Callaway I-MIX system

[Craig Mac]

So I recieved the Callaway magazine yesterday and was reading up on the I-MIX and I came to the conclusion that while it is a "revolutionary system"(their words), it seems like a novelty to me. I think that I would rather get fitted for the right club by profesionals than buying extra shafts and club heads to be able to tweak my driver by interchanging parts. From what I saw the clubheads are between 350-400 dollars and the shafts started at 150 and went up to 400 dollars. So basicly 500 dollars just to start, then it would get really expensive after adding more shafts and clubheadds. It seems this system would be good for fitting golfers for the right Callaway driver. Certainly seems geared towards the people who have enough money to afford multiple shafts and clubheads. Or is it just me?

[Wisco-Kid]

Yes I think it is just another way for these companies to squeeze even more money out of us golfers.

I am sure it may be useful to some scratch golfers or even low handicappers, but I don't fit into either category.

I am not the slightest bit interested in this "gimmick". The last thing I want is to change my shaft all the time, put the wrong one on, change it again. Sounds like a bunch of hassle to me, not to mention it is just another thing that could break. I had a driver with a weight system, great idea but the weight inside broke off.

[Fletch09]

I can think of one local course where I'd like to have a fade weighted club head on my driver shaft.

But for $450? No thanks.

IMO the iMix is going to be a dud.

[obsessedgolfer]

it wont be that expensive after a year they will be showing up on ebay heads and shafts fo 300$

[JaY_B]

I can see this idea being advantageous to golfers at high levels who play a lot of national competitions (I play a lot of national Competitions, although not necessarily at a high level).
I think the I-Mix can only help your golf in two ways, hitting the ball higher, and hitting the ball lower. You simply need one club head, and two shafts, one which will launch the ball high (for your parkland courses) and one which will launch the ball low (for windy days and or links courses)

But I personally can not see your Joe-average mid to high handicap golfer finding the I-Mix system that useful.

My 2 cents.

[iacas]

Haven't we had this discussion already?

[Craig Mac]

Haven't we had this discussion already?

Sorry, I looked to see if this thread had started, guess I didn't look deep enough. Apologies for redundant thread

[marpr]

So I recieved the Callaway magazine yesterday and was reading up on the I-MIX and I came to the conclusion that while it is a "revolutionary system"(their words), it seems like a novelty to me. I think that I would rather get fitted for the right club by profesionals than buying extra shafts and club heads to be able to tweak my driver by interchanging parts. From what I saw the clubheads are between 350-400 dollars and the shafts started at 150 and went up to 400 dollars. So basicly 500 dollars just to start, then it would get really expensive after adding more shafts and clubheadds. It seems this system would be good for fitting golfers for the right Callaway driver. Certainly seems geared towards the people who have enough money to afford multiple shafts and clubheads. Or is it just me?

good call.

i dont think it will take off (even though anything super tech'y in golf these days usually does). It would work well for: - people who: A: want to keep the same head long enough so they can change the shaft according to conditions or their swing evolution etc and B: people who are happy with their shaft, but want to change heads often. - i think its great for club fitters! just my thoughts but the idea of changing heads and shafts so often just doesn't sit right with me. I see it more as a way to fitting your club/shaft, so you can get the correct one fitted

[r7 425]

The I-MIX is that. It is a good marketing strategy by Callaway once again. Im a marketer. Callaway really impresses me with the way they sell innovations. Just think if scotty cameron had a face insert I-MIX for putters that you could add on different putter faces. I think that if he did-all the cameron loyalists would buy it and scotty would be a genious and the product would go crazy in the market

[JaY_B]

Haven't we had this discussion already?

Maybe then, you should give us the link to the other thread

[iacas]

The I-MIX is that. It is a good marketing strategy by Callaway once again. Im a marketer. Callaway really impresses me with the way they sell innovations. Just think if scotty cameron had a face insert I-MIX for putters that you could add on different putter faces. I think that if he did-all the cameron loyalists would buy it and scotty would be a genious and the product would go crazy in the market

Oh c'mon. Not only has that not happened (making this pretty pointless), but changing the face in a putter might actually be useful, while changing the shaft in a driver after it's been fitted to you is, more than likely, a bad thing. It raises the cost and adds confusion without doing much (if anything) to help consumers.

There's one good shaft for every player. Except under _extreme_ conditions, your best launch angle and spin are always your best launch angle and spin. It's marketing, as you said - it has little to no basis in actually helping golfers.

Maybe then, you should give us the link to the other thread

How about the original poster spend the effort rather than relying on others to do it for him?