Watch this blind test to see if there is any difference between the flexes!?
Rick, just a suggestion. Instead of trying to avoid looking at them the
whole time…just put a piece of tape over the S and XS labels.?
But would you say that the majority of the difference was down to your
strike??
Why have you not used HMT to compare the strike? Surely that will have a
big influence on your results? ?
Just based off of this, I would go with stiff all day. You did get better
carry, but the stiff was big when you made good contact and it was a one
way miss rather than spraying it like the extra stiff.?
Yellow = Stiff, Green = X-Stiff is my guess at 9:33 on video…..?
Hi Rick, love the videos. Not your best hits lol. I would love to see this
test again but more comparible on strike. I.e. hit 10 or 15 with each same
conditions not knowing which is which but then match them up on strike. So
2 or 3 similar hits out the middle. 2 or 3 out the bottom. 2 or 3 out the
toe. Obviously they won’t be exact but think this will show a good
comparison of the 2 shafts on good and bad strikes.?
Yellow: X-Stiff, Green: Stiff. That’s my guess…?
Hi Rick. After reviewing those shots I hit on Saturday that I posted via
Facebook, I thought of this question: Is there a point when shaft weights
and flex cross to where they equal? For example: does a 65 gram Regular
flex hit similar to a 55 gram Stiff flex (kick points being equal)??
Have you done a review on the Cobra Bio Cell fairway woods?? (3wd) ?
I rekon yellow is x stiff?
First was the XS?
Would be interesting to see the impact points on the clubface… how else
can you explain 1000 rpm’s difference between the lowest and highest spin
on both stiff and xstiff.
Seems that the shaft makes very little difference compared to the quality
of strike.
You could pick 3 drives (from your 5) with the stiff that went further or
straighter than 3 drives with the xstiff… strike is everything it would
seem.?
my predicion is that the green one is x-stiff. It’s very individual but
quite an interesting video as I am investing in a x-stiff shaft soon.
also, if anyone reads this, help me reach my nearest goal of 1000
subscribers! ?
10% spin difference between shafts but 25-30% different with shots in the
same shaft, suggests spin very much down to strike than shaft – that or
it’ll take a lot more than 5 shots to discern a difference between the two.?
5 shots is an average. Every swing and each day are different from one to
another. Its still a better test than just guessing or using what others
use just to say you use a certain brand. Just trying to defend your video.
I thought it was very informative and ALWAYS non bias. ?
I always thought if a shaft was too weak it would more likely cause a push
and if it was too stiff it would cause a pull.
Then again, I’m a lefty so when people said ‘right’ or ‘left’, I may have
confused it as they were likely talking about for right handed golfers.?
i was gonna say the second is the x stiff simply because the stiffer the
shaft the more right it goes if anyone didnt know :)?
Green – stuff
Yellow – x stiff?
1st thing I want to point out. Those shafts are stock shaft. The
frequency of the shafts maybe a little bit off. So the difference between
stiff and x-stiff maybe none. And I have tried from A flex to X-Stiff with
my 95 Mph swing speed. The softer the flex, the more likely I draw the
shots. The stiffer it gets the more likely I fade the shots. So this
video might be pretty accurate. ?
I did the same test prior to getting my G30 driver on TrackMan and my
results were the opposite – tighter dispersion and slightly shorter with
the X, while the S was a bit longer with less accuracy. My swing speed
average is 107 mph, so 4 mph less then Rick. Guess what shaft I went with??
Who else loves this camera angle?
Great video. The stiff flex was more consistent so you could hit down the
right of centre with impunity. ?
green xstiff?
can you please do a video on the differene between stock off the shelf
shafts against after market higher quality shafts?
Extra Stiff Shaft Vs Stiff Shaft
Watch this blind test to see if there is any difference between the flexes!?
Rick, just a suggestion. Instead of trying to avoid looking at them the
whole time…just put a piece of tape over the S and XS labels.?
But would you say that the majority of the difference was down to your
strike??
Why have you not used HMT to compare the strike? Surely that will have a
big influence on your results? ?
Just based off of this, I would go with stiff all day. You did get better
carry, but the stiff was big when you made good contact and it was a one
way miss rather than spraying it like the extra stiff.?
Yellow = Stiff, Green = X-Stiff is my guess at 9:33 on video…..?
Hi Rick, love the videos. Not your best hits lol. I would love to see this
test again but more comparible on strike. I.e. hit 10 or 15 with each same
conditions not knowing which is which but then match them up on strike. So
2 or 3 similar hits out the middle. 2 or 3 out the bottom. 2 or 3 out the
toe. Obviously they won’t be exact but think this will show a good
comparison of the 2 shafts on good and bad strikes.?
Yellow: X-Stiff, Green: Stiff. That’s my guess…?
Hi Rick. After reviewing those shots I hit on Saturday that I posted via
Facebook, I thought of this question: Is there a point when shaft weights
and flex cross to where they equal? For example: does a 65 gram Regular
flex hit similar to a 55 gram Stiff flex (kick points being equal)??
Have you done a review on the Cobra Bio Cell fairway woods?? (3wd) ?
I rekon yellow is x stiff?
First was the XS?
Would be interesting to see the impact points on the clubface… how else
can you explain 1000 rpm’s difference between the lowest and highest spin
on both stiff and xstiff.
Seems that the shaft makes very little difference compared to the quality
of strike.
You could pick 3 drives (from your 5) with the stiff that went further or
straighter than 3 drives with the xstiff… strike is everything it would
seem.?
my predicion is that the green one is x-stiff. It’s very individual but
quite an interesting video as I am investing in a x-stiff shaft soon.
also, if anyone reads this, help me reach my nearest goal of 1000
subscribers! ?
10% spin difference between shafts but 25-30% different with shots in the
same shaft, suggests spin very much down to strike than shaft – that or
it’ll take a lot more than 5 shots to discern a difference between the two.?
5 shots is an average. Every swing and each day are different from one to
another. Its still a better test than just guessing or using what others
use just to say you use a certain brand. Just trying to defend your video.
I thought it was very informative and ALWAYS non bias. ?
I always thought if a shaft was too weak it would more likely cause a push
and if it was too stiff it would cause a pull.
Then again, I’m a lefty so when people said ‘right’ or ‘left’, I may have
confused it as they were likely talking about for right handed golfers.?
i was gonna say the second is the x stiff simply because the stiffer the
shaft the more right it goes if anyone didnt know :)?
Green – stuff
Yellow – x stiff?
1st thing I want to point out. Those shafts are stock shaft. The
frequency of the shafts maybe a little bit off. So the difference between
stiff and x-stiff maybe none. And I have tried from A flex to X-Stiff with
my 95 Mph swing speed. The softer the flex, the more likely I draw the
shots. The stiffer it gets the more likely I fade the shots. So this
video might be pretty accurate. ?
I did the same test prior to getting my G30 driver on TrackMan and my
results were the opposite – tighter dispersion and slightly shorter with
the X, while the S was a bit longer with less accuracy. My swing speed
average is 107 mph, so 4 mph less then Rick. Guess what shaft I went with??
Who else loves this camera angle?
Great video. The stiff flex was more consistent so you could hit down the
right of centre with impunity. ?
green xstiff?
can you please do a video on the differene between stock off the shelf
shafts against after market higher quality shafts?