once you look at how consistently correct it had been throughout the board. Fairways were found by everybody with Classic. Distance didnat show to be in the top of echelon for the testers, but thereas certainly something here. Itas a particular driver; I simply havenat had the oppertunity to prove it yet. Itas an easy lock for my own Top 5. I recently really enjoyed moving it. Throw the Classic in with the VRS Covert as you of the few Iad be excessively enthusiastic about adding a few different shafts directly into see what changes we could find. Cobraas AMP Cell (and AMP Cell Pro) became one of many more interesting people within our test. While several testers asked why a if Cobra was making the driver in therefore many colors, why couldnat just allow it to be in black a' most actually found anything they liked among the collection (I still enjoy the blue). Whatas probably most interesting concerning the original fitting method we did was the discovery that nearly to a man, our testers did better with lofts less than that what they would usually play. 10.5 guys did better at 9.5, and 8.5 guys did better at 7.5. It'd seem to lack the place of some of the others (the design did fair somewhat better than the standard) while the AMP Cell was among the top performers for accuracy, from a distance perspective. Provided that the Pro design comes investment with the Kuro Kage, thereas some suspicion here that a base change can have an important effect. Joining Wishon from the custom/component market was Geekas No Brainer. The bright orange head that our slower move pace people tested developed a reasonable level of chat, as you may imagine, and some of it wasnat entirely positive. Our elderly tester joked, aI couldnat play when I wear my green outfit this, it would clasha. Iam convinced Lou doesnat have a green outfit. Many showing with the Geek is which our testers missed generally to the best (more so than with any club in our test), and for some the No Brainer just wasnat aggressive for length. As I stated previously, the bigger issue for the No Brainer is the heavier than normal weight. Moving from lighter fat people wasnat simple for our testers, and I think itas reasonable to speculate that the No Braineras figures suffered for it. With more hours to regulate and with the length we believe the No Brainer can perform far better. If nothing else it includes basic driver feel and extraordinary feedback. Itas certainly worth a look if your hands can be got by you on one. Not entirely unlike the Wilson D-100, the Mizuno JPX-825 definitely experienced deficiencies in fitting alternatives. While an X-flex stock does be offered by Mizuno, the possible lack of an 8.5 mind proved harmful from what is one of many higher launcher, higher rotating drivers in our test. It was particularly true for our 2 highest swing pace players who undoubtedly might have seen better results with less loft, and probably another investment shaft providing to supplement Mizunoas Orochi. On the fastest of our sub-100MPH testers not only loved the club, and the positive side, several testers loved the visual qualities of the JPX-825, he set up the figures to back it up. Expectations were high for Nikeas mystery wrapped, red enigma. Itas difficult to identify why the VRS Covert didnat produce the kind of figures many (including the majority of of our testers) expected it'd. Like the Wilson D-100 the VRS accounted for a few of the greatest drives in the test, nonetheless it fought to keep any consistency, specially among our slower move pace players. In most clubs were tested 4 by us with some difference of the Kuro Kage shaft in them; none cracked the top ten, and as weave recommended, the feeling is the shaft could be the larger element of the matter. Without question a number of our testers would want to try the Covert again, albeit with some different base alternatives. I can be counted by you one of them. The Covert really performed pretty well for me, as just about every Nike driver in the VR Series has. Additionally it happens to be certainly one of my personal Top 5. And in addition PING offered up a couple of very good, well-round entertainers for our test. The G25 was definitely the more popular of the two (and probably the most popular driver in the entire test). While itas not a surprise that it found its way on to all 3 of our sub-100 swing speed playersa small lists, itas telling that our greater swing speed people also thought very highly of the G25. Despite being the highest start, highest rotating driver in today's PING array, our greater swing rate players posted some definitely monster devices with it. In my own opinion, itas the most well-rounded driver in today's PING array. Although it wasnat found the exact same quantity of love while the G25, the better average result was actually produced by overall the Anser for the testing swimming. Not merely one of the best in the test, the Anser hovered around the top team for accuracy at every stage, and was far and away the most constant driver in the test. You could not get every bit of possible length on a steadily struck ball, but youare not likely to lose a lot of such a thing on mis-hits either. I am always impressed by what about PING is that as other manufactures continue to have mixed results out of the adesigned fora shafts they put in their people year after year, PING designers continue to produce homegrown TFC shaft after many high-end aftermarket shafts that are outperformed by TFC shaft. PowerBiltas initial AirForce One is a small cult classic around here and honestly I donat think anyone who was involved in that test could have been shocked to the begin to see the new DF finish #1 total. As it turns out, a couple of people did have a problem with the AFO, while another (Blake) put up what were arguably his most readily useful numbers of the whole test. While PowerBilt hasnat been on the tip of several tongues in quite some time, thereas some performance evidence that suggests that probably it ought to be. What our testers didnat like about the AFO were some of the aesthetic possibilities. aItas called