bogeydog Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 2 rounds and a little range time behind me. Bought these last fall, but just assembled recently. I didn't hit the irons with the stock shafts, so I don't have any point of comparison against these shafts. My initial take is as follows. Iron Heads Typical Yamaha. Great fit and finish. For me, I don't notice any visual issues with these irons. I have had all the tour irons and could pick up anyone of them and not have an issue from set to set. Typical crisp Yamaha feel. Not soft, but a positive crisp feel. I almost think these provide more feeback than most of the previous issues. Not much I can say about these that hasn't been already said. Just good stuff. Shafts If you know the Fire Express driver shafts, you know what these look like. They are parallel tip. Truly I have been chasing and wanted a Quadra iron shaft for years. When these were released, I liked the weight and the specs seems to fit me. Spec wise these looked a little softer than the DGL 120s. I hadn't been playing golf in 5 months. When I first began to swing I could load these. Once I was able to create the proper lag, these woke up a beast. Feel isn't typical wimpy hard kicking feel. These are a bit stout feeling, but the release feels like the whole club if releasing rather than the head kicking. The ball just went straight with very little off line deviation. The ball gets up quickly, but flattens out and carries forever. I flew greens many times and it was obvious that these could be a club longer. No ballooning at all. My initial reaction is these are a great combo. The shafts are long and they are accurate. They like a load on them and should be able to handle all that I can give them. The setup is crisp and not rubbery at all. Should be a good season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 2 rounds and a little range time behind me. Bought these last fall, but just assembled recently. I didn't hit the irons with the stock shafts, so I don't have any point of comparison against these shafts. My initial take is as follows. Iron Heads Typical Yamaha. Great fit and finish. For me, I don't notice any visual issues with these irons. I have had all the tour irons and could pick up anyone of them and not have an issue from set to set. Typical crisp Yamaha feel. Not soft, but a positive crisp feel. I almost think these provide more feeback than most of the previous issues. Not much I can say about these that hasn't been already said. Just good stuff. Shafts If you know the Fire Express driver shafts, you know what these look like. They are parallel tip. Truly I have been chasing and wanted a Quadra iron shaft for years. When these were released, I liked the weight and the specs seems to fit me. Spec wise these looked a little softer than the DGL 120s. I hadn't been playing golf in 5 months. When I first began to swing I could load these. Once I was able to create the proper lag, these woke up a beast. Feel isn't typical wimpy hard kicking feel. These are a bit stout feeling, but the release feels like the whole club if releasing rather than the head kicking. The ball just went straight with very little off line deviation. The ball gets up quickly, but flattens out and carries forever. I flew greens many times and it was obvious that these could be a club longer. No ballooning at all. My initial reaction is these are a great combo. The shafts are long and they are accurate. They like a load on them and should be able to handle all that I can give them. The setup is crisp and not rubbery at all. Should be a good season. Thanks for the write up, looking forward to your long term review. For me these are still in rotation, Very consistent and reliable set that I consider well rounded in terms of forgiveness, setup, feel, and results. Your praise of graphite in them makes me want to experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeydog Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 I have had a few different graphite shafts: Recoil, Crazy CB, Aerotech, etc. The Crazy felt very lively and kicked almost too hard. They went very high. The kick was almost disturbing. The Recoil shafts were significantly more stour, but still had a graphite feel. Kick was more controlled. Aero tech were more stout, almost borady, but we laser straight. The Fire Express are a different feel and kick than the others. Feel is more steel, a subtle kick. The whole shaft feels as if it releasing rather than the tip. Accuracy seems great this far with an ability to work it. They do not feel glassy, but not rubber either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeydog Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I casure. believe that no one has commented on this setup or the shafts. I have a few rounds do on now and they are no joke. Impressive for sure. The shafts are top notch. Better than all the other graphite shafts I have had. Can take all I can give them. They like load and and lag. Flight is easily controlled, no ballooning. Feel is powerful without rubbery. Worth a look For surw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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