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new level 85 Nike irons

• siggipj76 2,989 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 5:27 AM

  I could not resist and bought these today, they are better than the speedbladez, more forgiving on long irons, the slower meter is noticable, I changed from 3 feel balls to 2½ and ding was still easy to hit. 

  I had a small ding miss on my 3 iron in no winds, and it landed 2 yards from the pin, that would have been 3-4 with the speeds and 5 -6 with the rockets.

  the irons are almost the same as the speeds in distance, but the 9 iron is 130 now, and the pw is 115

  The shorter pw  115 yards is also a great bonus , As I had 25 yards between my pw and 100 wedge before.

• DDRoss1 1,809 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 6:02 AM

  I didnt not even hesitate, bought em this morning, played 9 holes of practice and what a great difference to the G20s in all areas. Just an early christmas present for me, now time to do a lot of surveys lol. But the swing meter same is g20s, longer irons and more precision and spin..i just could not resist.

• DrSlick 142 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 7:31 AM

  Hmm - I took them for a spin (actually bought them) this morning and initially do not like them as much as the Bladez. They seem shorter from the fairway, but again it was first time out with them and I play full bs 97% of the time.

  As stated previously though - the 115 PW should be a great addition as you had some awkward shots with the pw/100 yard club with the Bladez.

  The 3I with NO spin I think is going 230+ from the tee and held the green well so that may be a plus.

  The meter is definitely slower - and dropping down to lesser balls at least during regular playing (cc alts, free club tourneys) may pay for the clubs themselves. I am going to play these clubs with the Cally L45 legend ball this aft - this mornings few holes were the L81 Nikes.

  These clubs initially seem to favor hitting the ding as compared to the Bladez. It seems that the Bladez had more forgiveness when missing the ding in to the wind (not with the wind) than these Nikes do. Shots where I know would be good with the Bladez where farther out and 2-3 yards shorter with these Nikes.

  However, I HATED my Bladez the first 3-4 days I had them and in a short time learned to love them =)   I DO NOT hate these initially, so I think as you dial them in they will be an upgrade with the slower meter and the 115 PW and hopefully longer 3I off the back tees.

  ***As will be stated multiple times I am sure. As a L80+ legend that is finally able to shoot some lower scores to stay within sniffing range of the big shooters - it is frustrating that the best players have access to those L97 Nikes. The gap will widen a bit further between the lower level legends and the higher level legends. It will likely keep me away from playing RGs as the top 10 spots could possibly be in the 50's now for even the simple 50 player RGs. ***

  Doc

• DDRoss1 1,809 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 9:11 AM

  DrSlick:

  These clubs initially seem to favor hitting the ding as compared to the Bladez. It seems that the Bladez had more forgiveness when missing the ding in to the wind (not with the wind) than these Nikes do. Shots where I know would be good with the Bladez where farther out and 2-3 yards shorter with these Nikes.

  To be honest i have owned both sets or Bladez and the G20s forever, IMO these are far superior in all aspects, i have played practice rounds with em so far and the stopping power especially on #5 at BP are fantastic....i cant hit the R11s due to meter speed, and these might not be as good, but i am loving em

• siggipj76 2,989 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 9:24 AM

  Been testing /mapping mine today, and they do lose more yardage with full bs, seems like they only need 3/4 , I am ending a few feet shorter with full bs, when I compare with the speedbladez,I think they have higher trajectory than both the bladez, so they might have to be used as the r11 and only go 3/4 backspin. 

  with the bladez on full bs , I would lose 4 yards with full bs, but these seems to go 6-7 less with them so far. 

  oh well got all weekend to map them :) 

  loving them so far

  Could they be called the " mini" R11's ???

• DDRoss1 1,809 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 9:34 AM

  siggipj76:

  Been testing /mapping mine today, and they do lose more yardage with full bs, seems like they only need 3/4 , I am ending a few feet shorter with full bs, when I compare with the speedbladez,I think they have higher trajectory than both the bladez, so they might have to be used as the r11 and only go 3/4 backspin. 

  with the bladez on full bs , I would lose 4 yards with full bs, but these seems to go 6-7 less with them so far. 

  oh well got all weekend to map them :) 

  loving them so far

  Could they be called the " mini" R11's ???

  +1

• gedi83 277 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 5:24 PM

  DDRoss1:

  Could they be called the " mini" R11's ???

  Aren't they actually better than R11s?

  I suppose that way much slower meter compensates 5 yds less distance for the 3 iron and half dot of spin.

  Of course provided their trajectory is as high as that of R11s, not that of Bladez. Is it?

  In other words, for those who already tried, do 3 and 4 irons stop well without rolling?

• siggipj76 2,989 Posts

  Fri, Dec 13 2013 2:58 PM

  gedi83:

  DDRoss1:

  Could they be called the " mini" R11's ???

  Aren't they actually better than R11s?

  I suppose that way much slower meter compensates 5 yds less distance for the 3 iron and half dot of spin.

  Of course provided their trajectory is as high as that of R11s, not that of Bladez. Is it?

  In other words, for those who already tried, do 3 and 4 irons stop well without rolling?

  After a few more rounds with them , they do !! stop better than both bladez , long 190 ish + elevation approach shots on beth 5, I normally have to chip from above the hole here, these nike irons stop before , so far 3 yards above and 1 to the right of the hole with these on full bs with 4 irons.

  As I did mention in my cc , these seem to be great with callaways 43/45 and therefore will save credits , as the stopping power with nike 71/81 seems to be overkill.

  using them today with lvl 48 nike, full stop on irons.

  I have always been a full bs on approach shots myself, no need with these irons.

• gedi83 277 Posts

  Fri, Dec 13 2013 3:42 PM

  siggipj76:

  [As I did mention in my cc , these seem to be great with callaways 43/45 and therefore will save credits , as the stopping power with nike 71/81 seems to be overkill.

  I use R11s with highest level Nike RZNs, and the spin is okay, no overkill. With these should be even less... Of course sometimes you don't need to use full backspin, only partial, but otherwise just need to know the appropriate distances...

  Thanks for the info - still interesting if the 3 iron of L85 Nike can stop well at 220. That's important, especially in Par 5s (I remember finally deciding to switch from Bladez to R11 when was massively playing Best of Par 5 RG - and it paid off - got a good number of wins :) ).

• siggipj76 2,989 Posts

  Fri, Dec 13 2013 4:07 PM

  I had a shot on beth 15th , and I aimed as I would with the bladez .

  3 above the hole and roll it back , but nope it stopped dead !! with nike 48, left my partner with a horrible putt downhill.

  and ev1 I have played that have them say the same, they are like the speed of the g20's, the distance of the bladez and the stopping power of the r11's