 Have you bought yourself a set of Callaway paradigm irons this year and have you just noticed that there is a new set of tailor-made P790s that have been released? Are you worried, should you be worried and should you have in fact held on and bought the P790s? Right, I need myself a paradigm and I need myself a P790. We're going to have a good look today at these two clubs in detail. It's going to be that old-fashioned head-to-head. It's going to be two seven irons with Trackman switched on. We're going to have a look at all the different breakdowns in terms of data what separates these two clubs. But before we go any further, I think we've got to at least start with that old traditional, how do these two things compare in terms of looks? Now, this was nearly an element of the review that I started to omit because at the end of the day, my opinion on how two irons look, well, it's not really going to play any part in your decision-making process, but I'll give you my thoughts anyway and more so in these two because they are so, so different even though the sort of makeup of the two irons in terms of a hollow-bodied iron is the same. So they're definitely in the same category but very, very different. I'll put the paradigm on screen for you now and just give me your thoughts on the way this thing looks. Hollow-bodied irons, no cavity whatsoever. There's a sort of full plate inserted in the back there that's an element of I don't know what it is, plastic or whatever. Make your opinion on that one and I'm going to show the P790. Well, the P790 has got I think a slightly more premium finish to it. It's a satin, brush satin look if you like and it's very much streamlined with the P770s and also the new MG4 wedges whereas there's not quite that same sort of look throughout a whole set of paradigms in the fact that there's no wedges that sort of fit into this exact same line-up as well. So I think for me what TaylorMade have done particularly well in the looks department is giving you the ability to mix and match sets up including your wedge line-up as well and have a very much streamlined look through the bag and that for me is the first separator between the two sets of irons from a visual perspective but not necessarily individual looks just that option to get that look throughout the whole bag. Now I don't always get involved in sort of the pricing of products. I don't you know tell people how to spend the money but this is a sort of head-to-head and there's a noticeable difference between the two in terms of price so I think it's important I'll put those on screen for you now because I'm not exactly sure the number so I won't quote a figure but this is certainly sub £1,000 a set and they are not in terms of this was paradigm by the way that is P790 so that's you know that's a huge factor to consider. I'm going to hit a ball and talk about the next thing which is sound and feel. Maybe before I do that the one thing I've just noticed I've missed out the kind of profile in terms of from above and it is a real noticeable difference between the two. The paradigm is a more compact heel to toe iron but has a thicker top line whereas thinner top line on a P790 but heel to toe overall profile bigger so they're very very different and there's that chrome and satin effect between the two but that's another major consideration for me. It's almost like a kind of the paradigm is quite a stubby little iron head if you like so it looks as though it packs a fair bit of meat but the top line is perhaps a little bit thicker than you'd quite expect. Now the next bit is sound and feel let's see if we can get a decent ball. I'll say a decent ball it was a real decent ball but I got a little bit of mat first and what I want to try and do is if we can pick up any kind of acoustics in here I want to give you an idea of how these things sound by comparison. You tell me will you down below right now is does the sound of these things make any difference to you when you're buying a set of irons? Right that's better. You've got a real solid knock and hopefully you managed to get a real good understanding of how these sound. There's some people that come on and they comment and they sort of say well why would anybody buy a set of clubs based on how they sound and feel they also comment why would you buy them based on their looks. Well the thing is for me is that when we get to the end of all this we'll see what happens in terms of data parameters how they're split but in most instances when you're testing clubs like this they're often very difficult to split in terms of data but you're then down to individual preferences so that's why I sort of you know I don't want a set of irons that perform great but don't look good and the same in terms of okay so that's a good knock as well. Maybe I should have shut up for a bit because we could have listened between the two. Okay let's play them both side by side for a minute. Now I don't know can you pick up any difference I know that inside here it's very difficult the acoustics are different from inside than out but I would say that my comment would be this hollow bodied irons 2017 let's go back to these things the original version of these I hated the sound of them they sounded very very clicky they were clearly a hollow bodied iron in my opinion and you got that there's been a massive improvement in that sort of sound quality and one of the big leaps forward this year in particular has been exactly that so I'll hit one more with a P790 because I like it in golf balls can I tell the difference between them two no I can't I'll be honest with you I'll find it very very similar same concept they've got packed full of tungsten they're both forged face they neither sound like a forged iron as I would expect the forged irons to sound like and are really in a way I just wish they'd not make reference to it I don't understand what the forged face brings to the party because it's not a forged iron it doesn't have a forged iron feel so um yeah that's my opinion they sound brilliant for a hollow bodied iron but there are forged iron and my opinion on that I don't think he's ever going to change however hugely forward in both there you go I've said it anyway let's carry on I think what happened in terms of performance well the big deal is this I'm going to go back to the P790 apologies by the way that we've got no sort of shot tracking that you can see and I realise I'll keep this short and