Cobra's new King F8 drivers, woods, hybrids and irons

[MPG]

Yeah not a huge fan at all. The CNC Milled face seems like a good idea, but I don't care for the look of it at all.

 

My question on the driver face is do you feel the milling or is it smooth with just the design from the milling process left in the face?

 

I'm pretty sure you can feel the milling. Almost like a deep milled putter.

 

That's what I was thinking too. Then what impact, if any, does that have on ball flight or shot shaping ball flight? I know Ping has had a rougher face since the G line for spin reduction but this is on a whole new level.

 

The Bridgestone J715 had the milled face a few years back now and that was one of my favorite drivers. The milled face does reduce spin and the feel was nothing different than any other driver. I think it is great that Cobra is doing that now and I will definitely try this driver early next year.

[vwgolfer]

Bridgestone was laser etched not same thing

[rainkingjr]

And once again, Rick Shiels babbles on about distance loss with low face strikes on the Cobra drivers. It's nauseating listening to him say this with every Cobra driver. Hey Rick it happens with every driver! I unsubscribed. I just can't listen to him any longer.

 

I agree and have said before that no one should take the word of any internet jockey as gospel. Trust the results from your own testing as even small swing differences can yield results far from yours.

 

very true, but you can at least get an idea from him as he has basically the same swing and see the results he gets from each club. its just information for you to use.

It's erroneous information. If he just hit balls, showed the numbers and stayed silent it'd be more useful. Unfortunately many of his viewers believe what he says.

[MrFlapjack]

And once again, Rick Shiels babbles on about distance loss with low face strikes on the Cobra drivers. It's nauseating listening to him say this with every Cobra driver. Hey Rick it happens with every driver! I unsubscribed. I just can't listen to him any longer.

 

I agree and have said before that no one should take the word of any internet jockey as gospel. Trust the results from your own testing as even small swing differences can yield results far from yours.

 

very true, but you can at least get an idea from him as he has basically the same swing and see the results he gets from each club. its just information for you to use.

It's erroneous information. If he just hit balls, showed the numbers and stayed silent it'd be more useful. Unfortunately many of his viewers believe what he says.

 

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

[Back9BuschLight]

Does anybody know if you can get the f8+ in black, or is it only in grey and the regular f8 in black....

Will come in both Nardo and Black

 

Nice, probably gonna trade in on a black f8+... Maybe see what all no upcharge shafts hey have to offer.

[lspky_muskie]

The Nardo driver is basically a piece of art. I want one just to show off in my man cave.

[QuigleyDU]

And once again, Rick Shiels babbles on about distance loss with low face strikes on the Cobra drivers. It's nauseating listening to him say this with every Cobra driver. Hey Rick it happens with every driver! I unsubscribed. I just can't listen to him any longer.

 

I agree and have said before that no one should take the word of any internet jockey as gospel. Trust the results from your own testing as even small swing differences can yield results far from yours.

 

very true, but you can at least get an idea from him as he has basically the same swing and see the results he gets from each club. its just information for you to use.

It's erroneous information. If he just hit balls, showed the numbers and stayed silent it'd be more useful. Unfortunately many of his viewers believe what he says.

 

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

i take what he says with a grain of salt. he always hits prov1, which i dont play, he has a different swing speed etc than i do. but i still think there is information that is useful, ir nothing else that it may or may not be a driver i would want to give a shot.

[TollBros]

It's a great driver. The F8+ is awesome for guys wanting super low spin. Just put the weight forward and hit it high on the face. Spin rates are stupid low.

 

Do you know how the F8+ and F8 compare in spin rates when both have the weight back?

 

I believe now that it's been reviewed that it's okay for me to say this. Assuming loft specs are identical, the + driver spins about 300-500 rpm less with the weight in the rear position for both. It varies slightly from player to player, but that's the range we've seen.

[TollBros]

And once again, Rick Shiels babbles on about distance loss with low face strikes on the Cobra drivers. It's nauseating listening to him say this with every Cobra driver. Hey Rick it happens with every driver! I unsubscribed. I just can't listen to him any longer.

 

I agree and have said before that no one should take the word of any internet jockey as gospel. Trust the results from your own testing as even small swing differences can yield results far from yours.

 

very true, but you can at least get an idea from him as he has basically the same swing and see the results he gets from each club. its just information for you to use.

It's erroneous information. If he just hit balls, showed the numbers and stayed silent it'd be more useful. Unfortunately many of his viewers believe what he says.

