Replacing Diablo Forged Irons

After 9 years with the Diablo Forged irons, I am considering replacing them. Looking to get a bit more distance, but more consistent distances off the face, especially higher irons.

Problem is, there are not a ton of quality golf shops in the area that offer a variety of options, outside the major OEMs.

Any suggestions on brands and models I should try? Does not have to be forged but I still want something that has a nice feel on impact. There seems to be so many great options, but limited in this area.

Thanks in advance.

The diablo forged irons were a wonderful set of irons other than the BF ugly and cheap looking cavity. A set that plays similar to me but with a great makeover is the CF16 Apex irons or even better if you are a decent ball striker, the cf16 apex combo irons. Callaway preowned during promotional sales is a great option. I still prefer the 16s to the new Apex and they are significantly cheaper.

I own a set of the D-forged and also transitioned to the Apex. The Apex is more compact, so go demo a set to make sure it matches swing. Rogue Pro could be another option if you need more forgiveness.

Apex line should be an easy and beneficial transition.

I played DF's some years ago. Great irons. Not sure why I even got rid of them. Of the current offerings (that I have hit), the Srixon 585's seem to be a lot like the DF's. Very long, forgiving and pretty consistent. The right shafts are important though. The trend is to go lighter for higher swing speed/more distance. That may or may not suit you coming from an older set.

> @miles2go said:

> I played DF's some years ago. Great irons. Not sure why I even got rid of them. Of the current offerings (that I have hit), the Srixon 585's seem to be a lot like the DF's. Very long, forgiving and pretty consistent. The right shafts are important though. The trend is to go lighter for higher swing speed/more distance. That may or may not suit you coming from an older set.

I have heard a lot of good things about the Srixon's 585s

I played the DFs for a couple years and moved to the CF16s. Distance about a club longer but still had the occasional fliers like I had with the DFs - especially with the cup face irons. Recently moved to X-Forged 18 irons. Maybe a half a club shorter than CF16 with more spin and higher launch. X-forged 18 are also much better than both CF16 and DF in terms of looks, feel and consistency. I used the same shafts in all 3 sets.

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I went from the Diablo Forged to the Mizuno JPX-900's. Very easy transition! The Mizuno's are much more forgiving off of the toe, and I don't tend to miss as far left with them either.

Whoa, throw back.......I loved my DFs so much, what an awesome set of irons they were. That being said, I found the Apex were very very similar in looks (minus the wonky flames lol) and seemed to me to clean up the occasional hot spot the DF had.

I ended up going going from them, to the Els A tour Adams which I found to be very good as well and similar. I then went from those to my JPX 900 forgeds, which are excellent irons.

Thanks for the feedback all. I am looking forward to trying the Mizuno’s, new Cally offerings, Srixon 585 and potentially the new T series.

I am really looking to get more consistent distance, especially from the 9-GW.

if consistent distance is paramount to you in the short irons then you definately want to try the combo Apex. I don't have any of the occasional flyers with my short clubs that I used to have with the standard Apex short irons. Plus the feel is wonderful and forgiveness is more than adequate in the 8-AW.