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If you had to choose R11's or New Bladez ???

• borntobesting 9,777 Posts

  Wed, Dec 19 2012 11:13 AM

  Fuzzygazz:

  .Big gap between 125 pw and 100 atv

  They gap between the 125 yard wedge and the old 110 yard Zsatin is only 15 yards. And the Bladez are much easier to hit the ding with than the R11's are. At least for a 66 year old with slightly slower reflexes. With a little judicious use of spin the Bladez 3 and 4 iron can almost be as good as the R11 3 and 4.

• lonnieskinner 1,677 Posts

  Wed, Dec 19 2012 11:52 AM

  I rented the bladez just to see what all the hype is about. If you have never played the r11 then you will be happy with the g20s or the bladez. If you have ever played the r11 then you will know the difference right off. The r11 stop much better than the bladez. The r11 are also much more accurate than the bladez. Only draw back is (for me) the nike balls are necessary to play the r11 irons. So if credits are a problem the g 20s or bladez may be your candy. Bottom line is, the r11 are the top clubs for a reason. They are better in every way.

• Fuzzygazz 1,469 Posts

  Wed, Dec 19 2012 12:24 PM

  andwhy67:

  been using the level 49 G20's, was thinking of upgrading to the upper level 83 G20's, posted in this thread regarding the bladz, dont qualify for the R11's for atleast another 2 months, so last week i bit the bullet and purchased the bladz as apposed to the upper G20's

  Bottom line absolutely love em, but still want to try the R11's when eligable.

  Agree on this. better then G-20 s. R11 s still king , but these clubs are great while waiting to level up if you have creds. And.. like others mentioned  slower meter

   

   

• saltiresfan 2,266 Posts

  Wed, Dec 19 2012 1:45 PM

  Having been a legend for 4 months I'm finally about to hit L90. Just 1,500XP to go. Will be buying the R11 irons straight away - I've been saving up credits :)

  From what I hear they might take a wee while to dial in. I tend to use full backspin and minimise roll-out in my iron play but with the extra spin on the R11s I might have to change things around. Can't wait to get my hands on them though!

• Boomerboy44 1,514 Posts

  Thu, Dec 20 2012 7:45 AM

  Have fun with your R-11's.....The best of all the iron sets.  Try the Max ball and you will be pleased with the results.

   

• stevenharkin 1,921 Posts

  Thu, Dec 20 2012 8:14 AM

  Having tried both sets, I think it's fair to say the R11's are better, but not by much. I really enjoy the fact the blades have a slower meter, and in low winds they work great. The problem starts when you have a mod - strong tail wind, your playing uphill and your inbetween clubs.

  Also, I don't know if this happened to any1 else, but I was getting meter glitches on every round I played with the blades ( well 4 of the last 5 day's of play), so I wanted to try R11's again to see if it improved meter performance, and it did! maybe just 3 or 4 glitches in the  past few days.

   

• saltiresfan 2,266 Posts

  Thu, Dec 20 2012 8:44 AM

  Boomerboy44:

  Have fun with your R-11's.....The best of all the iron sets.  Try the Max ball and you will be pleased with the results.

  I'm ok with the meter speed having used burners and nikes for a while. Could take a while to dial these in in terms of distance...

• 9,041 Posts

  Thu, Dec 20 2012 9:07 AM

  saltiresfan:

  From what I hear they might take a wee while to dial in. I tend to use full backspin and minimise roll-out in my iron play but with the extra spin on the R11s I might have to change things around. Can't wait to get my hands on them though!

  Yeah Sal (a wee while), I always played with full b/s too. It's hard to change the habit of a WGT lifetime !!

  They took me 15 / 16 days to dial in to a yardage that I was comfortable to write in 'The Book' :)

  But it's slowly dawning on me that spin applied is the biggest factor in yardage discrepancy ( especially in the damn 8i )

  In the last week or so, I have been trying to play with as little spin as possible and find that they stop real good anyway.

  Had em 7 / 8  weeks now, I'm a slow learner. :-)

  You'll love em mate, guessing a shot a round after you've had them for a week.

  GL   Andy

• saltiresfan 2,266 Posts

  Thu, Dec 20 2012 9:45 AM

  I just shot a 28 with them but av dist to pin was 10ft so it was mostly down to putting rather than good approach shots.

  A couple didn't stop at all even with full bs which surprised me! The 8I has been fine for me so far...

• 9,041 Posts

  Thu, Dec 20 2012 9:51 AM

  saltiresfan:

  The 8I has been fine for me so far...

  Give it time :-)