itBeen a while.......................,
jbeam 435...9.5*....square ....323 gram...d3.5....45inch.
Had to do a post about this bec. it threw my noggin into a SPIN.
its been so long since ive had something to crow about that really.. REALLY blew my mind.
cpl of really good builds of recent months
, epon 101/labo tataki 75xs....
kamui pro kp07/diamana X 60x
solid contacts 12.5*/ diamana X 70x
.kasco fd/ graphite design m9003 6x
spring immediately to mind but didn't bother to write em up bec theres no use anymore no fkkr listens bec it seems everyone just wants the latest m1 or cally spam POS , so I dont bother reviewing quality stuff anymore
SO I guess, THIS post IS FOR THE NON LEMMINGS still out there..if any.............................,I know theres someone listening!!!!!!
I only had it out yesterday at the range but it was a FULL monty session ,I hit 280 balls and about 120 of them with drivers my.back is a little tight this am lemme lll yaaaaaa, anyway heres
MY LIST:
kamui pro kp07/ dia X 60x
astro tour v11 / dia stinger 70x
jbeam435 / dia stinger 70x
epon 101/ labo tataki 75xs
callway epic / fujikura speeder 65x (as a placebo.)
mizuno custom / dia x 70s.
not a bad line up ...........EVEN IF I DO SAY SO, these REPERESENT 20 YRS OF TIDDLING WITH THE best to come up with the best.
I know all these drivers intimately, the 435 stnger is my comp driver, the asto tour is the distance king, the epon is my day in/out driver, the kamui is my all carry wet weather driver. I wont let these go. these are SEN-sashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-onalllllllllllllll.
so the 7d was in rareified company. if it was gonna live up to the dialogue on it, it better perform vs the best of the best.
FK _A_ DUCK !!.
I need to get this onto the course pronto to make sure what I saw yesterday was true bec on a range with semi proper balls, it was quite mesmerizing.
the 2 things that stood out were its feel and its tightness of weave.
the full boron stinger aint no ho-dad, that thing is as tight as a nats chuff. but the 7d was on another level. very different feels/sounds
the last 40 balls were just jbeam vs jbeam to see if things were what I was feeling.and it was the 7d was tighter and more accurate ,misses were better and distance seemed pretty spot on CONSISTENTLY with the stinger. and thats saying something.
I was an instant fan.
ok.....so the stinger is heavier and meatier, it delivers a punchier ,heavy head thump, lower flight , ant left, I can go at this with a full draw swing and not be afraid im gonna snap hook it OB. its to be a wind buster of the highest caliber and it goes farrrrkeeeeeeeeeeen miles. any course with a bit of speed to the grass and I grab plenty of cheat distance with it., I don't miss a lot with it either, its a pretty consistent weapon, hence why I use it exclusively in comps here , its my top doggy. by a way too.
so, the 7d. with the same head!!!
lighter feel but its only 2-4 gram lighter than the stinger. but noticeably lighter to swing. the stinger u can feel all the way back the 7d is balanced more.. both have cadero grips.
impact............well I don't quite know how to adequatly describe this one, its closest cousin is MOST like a quadra fire express for feel but ON ROIDS
the FEX is the most elecetric shaft ive ever palyed . I miss right as a rule so this kills me in a driver big time so I had to reluctantly take it out.( sigh...........)
its still in my egg 16.5 fw and that wont change. but in a driver ahhhh.. anyway this was close as it gets to the 7d.
had to hit 20 balls with it non stop to get used to its feel and flight, its a flat mid flight that is gunbarrel straight, no misses left at all, except for the duck hook when I choked down to the end of the grip and tried to snap hook it, even then it really didn't wanna go. WHICH IS A HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE thing bec I can use this fkkr on the 16th at longy now and know it wont go into the whales swimming by butterbox!!!!!!!!!
, I can hit the stinger punch drive shot with confidence. yee haa. but that's not what its for. its for full throttle assaults that don't go awry.
the flex of the shaft was barely recognizable. the stinger has a nice thwack to it, u can feel it bend, its only minute but its there and its nice, its a dull sound feel in the jbeam but its such a reliable twang.... the 7d is like the whole shaft doesn't move but osscilates in yr hands, all at the same time............... picture that.
its like the 2 slit photon experiment, the electorns are all at the same place at the same time.......... tis a very very different. feel
As I said this is the first time ive bothered to do a report in eons bec this thing ................. it seems is something outta the extra ordinary!
full report on course hopefully next weekend................................................................,