Ping G400 Drivers

[Tzoid]

I picked up a G400 driver and 3 wood from a member here that his buddy played 1 round for $ 450 bucks with the stock CB Alta shaft and that doesn't work

for me so I put Aldila Rogue shafts in both . The G400 performed well but when the Max launched I sold it and bought a Max and it's the most forgiving driver

I have ever owned. The sound isn't an issue and although it's louder than the G400 it's on par with my G & G25 so I guess I'm used to it.

[reider69]

I haven't read so much positive buzz about a driver since the 2016 M2!! The G400 line seems to be a winner with a model to suit every player. I am itching to buy something new and am thinking G400. I dont have a place to compare to my Cobra F7 to the G400. Has anyone compared or switched from the F7 to the G400? Is it worth the upgrade? Any comments would be appreciated.

[2Bad4u]

I haven't read so much positive buzz about a driver since the 2016 M2!! The G400 line seems to be a winner with a model to suit every player. I am itching to buy something new and am thinking G400. I dont have a place to compare to my Cobra F7 to the G400. Has anyone compared or switched from the F7 to the G400? Is it worth the upgrade? Any comments would be appreciated.

 

I switched from the F7 to the G400 Max. The Max flies the ball higher, longer and straighter - it's without a doubt the most forgiving driver that I've ever owned. I liked the F7 driver but the G400 Max just takes it to the next level.

[JerryTBall]

I haven't read so much positive buzz about a driver since the 2016 M2!! The G400 line seems to be a winner with a model to suit every player. I am itching to buy something new and am thinking G400. I dont have a place to compare to my Cobra F7 to the G400. Has anyone compared or switched from the F7 to the G400? Is it worth the upgrade? Any comments would be appreciated.

 

I switched from the F7 to the G400 Max. The Max flies the ball higher, longer and straighter - it's without a doubt the most forgiving driver that I've ever owned. I liked the F7 driver but the G400 Max just takes it to the next level.

I’m with you, I had the standard 400, got F8+ and it was much better than than 400, but got fit for a rogue and it was longer than cobra and almost as forgiving, for heck of it I was asked to try the Max 400 and all other drivers gone now I love the Max. Only reason I hesitated first time getting a Max 400 was reviews called it a slice machine, but I find same results as you. Matter of fact I went with 7 wood and 4 hybrid and 3 wood. If you ever get a chance try the 7 wood, so easy to hit off deck, all have stock CB alta shaft.

[tjl48]

Just got out on the course with my G400 Max last night for the first time. This is the first driver I have been fitted for. I have previously used a Nike Vapor Fly Pro and Cobra Fly-Z.

 

It was amazing. I didn't have any mind blowing drives distance wise, but I could not miss a fairway. Distance was really good even on my bad drives. I hit 2 drives on a hole last night. First one right down the middle. It was pretty late to the second one I did not see at all. Didn't feel like a very good strike. Drive up and it is in the 1st cut of rough 5 yards behind my first ball.

[Golfer from MO]

Deep into singles match play at my club now and mainly due to my driving stats! I just keep finding fairways or just off deep and pressure inducing in match play. Love this driver. Honestly almost no wild shots or surprise bad shots, not sexy I understand but that stability is eye opening once you have it and not just honeymoon period performance.

[AKHx03]

I finally tried the G400 LST and Max this past weekend. I was surprised at how forgiving they both are and the LST sounded pretty sweet. The Max was too tinny for my liking. Wasn’t paying attention to distance since it was on a monitor so can’t compare that to my current gamer(s).

[Nixhex524]

Been having a battle with my Max and a 2016 M1.... I will say, when the M1 is struck well, it's really impressive... BUT, overall the Max is impressive, ALL the time. I'm not a super huge fan of how busy the crown is but it is performing so I can't knock it too much for all that. The regular G400 was good for me, too, but the Max is as good, with more forgiveness.... pretty awesome.

[Golfer from MO]

Been having a battle with my Max and a 2016 M1.... I will say, when the M1 is struck well, it's really impressive... BUT, overall the Max is impressive, ALL the time. I'm not a super huge fan of how busy the crown is but it is performing so I can't knock it too much for all that. The regular G400 was good for me, too, but the Max is as good, with more forgiveness.... pretty awesome.

 

I'll say other drivers will have that one monster omg driver here and there but also have the wild crazy miss shots as well. The only driver I found similar in dispersion was the 917 but much shorter with misses; misses with 400 lst and max were in play and relatively long for a miss, that's what other clubs i have tested lacked as well as equal directional consistency. 917 miss is straight but short, the center hit is only a little behind tho so 917 is best in a while but new Titleist might catch up

[Nixhex524]

Been having a battle with my Max and a 2016 M1.... I will say, when the M1 is struck well, it's really impressive... BUT, overall the Max is impressive, ALL the time. I'm not a super huge fan of how busy the crown is but it is performing so I can't knock it too much for all that. The regular G400 was good for me, too, but the Max is as good, with more forgiveness.... pretty awesome.

