JetSpeed -- Second Life?

[markb]

Way back in December 2013, just after the odd midwinter release of the Jetspeed but before Christmas, I bought one of these unheralded drivers new on Ebay from a brick and mortar store in Carlsbad for the impossibly low price of $144.   This was within two weeks of release and $155 UNDER MSRP.  

 

I posted news of my lowball coup on another blog, along with my suspicion that there was either something wrong with the club that the vendor had heard about through his Carlsbad connections or he was simply so jammed with TMag overstock that he was willing to move whatever he could for whatever price he could get.   I was laughed off the blog.   Many folks, including the blog's owner, told me that ebay prices had no impact on the marketplace and that no one cared about my prognostications. 

 

As soon as the snow melted in January, I played the JS and to my delight and surprise I found it was a very nice, forgiving and easy to hit driver.  I loved it and its still the second best driver I have tried in 2014.   I posted those impressions and still no one cared.   I resold it for about the same money I had laid out originally. 

 

Three months and the dopiest ad campaign in history later, the product was officially declared dead. Turns out TMag couldn't move the clubs at all and they are being returned for credit in droves. 

 

Now I hear rumors that TMag has actually RECALLED them, but I don't think this rumor is true.  (Anybody hear anything?)   They are evidently being sold in Canadian Costco's for $160 and may soon come to your corner warehouse store.

 

The other thing is, in the past week I've also been getting messages from many people on blogs who are finding my old posts and asking me all about the JetSpeed!   WTF?   Was I the only one who actually tried them?  Nobody cared six months ago.   Is the club suddenly getting popular now that you can buy an ARP club still in shrink wrap for under $75?   I guess so.  

 

Have any of you been tempted to try it now that you can get one free with a deluxe carwash?  

[revkev]

Tried one and was very unimpressed.

[Mr_Theoo]

I tried it with both of the shafts I had for my sldr when I was struggling with driver distance. It was eh for me but for the right swing it could be a good head.

[Sluggo42]

I guess I am one of the few to still bag the Jetspeed. I tried everything with meh results, but the Jetspeed gave me 20 more yards. I don't know why.

[The Dansome]

I guess I am one of the few to still bag the Jetspeed. I tried everything with meh results, but the Jetspeed gave me 20 more yards. I don't know why.

 

20 is a big deal. What's you driver history?

[markb]

BTW, I'm currently bagging a Jetspeed 3HL and 5HL which I picked up new for $43 and $26 respectively.   I bought them and use them because they give essentially the same ball flight and distance results as the RBZ 2, but with NO bottom slot to clog with dirt after every swing.  And no white art deco crowns to distract me either.

[ZenGolfer]

Im currently gaming a Jetspeed.  Its a nice driver, forgiving and long.

[Aotearoa_Brad]

I agree. I'm still gaming the Jetspeed I received from the Thread of the Year poll last year. I messed around with a Fuel shaft in it for a while, but went back to the super light stock stiff shaft. It just works for me. I'm not convinced that it is more forgiving for me than my previous driver (Cobra AMP) but it has a more piercing ball flight, which I like. 

[Sluggo42]

20 is a big deal. What's you driver history?

From a ping i20 to the jet. I tried the SLDR, Calloway, and the rest with no significant gains, until the jet. My friend got one too and he also got big gains. Then he got a covert 2, and talked about how long it was. Then we played again today, and we were about even all day. Considering the price these can be had now, I think they are a bargain bin diamond.

[JBones]

My guess is that the others were too low spin. I tried the whole JetSpeed lineup in Cali and just hit high spinning duds. I was hitting the driver shorter than I hit my hybrid. I love my SLDR, but I can't wait to try the Vapors.

[Sluggo42]

Mine is set at 9.5

Perhaps it's a thing that just blends perfectly with my swing speed or something. But, since new drivers cost $400 ish, I'm good.