sweet because I know you like to see where balls are going but I don't have that software right now the big difference is this in terms of what I see on the course well on the course as well to be honest with you is P790s launched the ball incredibly high even with a shot like that which clearly hit the mat first and wasn't fantastic and it's a real visible difference it's um so much higher in terms of I need to do a P790 versus P790 the old version because I can't remember the ball going so high seven iron and five iron and it's bought you know I mean look that's not a criticism again of paradigms the all have done a great job in moving CG placement round we've all heard about it in recent years but there is a notable difference between the two and that is the P790 throws the ball up into orbit I'm going to watch the individual review because that and the five iron is tested in that and I cannot believe how how high the ball goes that's where the big improvement has been enough waffle let's go into the screen let's have a look at the data and let's see exactly what separates these two in terms of performance in my hands at least right that's it I think we're trying to keep these sort of head to heads very simple and straightforward at the end of the day there's only so much we can do to sort of help at least point you in the right direction um as I said earlier on paradigm a hugely popular iron four Callaway and this P790 is no doubt going to be extremely popular again for tailor made so an obvious head to head um we'll start off I think what I'll do as I've done with some previous heads to heads I've just filmed all the data I'll put at an end screen so you can sort of pick the bones out of each shot that I've hit so six with one seven with the other and I'll put right now the sort of comparison in terms of the averages so let's go with the carry this yeah let's start with the carry distance 149.2 150.7 nothing to split them there 76.6 average clubhead speed that's consistent and well done with a ball speed of 108.7 and 109.2 I think you can sort of get the gist of where this one's going 85 peak height 76 peak height well maybe you didn't get where this one was going 17.6 launch 19.4 launch spin of 5.6 spin of 5.4 descent 43.6 and descent of 46.3 right so what's the interesting bit there well it sticks out a mile for me and no doubt you as well and it starts off from that peak height and launch angle and it shows last four pieces of data which really separate these two and for me it was the bit that was the real shock in the test maybe not so much as what the P790 did because I've just been that's been a club that I've recently been reviewing I've said in each of the reviews and I've done some heads of heads as well depending on which these come out but I've commented on each one the P790 this year is got an extremely high launching ball they've done an incredible job of not only in the mid irons but also in the longer irons as well of getting the ball launching now that's got to be a big help and it's going to be a big selling point in my opinion for a lot of average golfers but they've done it without a loss of distance and without a loss in terms of spin but what it does if you combine a launch angle a peak height spin rate and a land angle those four last digits you compare those on a P790 to that of the paradigm and for me you've got a bit of a winner there to say the least because that's the key element that I'd be looking for carry distance is the same we're not losing out anything ball speed is the same so you've got when we're swinging a club in exactly the same speed we're getting the same ball speed we're getting the same carry distance but when that ball is coming into the green because of that high launch angle we're coming down at a steep descent angle and then we've got exactly the same spin number virtually on both so for me the ball at stopping quickest is going to be that P790 now that again depends on what it is you're looking for and you want your clubs to do but often and you go to a few years back I think it was 2017 was it when the first launch of the P790s that was in an era where there was a lot of criticism about strong lofted irons and how they were inconsistent in terms of ball speeds that's not happened again today where they were not stopping on greens because they were so low in terms of spin well I think we've got to our point now where those things have changed significantly I think most golfers now realize that as well so you can get help with ball speed with that strong lofted iron but you're only getting the same carry distance but it's those n parameters that are key like I said you can look through the individual shots at the end and maybe you can see a different story than the one I'm seeing but for me that is without doubt the key takeaway from all this and it's something that you've got to look at what ball flight you want and again there was different shafts in there so that's another consideration wouldn't necessarily see that as a negative in terms of that elevate shaft being in a paradigm you'd expect it to be it's there to launch the ball high so I wouldn't necessarily think that the shaft would play such a part but these are all of things that when you go into your your custom fit you've got likes the paradigm you've got the new t200 from tight list you've got this club obviously you've got some options there from shrixon in that hollow body category as well test them all and make sure you get a breakdown of the key figures and the key parameters that are key to your game and where they can help but for me the biggest deal and the biggest separator is just how high the p790 is launching the ball because okay on seven iron but then five iron was doing exactly the same as well sending this thing into orbit super impressive but there are other things to take into account those sound and feel issues the looks issue there and the cost issue as well so they're all going to be things that you're going to factor in but hopefully we've done enough that we can at least show you from my perspective how we would separate these two irons from at least what trackman says right thanks as ever for watching really appreciate your support on this channel and of course on testing the tips and if you're new to the channel in any way don't forget that that channel is in existence testing the tips go and check 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