You can still make some loft and lie adjustments via the shaft adapter, but there arent a bunch of weights to dial in the cg of the club. The s in sldr s presumably stands for silver, and so as you might expect, all of the clubs in the lineup feature silver crowns. Now, for 2018, taylormade is introducing the taylormade rbz black driver, rbz black fairway metal, and rbz black rescue hybrid. Find the best settings for your adjustable driver, with. Unlike many other drivers in taylormades lineup, the jetspeed is not one with moveable weights the only adjustments to be made on this club come in the variable hosel design. While most drivers allow you to adjust loft and angle, the jetspeed only allows for loft adjustment. Jetspeed is the firstever driver to incorporate taylormades renowned speed pocket technology.
The speed pocket creates a larger sweet spot and reduced spin, which both lead to. The taylormade jetspeed driver has all the bang of the top drivers without all of the buck. The speed pocket also dramatically improves performance on shots struck lower in the face, where, according to taylormade, most driver mishits occur. The taylormade r9 driver is designed with two technologies that help correct the flaws in your swing that can create erratic flights down the fairway. The nonwhite drivers look great and this speed slot thing gets the job done. The rbz black driver has a full line of features, including an adjustable hosel for loft adjustments, and taylormades famed speed pocket for. The low and front cg is a very different set up to the low and back cg of the rbz stage 2 driver so you do have a lot of choice at present and if you want a taylormade driver then some professional advice on all these models is a must. The jetspeed driver lands somewhere in between the two extremes and possesses elements that could appeal to all golfers. Find the best settings for your adjustable driver, with mike sullivan, raleigh, nc. Getting to know the taylormade sldr driver 3balls blog. The easy adjusting jetspeed driver can be tuned to fit any type of player and it has a streamlined 460cc head shape that delivers optimal aerodynamics for faster swing speeds. Still confused as to why there is no tool and wondering if i go to a course whether theyll have a tool to use. Features for the first time taylormade has engineered a speed pocket design for a driver.
I like seeing lower spin numbers and thus longer drives. I did hit the stage 2 well, but this driver is more consistent and has a better feel on well struck shots. The contrast between the silver face and black matte crown helps aim. Taylormade also had the first titanium golf driver in the winners circle of a golf major mark omeara, 1998 masters, ti. Based on that information, they will help you select the right taylormade hybrid options and make adjustments to lie angle, loft and shaft length to ensure youre getting the most out of your new hybrids.
Taylormade sldr driver v taylormade jetspeed driver. The new and more efficient speed pocket design and ultrahighstrength jet steel face that are found in the taylormade jet speed fairway wood promote fast ball speeds for long distances. Used taylormade jetspeed lefthanded driver in very good. Taylormade provides a handy and easy to understand adjustment guide to help you along. Taylormades loftsleeve allows for 12 positions and a range of loft adjustment plus or minus 1. Turns out im a genius, because the jetspeed actually is a fairly dramatic change from most of the drivers that have hit the market in the past 18 months in that it is only partially adjustable. The jetspeed driver has loft adjustability through the loft sleeve hosel. Taylormade touted the distanceenhancing properties of a channel designed into the sole of the rocketballz and rocketballz stage 2. How to adjust the taylormade r15 driver settings foregolf.
Of course you dont need to make any adjustments to the settings if you have played. Jan 29, 2014 when you add the fact that this is taylormades best sounding driver in ages, you have a driver that is on the must try list. Nov 16, 2018 take your clubs and your r9 driver to a driving range. Only one coupon code is valid per customer per order. Taylormade golf sldr jetspeed driver torque wrench tool. Taylormades loft up mantra still applies to jetspeed, but arguably less so than sldr because it spins more and launches higher. I provide screenshots from their manual for each and a link to the manual the loftsleeve allows you to adjust more than loft. Warm up by hitting some golf balls with your irons and woods until you achieve your natural rhythm and swing. For taylormade its a 100% sldr world right now, and that hasnt helped move the really goood, but lesserknown product with the silly name. When you add the fact that this is taylormade s best sounding driver in ages, you have a driver that is on the must try list. Pros the jetspeed is built well with all features functioning to improve speed, forgiveness and distance. Tips for changing your loft on an adjustable driver golf.
The taylormade r9 driver gives you the option to change the face angle, loft and lie of the club, as well as the center of gravity. Buy new and used taylormade jetspeed fairway wood from the best golf shop. Jan 07, 2014 the addition of taylormades speed pocket technology to its jetspeed driver promotes lowerspinning, higherlaunching shots than its predecessor, the rbz stage 2 driver. Taylormade also had the first titanium golf driver in the winners circle of a golf major mark omeara, 1998 masters, ti bubble 2 tour. My personal preference is to have more of a neutral setup with face angle and play with the adjustable weighting most drivers have.
