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2024 Cobra King Tec, King Tec-X, and King Tec-X One Length Irons

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BigDill said:
One round in the books for the King Tecs after a couple month layoff because of life. Saw some really good things on the course.

I was able to stop a few balls on the green from distance, including a 7 iron from about 180 out. The descent angles for me have been really good so far, which was a concern I had moving into these from the King Tours. I am playing the Chrome Tour X.

The feel in the grass and with a premium ball is much, much nicer than with the range balls. I still think I will go with a different shaft than the KBS $ Taper Lite in the future, but the slightly harsh feeling I had in the range session dissipated in on course conditions.

As expected with this class of irons, the thin strikes can be a bit punitive, both in feel and performance. My swing is getting back in form with my pre-round range session this morning, so I am hitting more down on the ball and that’s where these irons shine. Really great night when I swing correctly.

I am also finding these irons to be about 5-7 yards longer than my King Tours, which is fun. I feel like I am 5 years younger with the distance increase. I should have the distances dialed in after a mother few rounds.
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Getting back to revisiting this thread now that everything is out and I need to start making decisions on where I’m going with irons in 2025.

Love the feedback you are providing in here. It still seems like there aren’t a lot of people in KT, or at least if they are they’re not posting in here which is a bummer.

I love to hear that the spin concerns you had aren’t necessarily playing out on course and your able to launch 7i high and get good decent angles coming in from distance. If I’m honest that’s my #1 concern with these. Every time I’ve hit them in the bays I get terrified of the low spin I’m seeing like sub 5k 7i low.

Before someone says it I do know that spin doesn’t tell the whole story. I get that and that’s the reason I want to read as much as I can about on course performance for people. I’m not going to be able to take these on course before pulling the trigger most likely. So I appreciate all you’ve shared so far but keep those thoughts coming!
 
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Getting back to revisiting this thread now that everything is out and I need to start making decisions on where I’m going with irons in 2025.

Love the feedback you are providing in here. It still seems like there aren’t a lot of people in KT, or at least if they are they’re not posting in here which is a bummer.

I love to hear that the spin concerns you had aren’t necessarily playing out on course and your able to launch 7i high and get good decent angles coming in from distance. If I’m honest that’s my #1 concern with these. Every time I’ve hit them in the bays I get terrified of the low spin I’m seeing like sub 5k 7i low.

Before someone says it I do know that spin doesn’t tell the whole story. I get that and that’s the reason I want to read as much as I can about on course performance for people. I’m not going to be able to take these on course before pulling the trigger most likely. So I appreciate all you’ve shared so far but keep those thoughts coming!
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Appreciate it. When I played the P790s I had trouble getting the ball elevated enough to stop. Granted, it was much earlier in my golfing career, and my swing is better now, but it was certainly an issue.

If you have an issue with spin being too low, I would suggest trying a different ball. It why I went with the Chrome Tour X for example. I may try the Bridgestone Tour BXS as well.
 
BigDill said:
Appreciate it. When I played the P790s I had trouble getting the ball elevated enough to stop. Granted, it was much earlier in my golfing career, and my swing is better now, but it was certainly an issue.

If you have an issue with spin being too low, I would suggest trying a different ball. It why I went with the Chrome Tour X for example. I may try the Bridgestone Tour BXS as well.
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Yea these irons may have me looking for a new ball....I doubt it because I need typically as low spin as I can get, but it's at least making me ponder.
 
CBaker said:
Yea these irons may have me looking for a new ball....I doubt it because I need typically as low spin as I can get, but it's at least making me ponder.
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I don’t think it’s a drastic change with well struck balls, but definitely can put you in a better window and help thin shots as much as possible.
 
BigDill said:
I don’t think it’s a drastic change with well struck balls, but definitely can put you in a better window and help thin shots as much as possible.
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Yea in my time with them at the fitting bays it wasn't crazy different than the king tours for me. maybe a few hundred less. but I typically need that few hundred less, not hurt by losing it. So I may be perfectly fine, I'm just going to keep an eye on it.
 
BigDill said:
If you have an issue with spin being too low, I would suggest trying a different ball. It why I went with the Chrome Tour X for example. I may try the Bridgestone Tour BXS as well.
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The few times I’ve tested them. I’ve used pro V1X RCT. I’m definitely considering a hi spin ball for 2025. Planning on doing a ball fitting as we get closer to the start of the season.
 
CBaker said:
Yea in my time with them at the fitting bays it wasn't crazy different than the king tours for me. maybe a few hundred less. but I typically need that few hundred less, not hurt by losing it. So I may be perfectly fine, I'm just going to keep an eye on it.
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I also played the king tours, and I agree, the king tours spun more, especially on toe strikes. I think on well struck balls the spin difference is nominal, all things considered. But having a bit spinner ball has been the right choice for me so far. I have a shaft change to the DG 105 coming, so I’ll see if that has any impact.
 
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played another round this weekend with the king tec x ones. Still enjoying them and how forgiving they are. I do wish that the king tec had the one length option as I want the lower offset. Another thing I want to try a heavier graphite shaft; currently have the 85g and it just feels so different from my wedges.
 
