BIG IMPROVEMENT | Ping i525 Irons Golfalot Review
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
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This video review was shot at Denton Golf Club.
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Another great video Sophie! You've come such a long way as a show host - always good to watch and your knowledge is second to none! Thank You.
Thanks Joethe, the great feedback is much appreciated.
Hi Sophie. That’s the best review of a new set of irons I have seen anywhere. The golf course shot scenario’s are brilliant reflected through your understanding of the game. Agree price for these clubs a bit steep in price but Ping have great after sales customer care. If you get fit by them at Gainsborough and you struggle they will see you again and adjust/alter the clubs. With a previous set of ping irons they changed the shafts for me with no charge. You can also get loft and lie checked at the factory. None of the other companies offer this level of aftercare that I’m aware of. Thanks for such great content.
Regards. John Lynch
Bought a set of i525 irons. Love them. Gain about 5 yards, narrowed my dispersion, also spin rate has help considerably. I play over 100 rounds per year, the price is definitely worth it to me. Love your site. Watch all the time. I see you have purchased a set. How have they changed your game? Great Job. Steve
Sophie,
How do you like the short irons on the i525 in terms of trajectory, distance consistency, spin and feel?
How do you like the wedges on pitches and chips?
Lastly, in what order would you rank the following 3 irons based on distance control, accuracy and forgiveness?
i525, MP 225 and P790
Thanks, Joe
I wouldn't buy anything golf related without Sophie's review.
Enjoy your reviews! Refreshing to see reviews from non tour swing speed good golfers. I knew I was going to get either the I525's or used I500's after looking and analyzing and hitting the I525 7 iron demo a couple of times. Saved some money and bought a full set of irons on Ebay for $600 (US) in great shape. So much talk of feel and sound, I like (don't mind) the explosive sound and feel of these irons and even the older Ping drivers. Loud and explosive vs soft, muted and mushy - no. And the I500's are not loud, just a little click.
Ditto. Low single digit, senior golfer here. Love Sophie’s reviews.
Yes I agree they are very expensive. Great review and I love the way Sophie’s reviews are always very relatable 🤠
Thanks Rick! We try our best to be as relatable to the everyday golfer as possible.
I appreciate the honesty Sophie regarding price. I think as is the case with most of the 'big name' brands there's a time coming where they'll price themselves out the market. No one in their right mind should be shelling out upwards of £1000 for irons with the claim of 30 more yds when the reality is 3 more. But some will, lord knows why. I'm happy to wait for fitting and sale of previous models, (I bought MP18's just as the 20's came on the market) the Ping Blueprint were the first club that made me seriously consider switching but price was a factor even then. I play off 4 and do like the aesthetics of a blade whether I can play them well or not ha ha
You can't beat the looks of a great looking blade!
Sophie! My new favorite 'influencer.' I found you watching the RS podcast, and I really enjoyed your input and knowledge. I look forward to more content from you in the future! AND, I just purchased the i525's based on your Ping fitting video. I did wait for a used set but still paid around 140 per club - which at $1150.00, is more than I have ever spent for a set of irons. The prices seem to be skyrocketing for many of the major brands, but it seems the quality and tech has become better overall in the last few years. PXG maybe at fault here, as brands realized they could charge a premium for higher quality clubs.
Great review, I'll miss Sophie's reviews - very much as her swing characteristics are very much like mine. I got fitted to i525's as well and I am glad to see the same behavior on the course as she did.
Excellent detailed review from Sophie as always. Good to see reviews like this from a professional with a slower swing speed similar to some of us amateurs. Agree that Ping do seem to be pricing themselves out of the market of many club golfers.
Thanks for the feedback, hopefully my slower swing speed is a lot more relevant to amateur golfers.
@@GolfalotTV That's why I love watching other woman's pros as well as yourself. Your swing speed is alsost identical to mine as well as yardages. The only difference is your golf balls go where you intend them to lol
Great review, Sophie. They are great looking clubs and apparently play well, but the price does seem a bit high comparatively speaking. I got the G425s new last year for so much less. Yes, they're not for the same type of player, but seems like the price shouldn't be that much different to me. I do enjoy my G425s though...got them after watching your review last year. Cheers!
Thanks for getting in touch Mike - really glad that our G425 irons review helped you to buy some new irons that are working for you!
Just bought a set. Great look and feel. Also most of my shots are right to left (more of a draw). Which is not my usual flight pattern. My misses are short right.
Excellent review, thanks Sofia
Excellent review Sophie. Always played Ping from my first drive to Gainsborough in 1992..... I knew the alarm bell at the end would be price. I think players need to test a range of clubs and see which they hit best. Then they can see if the extra money is well spent. My i210s could be staying in the bag for a while yet! 🙂
Couldn't have put it better myself Ian - buying new golf clubs is all about testing, doing your research and custom fitting to make sure you get what's right for you.