The low and front cg is a very different set up to the low and back cg of the rbz stage 2 driver so you do have a lot of choice at present and if you want a taylormade driver then some professional advice on all. I actually have been doing a little experimenting with my jetspeed. The jetspeed was easy to hit right out of the gate and it never felt squirrelly. Once the screw is removed, rotate the shaft to the appropriate setting by reading the numbers on the bottom of the shaft. Note the trajectory and flight of your ball off the face of your driver. In creating the name for the jetspeed driver taylormade considered the main strength of the club. Make sure to check out both our new r1 and pre owned taylormade driver stocks on golfbidder. Features for the first time taylormade has engineered a speed pocket design for a driver which promotes more distance on hits low on the face. Unfortunately for jetspeed, sldr was the only story. Jetspeed is the first driver to incorporate our speed pocket, specifically to increase ball speed and distance on lowface impacts.
Find golf club tradein and resales values for over 4,000 models of used golf clubs at the pga value guide, from leading manufacturers such as callaway, taylormade, taylor made, titleist, ping, odyssey, nike, cleveland, mizuno, cobra, adams, wilson. May 31, 2016 the only real knock on the m1 driver is that its not as forgiving as some of its competitors, and its not nearly as forgiving as the taylormade m2, which was released several months after the m1. Charlie rymer demonstrates what happens when you change your loft on an adjustable driver. The jetspeed comes stock with a matrix velox t49 shaft, although custom shafts are available. In conclusion, the taylormade jetspeed driver will suit more amateur golfers than the sldr, as the higher spinning face will suit those whose driver clubhead speed is under 95mph. The clubs do exactly what most golfers need from a new fairway woods. Simply put, you can adjust the setting to change the ball flight. Read the latest expert guide to taylormade r15 driver adjustability. The jetspeed performed out of the packet, with only minor tweaks needed. New listing taylor made golf universal driver torque wrench toolfits most drivers. It has a light overall weight to promote faster swing speed.
The sleeve on the r15 works a lot like the sldr driver and jet speed drivers of last season where you can open the screw at the neck and rotate the head. If you already know the loft of your old driver, this is an easy step just set it to match your current club. These clubs are sure to be a hit for the golfing public in 2018. I have been looking around online and cannot find anywhere that gives a breakdown on what each setting specifically does. The first taylormade driver to fully utilize speed pocket soleslot technology, jetspeed has enlarged the faces sweet spot by 25. Youre the mid to high handicapper looking for a driver thats packed with forgiveness and distance. The 2014 taylormade jetspeed driver is a monster in the distance and forgiveness categories, outperforming the rocketballz stage 2 driver even as it breaks the mold of how a gameimprovement driver is designed. Yea, we know, they have released about 14 new drivers this year but the fact is they are not so much trying to get you to upgrade every 3 months.
They have been pushing technological boundaries in golf with innovations such as flight control technology fct, moveable weight technology mwt, and twist face. For jetspeed or sldr drivers adjust screw in heel with wrench for sldr, use to move the shotshape weight by loosening it with the wrench. You can adjust the loft to varying degrees between 8 and 12. Due to manufacturer restrictions, all new not including closeouts items including logo overruns from adams, adidas, ben hogan, callaway, cleveland, club glove, cobra, footjoy, mizuno, never compromise, nike, odyssey, ping, sun mountain, taylormade. The eight settings of what taylormade calls flight control technology, together with the three driver weights, provide you with a total of 24 trajectory adjustments and the potential for up to a 75yard deviation in direction change.
In this case the speed pocket is engineered to promote less spin. The jetspeed is a forgiving, easy to hit, long driver. Played golf with a 30 year old former d2 player who has played twice this year. Not a huge difference from the chart, but their rounding supposedly makes it simple. A lowandforward center of gravity cg creates low spin for optimal launch conditions, while the lowprofile head design with shallow face promotes easy.
Jetspeed is the first taylormade driver to take up the speed pocket and this promotes less spin, as well as greater ball speeds on shots struck below the centre of the clubface. According to tom kroll, global product manager for taylormade, you can adjust your taylormade driver s loft face angle and shot shape by using the driver wrench to configure the driver to your precise specifications. Taylormade introduced the first steelheaded woods in golf, and they have been on the leading edge of technological innovation in the golf industry ever since. As well as being different from the original burner, the aeroburner is also quite different to the taylormade jetspeed driver that. Nov 11, 20 pictured above from left are the taylormade jetspeed 3 wood, driver and fairway metal just three weeks ago, taylormade announced its sldr fairway woods and hybrids. The sliding weight looks a lot like the sldr but now splits in half so you can better position the weight 8 things to know about adjusting your taylor made r15 driver. Each turn of the dial will change the loft a half degree.
