Is the latest and greatest needed?

[Piz]

Latest and greatest is a top priority...if you are buying fish.  

[nevets88]

Here's my slice of experience, whatever the answer to this question, if you're carrying around 20 year old irons, even if they're in decent shape and a well established brand, like Titleist, you're gonna get a lot of flack.

[Vinny Cap]

1 hour ago, nevets88 said:

Here's my slice of experience, whatever the answer to this question, if you're carrying around 20 year old irons, even if they're in decent shape and a well established brand, like Titleist, you're gonna get a lot of flack.

I played Copper Ping Eye2's for the first couple of years and I had all sorts of people coming over to check out my irons.

One time I polished them before the round and everyone wanted to check them out.

[loverofgolf]

Similar to what Pretzel said, you can honestly go years without getting the latest technology. I always try to replace my old clubs every four or five years (if I'm lucky). There's no way a club can have that huge of difference from one year to the next to justify spending hundreds on.