I just bought the Original Hammer Zolex driver i'm very stoked on this!

[Mike Boatright]

Iv'e been searching for this club for years and finally found it at the goodwill for 5 dollars. It has a huge hitting area 595 cm and a really good head design.Today's 2016 drivers even have less hitting area than this stick it comes with a very old heavy x factor shaft but for me it's the head that's intriguing. It's made of zolex better than titanium usga legal and was even praised by callaway back in 1998 as being innovative.

Edited March 14, 2016 by Mike Boatright

[jamo]

...I'm confused.

[SavvySwede]

4 hours ago, jamo said:

...I'm confused.

It's simple, @Mike Boatright finally figured out how to get that 340 yards he was looking for.

[14ledo81]

I expect to see a video of you using that thing.

Make sure there is a mountain in the background and you yell after you hit the ball..........

[Par Fore]

9 hours ago, 14ledo81 said:

I expect to see a video of you using that thing.

Make sure there is a mountain in the background and you yell after you hit the ball..........

POW

[jamo]

But like ... why is there a TaylorMade in the OP?

[Ernest Jones]

20 minutes ago, jamo said:

But like ... why is there a TaylorMade in the OP?

POW!

[tristanhilton85]

29 minutes ago, jamo said:

But like ... why is there a TaylorMade in the OP?

I'm assuming to show the difference in size in the hitting areas, since he mentioned that. 

[Valleygolfer]

You gotta look out for counterfeit zolex. Black market drivers are made of shandet and don't hold up to the powing. You have tap the head at 32 degrees and if it sounds like "E" minor its counterfeit....

[Pretzel]

He's confusing the manufacturer's name with whatever material it is made out of. Zolex is the manufacturer, it is not a material. It is, however, also a hand cleaning agent. 

[Mike Boatright]

59 minutes ago, Pretzel said:

He's confusing the manufacturer's name with whatever material it is made out of. Zolex is the manufacturer, it is not a material. It is, however, also a hand cleaning agent. 

No zolex is the material it's not titanium maybe some kinda ceramic claimed 300% harder than titanium twice as light.

 

http://www.amazon.com/x-factor-hammer-driver-handed-regular/dp/b000qwyx6o

Anyway Here is my official test results vs my current driver in wet conditions

Current driver 45 or 46 inch project x stock shaft in white with red graphics and an 8.5 ignite 410 cc head circa 2006. vs hammer terrible heavy x factor shaft 10 degree head.

best drive today 58 degree weather wet fairway hammer 250 yards

 

my driver 268 winner is Nike clearly hammer felt ok but looks like a POS!!!

[Pretzel]

See, the thing is, if you Google "Zolex" all you get is the hand cleaner. If it truly were 300% stronger than Titanium and twice as light, you would've heard about it being used in spacecraft. Since I haven't heard of it at all, I'm going to guess that by "harder" you mean "more brittle" and that the driver is liable to shatter in the cold if you hit it hard. 

[Mike Boatright]

Who knows it's a POS like everyone else has claimed I really liked the head design concept and it's not to far off in terms of design however it's components suck. Yes the m1 driver and Hammer was used in a comparison of a 20 year old prototype and current 2016 top tech.

[newtogolf]

So does this mean you're no longer "stoked"?  

[Valleygolfer]

7 hours ago, Pretzel said:

See, the thing is, if you Google "Zolex" all you get is the hand cleaner. If it truly were 300% stronger than Titanium and twice as light, you would've heard about it being used in spacecraft. Since I haven't heard of it at all, I'm going to guess that by "harder" you mean "more brittle" and that the driver is liable to shatter in the cold if you hit it hard. 

Or break at 32 degrees when hit with a "E" minor tuning fork...

[sirhacksalot]

The difference in results could be shaft and strike tho?  With that weird shaped head and depending on how you swing the CG may be wayyyy different than your ingnite. meaning your sweetspot on the ignite could be high toe but on the hammer may be heely.