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Tried the Sim Max d against my M6 d type and The Mavrik Max . The Sim was about 10 yards longer than the M6 and 15 ish past the Mavrik . I Could be the difference in the shafts on the 2 TM drivers , the sim was about 300 , 400 rpm less spin .
I ended up ordering the Sim Max D in 10.5 loft with a Ventus Blue 6 regular flex . Also ordered the Sim max irons love the feel and ball flight with them .
Happy camper here just hope they show before my trip to Mexico .
 
Does the regular Sim Max have any draw propensity or is it a neutral club - just more forgiving than the regular Sim?
 
RobDMB said:
Does the regular Sim Max have any draw propensity or is it a neutral club - just more forgiving than the regular Sim?
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IMHO, I think you are best served to demo both and decide for yourself.
 
RobDMB said:
Does the regular Sim Max have any draw propensity or is it a neutral club - just more forgiving than the regular Sim?
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No it doesnt. It is neutral with more forgiveness and higher MOI compared to standard SIM
 
RobDMB said:
Does the regular Sim Max have any draw propensity or is it a neutral club - just more forgiving than the regular Sim?
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I have actually found the Sim Max to be a bit fade biased in its stock adaptor setting. I play mine with the sleeve lofted higher for a straight ball flight.
 
Any ideas when they will release replacement/varying rear weights for the SIM? I would like to play with putting a slightly heavier weight in the SIM. I had the SIM Max for over a week after being fitted for it over the regular SIM. I know my ideal launch conditions based on my M5 is at 13-14 degrees launch angle at around 2000-2200 RPM. When trying the SIM, I had a 13 deg launch angle and about 1600-1800 RPMs of spin. The fitter at the big box store tells me it's too low and I need to get that spin number up. So he then gives me the SIM Max, same loft of 9 degrees, same shaft, and my spin went up to 2200-2400 RPM but with a 17-18 degree launch. He told me to trust him in that it would be more forgiving, but I knew that it would launch too high during play. It definitely is more forgiving, but I didn't like the launch and overall height of all my drives during play. I then exchanged it for the regular SIM and the ball flight resembled that of my M5, but I feel I could use a little more spin for it to stay in the air longer. I know that there is a 6g difference in the inertia weight between the SIM and SIM Max so I'm curious to swap or try something progressively higher.
 
sf_loft said:
Any ideas when they will release replacement/varying rear weights for the SIM? I would like to play with putting a slightly heavier weight in the SIM. I had the SIM Max for over a week after being fitted for it over the regular SIM. I know my ideal launch conditions based on my M5 is at 13-14 degrees launch angle at around 2000-2200 RPM. When trying the SIM, I had a 13 deg launch angle and about 1600-1800 RPMs of spin. The fitter at the big box store tells me it's too low and I need to get that spin number up. So he then gives me the SIM Max, same loft of 9 degrees, same shaft, and my spin went up to 2200-2400 RPM but with a 17-18 degree launch. He told me to trust him in that it would be more forgiving, but I knew that it would launch too high during play. It definitely is more forgiving, but I didn't like the launch and overall height of all my drives during play. I then exchanged it for the regular SIM and the ball flight resembled that of my M5, but I feel I could use a little more spin for it to stay in the air longer. I know that there is a 6g difference in the inertia weight between the SIM and SIM Max so I'm curious to swap or try something progressively higher.
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What shaft are you using? Im using an older Diamana Limited S+ to get the spin I want with the SIM 9* driver. I get 14 launch, 110 feet peak height with 157 ball speed.
 
I can say without any reservation, this is the best driver I have ever had. Mostly a Ping guy over the years, they still make great stuff, but demoed the Max D with a stock Ventus Red shaft, and no going back. The first time a club has met or exceeded the hype, at least for me. Cannot believe the consisitency I have, the first time I have experienced point and shoot. Wonder if this is some joke that is about to end, to be totally honest!
 
I really wasn’t even planning on hitting the SIM driver, but I found myself with an hour to kill and my local retailer in between my destination and me, so I went in and took a bunch of swings on a GC2 launch monitor. I had a seven year hiatus from golf, so I missed the SLDR, which was somewhat polarizing. However, with that caveat, the SIM may well be the lowest spinning driver I have ever hit.

I am not sure how it would work for me out on a course, but it is an absolute monster on a launch monitor, due to the extremely low spin and good ball speed it generated. I also found that I could hit a nice draw or a little cut and even the cuts stayed in the 2400 spin range.

Call me impressed, even if it does seem to be somewhat of a knockoff of the Cobra F9.
 