 

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I'll say it again, reviews NOT done by a panel of individuals hitting precisely controlled specs, are worthless. One man reviews are for entertainment purposes only. Unless you have the exact swing of the tester, tempo, speed, AOA, release, plane, etc, the info is pretty worthless. If you have 6, 8, 10 or more testers, you can see a pattern develop across the player range and identify if there are anomaly swings that produce unusual results compared to the group. Also you stand a significantly better chance of identifying a tester who swings much like you do to get an even more finite idea of potential personal performance. Take these 1 horse reviews as an opportunity to see the clubs and hear what they sound like. That's pretty much the extent of the value.

[TheBear95]

I'll say it again, reviews NOT done by a panel of individuals hitting precisely controlled specs, are worthless. One man reviews are for entertainment purposes only. Unless you have the exact swing of the tester, tempo, speed, AOA, release, plane, etc, the info is pretty worthless. If you have 6, 8, 10 or more testers, you can see a pattern develop across the player range and identify if there are anomaly swings that product unusual results compared to the group. Also you stand a significantly better chance of identifying a tester who swings much like you do to get an even more finite idea of potential personal performance. Take these 1 horse reviews as an opportunity to see the clubs and hear what they sound like. That's pretty much the extent of the value.

 

Agree completely. Very well stated.

[Cruisin1966]

I'll say it again, reviews NOT done by a panel of individuals hitting precisely controlled specs, are worthless. One man reviews are for entertainment purposes only. Unless you have the exact swing of the tester, tempo, speed, AOA, release, plane, etc, the info is pretty worthless. If you have 6, 8, 10 or more testers, you can see a pattern develop across the player range and identify if there are anomaly swings that product unusual results compared to the group. Also you stand a significantly better chance of identifying a tester who swings much like you do to get an even more finite idea of potential personal performance. Take these 1 horse reviews as an opportunity to see the clubs and hear what they sound like. That's pretty much the extent of the value.

 

Agree 100%

 

As well, if the club interests you, like it does for me, go get fitted and determine for yourself if it's right for you or not

[TollBros]

I'll say it again, reviews NOT done by a panel of individuals hitting precisely controlled specs, are worthless. One man reviews are for entertainment purposes only. Unless you have the exact swing of the tester, tempo, speed, AOA, release, plane, etc, the info is pretty worthless. If you have 6, 8, 10 or more testers, you can see a pattern develop across the player range and identify if there are anomaly swings that product unusual results compared to the group. Also you stand a significantly better chance of identifying a tester who swings much like you do to get an even more finite idea of potential personal performance. Take these 1 horse reviews as an opportunity to see the clubs and hear what they sound like. That's pretty much the extent of the value.

 

Agree 100%

 

As well, if the club interests you, like it does for me, go get fitted and determine for yourself if it's right for you or not

 

We will do another big driver test with a panel of 8 to 10 when more models come out, and release those results here for the membership. It will be just like last year's, similar to the Big Bad Low Spin shaft review that keeps on living in the clubmaker section.

[LeviScot5]

Driver looks awesome! Would love one in lh

[BlackM00Nlight]

curious as to why the fairway woods/hybrids don't get the same milled face treatment. Too small of a surface area to make a difference?

[PureDivots]

I'll say it again, reviews NOT done by a panel of individuals hitting precisely controlled specs, are worthless. One man reviews are for entertainment purposes only. Unless you have the exact swing of the tester, tempo, speed, AOA, release, plane, etc, the info is pretty worthless. If you have 6, 8, 10 or more testers, you can see a pattern develop across the player range and identify if there are anomaly swings that product unusual results compared to the group. Also you stand a significantly better chance of identifying a tester who swings much like you do to get an even more finite idea of potential personal performance. Take these 1 horse reviews as an opportunity to see the clubs and hear what they sound like. That's pretty much the extent of the value.

 

Agree 100%

 

As well, if the club interests you, like it does for me, go get fitted and determine for yourself if it's right for you or not

 

We will do another big driver test with a panel of 8 to 10 when more models come out, and release those results here for the membership. It will be just like last year's, similar to the Big Bad Low Spin shaft review that keeps on living in the clubmaker section.

If it’s anything like the shaft thread it might crash the servers. Looking forward to it.

[jacobEDGE]

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I mean, that's simply not true.