Heres our golfbidder demonstration video we made at the r1 launch with taylormade product marketing manager brian bazzel. The farther you move the weight toward the heel or toe, the more it affects your shotshape encouraging a draw or fade. Taylormade s first driver with a speed pocket, making the sweetspot 25 per cent lower on the face. Unfollow taylormade jet speed to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. To start, they will gather data on your swing and identify any distance gaps in your set using topoftheline foresight technology. Buy shaft with adapter for taylormade jetspeed drivers at bargain prices. The jetspeed driver is the time taylormade implemented their speed pocket into a wood. Mar 05, 2018 like the m2, the taylormade m4 driver has minimal adjustments and is fairly straightforward. Youre a low to mid handicapper looking to dial in your performance off the tee. Nov 26, 2015 players that hit down on the ball will benefit from the speed pocket boosting ball speed on shots low on the face. Adjust the loft of your taylormade driver to maximize your driving distance and spin by using the driver wrench to loosen the screw directly beneath the clubs shaft. Today, golfers are getting their first look at taylormades newest line of metalwoods, jetspeed, which includes a new driver, fairway woods and hybrids.
Between the sldr and the jetspeed, this is the best year for taylormade drivers in a long time. Flight control technology and moveable weight technology let you adjust your driver to one of the 24 combination of settings, allowing you to use the same driver with a different setting to play. Why put the speed pocket in a driver, which is already at the cor limit of. Taylormade has another driver on the market, the jetspeed. Taylormade recommends starting your club adjustment with the loft sleeve. Like sldr, taylormade claims the combination of the jetspeeds ultrathin faces and new speed pocket promote faster ball speeds and longer total carry distances, and i cant disagree. Thus youre going to have to set the r1 up to suit you. Fortunately, the m4 is a solid club and doesnt need all of those bells and whistles. The face angle will be quite a bit different for the two. The taylormade jetspeed has a shallow profile, matte black crown head design and is the first driver to feature the speed pocket technology which promotes more distance on hits low on the clubface.
How to adjust settings on your taylormade r1 driver. If youre one of those guys who loves his m1, but wishes it was more forgiving, weve got good news. Com equipment insider las vegas four months after taylormade launched its sldr driver at the john deere classic, the company. Swing speed head speed ball speed jetspeed i g h h l a u n c h h ig h s p i n l o w n traditional rbz stage 2 low and forward cg promotes high launch with lower spin more weight forward new speed pocket. This is a highly personal and individual thing, so experiment on your own or get fitted for this. So, for example, if you want to hit the ball higher, you can lower the center of gravity and increase the loft. I recently purchased the taylormade rbz driver and while it advertises 8 settings for lie, loft, and face angle with the shaft, only 4 of them are labeled.
Taylormade jetspeed drivers, fairway woods and hybrids golfwrx. Forgiveness is similar but again i would give the edge to the jetspeed driver. Taylormade has used all of these in the past, but maybe have got away from doing them all in recent models. Adjust the head, adjust the weights, totally optimize you r9 tp driver stock shaft specifications shaft flex shaft torque tip size butt diameter shaft weight grip grip weight fujikura motore f1 65 x 3. They describe the feeling of the club as the pedal all the way down to the metal or full military power, whatever that means.
Hit one or two golf balls with your taylormade r9 driver set in the original factory settings. There are two ways to adjust the driver face and head the loft sleeve and ytrack. Like the m2, the taylormade m4 driver has minimal adjustments and is fairly straightforward. The new taylormade r1 driver comes in a one club suits all format with loft interchangeable between 8 and 12 degrees. Now you dont need to buy a new driver, just order a new shaft with an adapter that matches your swing. I actually dont notice much of a difference in face angle than when i had it at the stock setting. Between the sliding thing on the sole and the relentless hammering of the loft up message sldr has been a huge success and a huge story for taylormade. Ensure your clubs are adjusted to your exact specifications, view our tuning manual today. Find the taylormade jetspeed driver at great prices on globalgolf. You will find some similarities of the new r15 driver to the sldr driver and jet speed drivers of last season. How do i adjust my taylormade jetspeed driver fixya.
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