Ok..who ordered a Krank Formula Fire Pro driver head? Let's hear it

[MagicMan79]

Calling all clubho's! This is your safe place

 

Anybody hit one of these things? Curious on how low spin they are.

 

I swing in the 120-125mph range on course. Given up on Sim and Stealth after breaking several. Playing my 2nd Paradym TD head now, which will eventually cave in again. Have a pile of broken driver heads, so genuinely curious about these. I like what I heard from B about the face shape and gearing. I always seem to hit Taylormade stuff the best, so I am probably accustomed to Twistface

[MagicMan79]

I don't understand why this was moved to the Long Driver's Lab section?  The discussion is intended to be about on-course Krank drivers

[Tbone107]

Ordered a 6 degree LD head for on course play. Excited to get it tipped up. 

[LHbombs]

 

On 8/11/2023 at 11:25 AM, MagicMan79 said:

Calling all clubho's! This is your safe place

 

Anybody hit one of these things? Curious on how low spin they are.

 

I swing in the 120-125mph range on course. Given up on Sim and Stealth after breaking several. Playing my 2nd Paradym TD head now, which will eventually cave in again. Have a pile of broken driver heads, so genuinely curious about these. I like what I heard from B about the face shape and gearing. I always seem to hit Taylormade stuff the best, so I am probably accustomed to Twistface

6 degree Formula Fire dialed down to 5 has been my gamer since they were released. Lol had it on pre order since being a lefty it's one of around 2 LH friendly companies. Had the F11 before that. Not to over complicate it they are dang good. Used Krank on the course from mid 120 swing speeds to now mid 140s and they are reliable.

[MagicMan79]

3 hours ago, LHbombs said:

 

6 degree Formula Fire dialed down to 5 has been my gamer since they were released. Lol had it on pre order since being a lefty it's one of around 2 LH friendly companies. Had the F11 before that. Not to over complicate it they are dang good. Used Krank on the course from mid 120 swing speeds to now mid 140s and they are reliable.

love it !

 

Would you consider these super low spin? Do you get to pick a head weight or adjust it ?

 

Hitting a 9° Paradym TD now. Thinking about trying a 7.5 Fire Pro 

[LHbombs]

20 hours ago, MagicMan79 said:

love it !

 

Would you consider these super low spin? Do you get to pick a head weight or adjust it ?

 

Hitting a 9° Paradym TD now. Thinking about trying a 7.5 Fire Pro 

I can say for me they keep the spin rate where it needs to be along with the shafts I use so it's finding the combo that suits the numbers you're looking for.

 

Weight wise I've not altered them but I'm sure you can ask Lance or his guys specifics when ordering.

[Tbone107]

A couple range sessions and a round in and I can't believe how much I like this thing especially on the dispersion front. 

 

Ordered the 6 and turned down to 5 but almost regret not getting the 5 and being able to turn down to 4.. 

[Tbone107]

2 hours ago, Edhead said:

So the adaptor only allows you to deloft 1 degree??

Correct

Edited August 31, 2023 by Tbone107

[tatertot]

Y'all play a game with which I am not familiar with.  

 

Carry on.

[MagicMan79]

Broke another Paradym TD today. Had Krank on the phone in 5 mins 😄

 

Ordered a Formula Fire and got to pick my desired head weight. VERY excited to get it in my hands. Paradym had less than 75 balls on it. 

[Pnwpingi210]

6 hours ago, MagicMan79 said:

Broke another Paradym TD today. Had Krank on the phone in 5 mins 😄

 

Ordered a Formula Fire and got to pick my desired head weight. VERY excited to get it in my hands. Paradym had less than 75 balls on it. 

What does a one of those crank legal driver run cost wise?

Edited September 2, 2023 by Pnwpingi210

[Shilgy]

On 9/1/2023 at 1:38 PM, MagicMan79 said:

Broke another Paradym TD today. Had Krank on the phone in 5 mins 😄

 

Ordered a Formula Fire and got to pick my desired head weight. VERY excited to get it in my hands. Paradym had less than 75 balls on it. 

Makes me wonder why?  Why do you break these drivers when the guys on tour manage to not break them….at least not so often.  Less than center contact?

 

There were three players that averaged over 125 and a total of 26 over 120.

 

You would think more were breaking theirs seeing how you do so often.

 

Those guys do more than 75 balls per week with driver and does not happen often at all.

[MagicMan79]

On 9/1/2023 at 9:53 PM, Pnwpingi210 said:

What does a one of those crank legal driver run cost wise?

 

It was $292 or $294 shipped with the $150 off sale they have going on 
 

 

2 hours ago, Shilgy said:

Makes me wonder why?  Why do you break these drivers when the guys on tour manage to not break them….at least not so often.  Less than center contact?

 

There were three players that averaged over 125 and a total of 26 over 120.

 

You would think more were breaking theirs seeing how you do so often.

 

Those guys do more than 75 balls per week with driver and does not happen often at all.

I would guarantee the Callaway guys are breaking these things if I am.

 

I’m in the 122-125mph range pretty consistently, but nothing crazy 

 

Both my breaks/dents were on balls that were 8-10mm low/toe side. That’s like 2-3 dimples from center so nothing crazy. I imagine the face could be thinner there , not sure ?