Thanks Spohie for another great video. These are on my radar as I have played Pings more than any other manufacturer throughout my golfing time. At the moment, I play Callaway Epic Forged. I like them just fine but I am just wanting something new. I'll be hitting these soon.
Good review as usual Sophie. Great looking and performing irons but you put your finger on the big problem and that is the price. Even when I was working I would have balked at the price but now I am retired and income is reduced I couldn't even consider them. Here in NZ just one iron would take nearly all my weekly income so they are out of reach of many golfers.
Thanks for the great feedback Alec. They are great irons that will perform well for a number of golfers but yes, the price tag is crazy!
I hit these today, hit them too high and didn’t enjoy the feel but they are consistent. I hit them with the Nippon Modus 120s, which is my go to shaft. They are good performers, just don’t care for the ball flight and the feel.
Great video Sophie. Ping need to adjust their pricing. These are no different to a Callaway Apex or Titleist T200. They both retail at less than the Pings. The Elevate shaft you had is a higher launching shaft so perhaps you’d get even more distance out of the AWT or Dynamic Gold option.
Ping clubs do traditionally keep their value very well. But, these being forged, i wonder if that continues. If the i500 are an indicator, probably not.
Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated.
They do look nice apart from one feature which all pings have, that profile on the shaft where it has a cut out. Have seen these prices at $205 a club in USA you tube sites which is £30 a club cheaper than UK being asked to pay.
Great review & would try these clubs if I was ready for a set, but the price seems 20% over the top. Perhaps they are taking advantage of the high demand at the moment. Marketing guys can ruin a good reputation if they are perceived to be greedy. Sales guys always get paid more than engineers in most companies, right?
Nice review Sophie. Would you consider gaming these irons?
Yes definitely, if I wasn't buying them myself...
I am a new golfer. I bought a set of entry-level clubs to start.....within a few months, I bought a set of Cobras Fly XLs. Now I have a set of men's Callaways. I don't think I will be happy until I buy a set of Revas or Pings. I feel the technology will improve my game....I play all year so far...winter in Canada...I am just not happy with the feel of my sets....and I feel I can't get fitted until I buy a professional set... that's what I was told.
I got my 5-U for $999 so they came out to $143 per club. Of course I just got the new set 1 week ago as I don’t go out and buy the brand new clubs when they are first out I usually give it a year and get the great clubs at a cheaper orice
Hi Sophie, I really like the way you do your club reviews. I am also an (older) Karsten Ping red-dot player and yes, when did Pings get so $expensive..!? Your review makes me want to seriously test drive a set of i525's but the $cost will make me look around. The $price of technology I guess.
i525 looks great at address. Low offset and I think forgiving enough for i series Ping. I play the i25 driver from years ago. I played i3 blades years ago.
Class as always Sophie. 👌
Thanks for the great feedback Ben - much appreciated!
Great video Sophie.
Great review Sophie👍
Nice new Clubs from PING, but I agree that the pricing is on the high side
Thanks for the feedback Bandit!
@@GolfalotTV my pleasure👍
Love your reviews. I agree on the price point for small incremental improvements over the i500 makes me scratch my head. Especially for a club that sounds and feels like just a tad better than cast IMHO. Why not go with one of the great performing clubs in the new Mizuno line. In the testing bays where you can compare head to head the looks and feel of MP225, P770/790 not to mention 0211ST or Gen 3 irons from PXG all at lower price points but with much better sound and feel. I was disappointed when I heard that they did not introduce a "fill" in the cavity. They just don't have the forging skills like Mizuno to create an unfilled hollow iron like MP225 or the older HMB for that matter.
Explain what you mean about Mizuno
Great point about the price factor. Could I afford them? Easily. But I am a 20 handicapper so I will stick to my 20 quid set of spades and continue to put that money into more lessons instead.
Your reviews are great thank you
Decent review Sophie.... how was Denton GC? I used to be a member there
I play off 9 (was 6 but was injured all last year which didn’t help) and currently use the Mizuno MP5’s which I love, I have had these for 5 years now and are due for a change. I would not pay the extortionate prices the so called top brands charge now days, max I would pay is £800. I used to play Wilson so will probably return to them as you get a great set of irons for a reasonable price. These manufacturers are getting greedy and pushing people, especially the new starters away from the game because of their prices.
The price of everything has gone up. I'm sure the cost of manufacturing golf clubs has as well. It may not just be "greed".
Im definitely going to try them, I ws tempted with the i210's last year but felt that they'd been out a while and something new would be along soon.
