CALLAWAY AI SMOKE vs COBRA DARKSPEED vs TAYLORMADE Qi10

We put 3 of the big driver releases of 2024 against each other to see which is the best to hit the market this season!
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[@keithmason5584]

😂 Darkspeed pointless in thumbnail ? Did they refuse to pay for your review ?

[@AbadaWeeeeeeee]

I randomly clicked on this clown

[@keithmason5584]

@@AbadaWeeeeeeee 👍

[@jazzamac3796]

If money is a factor the Cobra hands down. Appears to be at $100 cheaper for similar results. Use the hundred quid saved for a golf lesson...

[@martinburger4480]

Only my opinion. But I felt you were a bit Callaway bias within this video. The numbers you hit with the QI10 were really good, and as you said exactly where you like it. It almost felt like you didnt want to give the TM credit, and in a comment reply you gave it the lowest score of 9?! Like your videos, only my opinion on this one.

[@Jules551]

Nice one Ash , can i be honest the prices of new drivers now r so far out of my price range , i play off 1 and i still use the M1 driver , i went and tried loads of different shafts with th m1 head and paid £125 for my new shaft , would love to see a video where you take your driver head and try different shafts , would save people a bloody fortune, the price of a new driver is 3/4 s of my golf membership, i know what id rather pay for . But saying all that i bloody love your reviews and the people who want a new driver this review is perfect , well done m8 , honest as always bud ⛳👍

[@TheTopG17]

I think the original stealth was the best driver on the market at that time stealth two wasn’t good though

[@thegolfsupply]

Worst driver ever made that surely?! Haha

[@Pud56]

I was fitted recently and Ai Smoke max out performed everything. I currently game the TSR3 and it’s too spinny, as was the Ping 10k Max, TM Qi10 and Cobra. I understand i could have gone for LS versions, but didn’t need to as the AiSmoke max span at 2300, which was what i was looking for, did need to play with shafts, but got there. Other folk will obviously get different results, so reviews are somewhat irrelevant, all the new drivers are good, but in an honest fitting you will find the club that best suits your game, sounds too simplistic, but in my view its reality.

[@jamesfinch7714]

That TM head isn’t the max

[@joshtaylor6991]

Lovely little Sunday vid. I got my fitting 19th. Looking forward to it

[@thegolfsupply]

Enjoy broski

[@glyntapp]

Quick question. How does Callaway win overall performance when the QI10 is the most forgiving and the longest? Isn’t that the definition of “overall performance”

[@williamwalker2397]

That’s the standard Qi10 head not the Max.

[@SaltyDogPerformance]

So the Taylormade you have is not 10k MOI. Only the MAX head is. Callaway’s “Max” is just a revamp of the core Paradym from last year. Although it and the MAX D have the same level of forgiveness. The D is just for the slicers like always. The Taylormade Qi10 MAX head is a very slow club head speed. I could only get it to 105-108 with a 60 gram X stiff. Then I grabbed the Ai Smoke Max with a 70 gram X stiff and immediately jumped to 115-118. I’ve also tried the Triple Diamond Ai Smoke and the Taylormade Qi10 LS. The Triple Diamond had low spin and went for miles. Even an off center strike wasn’t very punishing. The Qi10 LS though felt just like a Stealth 2 +. Absolutely horrible and felt like hitting the ball with a piece of lumber. I’ve personally not liked any of the LS models from Taylormade from the Stealth + all the way to the new LS. Their core models feel great. To each their own.

[@Jim88Karaoke]

Great review mate👍👏

[@Mjs_90]

Would you not game the low spin version of the callaway? What’s your club head speed at with driver?

[@thegolfsupply]

118ish

[@nickmillar9651]

People worry about face popping out are just unreal. They send you brand new one

[@jayleo0729]

Love the video, but you never rated or scored the TM Qi10….please score!!😊

[@thegolfsupply]

9/10

[@Chalky-t5c]

​@@thegolfsupply Take your Callaway blinkers off. So you like the look of the AI Smoke.....I, like 99% of golfers, would take performance over looks all day long. The QI10 it is then.