 

I'll say other drivers will have that one monster omg driver here and there but also have the wild crazy miss shots as well. The only driver I found similar in dispersion was the 917 but much shorter with misses; misses with 400 lst and max were in play and relatively long for a miss, that's what other clubs i have tested lacked as well as equal directional consistency. 917 miss is straight but short, the center hit is only a little behind tho so 917 is best in a while but new Titleist might catch up

 

I could not agree more... The 917 D3 was just as good as the regular G400, for me, really could have gamed either one, left both to try out a 2016 M2 which I do not see the love that everyone else sees.... I may pick up another D3 with the D+ 70 if I can find one in good shape. Beautiful looking driver that really performs. The D2 was good but I got those short misses you mentioned.... Tough for anything to match the performance of the MAX, though.

[0psi]

Been having a battle with my Max and a 2016 M1.... I will say, when the M1 is struck well, it's really impressive... BUT, overall the Max is impressive, ALL the time. I'm not a super huge fan of how busy the crown is but it is performing so I can't knock it too much for all that. The regular G400 was good for me, too, but the Max is as good, with more forgiveness.... pretty awesome.

 

I'll say other drivers will have that one monster omg driver here and there but also have the wild crazy miss shots as well. The only driver I found similar in dispersion was the 917 but much shorter with misses; misses with 400 lst and max were in play and relatively long for a miss, that's what other clubs i have tested lacked as well as equal directional consistency. 917 miss is straight but short, the center hit is only a little behind tho so 917 is best in a while but new Titleist might catch up

 

I could not agree more... The 917 D3 was just as good as the regular G400, for me, really could have gamed either one, left both to try out a 2016 M2 which I do not see the love that everyone else sees.... I may pick up another D3 with the D+ 70 if I can find one in good shape. Beautiful looking driver that really performs. The D2 was good but I got those short misses you mentioned.... Tough for anything to match the performance of the MAX, though.

 

Funnily enough I just sold my 917 D2 for that very reason.

I've never had a driver that gave me so much confidence that it would go where I wanted it to but in the end the patchy distance became an issue. I always felt like I could aim for tight landing zones but was never confident if I had to carry something.

 

I sold my 917 with the idea I was going to buy a G400 LST but then I got thinking about the Max. I've read a few reviews that seem to suggest the Max is slightly draw biased and sits just a touch closed. Can anyone confirm or deny that? My miss is nearly always left so anything that points left at all just doesn't work for me. I've hit a G400 LST and quite liked the way it sat and numbers were pretty good but the extra forgiveness of the Max is very tempting.

[TheInfidel]

Any 115/SS guys hit the Kuro in X with the G400 or LST, keen to hear how it works for you?

[owu23]

Been having a battle with my Max and a 2016 M1.... I will say, when the M1 is struck well, it's really impressive... BUT, overall the Max is impressive, ALL the time. I'm not a super huge fan of how busy the crown is but it is performing so I can't knock it too much for all that. The regular G400 was good for me, too, but the Max is as good, with more forgiveness.... pretty awesome.

 

I'll say other drivers will have that one monster omg driver here and there but also have the wild crazy miss shots as well. The only driver I found similar in dispersion was the 917 but much shorter with misses; misses with 400 lst and max were in play and relatively long for a miss, that's what other clubs i have tested lacked as well as equal directional consistency. 917 miss is straight but short, the center hit is only a little behind tho so 917 is best in a while but new Titleist might catch up

 

I could not agree more... The 917 D3 was just as good as the regular G400, for me, really could have gamed either one, left both to try out a 2016 M2 which I do not see the love that everyone else sees.... I may pick up another D3 with the D+ 70 if I can find one in good shape. Beautiful looking driver that really performs. The D2 was good but I got those short misses you mentioned.... Tough for anything to match the performance of the MAX, though.

 

Funnily enough I just sold my 917 D2 for that very reason.

I've never had a driver that gave me so much confidence that it would go where I wanted it to but in the end the patchy distance became an issue. I always felt like I could aim for tight landing zones but was never confident if I had to carry something.

 

I sold my 917 with the idea I was going to buy a G400 LST but then I got thinking about the Max. I've read a few reviews that seem to suggest the Max is slightly draw biased and sits just a touch closed. Can anyone confirm or deny that? My miss is nearly always left so anything that points left at all just doesn't work for me. I've hit a G400 LST and quite liked the way it sat and numbers were pretty good but the extra forgiveness of the Max is very tempting.

 

Highlighted is exactly my miss as well. Often enough, while compensating, i will hit a big push fade.

I got the Max head and put the KK DC XT in it with some hesitation around the head being draw biased and that i'd hook this thing out of the ballpark.

In the few rounds that i have played, havent hit a single pull hook. This driver, even on bad mishits just kinda wants to go straight in most cases.

