I used to hate fairway woods until I got my Maltby KE4 ST-F with XCalibur shaft. This FW just works for me. Some days, I can't seem to hit it (my fault), but other days I absolutely kill it. In a recent round, I was very inconsistent with Driver, so I started using my 3-Wood, and that was a good day with the 3W. I don't normally use my FW for second shots unless I feel like the hole is very open just in case I don't hit it perfectly. Regardless, this is easily the most comfortable I've felt with any fairway wood. If you can find a fairway wood that makes you feel like that, then go for it I'd say.