I dont know what it is but I cant hit the SIM or SIM Max for the life of me. With a lot of promising reviews about both models being an upgrade over M5/6, I just cant hit them. Lots of low face, pull hooks straight left. Im hitting parts of the club face I never see. I warm up with the my m5 and hit how I normally do. Swap heads keeping the same shaft and it gets ugly very quick. In 4 different sessions with both SIM models im finally giving up
 
jfrigo1003 said:
I dont know what it is but I cant hit the SIM or SIM Max for the life of me. With a lot of promising reviews about both models being an upgrade over M5/6, I just cant hit them. Lots of low face, pull hooks straight left. Im hitting parts of the club face I never see. I warm up with the my m5 and hit how I normally do. Swap heads keeping the same shaft and it gets ugly very quick. In 4 different sessions with both SIM models im finally giving up
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That is so curious to me.
 
Tenputt said:
That is so curious to me.
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haha me too... thats why I kept going back to hit them. As soon as a SIM head goes on the same shaft I use with my m5, its like ive never played before. Ive hit the stock shafts too and same results. 9* , 10.5*...doesnt matter. Cant hit either
 
jfrigo1003 said:
haha me too... thats why I kept going back to hit them. As soon as a SIM head goes on the same shaft I use with my m5, its like ive never played before. Ive hit the stock shafts too and same results. 9* , 10.5*...doesnt matter. Cant hit either
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Try the 12? If it’s as low spin as billed, they’re in SLDR territory and lifting way up may be a necessity.
 
Of course, the good news is you’ll be getting a new driver in 2020 anyway....:unsure:;)
 
jfrigo1003 said:
I dont know what it is but I cant hit the SIM or SIM Max for the life of me. With a lot of promising reviews about both models being an upgrade over M5/6, I just cant hit them. Lots of low face, pull hooks straight left. Im hitting parts of the club face I never see. I warm up with the my m5 and hit how I normally do. Swap heads keeping the same shaft and it gets ugly very quick. In 4 different sessions with both SIM models im finally giving up
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As your captain...How about we focus on hitting and figuring out Cobra SpeedZone Drivers instead of TM SIM :cool::greenalien:
 
jdtox said:
As your captain...How about we focus on hitting and figuring out Cobra SpeedZone Drivers instead of TM SIM :cool::greenalien:
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jdtox said:
As your captain...How about we focus on hitting and figuring out Cobra SpeedZone Drivers instead of TM SIM :cool::greenalien:
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As an alumnus of Team Hackers, I think he should keep trying all of the wonderful clubs from the many great companies that have a presence on THP. :ROFLMAO:
 
jdtox said:
As your captain...How about we focus on hitting and figuring out Cobra SpeedZone Drivers instead of TM SIM :cool::greenalien:
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HAHAHA you got it captain!
 
Jman said:
Try the 12? If it’s as low spin as billed, they’re in SLDR territory and lifting way up may be a necessity.
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The SIM was freakishly low spin for me yesterday. I was seeing many well hit balls with 1700 spin and I am not sure I have ever seen that before, although, again, I never had the privilege of swinging the SLDR.
 
Tenputt said:
The SIM was freakishly low spin for me yesterday. I was seeing many well hit balls with 1700 spin and I am not sure I have ever seen that before, although, again, I never had the privilege of swinging the SLDR.
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Privilege, nightmare, both close. Hahaha

SLDR was a nightmare for me, even in a 14 degree driver
 
For me the SIM is so good I am selling my epic flash subzero and I didn't think anything would beat that. At least not this soon. The Speedzone is just behind. Those are the top two this year.
 
Jman said:
Try the 12? If it’s as low spin as billed, they’re in SLDR territory and lifting way up may be a necessity.
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ive found both models to be quite low launch and low spin. Im so used to the m5 at 9* launching close to 14 with 2100 spin. both sim models launch lower and spin lower.... im gonna chalk these 2 up as a loss for me. And that kills me to say as a TM woods player for 10+ years...

but, that Cobra Xtreme is damn fun to hit
 
NVGOLFER80 said:
For me the SIM is so good I am selling my epic flash subzero and I didn't think anything would beat that. At least not this soon. The Speedzone is just behind. Those are the top two this year.
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I personally agree that the SIM and SpeedZone are at the top of the heap. Both are amazing.
 
jfrigo1003 said:
ive found both models to be quite low launch and low spin. Im so used to the m5 at 9* launching close to 14 with 2100 spin. both sim models launch lower and spin lower.... im gonna chalk these 2 up as a loss for me. And that kills me to say as a TM woods player for 10+ years...

but, that Cobra Xtreme is damn fun to hit
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Again though, on the Sim, if that’s the case then why not try the 12 head?
 
Jman said:
Again though, on the Sim, if that’s the case then why not try the 12 head?
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Never crossed my mind. With both lofts in both heads my strike pattern is terrible. For whatever reason I cant find the center of the face ever. Try the m5 or even other drivers and I make good contact no problem. Put in a Sim head and all of a sudden im nowhere near center

with the 150% trade in still going ill take a look at that before officially cutting them off
 
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