 For the past two years the marketing department at TaylorMade has been in overdrive. Carbonwood was the future, Red was the color and stealth was its name. Not any longer, Carbonwood face remains but is now blue and the re-brand to QI-10 sees a new chapter in driver technology. And with one model the quest for inertia has hit new heights. We now have three models QI-10 LS. The max and standard model mean there is a driver for every golfer but the QI-10 max is the one that I feel could be the best ever produced by TaylorMade and soon you will see why. Right so three models available in the lineup but for me there is one standout product that is really really interesting and that is the QI-10 max. This is the one that's got the huge amount of suggested forgiveness and I say suggested because we're going to find out if that's true very very shortly. I'm here at the Berkshire we're going to hit a few balls to warm up then we're going out on the golf course but this could be a really interesting driver for 2024. What a star. Wow interesting right away is the ball flight and I'm talking about launch doesn't seem to be affected in terms of spin and that ball is carrying a long way out of here. A few more on the driving range let's get on to the fairways. It's a high launching ball you know. Do you know that's the best example of why this driver is so good. I felt like I slipped a little bit slightly icy ground at the moment early on in the morning. It was a terrible swing and somehow the ball has gone straight and it's gone long at the same time. I'm amazed at what that's just done based on the swing I put on it. That's two balls straight out the part. They're literally a couple of yards apart. I felt that second ball was a lot lot firmer but I'm going to tell you in today's video just why as I said earlier this QI-10 max is something that is really really interesting. It is all about that 10k again in the forgiveness MOI stakes and I've got to say out on the golf course which is the all-important bit this has been doing some phenomenal things. The QI-10 max model is the highest combined inertia MOI in tailor-made history and that is achieved by strategic weighting and the far rear position carries an incredible 30 grams. So you've seen plenty of close-ups now no doubt what's plenty of videos about this QI-10 lineup. For me like I said I'm just pushing the other two for one side for the time being because it's that max product that's of real interest but I want to know what you think in terms of aesthetics. Big change. Red has gone to my disappointment and been replaced by blue that almost looks like very much an Everton blue but we'll forget about that for the time being. The profile on the max in particular has been it's big. It's a 460 cc head but they've achieved sort of a bigger overall profile visually from the top by removing quite a lot of the underneath. A lot of the sole has disappeared and it's a real clever piece of engineering. From the shelf appeal perspective me I think this is potentially a real winner and for what I've seen so far from the other strivers it's competing against this one for me is popping off the shelf. There's also another big difference that they've made in this QI-10 lineup. Today's video is sponsored by our friends at Hot Golf, the online golf retailer for all major brands and if you want new golf gear then please support us by supporting them. The crown of the dress especially in the sun is absolutely glistening. I much prefer a matte crown. I don't know why every driver isn't finished with a matte crown. Please tell me why it's not. However it's a little bit of a turn to the right there. We've just held on to the right side of the fairway but just another really good high-launching ball flight. Again what I wanted to reference I've got my Pro Force HL shaft which has been again one inch shorter all about control. This was a shaft that I was fitted for quite some time ago with TaylorMade so that's that nine degree head and that combination is working really really well. The other big difference I mentioned in the previous clip is the sound and feel has again sort of evolved from what we've heard from the previous iterations of that carbon face. It's very much like a normal driver, titanium face driver. It seems to be getting a little bit sharper and it just feels as though it's absolutely zipping out. Great feel, great sound and an address. Although that's for getting the glossy crown the actual physical shape of it I've got no problem with it. It's oversized but for some reason it's very unnoticeable let's say. So why is it that I think this driver is so special? Well apart from the fact that it's performed out on a fairway today has been very good. I also played it at the Glen a few weeks back. It's doing what a lot of drivers are doing in terms of distance and I've pretty much tested everything right now with my clubhead speed I'm generating probably around a 230-235 carry. Then you've got some numbers you're looking at in terms of optimal spin numbers and launch numbers and all the rest of it but essentially ball speeds off the center of the club face remain the same for every driver. We know that. But what's happened with this driver and maybe one or two others is a big concentration as we know on forgiveness. Now forgiveness for me all it means is that we're getting the same ball speeds out of all of the club face and don't forget you've watched reviews from a lot of other channels right now they're all professional golfers they'll generally hit the club face the center of the club face a lot more often than you or I. I am the best man to test this theory and believe me as an average golfer I hit all over that club face and I can assure you that this driver is performing incredibly well from all aspects of it heel toe center high and low and if you look at my dribble data for those who want it it's that 230 odd carry it's a spin number in around 2-2 launching between 14 and 15 they are real every parameter is hitting the button but what I like when you get on the fairways is you see in that consistency and the ball I just hit off this previous tee right back into the wind we're not getting a spin number that's hovering but we're still launching really high and we're still getting that carry distance this driver trust me is well worth giving a go but you know what I then will finish there even move that ball a little bit from right to left and that one's absolutely gone bounding down the fairways the big deal for any driver that's been released in the last few days has been the real focus on forgiveness and not necessarily about ball speed but what they've tried to achieve is no compromise in that ball speed and that spin parameter in launching the ball but still having forgiveness right across the club base it's one of those kind of almost a myth how do you believe and how do you prove whether or not this is forgiving across the club face well I think the only way to do it is by trying out for yourself and seeing what your thoughts are mine are on this particular driver really really impressed it's going a long way it's been fairly straight today and in the last couple of rounds I've played to be quite honest with you and I think tailor-made I've got something like I said pretty half decent on their hands but the only important thing is like I said go out get custom fit try it for yourself and if you're in the market for a new driver this year then the qi 10 max in my opinion it's got to be on the list right thanks for watching thanks to the Barksha Golf Course for having us and I'll see you all soon