[@derekmcatamney3327]

That looks like the standard Qi10 Ash Have the original stealth but probably not for much longer after your review, . I've forwarded your details onto the missus to deal with any backlash pal

[@adammoore1640]

I went from the stealth 2 to the Qi10. I have 6-7 rounds with the Qi10 and I’m hitting an average of 84% of fairways. Distance went down a bit for me since they’ve went to the carbon face. M4 was averaging 310ish when hit good. Key word when. Stealth 2 was 300 WHEN and that’s a big when it was hit well. And the Qi10 is sitting around 280ish but dead straight every single time. Only missed fairways I’m coming across is when I pull the ball and it flies dead straight to the left but it’s still in play. Haven’t had a single penalty stroke added since using it. Highly recommend

[@derekmcatamney3327]

@adammoore1640 how long have you been working for taylormade now chum 🤭 I'll test drive one soon 👍

[@adammoore1640]

@@derekmcatamney3327 just a fan lol pap gave me a full TaylorMade tour bag from the 80s with old TaylorMade clubs when I started. I then went to the black RBZs full set-> M4 full set -> Stealth 2 driver and now the Qi10 driver and about to order the irons, 3w and 2hy, 4hy and 5hy

[@derekmcatamney3327]

@adammoore1640 same, stealth driver 3w and hybrid P790s and hi-toe wedges. Only thing is the putter, never got on well with the spider so have the stroke lab. Our pro was at the unveiling of the Qi10 and Qirons, he's a fan of irons and will be putting them in his bag

[@adammoore1640]

@@derekmcatamney3327 spider putter is my go to, wife got it for me last year and personally I feel much more consistent. Only thing is it’s occasionally hard to judge on slower greens

[@atfinthehouse8631]

How much does the shifting the weight on the AI smoke actually affect the swing and drive results.

[@mrserv0n18]

None if your not a good golfer.

[@atfinthehouse8631]

A double negative. So it does if you are a good golfer?

[@jasonbell6359]

What is that checkered golf bag in the background?

[@thegolfsupply]

Bogey Boys / Adidas Collab

[@nickmillar9651]

Stealth 2 drivers is way better than the qi10. The ls and plus are the same driver

[@Chalky-t5c]

Take your Callaway blinkers off. So you like the look of the AI Smoke.....I, like 99% of golfers, would take performance over looks all day long. The QI10 it is then.

[@JoseFlores-lt8kt]

Longest drive champions hits a cobra drivers tell him it’s pointless

[@thegolfsupply]

He’s sponsored by them 😂

[@edukim5083]

AI smoke max is the standar head, the max D is hte most forgiving and draw bias

[@richardvaughan6184]

What about the mizuno st max

[@thegolfsupply]

Gonna review it soon boss

[@wbubbles5960]

The new PXG is 10k too I think

[@CharlotteK2008]

Depending on the weight placement

[@wbubbles5960]

@@CharlotteK2008 it does seem odd to me that it’s suddenly become the big selling point across 3 major brands

[@lkae4]

@@wbubbles5960 I think because it's finally possible with the latest generation carbon tech. Like how graphite iron shafts were weak for a long time. Now LA Golf makes some of the strongest iron shafts with graphite.

[@adammoore1640]

@@wbubbles5960 what’s gonna get more people to buy their stuff? Something they can bomb once a round, or something that helps the average golfer hit 9/10 fairways. My scores without exaggeration have went from a 92 average to an 88 since getting the Qi10 max and playing 9-10 rounds with it so far. I have found out the obvious. More fairways = better scoring rounds lol. Now if I could get rid of my baseball swing but no iron, driver, wedge can help that 😂 I could mess up that auto driver if I wanted to

[@stevenjenkins3882]

Stealh had wins