US Retail Drivers and Japanese Drivers Lofts

[ajaykkr]

I play the US retail drivers for now, my gamer is the r7 425 (not tour preferred) with a loft of 10.5* with the stock shaft.

I am interested in purchasing the new G field or the Epon driver, but one question I had was:

Most people say that the US retail drivers actual loft is much more than the stamped loft. so a stamped loft of 10.5* could be 12*. But the Japanese driver's stamped loft is very close to actual loft.

So if use 10.5* loft in the US retail heads, wouldn't I find the 10.5* in the Japanese drivers to be too less loft for me. so should I never buy the japanese heads until my loft in the US goes to 8.5 or 9.5 so that when I buy a japanese 10.5* it would work for me. until then, i should stick to the US heads only.

Any help would be appreciated as spending $700-900 is a lot of money for one club when you dont know if it will work.

[Blader-X]

Its more of the tolerance of the individual companies' clubs. US clubs can be up to 2 degrees of loft off in some cases across the same line of clubs. Best way is to measure your current club to see what your true loft really is. A company such as Epon has much tighter tolerances but Chris could enlighten you more on what other companies specs/tolerances are. I wll say I don't think you would be dissappointed with some of these import clubs.