pakman92 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I'll start. I recently bought a Bushnell Launch pro (CG3 w/ subscription pricing) which itself is expensive and could be argued that is overpriced. It comes with an alignment stick which BLP/GC3/GCQuad will recognize to calibrate itself to the target line. Pretty slick. I wanted an extra one just in case, I break it or lose it. $150 for a fiber glass marker stick with reflective tape wrapped on it. Granted, it folds into 3 sections, but $150? That's 5% of the unit's price! For that money, it needs to guarantee to straighten my drives or something. MattF, tony@CIC and Nolan220 3 Quote Epic Max LS 11.5° (10.5°+1) w/ Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6 stiff Epic Flash 3 Wood 17° (15°+2) w/ Project X Even Flow Green 60 stiff Super Hybrid 21° (20°+1) w/ Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 80 stiff Rogue Hybrid 5 (24°) w/ Aldila Synergy 60 HYB Graphite stiff 2021 P790 Irons 5-AW (1° flat, weakened lofts) w/ Aerotech Steelfiber i95 cw regular CBX2 Wedges 54°, 58° w/ True Temper DG 115 Wedge flex Odyssey White Hot OG #1 Stroke Lab, 33 in Pro V1 Bushnell Launch Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMookie Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I guess they figure if you have the cash to buy a $3,000 machine you can afford another $150… GaDawg, Nolan220, Kansas King and 1 other 3 1 Quote Driver: Ping G430 Max 9*, Ping Tour 70X Fairway: Ping G425 15*, Ping Tour 70X Hybrid: Ping G425 22*, Ping Tour 80X Irons: Ping i230 4-GW, TT DG X100 Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 Ball: Titleist 2023 AVX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakman92 Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, PMookie said: I guess they figure if you have the cash to buy a $3,000 machine you can afford another $150… You have a point there. But, it's like paying $30 for a replacement torque wrench. I hope they are not that much. Mine do have cool Callaway and Taylormade logos on them :). No foresight/bushnell logo to be found on my alignment stick! It doesn't really matter as if I ever break one, I'll likely just make one myself. Nolan220, PMookie and MattF 3 Quote Epic Max LS 11.5° (10.5°+1) w/ Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6 stiff Epic Flash 3 Wood 17° (15°+2) w/ Project X Even Flow Green 60 stiff Super Hybrid 21° (20°+1) w/ Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 80 stiff Rogue Hybrid 5 (24°) w/ Aldila Synergy 60 HYB Graphite stiff 2021 P790 Irons 5-AW (1° flat, weakened lofts) w/ Aerotech Steelfiber i95 cw regular CBX2 Wedges 54°, 58° w/ True Temper DG 115 Wedge flex Odyssey White Hot OG #1 Stroke Lab, 33 in Pro V1 Bushnell Launch Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 19th Hole Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 hours ago, pakman92 said: But, it's like paying $30 for a replacement torque wrench. I hope they are not that much. Mine do have cool Callaway and Taylormade logos on them Just a note here, that I have been told by one of my club fitters that different brands might use a different torque spec so be carefull relacing or mixing them up. If you end up using one with a high enough setting above the original you could strip your shaft threads... pakman92 and tony@CIC 2 Quote Driver: TSi4 8* w/ Tensei AV Raw White 65gr X shaft set to D-1 Hosel 3 wood: M1 13.5* Head set open w/ Fade bias weights. Irons: I-Blades PW-3i, 2* up standard length. Wedges: Glide 1.0 TS 60*, Glide 2.0 56 ES, Vokey 52* Putter: Sigma G Kushin . Ball: Various: Testing: AVX, BX, TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfspy_CG2 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, The 19th Hole said: Just a note here, that I have been told by one of my club fitters that different brands might use a different torque spec so be carefull relacing or mixing them up. If you end up using one with a high enough setting above the original you could strip your shaft threads... That used to be the case, but currrently most of the large OEM Titleist, PING, TaylorMade, Srixon and Callaway are all interchangeble. Only Mizuno and possibly Cobra have heads that don't fit the other wrenches. Nolan220, The 19th Hole, GaDawg and 2 others 5 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 8 hours ago, pakman92 said: You have a point there. But, it's like paying $30 for a replacement torque wrench. I hope they are not that much. Mine do have cool Callaway and Taylormade logos on them :). No foresight/bushnell logo to be found on my alignment stick! It doesn't really matter as if I ever break one, I'll likely just make one myself. There’s a business opportunity for you. Create the same product at a cheaper cost and sell it to those looking for an extra one pakman92, GaDawg and revkev 3 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakman92 Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 