 

He usually hits 5-7 balls. And I'd say 80-90% of the time he's using the Aldila Rogue X-stiff shaft that he games. And let's not forget, well before his YouTube fame, he was (and still is) a certified teaching pro.

 

Crossfield is nothing more than entertainment, with a 10x more annoying sniveling voice.

[rbj69]

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I mean, that's simply not true.

 

He usually hits 5-7 balls. And I'd say 80-90% of the time he's using the Aldila Rogue X-stiff shaft that he games. And let's not forget, well before his YouTube fame, he was (and still is) a certified teaching pro.

 

Crossfield is nothing more than entertainment, with a 10x more annoying sniveling voice.

And he can repeat his seeing enough to test the heads, i think he does a great job and yes you have to realize your results will vary from his unless you guys swing the same, he want a p790 fan mainly because of the 4 iron thing,but i hit them well

[sdandrea]

Love Cobra, always have. The new stuff is eye candy. I'll be looking for it next year in the used market.

[SubaruWRX]

I like the look of the driver. Only wish the “CNC Milled” billboard wasn’t there. Would be so much cleaner. And just looking at it, who won’t know it’s milled?

 

Other than that, it looks cool. And if it works, even better!

[Lesmond]

[MMB1500]

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I agree 3 is too many. Most reviewers worth their salt should be able to review a club with one swing.

[BigHook25]

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I agree 3 is too many. Most reviewers worth their salt should be able to review a club with one swing.

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I agree 3 is too many. Most reviewers worth their salt should be able to review a club with one swing.

 

Or just a few practice swings. Why even hit golf balls

[SwingBlues]

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I agree 3 is too many. Most reviewers worth their salt should be able to review a club with one swing.

He takes 3 rips at the ball and then decides if a club is good or not. Half the time it's got a stock shaft that's not fit to him. I wouldn't say he has a consistent swing for a 3 shot review. Crossfield yes.

 

I agree 3 is too many. Most reviewers worth their salt should be able to review a club with one swing.

 

Or just a few practice swings. Why even hit golf balls

 

Thats asking WAY TOO MUCH. C'mon, this is WRX here - just take a picture of the new driver next to a ball and a reviewer worth their salt will tell you exactly how the club perform.

[JonnyKrasnodar]

Seemed to get on alright with the 5 iron. Interested to see what they're like demoed on course.

[TWshoot67]

I've been going between the Cobra LTD, FlyZ+ and TM 2016 M2 and I guess I'll have to try the New Cobra drivers to see if the F8+ performs better than one of the three mentioned. It's funny though over the last 5-6 years either TM or Cobra has been my go to driver.

[aceofclubs]

Geeeze could they fit anymore gimmicky things on that driver.

Face milling

Speed channel

Turbulators

Carbon Fiber

[BigHook25]

Geeeze could they fit anymore gimmicky things on that driver.

Face milling

Speed channel

Turbulators

Carbon Fiber

 

Have you been paying attention to golf over the last 10 years and more. It is all gimmicks and marketing. Remember the bubble shaft, what was that 20 years ago.

[vwgolfer]

Geeeze could they fit anymore gimmicky things on that driver.

Face milling

Speed channel

Turbulators

Carbon Fiber

 

 

 

Really? Carbon fiber is not a gimmick, neither is face milling. Carbon fiber is incredible material using it in a driver only makes sense. Your comment is nonsense

[Noke]

Geeeze could they fit anymore gimmicky things on that driver.

Face milling

Speed channel

Turbulators

Carbon Fiber

 

Nothing gimmicky about any of that stuff. They each contribute to the performance of the club. Granted, some tech affects performance more than other stuff, but cumulatively the 'gimmicks' you've listed add up to why drivers overall are better now than they were 10 years ago.

[BigHook25]

I've been going between the Cobra LTD, FlyZ+ and TM 2016 M2 and I guess I'll have to try the New Cobra drivers to see if the F8+ performs better than one of the three mentioned. It's funny though over the last 5-6 years either TM or Cobra has been my go to driver.

 

I've been using the Cobra bio cell+ since it came out. I had the bio cell pro, which was excellent, just not as good as the bio cell+ for me. I also had the F6+ and 2017 M1, and neither of those have worked well. I've gotten rid of the F6+ and the M1 is on its way out the door. The F8+ really has me interested, as well as the Ping G400 LST, and I've never been a big Ping guy.

 

At a fitting I also tried both Epic heads, but neither worked that well for me. I really have to feel confident over a driver or I really struggle, and I'm quick to lose confidence with them.