New Ryoma Maxima Type V review....

[jimmieboi]

I finally have the club hit at the range alongside all the driver I have namely, Crazy 435ii 9 degree (80 LS nior 8.2 flex), Kamui Ray 8 degree (Diamana X in X flex), Epon Zero (Tour AD BB X flex), Ryoma D1 V-spec (TJ 80 8.7 flex), Ryoma D1 Premia (LY01 Black hot 8.2 flex).

The Ryoma Maxima Type V 8.5 degree is shafted with Crazy Boron in X flex built at D2 swing weight and in 45.5 length. I'll break it down into specific characteristics of the driver for easy to read and not making the review too long.

Feel: Mizuno soft and solid feel PLUS crisp feel (the old D1 doesn't have it). You can literally feel the compression of the ball on the face and also feel the ball bombs away from it.

Distance: The net of the range is 270 yrds away. I hit mid section at the back of the net. I guess I carry around 300+ yrds. Definitely much longer than the Ryoma Premia, V-spec or Kamui Ray. I can only either bounce to hit or barely hit the net with those drivers.

Looks: It's no classic pear shape driver. This driver is build to kill (kill the ball). Pack with technologies. It combined both the "deep face" driver and "Shallow face" driver all together into one package. The face is still as deep as the old model but the DSI weight is seamlessly incorporated into the back of the head. Thus, making it appear to be shallow. It's a 460CC (like the old model), but appear to be bigger (by very little). I won't say about the build 'cuz it's a Ryoma so build is top notch.

Forgiveness: This is what surprises me most. I never find the old Ryoma to be that forgiving. It is forgiving but it cannot be compare to the new Maxima. This thing is "point and shoot". It cannot go offline no matter where you hit on the club face. (unless you really mis hit the ball badly or really have an offline swing path). The ball cannot go slice or hook, it just go dead straight. Trajectory is very penetrating but carry by a mile. Much further than the Premia. I don't know about the roll 'cuz I hit the net.

I'm very happy with the Driver and the shaft (Crazy Boron). This is the ultimate weapon in my bag right now. The Premia will be out of the bag immediately. I'll have a Long Drive Contest coming next month and I'm sure I'll win with this Maxima Type V.

One very interesting thing to note....My club head speed (use PRGR red eye) is 120 mph. Same speed for all the drivers I use today. BUT the ball speed on the Maxima is 20 MPH faster than the avg ball speed of the other drive I hit.

**Read at your own discretion. All the drivers are in different loft and shaft so it would be unfair to compare them head on. However, this is the best I can do.

Thx for reading. I'll have more review updates when I game this deadly beast on the course.

type V.mov

[gocchin]

T awesome swing as always.

I love the sound.

I cannot wait until we start carrying them!

Great review! Its interesting the Boron does not launch overly high for you like it does for some people.

Looks like a good match!

[jimmieboi]

Thx for the complement!! I hope TSG will carry them today or tomorrow. It could be the best selling Driver of all time. I cannot compare this driver to T388 though (I don't have it), too many Driver in stock already....The Baldo is yet to be build, but I'll have it shaft in Diamana B tomorrow.

[wmclarenf1]

Thanks for this Jimmieboi. When you do get chance on course, do let us know how it goes. Thanks.

[+TourSpecGolfer]

Oh man I'm so happy with my 388/XV and now this thing comes along...

[big67]

Thanks for the review. Great swing too!

[shacco]

Nice swing!

[Mjr. D]

So between this new Maxima, the 388, the XV and a new Tourstage model, which should I go with?

Also, do any of them come in 8.5?

[jimmieboi]

Type V comes in 8.5 too, but this thing is very low. I normally hit the ball high and the Crazy Boron should yield a high profile to the ball, the Type V at 9.5 is still very piercing low.

Edited May 7, 2013 by jimmieboi

[wmclarenf1]

Type V comes in 8.5 too, but this thing is very low. I normally hit the ball high and the Crazy Boron should yield a high profile to the ball, the Type V at 9.5 is still very piercing low.

Jimmie,

I think the LY1 Hot in your Premia 9,5 is a mid kick and the Boron in the Type V 9.5 is a mid-high kick? How is the trajectory of the Type V to the Premia?

From what I can see from your swing clip (wish I had your control at the top of the swing and distance :-) ), your trajectory seems to be low mid to mid with the Type V. From what I can deduce from Ryoma's website via translate which of course may not be the most accurate, Maxima is supposed to be slightly higher launching than the original yet producing more roll.

[Craig]

Great review.

The video gives us a great insight.

After just giving the T388 a big wrap.....

Just what I need ..