following the most important plane in the world, and they gave it tramp stampsa? Thereas also a aversion (fallout from the infomercials for the initial) that clearly impacts how some testers see the model. As you we were told by tester, aI may possibly play it, but Iad put a headcover on it therefore none of my friends could find outa. Itas perhaps not reasonable to PowerBilt provided how well the team performed for people, but itas an excellent example of how far beyond performance the getting picture provides. Having experienced every moment of the test, Iam convinced the RocketBallz Stage 2 and R1 earned their respective areas in the overall Top 3. Not that it's possible to sense sorry for TaylorMade, but itas a pity that there are some who feel TaylorMade is about nonsense over performance. Based on our results, thatas any such thing but fact. The organization did an absolutely fantastic career creating two well-balanced individuals that level out perform. Itas not absolutely all rainbows and unicorns obviously. The color system of each developed a good number of grumbling, even if we now know it eventually becomes an afterthought. Some enjoyed an additional than other, but over all, no one really loved both of the design. We were told by some they feel the R1, is too complicated (hosel, weights, sole plate), and that the sound (not exactly as loud, but clearer than the Super S) is annoying (and somewhat ridiculous). Nevertheless, virtually everyone else hit the R1 farther than most. For me the RBZ Stage 2 may be the biggest surprise of the entire test. I went in to this thinking I needed an R1, and came out of it sure that I want a RBZ Stage 2 in my own case. My figures were crazy (in short supply of Markas effectiveness with the JPX-825, it absolutely was the most effective individual result of the complete test). Actually, when you consider the figures throughout the board, you could make a legitimate argument that for folks who fat range (compared to accuracy) only slightly greater than we do, that TaylorMadeas RBZ Stage 2 was the very best driver in this test.AA Iam not planning to rest, itas my particular favorite of the number (even though I donat enjoy the color), and the main one that will most likely find its way into my bag this period. With the probable exception of the VRS Covert the 913D was the team we were told by our testers they were most excited to testing, and I think itas safe to say it didnat disappoint. The 913 was described significantly more than when our testers discussed the individuals theyad be most inclined to include their bags every other club. Perhaps more surprisingly given the Titleist repetition, our slower swing speed players liked it the maximum amount of, if not more than the higher swing speed players. I havenat been a Titleist guy since the 905 collection, but when you were to ask me which club in our test I felt gave the best chance to me to hold the ball in play, Iad most likely record the 913 first. Itas possibly the most performance-balanced driver Titleist has ever made, and the very first since that 905 series that Iave completely loved. Given the great number of stock canal options available, most should find it possible to find a zero extra cost providing that matches their sport. Wilson generally presses the D-100 as a driver, which definitely supports the idea that Game improvement can be quite a heap of fun. The drop of the D-100 in our tests was the lack of either an 8.5A if not an X contract in the 9.5. That certainly hurt the D-100 as spin figures for our larger swing pace people were typically just too much. Controlling the lightweight style can also be a problem for higher tempo participants. Together we were told by tester, aI love hitting it, but it never is never trusted by Iad on a limited fairwaya. These problems aside, itas a driver that many testers stated they actually liked reaching. My undertake the Wilson D-100 is that itas the perfect driver for guys who just love going to tennis balls. Debate about light compared to. heavy is certainly going strong, but the probable reality is that light might be best for one man, and heavy another, but what I will say definitively is that the Wilson D-100 made a number of the longest drives within our entire check a and itas just therefore damn much fun to it. Ben Wishon is well on the report about his belief that many people might reap the benefits of playing a smaller canal within their driver. Our very own assessments concluded heas right. So just how did a with a 44a shaft, at the very least, not complete #1 for accuracy? For a lengthy while there it appeared as though it would. Once we experienced the past models of screening, but, the 919THIas numbers began to fall. My suspicion is that as our testers got more familiar with the 45.5a+ shafts in many individuals we analyzed, the smaller base in the 919THI started to feel uncomfortable, and performance no doubt suffered because of this. There was, however, lots of conversation about the 919THI during the tests. Admittedly quite a few testers hadnat heard of Wishon, but most said these were pleasantly surprised. A few stated that aesthetically the club seems dated, however for the other intangibles like feel and sound, the 919THI is nothing short of outstanding. Overall all it absolutely was a good off-the-rack showing for a club that would normally be considered a custom-only build. Iad prefer to wrap this up by publicly thanking all 13 of the tennis companies who agreed to participate in our test. The assistance and assistance of tennis companies both large and small made this massive test possible. We enjoy carrying this out is better and again next yearabigger. Also wead prefer to say thanks to the 10s of tens of thousands of you whoave come here to see the results of this test, and a particular thanks to the hundreds of you who have asked questions and earnestly participated in the discussion. Youave given the motivation to us we need to progress with our next big effort. Weall involve some facts for you personally quickly.
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