 

And I know that tour guys hand pick their heads, and the harder swinging guys pick heads with lower COR (thicker faces) and they are tour heads. Rory discusses this regarding his TM stuff

 

They all break heads but have no reason to advertise it when it happens 

[Pnwpingi210]

2 hours ago, Shilgy said:

Makes me wonder why?  Why do you break these drivers when the guys on tour manage to not break them….at least not so often.  Less than center contact?

 

There were three players that averaged over 125 and a total of 26 over 120.

 

You would think more were breaking theirs seeing how you do so often.

 

Those guys do more than 75 balls per week with driver and does not happen often at all.

I think these guys go through more heads than we think.    Neither the player nor the manufacture is going to advertise that for various reasons.

[Lucasg]

@Magicman79 did you get your driver? And what did you think? 

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

On 9/4/2023 at 10:45 AM, Pnwpingi210 said:

I think these guys go through more heads than we think.    Neither the player nor the manufacture is going to advertise that for various reasons.

 

I agree.

 

Related (I think) to this, I remember reading something earlier this year when Rory said the Tour guys have to change heads because after repeated hitting the faces get thinner and may not meet the CoR requirements.

 

Found the article:

Golf Digest article

 

I haven't reread it since posting the link, so my memory may be off regarding the details of what he actually said.

 

 

[sunbeltgolfer]

Anyone that has ordered one recently that can say how long it took for the head to ship? Ordered one almost two weeks ago and still waiting for them to ship the head.

[MagicMan79]

I picked up a 9° Pro head. Mine took about 2 weeks but they said that it would up front. I wouldn’t be alarmed 

 

No monitor data yet but will report back. 

[Drrussell]

I just ordered one and I think it said 3 weeks expected.

[sunbeltgolfer]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:31 PM, MagicMan79 said:

I picked up a 9° Pro head. Mine took about 2 weeks but they said that it would up front. I wouldn’t be alarmed 

 

No monitor data yet but will report back. 

Thanks. Not alarmed, just impatient and curious.

[kasting333]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:31 PM, MagicMan79 said:

I picked up a 9° Pro head. Mine took about 2 weeks but they said that it would up front. I wouldn’t be alarmed 

 

No monitor data yet but will report back. 

How you liking it so far?

[MagicMan79]

On 9/19/2023 at 11:49 AM, Lucasg said:

@Magicman79 did you get your driver? And what did you think? 

It’s pretty solid and performs similar to my Paradym TD.

Honestly i just can’t get over the look. It’s quite different

 

Will be posting 9° in classifieds when my other post comes down

[Ngolfer]

On 9/28/2023 at 9:02 AM, sunbeltgolfer said:

Anyone that has ordered one recently that can say how long it took for the head to ship? Ordered one almost two weeks ago and still waiting for them to ship the head.

Did you get your club? How long did it take?

[Ngolfer]

On 10/1/2023 at 4:14 AM, Drrussell said:

I just ordered one and I think it said 3 weeks expected.

How long did it take for yours to arrive?

[sunbeltgolfer]

4 hours ago, Ngolfer said:

Did you get your club? How long did it take?

I did. It shipped and arrived about four weeks after my order was placed.

[jamgam]

I ordered one a month ago.  It just showed up at the house.  They're website never updated to show they shipped it or anything

 

I haven't tried it yet though

[03trdblack]

I've been using it and so far it's pretty good. The biggest issue I had was the sound, too loud and tinny. I removed the two 5g weights and ordered some 1.5g weights to replace them. I then put 7g of hot melt and now it sounds incredible. 

 

One thing I noticed was how easy it is to hit straight. For a smaller footprint at address, it's very forgiving if you miss the middle and shots don't curve much. 

 

 

[Drrussell]

16 hours ago, 03trdblack said:

I've been using it and so far it's pretty good. The biggest issue I had was the sound, too loud and tinny. I removed the two 5g weights and ordered some 1.5g weights to replace them. I then put 7g of hot melt and now it sounds incredible. 

 

One thing I noticed was how easy it is to hit straight. For a smaller footprint at address, it's very forgiving if you miss the middle and shots don't curve much. 

 

 

I noticed the exact same thing. My miss tends to be toe side and with my regular driver, those turn quite snappy in a hurry. With the Formula Fire the ball flight is really straight. At first I thought the same thing about the sound, but truthfully, after I saw the ball flight, I got over that pretty quickly. 

[03trdblack]

5 hours ago, Drrussell said:

I noticed the exact same thing. My miss tends to be toe side and with my regular driver, those turn quite snappy in a hurry. With the Formula Fire the ball flight is really straight. At first I thought the same thing about the sound, but truthfully, after I saw the ball flight, I got over that pretty quickly. 

 

I thought I could live with the sound too until someone on the range asked me if I was hitting "one of those Nike Sumo drivers". After that, something had to be done 😂

[Tbone107]

23 hours ago, Drrussell said:

I noticed the exact same thing. My miss tends to be toe side and with my regular driver, those turn quite snappy in a hurry. With the Formula Fire the ball flight is really straight. At first I thought the same thing about the sound, but truthfully, after I saw the ball flight, I got over that pretty quickly. 

Exact same thing for me. The misses with this head are so much better than anything I've had in the past. Every miss just wants to come back to the middle.