Best Nike driver?

[Drewhill44]

The first version of the VR Tour was my favorite.

[Laffoon]

Nike vapor pro, and vapor speed for 3 wood.

[kmck15]

SQ Dymo for the nostalgia and the Covert Tour 2.0 for performance. If I had to choose I'd kill for another chance at the Dymo though

[EaglesGolf99]

Clear this up for me...

 

Was there two different Driver heads, or one?

 

VR Tour

VR Tour 420

 

[RickStone]

[RickStone]

 

This one!

[Smoothest Noonan]

sill have my Vapor Volt with a Paderson imrt as a show piece ... wasn’t that long, but sure is cool looking

I would love to have seen the next gen...

“According to the report, the VPR Strike represented a major advancement in performance over the previous Vapor Fly Pro model and produced up to 8 mph more ball speed and loads more distance.”

[storm319]

There were two drivers for 2010, 440cc VR STR8-FIT Tour which was adjustable and the 420cc VR Tour which was glued.

[LaBraeGolfer]

My pick is the VR_S like the black head before they went covert. I have had 3 different ones one with a AD-DI 6S and 2 with Radix 6S. Loved the Radix in it was a long fairway finder feedback was good but the feel left something to be desired.

[justindowney]

Used to rip the original SQ around when I was younger/playing real good golf. God that this was obnoxiously loud but I loved it.

[D4uphin]

 

Still got this with a whiteboard and the 3-wood with blueboard. 3-wood still in play today.

[Golfingfanatic]

Nike Dymo 380cc. AK style.

[EaglesGolf99]

Did you game this?

 

Do you, or anybody else for that matter, have pictures in address position?

[Golfingfanatic]

Never had one. I remember them going for serious cash back in the day. There are a few on eBay. I am sure if you ask the seller he can give you a picture.

[Hotdocta]

Vr pro le was an amazing driver. I gamed it forever. It was super long but not very forgiving. Reminded me of tm sldr.

vapor pro (Not fly pro) was and is the best Nike driver in my opinion. It was long and forgiving. I would put that against anything now. If only mine was not cracked.

vr pro limited is the best 3 wood Nike has ever made. I am considering going back to it.

[4rheel]

I’m partial so one of these in my garage is best;) Some of my longest drives with the SQ.

[ldchristopher]

I bagged my SQ DYMO for a long time. It was absurdly loud when I hit regular balls and it sounded like a gunshot when I hit high compression balls. However, it was a fairway finder and the slightly rounded edges made it not appear quite as square.

[CaymanS]

What was the one that was extremely loud? I remember being next to guy on the range once and it was deafening.

[BYK]

Both the square ones were deafening

LOL, loved those guys

[omoub001]

I've played many Nike Drivers through the years and I still game the Vapor fly. My unofficial official rankings of my nike drivers are:

 

1) Nike SQ 10.5 w/ Fuji 26.3 Tour Platform Staff.

2) Nike Vapor Fly w/ Diamana s+.

3) Nike Ignite w/ stock Fuji staff.

4) Nike Vapor Speed

5) Nike VR Str8-fit.

I absolutely hated the VR Str8-fit with every fiber of my being. Kept gaming the original SQ until the vapor speed came out actually. That club just had amazing feel and I never worried too much mishits. Perhaps I found the best head/shaft combo for me at the time but I remember hitting that club off the deck multiple times with 0 issues, it was incredibly versatile. Granted I also hit balls 3-4x a week and played about 5 rounds a month back then. Don't ask me to do it now lol.

[averysdad]

No...the original Sumo2 (squares) was the really loud one. The SQ 5900 to me had a realllly sweet sound when you nutted it. And the dymo2 (squared) was the quietest of those 3. Tried to take a spin with the machspeed square but it felt absolutely dead to me. Soooo many good Nike drivers. Other than the vr series I think I owned at least 1 in every release cycle. The 2nd gen Covert was prob the best one I ever owned in terms of performance but it was not my fave. Something about that sq 5900 was magical....I loved the sound and it was my first truly fitted driver. Once in a blue moon I’ll head over to YT just to listen to videos of people hitting it. Was pure joy back then.

[EaglesGolf99]

LOL @ "Blue Driver of Death"

 

I had one. The 275cc. Immediately.

 

What makes you call it the "Blue Driver of Death?"

 

LOL.

[hammergolf]

Ignite 460 was one the best I ever had in the bag.

[Pooch]

I played my best golf with my Nike Ignite 410. I was later given an Ignite 460 by a Nike rep and it wasn't close to the feel and control of my 410. Later moved to the SQ tour which was very good but nothing played better than my Ignite 410

[Tin Whistle]

 

Solid. But the irons are where Nike truly shined.

[mahbles]

I was fortunate enough to work with Nike Golf sales reps from '02-'05 and by the time the third generation of Nike Drivers came out, the sales rep referred to the first gen driver as the Blue Driver of Death, so it was their own internal moniker.

[vettenut79]

I've played several over the last 10 years. The Sasquatch SUMO Tour was great, but sounded like a gun blast inside your next-door neighbor's house (and, no, I cannot say from life experience that the description is accurate-- it's just the best way I know how to describe it.....) LOL!

My favorite was, and still is the VAPOR FLY PRO. The Blue Monster. Fitted mine now with a Mamiya Elements Chrome 7F5T 7 X-Flex shaft -- so smooth for an X-Flex shaft! Low spin and controllable launch. Set at 9 degrees, I can hit it low (or high) on windy days, as desired. Quite forgiving and great-looking at address, unless you hate the BLUE color. If I really hated the BLUE color, I would spray-paint the crown matte black just so I could keep using it. I like it that much!

I miss the NIKE equipment. Will probably keep the Ble Monster for a while. So far, I haven't found anything that works better for me.....

[DavidH88]

Well, not the best Nike driver by a long-shot but I still own and play my original Nike Covert. Still performs well for me i have it in 11.5* Nuetral and i have confidence in hitting it which means a lot ⛳️?

[launcher]

I've always been extremely anti-Nike. Just hated the them as a company. When they left the golf club market, I couldn't resist on getting a Vapor Fly, as they were just blowing them out super cheap. Can't compare it to other Nike offerings. but it was a really solid driver, and had the best adjustability of anything I've ever had.

[Illuminations2k]

Late to the game, but I still game the Vapor Flex, love the 'smaller' head and just have so much confidence in it.