sumadoggie 17 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hey Adams fans (or anyone else who has an opinion). I have a set (OK, 4 sets) of CMBs I've horded away for the future. I've never played the XTDs, but have heard that they're a lot like the CMBs but basically longer. While I don't need the length, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with boths sets and has a compare/contrast to share? Head shape/dispersion/trajectory, etc. Thanks! 1 Quote Srixon Z785 - Diamana X'17 Cobra King Ltd 3&5 Woods - Fujikura Speeder TR Cobra King F7 16&19 Hybrids - Aldila Tour Green TaylorMade UDI P790 2 Iron - PX 6.5 Taylormade P7TW DG Tour Issue X100 Scratch, 56, 60 - DG Tour Issue S400 Sigma Muziik LtdEd 2015 putter Snell MTB-X Link to post Share on other sites
jlukes 12,768 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I hit both many years ago and they are two very different clubs. The XTDs (not the XTD Forged) have a very large cavity/frame type structure that moves the weight lower and further back - which helps with increasing launch and lowering spin - an equation for more distance. The CMB is much more classic. Smaller footprint, less offset, smaller topline. The XTD forged is pretty much in the middle of the CMB and XTD. It has a slightly larger cavity than the CMB, but is definitely easier to look at than the XTD. The XTD forged also have the speed slot and some tungsten in the cavity, so definitely lends itself to more of a GI performance with a slightly smaller profile. In today's iron world, I would liken the CMB to the Titleist CB, the XTD Forged to the AP2 and the standard XTD to the AP1 2 Quote In my BR-D4 Stand Bag G410 LST 9* VA Nemesys 65X G410 LST 14.5* Tour AD DI 7X ZU85 18* Tour AD 95X 818 H2 20* Tour AD DI 85X MP20 HMB 4 Tour AD 95X JPX 919 Tour 5-9 Oban CT 115 X(-) Vokey SM7 46F - 54S - 59D ER2 Tour B X Link to post Share on other sites
sumadoggie 17 Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 Nice description, thanks! Yah, I meant the Forged version of the XTD. I love the CMBs. Whenever I see a set on eBay in very good condition, I have a hard time ignoring them. 1 Quote Srixon Z785 - Diamana X'17 Cobra King Ltd 3&5 Woods - Fujikura Speeder TR Cobra King F7 16&19 Hybrids - Aldila Tour Green TaylorMade UDI P790 2 Iron - PX 6.5 Taylormade P7TW DG Tour Issue X100 Scratch, 56, 60 - DG Tour Issue S400 Sigma Muziik LtdEd 2015 putter Snell MTB-X Link to post Share on other sites
blackngold_blood 4,039 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I really enjoyed the xtd a tour irons when I got to hit them last year. Still insure when I will get to hit them again at this rate of snow! I thought they felt amazing and we're definitely a club longer than my previous DBM irons but that could have been due to loft. Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using MyGolfSpy mobile app Quote What is in my Bag Boy Revolver Driver: PXG Gen2 0811x 10.5* set to small + with a VA Composites Nemesys 55s @ 44.75" Fairway: F85 5 wood with a UST Elements Chrome 7F5 @ 41.5" Irons: Testing the Titleist T200 irons 4-W2 with Project X LZ 5.5 shaft -1/2" and 1* Up Wedge: Titleist SM7 56* with Project X LZ 5.0 shaft Putter: Custom Futura X5 flow neck with a UST Frequency Filtered shaft -1" with a SS wristlock grip Link to post Share on other sites
Jmikecpa 12,491 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Love the XTD Forged and still have a few sets of them hanging around. They are a bit longer than the CMBs but still retain the great feel. Only Adams set that was better IMO was the MB2s. I think I may be one of the few people that could build an entire Adams bag from Driver to Putter and heck I still have a Adams Tour bag to complete the set. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote In the Bag for 2020 PXG 0811XF Gen 2 10.5* (set at 9*) AD VR 6x PXG 0341X Gen 2 15* AD TP 7x PXG 0317X Gen 2 19* KBS Proto 95x PXG 0311T Gen 3 4-6 KBS $ Taper 130 PXG 0311 ST 7 - PW KBS $ Taper 130 PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy 50/10 KBS $ Taper 130 PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy 54/10 & 58/07 TTDG TI S400 Two Bar Blade Long 47" Link to post Share on other sites
Nath75 11 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 On 2/21/2019 at 1:35 PM, sumadoggie said: "I have a set (OK, 4 sets) of CMBs I've horded away for the future" That's what I'm talking about, still the best irons I've ever hit and can't imagine playing anything else to be fair. So, so soft. Quote 910 D3, M3 3w, PXG 0211 4"h", Adams CMB 5-G, Vokey 6 52/56, PXG Dagger Link to post Share on other sites
Nath75 11 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 On 2/21/2019 at 7:45 PM, sumadoggie said: Nice description, thanks! Yah, I meant the Forged version of the XTD. I love the CMBs. Whenever I see a set on eBay in very good condition, I have a hard time ignoring them. Yeah I try and ignore them as well, it's hard. So good. Quote 910 D3, M3 3w, PXG 0211 4"h", Adams CMB 5-G, Vokey 6 52/56, PXG Dagger Link to post Share on other sites
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