Torque Balanced vs Lie Angle Balanced

[wetzel1592]

It seems like a TON of people are jumping on the LAB putter bandwagon (pros included). Can someone explain in layman’s term the difference between their lie angle balanced tech vs Edel’s torque balanced tech? From the people I’ve talked to that have tried LAB, they either love them or hate them. 
 

I’ll be sticking with my counter balanced Edel because I can’t aim anything else anywhere close to square but am just curious. 

[iacas]

The differences? Well, one is spelled with a q in it, and the other isn't. Plus a few other characters are different.

But, seriously though… meh. I think they're both bogus.

I was listening to a podcast the other day with Jackson Koivun and the host joked about how guys who can't putt would switch putters all the time and, eventually, just end up in a LAB because that's like the last resort. He wasn't saying that they end up there because they work, they just end up there after nothing else works, and then many will almost start the process all over again.

The forces and torques in putting are incredibly small, and overcome by just holding the putter off the ground. They can matter slightly to FEEL, but the most important things in a putter are how you align it and how you perceive your distance control with it.

I don't think the LAB does either of those things better or worse than any other flat piece of (usually) metal on the end of a shaft.

The Revealer is a carnival trick, and the physics and science are pretty simple and pretty clear.

[saevel25]

Yep, they sound like just marketing jargon to me. 

I think feel matters a lot. Some might like the softer insert; others might hate it, and it could affect their distance control. Maybe putters with higher MOI could have better distance control on off-center strikes, similar to other clubs. Maybe they are slightly less accurate from a dispersion because off-center hits are off-center hits. Usually, higher MOI clubs it is hard to tell when you really hit one centered. I rather have the feedback if I mishit my putt on the initials on my putter than the sweet spot.  🤣

#1 can you aim it
#2 does the weighting and feel allow you to have good distance control

I agree that bad putters tend to search for quick solutions, and a putter change is the fastest. I know a guy who has had the same putter (old bullseye one) forever. He never found a new putter that outperformed it. He is a pretty good putter to begin with.