New Driver?

[rleegabe]

Wanting to buy new driver and have two in mind.

Callaway Paradym X or the Ping G425 Max, would appreciate thoughts or suggestions.

[RoverRick]

Standard answer, but only because it’s true, you need to hit them both and pick the one best for you. Both are excellent drivers, coupled with the right shaft for you, they will be great. 

The last Callaway driver I hit was 2016. I didn’t love the G425 Max but love the G430 LST. However, I have 2-3 guys I play with that love their G425 Max’s. 

[CM12]

Currently evaluating drivers as well.  Are you looking at previous gen models exclusively?

[rleegabe]

2 hours ago, CM12 said:

Currently evaluating drivers as well.  Are you looking at previous gen models exclusively?

Have been looking at the Taylormade M3's

[GolfSpy_APH]

I would lean Paradym over the G425. On sound alone. Performance of both is solid and hard to go wrong if you find the right combo with shaft.

I would lean G430 over both, but absolutely love my Paradym TD to pieces.

[rleegabe]

5 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

I would lean Paradym over the G425. On sound alone. Performance of both is solid and hard to go wrong if you find the right combo with shaft.

I would lean G430 over both, but absolutely love my Paradym TD to pieces.

Thanks for your opinion, very appreciated, have spent hours on YouTube and those guys will tell you what a great club one manufacture is as then tell you what great club another manufacture is and so on.

[GolfSpy_APH]

Just now, rleegabe said:

Thanks for your opinion, very appreciated, have spent hours on YouTube and those guys will tell you what a great club one manufacture is as then tell you what great club another manufacture is and so on.

Most will offer similar performance within their categories. Check out the MyGolfSpy Most Wanted awards as well. They give a great overview to help narrow a search. 

Also MyGolfSpy has TruGolf Fit - it's a free online fitting app for all brands. It will give a shaft option as well and top two choices. All based on most wanted data and your inputs.

Again it's free and a cool wait to help see what options could be good starting points.

[funkyjudge]

5 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

I would lean Paradym over the G425. On sound alone. Performance of both is solid and hard to go wrong if you find the right combo with shaft.

I would lean G430 over both, but absolutely love my Paradym TD to pieces.

The Paradym AI Smoke TD is definitely one of the best drivers (for me) that I have hit in the last two decades! However, had I known that Callaway was going to release a Paradym AI Smoke TD Max driver just 5 months later, I am sure that I would have waited to make my purchase. Perhaps I will trade my standard AI Smoke TD driver head for the TD Max model, if I get the chance to do that.

[Preeway]

13 hours ago, rleegabe said:

Wanting to buy new driver and have two in mind.

Callaway Paradym X or the Ping G425 Max, would appreciate thoughts or suggestions.

I would definitely encourage you to test out both with a fitter and with multiple shafts. Both can be had for a good price as they are last year's models but will perform very similarly to the newest models. You know what they say about opinions and the YouTube reviews aren't there to tell you how bad something is.

[JAYER38]

13 hours ago, rleegabe said:

Wanting to buy new driver and have two in mind.

Callaway Paradym X or the Ping G425 Max, would appreciate thoughts or suggestions.

Coming from someone who plays the PING G425 Max & currently testing the Callaway Ai SMOKE MAX D.... I highly suggest you hit them both as they are to me worlds apart in feel and sound. I did not enjoy or play well with the Paradym or Rogue drivers and that's how I ended up with my PING.

 

But as suggested by @GolfSpy_APH give the TruGolf Fit a try and see what its says just ensure your honest with yourself

[Josh Parker]

Paradym Ai TD Max.....

Best of both worlds maybe......

If you don't/can't get fit, go hit them both with different shafts and figure out which one works best for you. 

[GolfSpy_APH]

16 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Paradym Ai TD Max.....

Best of both worlds maybe......

If you don't/can't get fit, go hit them both with different shafts and figure out which one works best for you. 

Best of both worlds would include a LH version  

[TJ Hall]

14 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Best of both worlds would include a LH version  

I went online looking for these last night and was disappointed to see RH only…so sad!

[Lefty11]

21 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Best of both worlds would include a LH version  

I feel your pain! 

[RoverRick]

1 hour ago, rleegabe said:

those guys will tell you what a great club one manufacture is as then tell you what great club another manufacture is and so on.

They tell you how great the club is because just about any major OEM offering is a great club. Since they are all within a few yards to begin with and are only a couple of yards longer than previous models, it becomes all about maxing out the launch conditions. 

I gained 20-30 yards with the TPT shaft, but it was because swimg changes and maximizing the launch conditions. Probably could have done the same thing with any driver head, even a couple of years old but would have suffered in other areas like forgiveness. 

[bens197]

Try as many as you can and be open to anything…from prior experience as a fitter and a club geek I can say freely that I’ve fit more people for drivers that they did not expect to like or did not even know existed.

There’s SO MANY good options on the market that you should be able to find success with a great club.

Keep us posted on the process.

[Wheelieb]

46 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Best of both worlds would include a LH version  

 

32 minutes ago, TJ Hall said:

I went online looking for these last night and was disappointed to see RH only…so sad!

 

25 minutes ago, Lefty11 said:

I feel your pain! 

You guys just got to learn to golf Right Handed. Then you guys will have the best of both worlds...Hahahaha

[Erin B]

14 hours ago, rleegabe said:

Wanting to buy new driver and have two in mind.

Callaway Paradym X or the Ping G425 Max, would appreciate thoughts or suggestions.

On those two, different ends of the spectrum as far as looks, I have them both. The Paradym TD and the 425 LST. I’m more a fan of the Paradym than the 425 because of the shape and size. The TD is a tad smaller and I like that. The 425 is a good club, not 410 great though. A lot of people swear by it, but the club sounds kinda weird to me, although you get used to it. It does go far, and I like its performance in the wind. The Paradym launches a little higher than the 425, both of mine are 9*s. Ive got the same multiple shafts for both clubs, steadfast, Newton, and velocore. I use different shafts depending on conditions. In my opinion the shaft makes the club. Hope that helps you out.

[Josh Parker]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Best of both worlds would include a LH version  

Well of course..... but us lefties are all too familiar with that situation. Haha. 

[tdroma98]

Last year I purchased the Paradym X driver, because of its draw bias face & love it! I wasn't a fan of the sound from the Triple Diamond. 

The shaft is important as well. I had got fitted for the Hzrdus Black 6.0, 60-gram stiff shaft. I was driving the ball longer & straighter.  Just for the heck of it, last month I put an Evenflow 50 gram 6.0 stiff shaft, with 4.4 torque vs 3.4 in the Hzrdus Black. The Paradym X is a hot driver, in my opinion.  

I tweaked the driver setting a bit, going from 10 - D (Draw) to 9.0 N (Neutral) setting and driving the ball further. I've not tried the Ping drivers.