I won't be buying 4 or 5 iron though, so makes a set £360 cheaper I suppose
Your very awesome
Ty for the great review
Sophie, I buy second hand because I find everything expensive.
There are some great bargains to be had out there if you're prepared to look!
I do like the look of these but can't justify spending that amount. Should I go for the 425's instead?
Excellent review. I have been playing the S55 but looking to upgrade with a players irons with slightly more loft. Looking at T100s. How do these compare to the T100s?
Thanks for getting in touch JK - the i525 irons are certainly a little hotter off the face than the T100s
If you would chose a club for a 11-15hcp player and looking at i525, Mizuno pro 225 and taylormade p790. Which is most forgiving and at the same time great distance control?:-) @golfalot
Great review as usual, way too expensive though
good review. Agree ping seem to have got pricey, shame
And aren't the G425s around £100 per club? Maybe they are keeping the bread and butter price reasonable and recouping some of it in the lower volume products...
Maybe Keith...
What length do you play .. standard length, - 1/2" ..
Hi Sophie, I watched your fitting of these irons and I noticed you went with a stiff graphite shaft. Looking at the specs these irons bounce is quite a bit more than the P790 and Cobra. Since you have a more shallower swing and get a bit floppy at the bottom do you notice hitting shots off the bottom of the club. I’m interested in these but concerned about the bounce. Thx, Ric
Just bought a direct to consumer golf clubs: two wedges and 3 hybrid plus $50 international express shipping for 222 USD. That included a 50% price increase for the shaft. on the 3 hybrid. So I could of spent 200 US for all three. all these "tour player sponser brands" are too expensive for me.
The i210 and the g410 were roundabout £120 a club, 180 quid a bat is way too much for me. Had the ridiculous pricing for anything to do with the big supply problems they've had the last year or so?
This could be one of the reasons for putting the price up yes!
They do 3 different lofts in those irons, the lowest are at least a club stronger then my P770 🤔
Sophie I’ve just kitted myself out to take up fly fishing again for far less than the cost of many of today’s drivers
I’ve got to say as golfers we’re being totally ripped off !
It seems like it's the way golf is going at the moment - let's hope it doesn't get too silly...
I think if you look at them closely that they are very similar to the 425’s
Who gives a damn about the price…? Loft police? Price? Fill your gas tank and let’s chat abut price …inflation is real…Buy the irons or don’t. Does it fit your game? Is it a product you must buy? If so, get it. If not move on.
That's not a bad way of looking at it Bobby!
They’re all a bunch of whinny little wimps. Give ‘em hell Bobby!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely rediculous price as are all modern irons except PXG. Now that's a turn up PXG gen 3 irons 135 per club
have you tried the pxg irons?
@@nkimmanceify yes in the bag now
Hi Mark, what did you compare the PXG's against? With the recent general increase in price from the mainstream club makers the PXG's are looking much better value.
High Five to the i5
The i525s looks good, but the price looks equally "good".
Price is to much, considering you can get a set of Srixxon Z 5 for more then 300 pounds less. Or the P 790 and Apex Pro for 200 pounds less. I love Ping Irons but I don’t think it’s justified at all.
I shot 63 yesterday and if it helps shave off 1 stroke..u buy them...
Thanks for getting in touch Jason!
They are expensive but you could game these for 5 .6 years easily so what's the issue 🤷♂️
I agree, Ping irons do seem to last for a very long time if they are looked after properly.
1600 for a set of irons that’s a lot
They sound better than i500...
They certainly felt better than the i500 too...
they do look sexy as hell Sophie but we'll out of my price range
Ping has priced themselves out of most budgets. They were famous for great clubs at a great price. Still have great clubs, but crappy prices. I won’t try them just because of the price.
Love them but they sound terrible at impact. Shame.
Way way way to expensive!!!!!
Maybe $1000, but they’d have to be great.
Overpriced and not much different than the i500.
Way too expensive!
Sophie for the love of Christ will you not mention price in your reviews. Stick to your thoughts and findings on the aesthetics and playability of the club(s).
that you are reviewing. People will eventually find out the price if they are interested in purchasing the product. As you can see there by reviewing the comments too many people have commented on price and not enough comment/discussion of people’s impression of the product. So stop with useless comment on price and stick to your take on the product. That will facilitate a healthier discussion. 😊
As someone who just ordered a set of the i525s, I think it’s a good thing for Sophie to have mentioned the price in her review. It could save people lots of time in a fitting if they can rule them out without even hitting them. I hit them and loved them. I only ordered six irons total (6-P + U) and will likely have them for many years so I was able to justify the added cost.
@@tonyshea8105 Thank you for your thoughts Madame.