Nike Vapor

aiyyer · January 16, 2011

Opinions needed

Just bought 6 dozen of these at GG on sale for next year and paid only 14.99/dozen. For a three layer ball it seemed like a good price and I snapped up all the boxes they had. If they ar close to the Gamer or Hotbite, I will be happy. I have a swing speed of 100-105 and would appreciate some info about these balls.

RJRJRJ · January 16, 2011

Vapor or Vapor Speed? The Speeds are the newer ones and are similar to a TM Burner TP. I think the regular vapors were a little bit harder and less spinny.

aiyyer · January 17, 2011

The older vapors and not the vapor speeds.
They have to better than the typical $15 balls...

BMH · January 17, 2011

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Just bought 6 dozen of these at GG on sale for next year and paid only 14.99/dozen. For a three layer ball it seemed like a good price and I snapped up all the boxes they had. If they ar close to the Gamer or Hotbite, I will be happy. I have a swing speed of 100-105 and would appreciate some info about these balls.
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Excellent ball. As part of the ONE brand, they were kind of expensive -- I've seen them for as much as $35 just months ago. Many people seemed to prefer them over the Titleist NXT Tour. They're soft enough. They fly straight, hold greens and putt nicely. Durability is ok -- not superior -- but I've seen worse. Overall, I think you got a real bargain for a nice looking and playing ball.

BDoubleG · January 18, 2011

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Just bought 6 dozen of these at GG on sale for next year and paid only 14.99/dozen. For a three layer ball it seemed like a good price and I snapped up all the boxes they had. If they ar close to the Gamer or Hotbite, I will be happy. I have a swing speed of 100-105 and would appreciate some info about these balls.
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Excellent ball. As part of the ONE brand, they were kind of expensive -- I've seen them for as much as $35 just months ago. Many people seemed to prefer them over the Titleist NXT Tour. They're soft enough. They fly straight, hold greens and putt nicely. Durability is ok -- not superior -- but I've seen worse. Overall, I think you got a real bargain for a nice looking and playing ball.
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+1, great ball when bought discounted.

aiyyer · January 19, 2011

Great and thanks for your response. I did go back to look for more and they were all gone.
I am set for next year !!!

Obiwan21 · January 26, 2011

A good quality ball at a nice price. Also, if you can get through a season with 6 dozen then you're doing good also. I don't know if 6 dozen would get me past Memorial Day.

jabrch · February 1, 2011

Just found these at my Dick's for $9.97 a doz. Not that I needed more golfballs - but I bought two doz. Couldn't pass it up.

Flyers99 · February 2, 2011

I love these balls. I have been using these since they came out. I used the Ignite's prior to these. I am by no means a scratch golfer (play to 10 currently) but this ball is a great all around ball. I have seen various spin charts over the years and these balls spin about as much as any non-urethane ball I have played. I think the spin charts are good reference but has seen great discrepancy in my results on the course. Obviously, compared to urethane, you may lose a little spin but I am not losing much.

A full wedge stops and hops for me and rolls a foot or two. A urethane ball I can get to stop and hop. My skills do not allow to back the ball up with either. As for chipping, again the Vapor may roll out for me an extra foot or two but I just play for that. I do not see a noticeable difference between the Vapor and urethane balls. Maybe it is my skills but I have seen similar results with friends of mine. The ball feels great off the putter to me.

My driver SS is upper 90's and this ball has good distance and accuracy. Again a good all around ball. I too just saw these at Dick's for just under $10 and purchased their last 4 dozen.

rbrb · February 2, 2011

Also bought 2 dozen Vapors for $9.97 each at the recent Dicks sale. I had played the Vapor Speed previously and thought it was a good ball. Boy, what a disappointment the Vapors have been. They look like a Pro V1 after only 9 holes (scuffed up). I've never had that happen to me with mid priced balls. If they performed like Pro Vs I wouldn't be upset (as upset as I can be paying .83 per new ball). But---will I buy Nike balls again? I doubt it, too many other good choices in that price tier.