Taylor. Made SLDR vs. Taylor. Made R1. To review the club on its own, as a standalone piece of equipment, is fine. But since I also recently got the Taylor. Made Black R1, I said to myself, Why not pit the two against each other in a battle royale Fantastic idea Im terrific. As is common these days, Nike has launched not 1, not 2, but 3 models in its Vapor driver range. Why Well, even though each one is adjustable, the head size and. I have the TaylorMade jetspeed driver, and rescue clubs. The rescue clubs are the best clubs in my bag. This 3 fairway wood is my second best club. Last Friday, I came home to find that my friends at TaylorMade had surprised me by sending me their new SLDR driver said to be their longest ever to test out a week. Kilauea Mount Etna Mount Yasur Mount Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira Piton de la Fournaise Erta Ale. Up first, the superficial. Looks Out of the box, the Black R1 is striking. Adjusting Taylormade Rbz Driver' title='Adjusting Taylormade Rbz Driver' />Find the TaylorMade JetSpeed driver at great prices on GlobalGolf. FREE SHIPPING on orders over 199 w onsite coupon code. March 14, 2013 After having tasted the excellence of the new R1 TaylorMade Golf driver, what could we expect from its brother for the 2013 season, the RocketBallz. Worst Kept Secret In Golf What loft is your driver 9. What if I told you that what you thought was a 9. Paying. From the grip down to the head cover, I like looking at this club. Speech Therapy Progress Report Template. That said, I would have preferred the top of the head to boast a matte finish rather than the gloss is currently has you cant really see the R1 graphic, but other than that I have to give it the edge in this section. The SLDR isnt ugly, but it doesnt grab me by the face and say BUY ME. The top of the SLDR is a dark grey matte like finish, which is fine, but I cant stand any kind of aluminum looking finish on a driver, and the face and bottom are just that. You had me at matte, you lost me at aluminum. Im a cruel lover. Sites-TMaG-Site/Sites-TMaG-Library/default/dw1e2ea223/images/customs/Specifications/RBZ%20Stage2/tm_specs_rbz2_rescue_RF65.jpg' alt='Adjusting Taylormade Rbz Driver' title='Adjusting Taylormade Rbz Driver' />Joined Wed May 27, 2009 904 pm Posts 3 HCP 18 Local clubcountry Buckingham Golf Club, UK Irons Callaway Big Bertha 3pw Driver Callaway FTi Fujikura Speeder. Find out how the Speed Pocket increases forgiveness and what happend to white crowns as the TaylorMade JetSpeed driver gets all dark and moody. If this were a beauty contest the R1 would win, hands down. Feel To be fair, the two clubs feel very different. The SLDR I received is the TP Tour Preferred model, which is fine because I try to move heaven and earth when I swing, but that also means its more finely tuned, less forgiving, and it has a much stiffer and heavier shaft than my stock, stiff shafted R1. This made switching back and forth between them frustrating as hell. One thing I definitely prefer about the SLDR is that at address it sits more conventionally. The R1 leans away from the ball, when grounded, and it made me feel as if the loft was too high. When it comes to feel, the SLDR gets the edge. Tuning. Both the R1 and the SLDR are adjustable in several ways. But here the hands down winner is the SLDR. It has less options and as far as Im concerned less is more when it comes to amateurs adjusting their clubs. Distance. Right now, I cant confidently say one club is longer than the other. Im comfortable with the R1, Ive played about six rounds with it and I can get it out there 3. But Ive only hit the SLDR a handful of times on the driving range, and while the shots feel solid like really solid my ball flight with the SLDR is significantly lower. And that is the odd thing because the SLDR has a center of gravity that is lower and more forward than any other Taylor. Made driver, which means I should be launching this thing into the sky. But I wasnt, and that burns my ass. So advantage R1. Picking one is a toss up. I dont think there is a definitive winner or loser between these two clubs. I honestly dont. They both have a really solid feel to them, and they are both incredibly long each is longer than my Taylor. Made RBZ was. What Ive really learned from this review, is having two extremely viable options for a driver is kind of a pain in the ass, but in the best kind of way. Get the SLDR or the R1 over at Taylor. Taylor. Made Jet. Speed Driver Review Golfalot. As we approach