Sub70 Fang Mallet 004 Putter - my thoughts

[dai3015]

I've recently bought a Sub70 004 "Fang" style mallet and thought I'd share my own personal thoughts in case anyone else was considering buying one

Price was £129 delivered & spec was as follows:

Milled carbon steel head - length 34" (spot on length)
KBS CT Tour "Black" double bend putter shaft
Oversized grip
Weight kit & Sub70 "poker chip" ball markers

I tested it on the putting green against my Cleveland Huntington Beach #11 and my thoughts are:

The feel from the two putters is different. The Cleveland "feels" (to me) softer off the face. I attribute this to the deeper milling on the Cleveland, which is the selling point of the putter. The shallower milling on the Sub70 also felt great, but different.
However, the Sub70 "feels" more solid and a bit more premium. I can't explain it, as it was only a personal feeling, but having putted with TP Mills putters, Byrons, Scotty's, etc I "felt" like the putter face gave me a more satisfying "click" than a metallic "Ting" feeling. Obviously this is down to acoustics as well.

I found that I needed to add the heaviest weights to the head (easily done via the weight kit and "Scottyesque" wrench) - once done, the putter felt better on our slowish greens. I think that the added weight kit is fantastic as it really is a quick change to find something suitable for your own greens. The weights could also be adjusted depending on your stroke.

Alignment is easy. I'm not a huge fan of massive alignment aids & I found that the black head with simple white top line mark was unobtrusive enough to be useful without being distracting.

Sound and feel were great

Weight kit, pouch & headcover are all of a good quality

All in all I'm very pleased with the putter and think that it is outstanding value for money.

Also, Nick at Sub70 in the UK was brilliant and provided a different grip than standard as I preferred an oversize grip.
Despite the current component shortages, it only took 3 days for my putter to arrive form initial discussions to arriving at my house

Both putters are great, and the Cleveland is also great value at under £100, but for me, the SUb70 is the better putter and more superior product ie not cast and milled face, but CNC Carbon steel head

 

I've now had a couple of rounds with the Sub70 and my distance control is noticeably improved. Zero 3 putts in two rounds. Not quite "automatic" from 4 ft or so, but very consistent.

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, dai3015 said:

I've recently bought a Sub70 004 "Fang" style mallet and thought I'd share my own personal thoughts in case anyone else was considering buying one

Price was £129 delivered & spec was as follows:

Milled carbon steel head - length 34" (spot on length)
KBS CT Tour "Black" double bend putter shaft
Oversized grip
Weight kit & Sub70 "poker chip" ball markers

I tested it on the putting green against my Cleveland Huntington Beach #11 and my thoughts are:

The feel from the two putters is different. The Cleveland "feels" (to me) softer off the face. I attribute this to the deeper milling on the Cleveland, which is the selling point of the putter. The shallower milling on the Sub70 also felt great, but different.
However, the Sub70 "feels" more solid and a bit more premium. I can't explain it, as it was only a personal feeling, but having putted with TP Mills putters, Byrons, Scotty's, etc I "felt" like the putter face gave me a more satisfying "click" than a metallic "Ting" feeling. Obviously this is down to acoustics as well.

I found that I needed to add the heaviest weights to the head (easily done via the weight kit and "Scottyesque" wrench) - once done, the putter felt better on our slowish greens. I think that the added weight kit is fantastic as it really is a quick change to find something suitable for your own greens. The weights could also be adjusted depending on your stroke.

Alignment is easy. I'm not a huge fan of massive alignment aids & I found that the black head with simple white top line mark was unobtrusive enough to be useful without being distracting.

Sound and feel were great

Weight kit, pouch & headcover are all of a good quality

All in all I'm very pleased with the putter and think that it is outstanding value for money.

Also, Nick at Sub70 in the UK was brilliant and provided a different grip than standard as I preferred an oversize grip.
Despite the current component shortages, it only took 3 days for my putter to arrive form initial discussions to arriving at my house

Both putters are great, and the Cleveland is also great value at under £100, but for me, the SUb70 is the better putter and more superior product ie not cast and milled face, but CNC Carbon steel head

 

I've now had a couple of rounds with the Sub70 and my distance control is noticeably improved. Zero 3 putts in two rounds. Not quite "automatic" from 4 ft or so, but very consistent.

@dai3015: Nice review, thanks for the effort! 
Could you please share   sub70's website Link, for ordering these putters? 

IIRC... is this @Sub70Golf account = their  official Golfwrx PR/comms team? 

My guess = this GolfWRX forum would be useful to connect with folks interested in Sub70's products (that account = "Last Visited" in August 2020? ie was quite awhile ago...  in @knudson81's mail-out seeking members to apply to test sub70's irons)
 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by JungleJimbo

[dai3015]

Cheers

 

I went via https://www.sub70europe.com/ and emailed as the putters weren't showing on the website.

 

Nick at Sub70 was brilliant as I said earlier and the whole process from start to finish was awesome. Credit where credit is due

[Tigertrw]

I play the sub 70 pro series 4wood,and their wedges,. I have to say that the quality is definitely there, performance is equal to the biggest brand names,,so do not let the name of the company worry you,, because you are going to hear more about them, customer service is absolutely the best. My next set of irons will be sub70 irons,, like I mentioned,the quality is definitely there.

[golfmarshall]

I have the same putter bought in late July and my putting has improved. I added a Garsen Pro Max grip and messed around with the weights for about a month and finally settled on the 15 gram weights. Right now really satisfied. Was wondering what grip you have on your putter, looks like something I may be interested in. 

[Jersey golfer]

dai3015 was the double bend shaft offered at the time of purchase or was that a custom order?

[dai3015]

It's what came at the time of order, it wasn't custom

[dai3015]

On 2/6/2022 at 4:25 PM, golfmarshall said:

I have the same putter bought in late July and my putting has improved. I added a Garsen Pro Max grip and messed around with the weights for about a month and finally settled on the 15 gram weights. Right now really satisfied. Was wondering what grip you have on your putter, looks like something I may be interested in. 

Hi

 

It's one of these https://www.tourfitgrips.com/tour-fit-putter.html

 

It's what they had in stock,  but I'm really pleased with it.  Cheers