Help me decipher my LM results

[kiteman]

So I bought a Ping Anser off eBay a while back and never even looked at stats on a LM, just played it. So I wanted to take it to a LM and see what it registered and compare it with a newer driver on the market, and confirm whether or not I am hitting the wrong club off the tee. The results below are slightly confusing to me, so I’ll post them and then ask my questions. Thanks for any help.

 

Ping Anser 9.5 'ahina Stiff

Hit #1

SS: 112

BS: 157

SM: 1.40

LA: 8.6

SP: 2700

Max Height: 38

Offline: 18

Carry: 264

Total: 280

 

Hit #2

SS: 111

BS: 153

SM: 1.38

LA: 12.2

SP: 1900

Max Height: 43

Offline: 7

Carry: 259

Total: 268

 

Titleist D3 9.5 Rouge Black Stiff

Hit #1

SS: 110

BS: 153

SM: 1.39

LA: 11.4

SP: 2200

Max Height: 43

Offline: 4

Carry: 259

Total: 273

 

Hit #2

SS: 105

BS: 149

SM: 1.42

LA: 13.2

SP: Didn’t register

Max Height: 42

Offline: 0

Carry: 258

Total: 284

 

1. So first question is how do people get 1.5 smash factors, is it just a matter of hitting the ball in the exact right spot on the clubface? So therefore anything less is technically a mishit? How bad is a 1.4 smash factor mishit? Because all of these hits felt really good, even though Anser #2 seems like I probably hit it a little low on the clubface, hence the low LA.

2. How come the Anser #1 LA is so much lower than #2 but still essentially carries as far and has a similar max height?

3. On the Anser why are the spin rates so different? And how come #2 has seemingly less spin but also got less roll? (to be fair my other shots with the club were trending on average around 2700, so this could have just been a LM misread on spin)

4. On Titleist #2 my swing speed was 7 mph off of my fastest, and my smash factor was my best by only a small margin, so how come my carry was essentially equal to all the others?

 

I think my ultimate goal when heading to the LM was to find out if my current driver is adequate for me—which it most certainly seems to be. I don't know if I can justify paying $400 for a potential 4yd upgrade. But also I wasn’t able to hit any other drivers because I didn’t have time, but since the results between these two drivers were so similar, I would hardly expect to see much better results with any other model. I could be wrong about that though.