Still impressed by just how much these reward center contact when it comes to feel and feedback. You really know when you've done something right with these irons.
 
curious if anyone has hit the Tec X vs ZX5 or ZX4 wrt forgiveness. Or even Tec X vs Darkspeed for that matter.
 
nostatic said:
curious if anyone has hit the Tec X vs ZX5 or ZX4 wrt forgiveness. Or even Tec X vs Darkspeed for that matter.
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I spent most of a season with the ZX4 MKii and have been playing the Tec X.

Forgiveness is sometimes tough to gauge without a detailed head to head, but I can’t say I’ve noticed much difference (if any) at all. My feeling is the Tec X set up a teeny bit more compact, but again it’s close.
 
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BigDill said:
I also played the king tours, and I agree, the king tours spun more, especially on toe strikes. I think on well struck balls the spin difference is nominal, all things considered. But having a bit spinner ball has been the right choice for me so far. I have a shaft change to the DG 105 coming, so I’ll see if that has any impact.
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I agree 100% with what you saw between the Tec’s and Tours. Which ball are you playing that’s giving you a touch more spin with the Tec’s?
 
This is for @belh22, who asked about forgiveness between the Tecs and Tours in the thread I wrongfully posted my impressions in… .

Tours gave me slightly more spin, but the difference was not outrageous. Distance was only slightly better with the Tec’s on the best of strikes head to head, however the Tours were no slouch. On mishits, the Tecs lost a touch less distance, but honestly not as much as you would think, at least in my limited testing.

Tours felt a hair softer to me than the Tecs, but again, difference wasn’t out of this world noticeable.

In testing them I went into it thinking the Tecs would be super low spin and long distance monsters compared to the Tours, but they weren’t. They were both really consistent with the trash swing I brought with me that day. I was hoping it would have been a runaway with the Tours because I want the black, murdered out set so bad, but the Tecs hung in and have me thinking about adding them to the bag instead… I will say, in person, they are a really, really good looking iron. Heck, they both are. Bag appeal for either set is 10/10, for me.
 
@BigDill, disregard my earlier post. I stopped being a skimmer and went up to read what you had already posted and answered my own question…

How much difference in spin were you seeing with the ball switch compared to before?
 
I'm disappointed in myself. My single King Tec 8i has been left alone unhit for months now. I forgot to take it with me to California in December and also when I played one sim round a few weeks ago. It shall be rectified soon
 
meloisa said:
I agree 100% with what you saw between the Tec’s and Tours. Which ball are you playing that’s giving you a touch more spin with the Tec’s?
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Chrome Tour X
 
meloisa said:
@BigDill, disregard my earlier post. I stopped being a skimmer and went up to read what you had already posted and answered my own question…

How much difference in spin were you seeing with the ball switch compared to before?
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I have not hit them on a monitor so I couldn't tell you specifically. But I would guess its within a couple hundred RPM on iron shots. Its really just to make sure I get a higher ball flight and get the ball to stop when well hit. I previously played the Tour B X which is an awesome ball as well. But the Chrome Tour X just seems to be the right ball for me with these clubs, while still being really solid off the tee.
 
Wow, just saw the Tec irons and I’m super impressed. They look fantastic.
 
I will say initally I didn't get along amazing with the king tech x one-length irons. I could not hit them near as well as my darkspeeds.

I put some dg300 shafts in them and have fell in love. Love the looks for as forgiving as they are.
 
The more time I get with the king Tecs the more I like them. Was consistently getting 50+ descent angles which is fantastic, and lower spin than my king tours which is something I could actually benefit from.

I tried them with both the $ taper 120 S and 130 X, and both shafts felt great paired with them. I would typically go with that stiff option, but the X stiff gave me something to think about. I could flight the ball way easier with the X stiff over the 120’s in stiff which was nice to see. Was able to flight it down 30+ feet pretty consistently with the X and couldn’t do that as much with the 120 stiff. Was only really able to knock down like 10-15 feet with the stiff consistently unless I really tried to hook it.

The sound on well struck shots is extremely good for this style head.
 
While I had one previous opportunity to hit the King Tec irons last month, I felt like yesterday's experience with the the 7i was even better than the first. Iron swing is in a much better place and allowed me to really appreciate how nice these irons are, especially with a centered strike. These are the only head I've ever hit of this style, so I don't have anything to which to compare them directly.

While this was never intended to be an iron fitting, here we are. My iron swing has been in a good place, I was enjoying hitting the King Tec 7i, and the fitter was enjoying trying different shafts and lie angles so I just kept swinging. Here are a few numbers from what was the winning combo (King Tec; 2° flat; w/KBS Tour Lite Stiff):

- Avg Carry: 157 yds
- Avg Total: 168 yds
- Avg Ball Speed: 113 mph
- Avg Launch Angle: 17°
- Avg Spin Rate: < 6000 rpm
- Avg AoD: 47.5°

I'm admittedly a bit ignorant when it comes to desired windows with most numbers. I would like to see higher spin, I think, but know a ball change (used CT yesterday) could affect that a bit too. Overall, I really am impressed with the King Tec and really enjoy the feel of these irons. Even initially (before lie adjustment), I wasn't quite finding the center of the face and was still seeing playable shots, but once we got dialed in and started finding the center of the face consistently...yes, please.
 
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