I just found your channel. It's really nice to see an honest review of a product. Especially from an amateur (please don't taken offense.) I just subbed.
I appreciate that a lot, thank you! No offence at all, that’s the idea. Trying to give an honest perspective from someone who can’t always hit a great drive :)
I appreciate that so much. I would see reviews of actual experience but they are always teaching pros that would hit the ball 290-300+ yards no matter what and be like yup, club is great lol so what help is that to an amateur who is going to have a completely different feel with each club, and have a lot more mis hits. This comment means a lot, thanks! :)
Great on trackman. Definitely has a lot of speed of the face. I picked up massive amounts of ball speed on good hits.... but in the real world it was completely uncontrollable for me on the course. Misses both directions, mis strikes falling straight out of the air in and misses were huge. I've gone back to my 7 year old Titleist and my scores have improved. Note I say scores. Not distance, or ball speed.
Thanks, John, for the insight. I was definitely getting the left miss when I took it out in the first of 2 rounds I played with it on the actual course. I was able to correct it and played quite well for the most part with the DARKSPEED MAX, but I can definitely see where someone might experience some dispersion like that. You're so right; drivers should come with disclaimers "will not improve your irons and short game" lol But they are the most fun club to hit. Interestingly enough, the Qi10 MAX has been my favorite so far out of the new releases, and I just purchased one to replace my previous driver, the R9. I was long overdue. The Qi10 MAX is giving me what you are getting with your old Titleist, good positioning on the course. Cheers!
Hey Dezmon! I would honestly say my performance with both was pretty similar. Actually my average swing speed at the time of my LTDx MAX testing was ~3 mph slower than DARKSPEED MAX, but average total distance was similar. The DARKSPEED MAX had slightly more carry and felt tighter dispersion wise/more accurate. If you’re comparing performance, you can spend a lot less on the LTDx MAX and get a very similar performer. I like the DARKSPEED MAX looks better though (probably not worth the price difference on that alone lol). At the current price (I think you can get a new LTDx MAX for around $249), it’s very tough to beat the value in that price for the performance you get. My opinion :)
I have an LTDX max now but I do like the looks of the dark speed just was trying to justify a pour finical decision lol. You made believe I can’t so I’m holding off lol
I hear you, they really stepped up the look, I was so impressed with cobra and the DARKSPEED looks. I mean most drivers are pretty comparable in performance but I say as an amateur, I want a cool looking club too so sometimes it’s hard not to splurge on that latest release. I’m working on the Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke MAX review right now and it’s total opposite it with them. I Do not like the new looks/design much at all compared to the predecessor Paradym X.
I generally agree. It did have about 6 yards longer carry for me than the Aerojet MAX, but overall the performance difference is marginal, not enough to upgrade if you already have an Aerojet.
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Cobra DARKSPEED MAX Driver (Global Golf): globalgolf.pxf.io/LXV30M
I just found your channel. It's really nice to see an honest review of a product. Especially from an amateur (please don't taken offense.) I just subbed.
I appreciate that a lot, thank you!
No offence at all, that’s the idea. Trying to give an honest perspective from someone who can’t always hit a great drive :)
Awesome review, it’s so nice to see an amateur make an honest video from actual experience
I appreciate that so much. I would see reviews of actual experience but they are always teaching pros that would hit the ball 290-300+ yards no matter what and be like yup, club is great lol
so what help is that to an amateur who is going to have a completely different feel with each club, and have a lot more mis hits.
This comment means a lot, thanks! :)
Solid in depth review on the Darkspeed. Thank you!😎
Thanks, appreciate it!
Darkspeed looks amazing! i'm going to take a look into this one, Great video overall!
Thanks!
Great on trackman. Definitely has a lot of speed of the face. I picked up massive amounts of ball speed on good hits.... but in the real world it was completely uncontrollable for me on the course. Misses both directions, mis strikes falling straight out of the air in and misses were huge. I've gone back to my 7 year old Titleist and my scores have improved. Note I say scores. Not distance, or ball speed.
Thanks, John, for the insight. I was definitely getting the left miss when I took it out in the first of 2 rounds I played with it on the actual course. I was able to correct it and played quite well for the most part with the DARKSPEED MAX, but I can definitely see where someone might experience some dispersion like that.
You're so right; drivers should come with disclaimers "will not improve your irons and short game" lol But they are the most fun club to hit.
Interestingly enough, the Qi10 MAX has been my favorite so far out of the new releases, and I just purchased one to replace my previous driver, the R9. I was long overdue. The Qi10 MAX is giving me what you are getting with your old Titleist, good positioning on the course.
Cheers!
Impressive content - keep up the good work
I appreciate that so much. Thanks :)
Forget the Aerojet, Darkspeed looks SO good. Darth Vader vibes
Great review!
Thank you!
Is it better than the LTDX Max?
Hey Dezmon!
I would honestly say my performance with both was pretty similar. Actually my average swing speed at the time of my LTDx MAX testing was ~3 mph slower than DARKSPEED MAX, but average total distance was similar. The DARKSPEED MAX had slightly more carry and felt tighter dispersion wise/more accurate.
If you’re comparing performance, you can spend a lot less on the LTDx MAX and get a very similar performer. I like the DARKSPEED MAX looks better though (probably not worth the price difference on that alone lol).
At the current price (I think you can get a new LTDx MAX for around $249), it’s very tough to beat the value in that price for the performance you get. My opinion :)
I have an LTDX max now but I do like the looks of the dark speed just was trying to justify a pour finical decision lol. You made believe I can’t so I’m holding off lol
I hear you, they really stepped up the look, I was so impressed with cobra and the DARKSPEED looks. I mean most drivers are pretty comparable in performance but I say as an amateur, I want a cool looking club too so sometimes it’s hard not to splurge on that latest release.
I’m working on the Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke MAX review right now and it’s total opposite it with them. I Do not like the new looks/design much at all compared to the predecessor Paradym X.
They aren't any better than the areojet. Waste of money.
I generally agree. It did have about 6 yards longer carry for me than the Aerojet MAX, but overall the performance difference is marginal, not enough to upgrade if you already have an Aerojet.