18 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said: There’s a business opportunity for you. Create the same product at a cheaper cost and sell it to those looking for an extra one There's guy doing it on Ebay for $75. I'll have to undercut him at $50. revkev 1 Quote Epic Max LS 11.5° (10.5°+1) w/ Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6 stiff Epic Flash 3 Wood 17° (15°+2) w/ Project X Even Flow Green 60 stiff Super Hybrid 21° (20°+1) w/ Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 80 stiff Rogue Hybrid 5 (24°) w/ Aldila Synergy 60 HYB Graphite stiff 2021 P790 Irons 5-AW (1° flat, weakened lofts) w/ Aerotech Steelfiber i95 cw regular CBX2 Wedges 54°, 58° w/ True Temper DG 115 Wedge flex Odyssey White Hot OG #1 Stroke Lab, 33 in Pro V1 Bushnell Launch Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I'm taking your thread as a vent. Companies are very careful when they price their products. They know their costs, their desired profit margins and what the market will accept. You can always pass rather than buying. To me a buck for an alignment stick is too much. I have an assortment of older shafts in my closet that will fill that purpose or even irons that I'm not hitting while practicing. I put some sort of alignment help down frequently when practicing but its something that I already have around the house. Others, lots of others, like the sticks so people make them and market them. There will always be a demand at the high end of that stuff. RickyBobby_PR, tony@CIC and pakman92 3 Quote Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 17 hours ago, Golfspy_CG2 said: That used to be the case, but currrently most of the large OEM Titleist, PING, TaylorMade, Srixon and Callaway are all interchangeble. Only Mizuno and possibly Cobra have heads that don't fit the other wrenches. Note: my Ping wrench fits exacting into the screw of my King F9 5 wood. pakman92, The 19th Hole and Golfspy_CG2 3 Quote Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, tony@CIC said: Note: my Ping wrench fits exacting into the screw of my King F9 5 wood. Other than Srixon that has always been the case. The concern is the torque rating, several of them had different ratings even though they had the same screw pakman92 and tony@CIC 2 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakman92 Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 38 minutes ago, revkev said: I'm taking your thread as a vent. Companies are very careful when they price their products. They know their costs, their desired profit margins and what the market will accept. You can always pass rather than buying. To me a buck for an alignment stick is too much. I have an assortment of older shafts in my closet that will fill that purpose or even irons that I'm not hitting while practicing. I put some sort of alignment help down frequently when practicing but its something that I already have around the house. Others, lots of others, like the sticks so people make them and market them. There will always be a demand at the high end of that stuff. Yes, it's a vent. I get the economics of it. If I really ended up making one, I will probably make 2 and see if I can sell it on Ebay for $50. It's capitalism. It's still fun to ****** about it, particularly as a group. I was hoping for more examples of outrageously priced golf accessories for fun. Like this one, a towel that attaches your clubs... revkev 1 Quote Epic Max LS 11.5° (10.5°+1) w/ Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6 stiff Epic Flash 3 Wood 17° (15°+2) w/ Project X Even Flow Green 60 stiff Super Hybrid 21° (20°+1) w/ Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 80 stiff Rogue Hybrid 5 (24°) w/ Aldila Synergy 60 HYB Graphite stiff 2021 P790 Irons 5-AW (1° flat, weakened lofts) w/ Aerotech Steelfiber i95 cw regular CBX2 Wedges 54°, 58° w/ True Temper DG 115 Wedge flex Odyssey White Hot OG #1 Stroke Lab, 33 in Pro V1 Bushnell Launch Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanoito Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Speaking of which... got a friend of a friend working for MontBlanc... said they had some employee discount... I like their pens, the type you use your whole life if you don't lose it. Out of curiosity checked their keyrings... $250 for a piece of metal??? Gotta be out of your f****** mind lol pakman92, revkev and tony@CIC 3 Quote SpeedZone 9* w/ Aldila Rogue Silver 60 S X2 Hot 3 Deep 14.5* w/ Aldila Tour Green 75 S JetSpeed 5W 19* w/ Matrix Velox T 69 S OR Super LS 3H 19* w/ Kuro Kage Black 80 S JPX919 Forged 4-PW w/ Modus3 105 S Vokey SM7 50/08F, 54/14F & 58/08M w/ Modus3 115 Wedge ER1 34" w/ SuperStroke Fatso 2.0 Pro / H2NO Lite Cart Bag / 3.0 / NX7 Pro LRF My reviews: MLA Putter // Titleist SM7 // PING i500 // PuttOUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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