ShopTalk: Balistik vs. Memphis 10

[Byron]

I've heard many good things about the original Balistik shaft.  I was wondering how it compares to the Memphis 10 shaft.  (I'm talking more specs rather than likes/dislikes.) Thanx........... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I liked the "original" Balistiks. I still had a few unused Balistik iron shafts and enough pull-outs left for a set of irons. I had decided to use them to reshaft one of my sets of Titleist 962s when the "new" Balistiks came out. I got a couple of "new" Balistik iron shafts from my local distributor and put one in a 962 5-iron head and an "original" one in another 962 5-iron head, both clubs set to the same length and frequency specifications. Turns out I liked the "new" Balistik better. To me it feels a lot "livelier" than the "original" and it is now my iron shaft of choice. The only problem I've seen with the "new" shaft is consistency. So far, I have purchased about 15 of them. All of them but two have weighed 139-grams ± 1-gram and the raw frequencies have been about ± 1-CPM. One shaft weighed 141.5-grams with a raw frequency similar to "nominal". The other shaft wasn't even close. It weighed 125-grams (I've weighed it five times) and the raw frequency was about 5-CPM lower than "nominal". I just got some of the "new" Balistik wood shafts and am looking forward to trying them. I put my one remaining "original" Balistik wood shaft in a PT-15 head last week and really liked it. I hope the experience with the "new" and "original" wood shafts is the same as that with the iron shafts. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Hewitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: July 22, 2003 9:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Balistik Specifications I guess I don't get what you guys are all worked up about. The new Balistik multi-flex steel shaft does just what the old one did. It allows you to carry one shaft and tip trim for across the S-L flex curve. You asked why the new shaft did not match the old shaft's specification and they told you - the new shaft has new specifications. I like these shafts. They serve the purpose they are designed for very well. I have been able to reduce my shaft inventory and simplify things for one segment of my market with them. They work as advertised. It's not the first time a product specification has changed in this business. -t on 7/22/03 8:01 PM, sean weijand at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And that makes these shafts Balistiks how? I think i have a job for these people in my marketing dept. sean weijand On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Ed Reeder wrote: Thought you might enjoy Hireko's answer to my question regarding their new Balistik's. /Ed ---------From Hireko-------------------- Morning Ed, the Balistik steel shaft specifications have changed to what we now carry. Thanks, Lynn