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David Marshall

Has anybody else seen the adverts for this Driver?

Has anybody actually bought one of these?  And if so, is it as good as the hype makes out? 

Oli Heard

I have seen the endless hours of dripple advertising this club every night on Sentata.....i refuse to buy anything that is advertised in this manor mainly due to the painful viewing it makes.

I would have thought that it probably as good as the "nicer dicer" or "non-drip" paint roller that is also advertised in a similar manner.

Seriously, dont know anyone that has ever used it.

Martin Cruise

I beleive that Sam Torrance, Kenny Dalglish and Tony Jacklin all use the K1 Speed driver...................

 I also think this bloody advert is the reason the golf channel went off hours because of hours and hours of looping advert for the KI Speed Driver!!!

Jon T

Never tried it, don't know anyone who has bought one, but it is also sold in JJB stores with golf departments, currently for £149. When hit, it makes a sound like the new Cobra LD; a ball being hit with the largest saucepan in your kitchen!! End of the day, it's a club that may suit you, or it may not.

Anyhow, this excerpt can be found on the following thread. Sharing it with you guys as it made me chuckle too: http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/index.php?s=82d9b0e3b5095276c399da74da86f18e&s
howtopic=154488&st=0&p=997764&#entry997764

Here's my story on Sam Torrance and the K1 Speed.

2 years ago me and my mates were up at Loch Lomond for the pro am day of the Scottish Open.

Sam walks on to the 15th tee takes out his driver. My wee mate Mick (loves to take the piss) asks Sam if thats the K1. We all knew it was a TM R7 425 as we seen his caddie take off the headcover.

Anyway Sam says yep its the K1 alright. My mate Mick takes him up on this and asks if it really is a, "cheat stick". You can guess where this is going and I suspect so did Sam as he was getting a bit flustered. So for a few more exchanges Sam continues to say it was a K1 and then my mate says, "thats funny Sam I just saw your caddy pull out a TM".

By this time you could tell Sam was raging being under the spotlight in front of his pro am players. He then back tracks and says, "I'm not allowed to use the K1 as its just that tiny wee bit illegal". We we're all in knots and Sam was appropriately embaressed.

Christopher Watmore

Colin Astbury

Saw a guy topping ball after ball 20ft with a K1 down the range. Had to chuckle when i know he has spent over £100 on this piece of rubbish.

I particularly like the repetitive noise that they play on the advert. Exactly the same audio used for every single shot. I suspect something is up when they cant use the actuall sound generated by the club.

Mas Tiff

I dont want to sound a snob but come on wouldnt you be embarrased teeing off in yur club medal with one of those ? . Maybe I'm not man enough but i wouldnt use it if it were the best hitting club in the universe ( oh alright i would if it was)     :P

Bet it isnt though I'll stick to my LD 3 wood off the Tee.

Paul Cook

well guys i've used various of your top drivers to great financial loss

just couldnt get on with them

tryed out the k1 speed

my driving now is i can say much better

my regular playing partners cant belive the differance

wot suits one does not suit another

James Livett

I have read various threads on these things over the past few years.  Many respondents say that they work well until the face splits. 

It seems that whilst they are a servicable club for some people the build quality does not live upto the levels expected.

Satpall Singh

Hi everyone

I am not sure if it is wise to own up to it but here goes: I have the K1 driver and have found it to be the most forgiving driver I have used and I am hitting the ball further and straighter, longset drive 300yds.  I have had a tayler made, ping and custom made driver and this is by far the best for me even though I have split the head on two of the former models!! JJB sport were real sports when the consistantly changed them without any hassle!  Very helpful staff.  Incidently I am selling fairly new Wilson Staff Pi5 for about £150.

Satpall Singh

Ben Griebel

Dave ley

David Homer

John Flood

Dave ley

Steve Hopkins

Darren Ramowski

What are these going for these days ?

Adrian Hope

I was at the driving range about a year ago. I had just bought a nike sumo 5900 and was hitting some nice drives. I noticed an old fellow in the next bay was using a k1 speed driver, so I asked if I could have a go as I don't believe the rubbish on tv. Anyway I hit 4 balls and everyone went straight and further than my best shot with my nike. Maybe it was a fluke but it felt very easy to use, very forgiving and very long. who wudda believed it ?

I haven't tried the k1 fast driver though.

Tom Anderson

I bought a K fast driver April 2009 and found it to be pretty good, but with working overseas in Azzerbaijan didn't get a chance to play much. when I got back home things were fine until the head split. I took it back to JJB and they replaced right away I went off again and new driver lay untouched for about 6 months thro winter. Didn;t get back to u/k very often.

My travels took me to Dubai and it has worked great so I kept a set of woods in Dubai and went home and bought another K fast. Same deal didn't use it between April and August then got back for our 5 day open stood on first tee and crack the head went but no JJB store in Inverness anymore. So I couldn't take it back to store.

So two out of three have split so manufacture Quality in question.

I'm literally on my way with work to Indonesia for long term posting and clubs with the 2nd driver in tow so I'll let u know if it survives as its been too hot to play in Dubai. Meanwhile split driver back in Scotland and where do I get it changed now? And do I really want to?

Loud Mouth b.a.

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews115802.html

Unfortunately when the manufacturer could not make up its mind between a face made of ??? or cardboard their coin landed the wrong way up.

Tim Hawkins

Loud Mouth b.a.

Such could certainly be the case Tim. 

Another theory of mine (and no more than a theory) is that based on  0.830 COR only  reaching that level at a SS of 110mph+ one wonders if they have  thinned the face too much in order to achieve max. rebound off the face at a much slower SS.

Does this theory make any sense? I am out of my depth here.

Loud Mouth b.a.

Tim Hawkins

If it was a decent grade Ti the minimum it could be is 102 grammes for a 460cc driver, Ivan.  

Maybe they did thin the face down to increase the COR, but it's unlikely that this would be the cause of the fracture.  Ti is remarkably stiff as a shelled face (which is why they use it for gas turbine compressor blades) but isn't likely to fracture as long as the grain is in tension.  However, when its in compression, as it would be at the tight radius towards the top of the head, it will harden at the granular level - this then breaks the grain boundary and the fracture occurs.  Obviously, with heat treatment (long annealing) the internal stresses that are built up in the manufacturing process are relieved - this won't stop any driver splitting, but it greatly reduces the risk.  It's just that it's not a particularly fast, or cheap process...

Chris Perry

You just love an opportunity to show off your engineering geekiness don't you Tim. 

Worryingly, I not only understood every word but agreed with it as I knew that it was right due to my own engineering geekiness

Loud Mouth b.a.

Tim,

That's interesting.

You need to advise the golf industry how to achieve this as the longdrive guys quickly smash any head under 193g.

But, most of LD guys are chasing an illusion by going for lighter, or even for optimising swing speed.  Ball speed can be increased by increasing club mass, even when such significantly reduces club speed. But one has to be extremely careful not to adversely affect centre of mass.

Powerful swingers need to go heavier, not lighter. But I decline to reveal more as I depend on my personal research knowledge in order to compete.     

For most players a 200g club head mass is about right.  

Greg Hughes

Loud Mouth b.a.

Greg gets my vote for 'Post of the Month.'

Simple understated eloquence.

Love it!  

John Brook-smith