Project X smoke RDX Blue vs Tensei Pro Orange

[macsk3]

Does anyone have experience with both shafts ? What are the differences in feel ? Interesting for more fairway woods. Thanks 

[Rbsiedsc]

Following as I just got the PO but am tempted by the blue RDX

[Docdtm]

Anyone heard anything on this comparison? I'm intrigued as well.

[macsk3]

Nothing yet

[bcflyguy1]

Two VERY different shaft profiles. Pro Orange is quite soft in the handle but very stiff in the mid and tip while the RDX blue is stiffer in the handle while being quite soft in the mid but goes back to stiff in the tip.

There are of course exceptions to every trend, but I would guess that in a fairway wood the RDX Blue might be more what you're looking for. What shafts have you got on well with in driver and fairway wood in the past?

On 1/12/2021 at 6:41 AM, macsk3 said:

Does anyone have experience with both shafts ? What are the differences in feel ? Interesting for more fairway woods. Thanks 

 

[macsk3]

Pro orange on both driver and 3 wood 

[bcflyguy1]

2 minutes ago, macsk3 said:

Pro orange on both driver and 3 wood 

OK, that helps. Do you struggle with shafts that feel more active or "kicky"?

[macsk3]

Driver mostly but a little bit of higher flight on 3 wood could help 

[bcflyguy1]

16 minutes ago, macsk3 said:

Driver mostly but a little bit of higher flight on 3 wood could help 

Not saying conclusively that RDX Blue wouldn't give you what you're looking for in 3 wood, but it's so different from Pro Orange that I'd be very reluctant to say "yeah you need to run out right now and try it."

 

What loft on your 3 wood?

[macsk3]

Sim 15 degree minus 1 degree. 

[bcflyguy1]

2 minutes ago, macsk3 said:

Sim 15 degree minus 1 degree. 

Two other courses of action that I'd be much more comfortable recommending:

 

1. Stick with Pro Orange in your FW but go to more of a 3HL or 4 wood type of loft and then loft it down to get the face angle you like seeing in the FW you already have.

 

2. If you'd rather go the shaft change route, try something like Tensei Pro White which is may give you what you want while maintaining a fee more similar to Pro Orange.

[macsk3]

I struggle more with driver than anything else 3 woods is my fairway finder. But it would be nice to get a little higher. Beside the tensei Pro white anything else I could try 

[Wesquire]

I had the Tensei Pro Orange for about 2.5 years, but it broke the other day and I ordered the Smoke Blue RDX as a replacement. So I should be able to give you a good comparison in a few days. Personally, I'm not going to touch the Tensei line again because I don't like having $400 shafts break on me from a normal drive. They are also made in china, and I might be unfair about that...but there's a reason they build their Diamana shafts in Japan.

Edited March 10, 2021 by Wesquire

[Wesquire]

On 1/12/2021 at 6:41 AM, macsk3 said:

Does anyone have experience with both shafts ? What are the differences in feel ? Interesting for more fairway woods. Thanks 

So I've played a few rounds with the Smoke Blue now. It is definitely a better feeling shaft than the pro orange IMO. The ball always went where the swing and strike felt like it should go. You can really feel the kick at impact when you make a good swing. I'm very happy with it. I don't know what the numbers will look like on a launch monitor, but so far I'm more impressed with it than the pro orange.

[macsk3]

Driver or fairway wood and what was weight 

[Wesquire]

1 hour ago, macsk3 said:

Driver or fairway wood and what was weight 

 

Driver. 60TX tipped 0.5"

[Rbsiedsc]

Reviving this thread. I have the pro orange 6s tipped 1”. I hit it ok but it can get swirly on me and I lose it right due to the heel and an open face. Curious if a heavier rdx blue in stiff would help due to it being a little higher torque to help shut the face more.