Another Driver

[nobmontana]

One very interesting thing to note....My club head speed (use PRGR red eye) is 120 mph. Same speed for all the drivers I use today. BUT the ball speed on the Maxima is 20 MPH faster than the avg ball speed of the other drive I hit.

Wow!! 20 mph faster with range balls?!!

I gotta get me one!

[jimmieboi]

There are two type of range balls at the driving range I hit that day. There's a cheap old fake ball cost around 1 usd per tray and the real new ball at 1.50 usd. I played the new balls so it should be as close as the ball when play on the course.

Compare to Premia, the Maxima type V really did go lower. Don't know why as the Boron is mid to high kick too. But the Maxima is just much more forgiving and easier to hit.

[chiromikey]

There are two type of range balls at the driving range I hit that day. There's a cheap old fake ball cost around 1 usd per tray and the real new ball at 1.50 usd. I played the new balls so it should be as close as the ball when play on the course.

Compare to Premia, the Maxima type V really did go lower. Don't know why as the Boron is mid to high kick too. But the Maxima is just much more forgiving and easier to hit.

if it's high kick, then that would explain the lower trajectory...

[wmclarenf1]

if it's high kick, then that would explain the lower trajectory...

You thinking about a WBQ in a Maxima? ;-)

[chiromikey]

You thinking about a WBQ in a Maxima? ;-)

was thinking about it in a 388 but knowing how good the original ryoma was the maxima does have my interest. but that might mean i'd have to give up one of my 435's...and i'm not sure i'm willing to do that!

Edited May 7, 2013 by chiromikey

[Chanaa]

great trajectory based on the clip. Do you think this is the maxima effect or the shaft ? ie. how was trajectory vs Ryoma V-spec ?

would be great to see maxima roll vs the rest.

thanks much for the review !

[charge]

Great review. Boy, you give it a really good rip!

I was settling nicely with the Yam V203 and now it seems I have got to try the Maxima especailly with more foregiveness and increased ball speed.

BTW, I thought the Crazy Boron was a high launch shaft?!

[+TourSpecGolfer]

Great review. Boy, you give it a really good rip!

I was settling nicely with the Yam V203 and now it seems I have got to try the Maxima especailly with more foregiveness and increased ball speed.

BTW, I thought the Crazy Boron was a high launch shaft?!

It is a high launch shaft but with the piercing trajectory of the Maxima I think it would balance out nicely. From the video at that angle it looks mid trajectory to me.

[potuna]

There are two type of range balls at the driving range I hit that day. There's a cheap old fake ball cost around 1 usd per tray and the real new ball at 1.50 usd. I played the new balls so it should be as close as the ball when play on the course.

Compare to Premia, the Maxima type V really did go lower. Don't know why as the Boron is mid to high kick too. But the Maxima is just much more forgiving and easier to hit.

Boron is mid to low kick/high launch

[wmclarenf1]

Any on course time with the Maxima yet Jimboi?

[jm3]

Great review. Boy, you give it a really good rip!

I was settling nicely with the Yam V203 and now it seems I have got to try the Maxima especailly with more foregiveness and increased ball speed.

BTW, I thought the Crazy Boron was a high launch shaft?!

I have a 9.5 premia with a crazy boron and I can't get this thing airborne. I'm usually a mid to high ball hitter and I consider my premia / crazy boron combo a low launcher. Played in Phoenix in April and was getting tons and tons of roll. I feel the boron is low launching. I do like the crazy boron nice shaft. good feel, better for me than the gd's

[jimmieboi]

Compare among Crazy Boron, TJ80, CB 80 LS and LY01 Hot Black...the Boron is easiest to launch. The Type V is indeed low launch so the 2 combo out nicely.

I just notice another good thing in my Type V Boron shaft driver, it's the Nowon Ichi grip (http://www.tourspecgolf.com/product_info.php?products_id=4764). This is probably the best grip I have ever use. Try it if you can. It's much superior than Iomic.

[gocchin]

The Ichi surprised me as well, better than Iomic and better than standard Nowons. Very tacky and very good grip.

Now that you say the boron is easiest to launch that is more inline with what I had said, the boron is one of Crazy's easy launching shafts. I had originally thought it would go to high for you but it worked out well!

[jimmieboi]

Yeah...not only that. This shaft require no timing. It's so easy to hit that I can drive 100 balls straight without tire myself out. Highly recommend if you are looking for an easy to launch, great dispersion and distance.

P.S. another thing about JDM gear. The Tourstage X01Z (http://www.tourspecgolf.com/product_info.php?products_id=4840) is a much superior ball to ProV1X. Not only did it give better overall performance, it also more durable. Try it if you are bored with the ProV1X and like to get something JDM.