the end of 2. Taylor. Made have announced this year following the Taylor. Made Black R1 Driver, the Taylor. Made RBZ Stage 2 Driver and the. Taylor. Made SLDR Driver. A fair question and one for which Taylor. Made has the answer in its pocket. That is because the Speed Pocket that you know and love from the previous Taylor. Made Rocket. Ballz and RBZ Stage 2 fairway woods has now found its way into the Jet. Speed driver. Taylor. Mades speed pocket is a groove cut into the sole of the club to allow the face to flex more. It also moves the centre of gravity CG closer to the face and this combination increases ball speed and reduces spin for greater distance. So why is this news, as surely that could have done it by now Well they could have, but as all driver faces are already at the legal speed limit COR to do so would have put it over the top, so it required some re engineering. Effectively what they have done is to let the speed pocket increase performance on off centre and particularly low hits on the face without increasing the ball speed from the middle. Therefore I went out and teed the ball lower than normal to see what happend and I can say that they all sailed happily off into the sunset. The Speed. Pocket just made every shot that was low or to the sides feel like it came out of somewhere nearer the middle. Indeed the feel and sound was probably the best of all the drivers they have launched this year. I also tested the Jet. Speed on a Flightscope against the SLDR driver and it confirmed that the former is a higher spinning driver than the latter. Now the SLDR is very low spin which is why they are telling everyone to loft up, but the Jet. Speed performed more like a normal driver for ball spin and launch so this should suit amateur golfers more as it will enable them to get the ball up in the air. Even so you may still have to increase the loft on the Jet. Speed from your usual loft as having the CG lower and closer to the face means that it will need a little more loft to get the ball on the perfect trajectory. There are 3 lofts available at 9. HL 1. 3 and each one has an adjustable hosel that can be changed up or down 1. It is very easy to unscrew the hosel to adjust the loft and the options are marked as 2 dashes between standard and 1. Without getting too technical this is because the actual lofts on these marks may not be exactly 0. They use an off centre bore for the screw, so therefore the actual loft on the face could be say 1. Everything other hosel position thereafter is relative to this so when you are adjusting the head up one or two dashes then you are somewhere between 9. This gives you a lot of options and some may find this disconcerting, so it would be wise to get custom fitted when you buy this driver to ensure you get the right head and adjusted loft. When you change the loft you will change the lie of the club and whilst there is also an upright lie option on the hosel, it is still fixed with the loft so it you need a neutral lie, then try and get the head loft nearest to your required actual loft. The other big change is the black head and silver face, which first re appeared on the SLDR range. It still has the visual contrast that helps alignment, but is more mainstream than the previous white headed models. Also familiar is the head graphics on the crown which are remarkably similar to the 2. Taylor. Made Burner 4. Even the headcover is the same blackwhiteblue as the SLDR driver. Not exactly the edginess that we have come to expect from Taylor. Made, but I actually quite like it and I think more golfers will too. Weight is another key factor these days and at just under 3. Jet. Speed driver felt very light. The 4. 6 inch Matrix Velox T4. The feel and stability is very good but I had a little extra shot dispersion compared to 4. In conclusion, the Taylor. Made Jetspeed driver will suit more amateur golfers than the SLDR, as the higher spinning face will suit those whose driver clubhead speed is under 9. The low and front CG is a very different set up to the low and back CG of the RBZ Stage 2 driver so you do have a lot of choice at present and if you want a Taylor. Made driver then some professional advice on all these models is a must. The technology is sound and does deliver benefits in a package that has the almost reassuring looks of something familiar. It will be interesting to see if the low front CG approach is the future or a fad, but if you find that the Jet. Speed driver works for you then it will be a good buy.