supo Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 chaps........ been about 3 months with about 4 of these now. 80s in a kasco fd 12.8 fairway driver. 70s in an egg 13* spoon 70x in a RC15* 3 wood 70s in a maruman conductor driver. the good the bad the ugly....................... the bad. NONE. the ugly less than none the good. where to start? looks..........., well as far as a shaft goes , this is my fav with the quadra fire express. stunning looks, great colour scheme. great graphics. looks like a real real shaft flex..., spot on 100% true to flex. stiff is tiff x is for steppin on. no bones baout oh its slightyl tighter i nthis or that NO not at all the GD bb series i cud say is a bit on he softer side of stated flex IMO..... the diamana not a at all. in all these differnt heads and shapes and hosel sizes , i get what i ordered. perfection. launch......., well. i think it s sposed to be higher -ish. kind of mid(????) well if it is.... i dont really get that ,its not as low as the BB series. but its that way for me. and i think its prob lower than the kaili. def lower than the blue board. its a stronger flight and its taughter. feel................., taught with a rubbery kick! explain that to a normal person, but it is. i think its quadra fre express ish. but not as glassy. nothing like the crazy range. nothing like them at al. and not like th BBmuch more expansive, more total flex than the BB, which has a noticebale kick point. its not soft. its not harsh its ready for this....................... its........................ forzen butter WITH marhsmallow chunks its delicious. get one if u like the blue board and ur thinbking of trying a new model this is hoit stuff. my fav non billion dollar shaft on the market. by some way. icant wiat for the new white baord thing to cmoe out what ever 'dialed" is.. its bloody good in a shaft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayDM Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Maybe.... Just Maybe... Diamana is taking a clue from how well loved there limited editions and prototype shafts are(Stingers and X's) and is trying to translate that to the retail market. I never loved the older whiteboard or kali'l or the blueboard or ahina, none of those performed poorly, but they all felt extremely mediocre and there were plenty of shafts out there that felt nicer and delivered as good or better performance, whereas the Stinger and the X perform like a champ and have a much more interesting feel through the ball..... If the W series performs up to the standard the B series is performing then I think the new Diamana series will be a serious winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Well the B is a very good shaft ithink willsuit a huge range of golfer swings like the gd bb does but. Ithink its better than. The. Bb And the good thing id it suits a driver just asmwell as it does a fwood Which is a god thing I cud very easily play this shaft driver thru 5wood Just incresing the weight and flex As a thought Id easily play the 70s maybe tipped 1/4 inch in my ryoma vspec or as ryoma suggested the maxima... The kasco fd already has it in itthe egg spoon 13with the 70s is perfect Maybe the new ryoma iget from tae with the 70 x might be a good match The new syard xv fw with a 70x And a yamaha v17 with the 80 s Hmmm,m,mm Thats an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky3 Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Always good to hear your real world views Stu.... For looks, hard to get past Rombax Platinum..... I love an ion plate finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobmontana Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Great review Stew-san, "Frozen butter with marshmallow " sounds like a new ice cream flavor out of Baskin Robbins :-) Just picked up a used Mizzy 611 with a Diamana B 70x that I am hoping will not be too stout for me. From what I read in Japanese blog reviews is that it is so smooth that you can go one flex up without getting punished too much. I'll be hitting it on the range today..... we'll see how she works for me. Do you think the profile is similar to the Stinger? when I showed my Stinger to a fitting pro who works at Cool Clubs a couple of months ago, (spending his summer in Montana where he is originally from ) He mentioned that the Diamana B was supposedly the retail versin of the Stinger Proto. well first off, B is not a Boron shaft, so it can't be identical.... But perhaps they tried to imitate the Stinger's profile and feel without using Boron? Just hoping the x flex is still usable for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daamartin Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I see a 70s in my future based on all of this. I need to be "fully-fit" to get the most out of the Dia X 70s, but boy they make good shafts. FWIW, Fubuki K 70s goes OK too. Easy to load and very consistent flight. I reckon if Dia X and Fubuki K had a baby - this would be it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 wel i hard that the kaila was meant to be the retial version of the stinger proto, so i gues sthis si the next evolution of the blue board, kaili . B perosanlly i dont seee any simialrity between the 2 shafts one i s boron one isnt so in my book the compariosn ends there. i also think the boron launches balls higher. so i dont know... i can ask them but i dont know if they tell me the truth anyway. i cud easliy play the B shaft in everything thtas for sure , its my fav al lrounder now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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