I am so glad I decided to give my Halos a second chance. I do not see myself changing them out anytime soon. As a matter of fact, the only club I struggle with is my sand wedge, so I may change that out for a Cleveland Smartsole 4 some day.
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I believe @erock9174 can answer this. Sr golfer here. I played the HB3's and find the XL Halo's to be lighter with a more flexed shaft. The HB3's want to hook, where the Halo XL's want to go straight and they have more forgiveness. I think a lot comes down to the flex you choose and your personal preference. HB Turbos, prior gen is an excellent choice too.79.5 years old. Just revisited my Altitude 588’s. 4i-9i followed by four 588 raw wedges(45*, 51*, 56*, 60*). The older I get the more I enjoy this set. Shot a fairly honest 42 for 9 holes from senior tees yesterday. But I am still curious if senior golfers who have played the Altitudes and Halo Xl have seen a noticeable difference. Thank you.
I am so glad I decided to give my Halos a second chance. I do not see myself changing them out anytime soon. As a matter of fact, the only club I struggle with is my sand wedge, so I may change that out for a Cleveland Smartsole 4 some day.
Did you struggle with the 4 iron also?
79.5 years old. Just revisited my Altitude 588’s. 4i-9i followed by four 588 raw wedges(45*, 51*, 56*, 60*). The older I get the more I enjoy this set. Shot a fairly honest 42 for 9 holes from senior tees yesterday. But I am still curious if senior golfers who have played the Altitudes and Halo Xl have seen a noticeable difference. Thank you.
I’m not currently gaming altitudes but I keep a set around when my swing is off the rails. Usually early season. They are the stock R flex steel shafts.
Anyhow, briefly owned the Halos earlier this year. Also with the stock steel shafts in Reg. For me both sets played similarly. I think it boiled down to looks as the Halo's have a slightly longer blade length and overall head size. I believe Cleveland said they were around 10-12% larger than any of their predecers. Don't quote me on that though.
Also what stood out to be was the set wedge size. I didn't think the Altitude wedges were all that large looking but the Halo wedges look very large. So to my eye the Altitudes looked a little more progressive size wise.
As for numbers I got you. Limited set. I was hitting the ball pretty well that day and hit 5 in with each club. If need to remove a ball (poor swing I took one out).
Maybe a hair more ball speed out of the Halos but really not much in them.
Here were the numbers:
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Halo Dispersion Chart
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Altitude Dispersion Chart
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For whatever reason I didn't seem to get a good gapping between the Altitude 6 and 7 irons during that session. The 7i seemed to go longer on the monitor than in real life. I usually allocate 140 for the 7i carry and 150 for a 6i no matter what iron set I play and typically have no issues with gapping there. The Halos did gap off nicely that day on the monitor.
Yes sir...I'll PM you vs derailing this thread
And the mentioned soft shaft? Iv been seeing that mentioned a lot reading back through the thread but might just apply to the senior and r flex. Might see if the fitters can still order custom. Being in Australia we are a bit limited.hybrids have a tendency to hook as they are very upright - the halo hybrid irons are not as upright
And the mentioned soft shaft? Iv been seeing that mentioned a lot reading back through the thread but might just apply to the senior and r flex. Might see if the fitters can still order custom. Being in Australia we are a bit limited.
I'm happy with my speedzones. It's just irons I struggle with, and really can't find the time to learn.correct, the shaft is very soft, I'd recommend a fitting or demo one to get it right. Adding, length, they are more upright. Also, consider the hywood and 4 hybrid.
I don't have the i210's, I have the i200s but from my testing are pretty comparable.I’m considering going to the Halos from i210s also, keen to hear your thoughts on how you found the Halos compared to the i210s
as they will likely be lower spinning than most cavity back irons.
This isn’t true. TXG’s review on YouTube dispels this myth. See below. We don’t know how the wedges compare, but the results here are pretty eye opening.
The original question was posed to me how the i210's would compare to the Halos. The i200/210 were noted for being higher spinning irons so my comments were directed towards those compared to the Halos/Altitude irons. When I tested the i200's vs Halo they both spun at 5200 but my i200's are 2* stronger than normal. So at std specs the i200s would be a little higher spinning than the Halos I had. I was under the assumption that the person asking me the question had std lofts in his i210s. I do agree though that the Halos have a healthy amount of spin for the design.This isn’t true. TXG’s review on YouTube dispels this myth. See below. We don’t know how the wedges compare, but the results here are pretty eye opening.
I don't have the i210's, I have the i200s but from my testing are pretty comparable.
The i200's and Halos are very different beasts. i200 is your pretty common players type cavity back with some perimeter weighting and bounce to help one out a bit).
I like the i200/210 because they launch high with plenty of spin and are workable.
The Halo's are going to be a much larger head, hollow body hybrid style iron with a thicker topline. Aimed at getting the ball up in the air and will be pretty long too loft for loft as they will likely be lower spinning than most cavity back irons.
Both have similar offset though (not crazy like some GI/SGI irons).
Based on how I measure, the 7i heads are as followed:
i210
Blade length (from bend in the hosel to the outer edge) - 2 7/8"
Sole width - 7/8"
Toe height - 2 1/8"
Halo
Blade length- 3 3/16"
Sole width - 1 1/2"
Toe height - 2"
Altitude:
Blade length- 3"
Sole width - 1 1/2"
Toe height - 1 15/16"
So as you can see the Halo blade length wise is about 1/4" longer, which is going to be very noticable.
Sole width on th Halo is slightly over 1/2" wider.
Toe height similar.
I got rid of the Halos, but still have the Altitudes and i200. Here are some pics of the 7i. And to note, the Halo is an even larger of a head than the Altitude is. So looks wise they will be very different.
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This has been a pet peeve of mine with the Cleveland hybrid style irons over the years.So I have 3 rounds in with my Halo hybrid irons and they perform perfect for my game. The only caveat is the black finish on top is already chipping off from bag chatter, no way I'm putting headcovers on these as it will clutter the bag to much.
I understand the black is to make it look smaller but they should've realized it was gonna chip away and make it a eye sore.
Anyone have a solution to the black chipping away? I was thinking of just removing somehow all of it myself.