I am blown away at how far the mishits are travelling

[swizbeatz]

I don’t believe the Max is draw biased. I think the LS is slightly fade biased. I miss left but my preferred shape is a draw, I’ll take the over cooked miss left over the block right I was getting with the LS at times because I am aimed for it. I also hit the longest drive of my life yesterday with the Max.

[Nixhex524]

Same with the regular G400 for me.... pull hooks would creep in far to often. With the Max, they are just about non existent and if I do hit one, its a REALLY bad swing. I don't think the MAX is draw biased at all... It looks like it sits pretty neutral to me.

[Doyouevenblade]

Any 115/SS guys hit the Kuro in X with the G400 or LST, keen to hear how it works for you?

 

I have this setup in this swing speed and I love it. Very consistent for me. 10* head digitally lofted @9.5. No idea on spin numbers as i ordered the X without hitting it as thr shop didnt have that shaft to demo.

[TheInfidel]

Any 115/SS guys hit the Kuro in X with the G400 or LST, keen to hear how it works for you?

 

I have this setup in this swing speed and I love it. Very consistent for me. 10* head digitally lofted @9.5. No idea on spin numbers as i ordered the X without hitting it as thr shop didnt have that shaft to demo.

 

Good to hear, is this in the G400 or the LST?

 

Does it give mid launch or do you find in the X that it launches lower?

[Holy Moses]

Talking to the Ping rep at a local demo day, the demand for G400s is unbelievable. Love when Ping is #1.

[mulliganman30]

Talking to the Ping rep at a local demo day, the demand for G400s is unbelievable. Love when Ping is #1.

 

Curious if he gave you any indication of ranking as far as demand among the different models

[Hot Rod 71]

I picked up a 10* G400 LST for a great price on the bay. I hit it with a Ping Tour 60 Stiff shaft and a Diamana B series 60X. Here are a few thoughts thus far.

 

1) the sound/acoustics of this driver is really nice. Much better than the G30 and G series. I really liked it.

 

2) It launches surprisingly high. I know its a 10* but so is my Rogue (9* tuned up to 10*). It launches much higher than the Rogue and peak height is also much higher. I experienced this with both shafts.

 

3) It flies very straight and is very forgiving for a smaller, lower spinning head. Forgiveness seemed on par with the Rogue.

 

4) It was longer than my Rogue on several drives by 5-10 yards. However, several drives were around my usual distance. This is probably more me than the driver.

 

I am going to take it out again today with my Tensei Pro Orange V2 and a Diamana W series to see if I can get the launch down a tad. I'll report my findings soon.

[sailfishchris]

Any 115/SS guys hit the Kuro in X with the G400 or LST, keen to hear how it works for you?

I had KK XT Tx and the KKDC Tx model they were nice. But I got a Tensei ProOrange V3 Tx just blew the KK's away for me. I swing in the upper teens

[Holy Moses]

Talking to the Ping rep at a local demo day, the demand for G400s is unbelievable. Love when Ping is #1.

 

Curious if he gave you any indication of ranking as far as demand among the different models

 

No specific models

[Armour248]

Any 115/SS guys hit the Kuro in X with the G400 or LST, keen to hear how it works for you?

I had KK XT Tx and the KKDC Tx model they were nice. But I got a Tensei ProOrange V3 Tx just blew the KK's away for me. I swing in the upper teens

 

I swing in the 112-114 range and had a KK DC XT TX 70 in my G400 LST for a while. I liked it and played it for a few months but recently switched to the AD IZ which I seem to hit more accurately. Ball speed, launch and spin were great with the KK DC XT though.

[wjdpar1]

I'm told it's far and away the MAX.

[Golfer from MO]

4 guys at club just got 400s...all max. Even a fellow sub 5 guy

 

 

[ruffellprefley]

is the Max sound really that off-putting vs the regular or LST?

[wobgon]

is the Max sound really that off-putting vs the regular or LST?

Yes, in my opinion, but not ridiculous.

[kcd38]

I love the sound of my LST. Big reason why I switched from my 2017 M2. Lower Spin, smaller head, simple yet awesome design and not the tinny Ping sound I was used to.

 

Now I just need to find the right shaft for me.

[Bobb3rdown]

Have been loving my LST with tour 65 shaft. Just bought an x flex shaft to experiment with. Wanting to go a bit shorter but dont want to loose the weight and play around with head weights.

[GLG20]

After being a Cobra loyalist for years (because they worked) I switched to the G400 Max. Much more forgiving than my LTD and better distance on Trackman and on course. I don't change drivers on a whim so this was a big move for me.

 

What ended up causing the change was I wanted to try a counter balanced shaft, so I demo'd the G400 with Alta CB and liked it from the start. Then decided to do a full fitting to make sure I was making the right choice. Even with a CB shaft in my LTD the G400 beat it out by a good amount.