supo Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 just for somethign differnt i took my diamana stigner 70x shafted maruman conductor fine straight 10.5* 1, 1/2 *closed driver out yesterday with my yamaha tour 9* crazy boron to game both on same day . 9 holes each driver. in a match its perfect to compare and contrast playing characteristics. with tourstage x-01 z balls.. the brand new ones in fluro yellow so we cud find the damn things! they are great balls.. great balls buti more on them later.. the yamaha 9* craZy boron played much higher than i expected. and felt amazingly good n the cold. the temp. didnt get above 5* c and there was snow all over the course so. it was real winter stuff... distance obviously wasnt going to be good but i got a cpl out around 280 which i thought was great and it was plenty more than my partners . no where near enough to get anywhere close to the par 5s tho. way short.. the 9 and pw got a solid work out yesterday as did the 4 and 5 irons! the yamaha launch was immediatly high but the arc was low it was about 75*% carry which yesterday was ok bec the ground was pretty hard and on the non sodden fairway i got a bit of roll. the the guys hit much lower and got a lot of roll. i was pretty surprised by the ball flight i thought it was going to be much lower but it wasnt it was a very nice surprise. yesterday. and i mthinking this might go well in theheat back in oz,.... the x flex in the crazy was no where near as taught as the x flex diamana.. no where near! i def do not think the x -flex i nthe crazy shud be labled x .. bec. comapred to the exact material diamana shaft.............. it isnt. its prob more like a hard stiff. any way it was very nice to play in the cold ......... easy to hit on a tour head . the big surprsie tho was the maruman conductor old man chopper driver head..! firstly the shaft was way tighter than the diamana noticeably stiffer. laucnh as u cud imagine was prettty sky high. distance was comporably fantastic with this... super high shot driver.. and my consitacey was brilliant .didnt loose one drive with this club , a cpl i still somehow manged to block , but nothing was off the reservation , far from it . endge of fairway , the rest straight down the pipes didnt have to try and kill the ball either. just swung within my self in the cold , ended up going hey very nice...!!! so, im happy with this set up, so much so that im keeping it and i doubt ill use anything else if its not windy. in winter kinda not sure it will be great in the wind. but on still days like yesterday it was fantastic. huge surprise. wont be for everyone tho as this head might not suit guys tastes, the shape is very differnt , but ilove it . large oval with a rounded ball circle pattern to frame the ball.. feel was lovely . forgiveness was incredible . all round top little driver. if ur loking for somthing differnt and EXTREMELY forgiving.. this is RIGHT up there that ive used... seriouslyright up there. adn as far as i know the quality of mateials is very very high..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 The Crazy Boron in fact launches on the higher side... it is designed for big distance and big bombs but with lower spin (equaling run) and good control. You may get the impression that the Crazy Boron plays softer than the Diamana due to the slightly higher torque and a tad lighter weight. (If I remember the stinger specs correctly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisstrader Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Nice! Snow all over the course and they let you play? My club basically shuts down during winter and doubly so with snow or frost due to potential damage to greens. Do you guys play temp greens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 nope full greens they wre impossible to read.. impossible , one way they were light ugusta the other they were like the local publicthing..scores were thru the roof.. 5.................... 4 putts.......... on the day. so T the boron crazy isnt really softer in spec.. ? it certianly plays a lot softer. . its big tho. this yamy is coming to oz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 nope full greens they wre impossible to read.. impossible , one way they were light ugusta the other they were like the local publicthing..scores were thru the roof.. 5.................... 4 putts.......... on the day. so T the boron crazy isnt really softer in spec.. ? it certianly plays a lot softer. . its big tho. this yamy is coming to oz. It might be a tad softer than most other Crazy shafts in its range. It was more mainstream since it was at Nikki so they did not want to make it too overly stiff for many of the commoners who shop there. (^_^) But as long as it is long... that is what counts. (^_^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 well the crazy is certianly nice to play,.its a nice feeling shaft , it loads and unleashes vey nicely with a muted sling . and its . comporably very soft. very high and for the most part pretty straight . and long. the combo with the yamaha tour head works well the diaman in comaprison is tigher stiffer and more pingy .., they are similar but u can feel the diamanans addded taughtness. the crayz is prob the nicer playing but the diamana is prob ...."the gunslinger" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 i find that my boron shafts launch soo high and dont get any roll. i reckon these were done for the purpose of target placement. too much roll and it gets unpredicatble. the stingers are very long long carry bombers. dont expect too much roll. these would be White truffles in a driving spoon or 3wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 yup, ur dead right on that.. they are indeed. thast why i have them in my yamaha 5 wood , ,, kasco FD and 17* adams super black, nice isnt the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 I actually checked the specs on a stiff crazy boron and the tip section is softer than usual for a Crazy shaft which probably is what results in the higher launch but good distance as well as softer feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 cheers for that... is thta why it feels a bit softer than the diamana ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 I know the Boron works great in my low launcher of a head… Have it SX. Plays a similar feel to the Proto 519 7.7 in ability to load and unload the shaft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerobound Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 I know the Boron works great in my low launcher of a head… Have it SX. Plays a similar feel to the Proto 519 7.7 in ability to load and unload the shaft... Always interesting to match up low launch heads and high launch shafts or the other way around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I know the Boron works great in my low launcher of a head… Have it SX. Plays a similar feel to the Proto 519 7.7 in ability to load and unload the shaft... Which one do you prefer more the Boron or the Proto 519 can you make a comparison ?(hight ,spin ease to draw) My Jbeam 435R is low I was wondering which one will b easier to release. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Which one do you prefer more the Boron or the Proto 519 can you make a comparison ?(hight ,spin ease to draw) My Jbeam 435R is low I was wondering which one will b easier to release. Thanks As the heads are different in nature it is tough to compare ball flights. The Proto 519 is in a Ryoma V-Spec and the trajectory is piercing to its plateau then a fairly rapid descent. The Boron is much more arching all the way through. Don't have an issue getting a draw on either nor do I think either has issues with excess spin. Unfortunately I have not had a chance to do side by side compares yet... So your question of which do I like more is equivalent of asking me to tell you which of my kids is my favorite… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 As the heads are different in nature it is tough to compare ball flights. The Proto 519 is in a Ryoma V-Spec and the trajectory is piercing to its plateau then a fairly rapid descent. The Boron is much more arching all the way through. Don't have an issue getting a draw on either nor do I think either has issues with excess spin. Unfortunately I have not had a chance to do side by side compares yet... So your question of which do I like more is equivalent of asking me to tell you which of my kids is my favorite… Thanks this helps all ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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