 Now without doubt the most popular driver for average golfers in the last two years has probably been this thing. The Ping G4 25 Max and with very good reason, for me I had some major flaws and I'm hoping the driver in my left hand, which is the Ping G4 30 as I put out those flaws. That's what we're going to find out in today's video and without doubt the biggest flaw for me was this. Oh my God, jesus Mary and Joseph and a wee donkey that thing is like an absolute cannon going off we've had complaints about my audio in the last few weeks but trust me you'll be glad it's turned down because if I drop that microphone any near to that ball your ears would explode the sound on the ping G425 line-up was atrocious. Let's just hope they've managed to get it changed this year and I'm going to answer that question right away because I'm taking this 10.5 degree head off of this CB Ulta 55 regs shaft because of course for this test we need to make sure we've got everything as close as humanly possible to make sure we give them each a fair crack of the whip and we're going to insert that shaft into the new ping G430. I'm going to put a ball down and you're going to like me hope and pray that ping have dampened that sound a little. Right here your ears at the ready. Come on ping don't let me down. Well do you know what they've dampened it it's still allowed old gunshot going off and even more exaggerated in the acoustics of this place but I've done some testing outside in the last few weeks and I've got to say it's a huge leap forward in terms of the sound not just on the driver but on every other club in this G430 line-up including the iron so well done ping you'll solve one of those major problems but it's only one of them. We're going to have a look at some dry ball data and hear lots of shots we're going to get some comparison terms of how they perform like I said identical in terms of their setup. How do they differ in terms of visually. Today's video is brought to you in partnership with Hotgolf the online golf mega store bringing you the hottest deals in golf and of course the clubs featured in today's video. Find a link to the Hotgolf website in the description below and check out some incredible giveaways and offers. Well Lux was never something that I had an issue with with the G425 I thought it looked really good just that sort of monochrome look black and chrome and some grays. From a shelf appeal perspective I thought it was really really good and then you turn over the crown always voiced my opinion would prefer not to see turbulence and would prefer to see a flat crown having said that I really like the matte finish. The G430 they've added a little bit of colour as you all know by now and can see waiting system is identical in both. There's not a lot to change them probably a little bit more going on the G430 and I'll talk about the shaping very very shortly but then you go back to the crown. Turbulates are still there and never going to change they've had a little more bit more detail on the crown which again I sort of take it or leave it it's not my preferred choice I'd prefer to see just a flat crown but love that matte finish. It's the shaping that seems to have changed the 430 seems to have gotten a little bit more sort of squashed down it doesn't it's certainly not elongated in its shape it seems exactly the same address but overall just it's a little bit lower. Very much like the sort of shallower fairway woods have always done in the ping line up and again I really like that. I mean there's not a lot to split them they've only it's an evolution if you like in terms of what they've done in terms of changing there's a slight alteration in terms of that profile and only really noticeable when you've got them side by side. So for me either way no real gains no real positives nor negatives in terms of any kind of enhancement into that G430 look however I do prefer that flatter profile. But I did say at the start of this video that the G425 had a couple of flaws and that sound is one of them which it looks to have been resolved. The second one being well maybe not unique to Ping and the G425 that if you wanted a really super forgiving high launch in driver then there might have been some compromises you had to make in terms of first of all maybe a slightly higher spin number that higher launch in ball with that higher spin number may result in shorter carry distances. So overall a more forgiving driver may not have been one of the longer drivers that you test and we all know we want to hit that driver just as far as we can. So can the G430 build on what they've got in the G425 keep a spin number down maybe keep that launch the same but increase ball speeds and therefore carry distance. We'll find out. And the way we're going to do that is good old-fashioned dry ball data I have got this shaft in. Interestingly enough I've got the newer shaft I'm not sure that there's any difference between this years and the previous years CB Alters but it is the brand new shaft that's in and we'll start off with the G425 and we'll collect some data and I'll give you my feedback along the way. Right okay that's a few balls hit with the G425 some half decent results in terms of performance and let's have a quick look in terms of some of those results and I'll put them in front of you now. So first of all ball speeds ranging between 135 and 139 topping out at we've got some fairly high launching balls there 17.8 a couple 16.9 spin number stayed very consistent in and around the sort of two and a half to two eight number peak height 40 37. And then we've got an average carry distance at the moment in those few balls that are his least that sort of top one 238 dropping down to 231. To be honest with you that's a decent set of numbers a decent sort of performance 140 ish ball speed at that top end spin number. Okay not too high and that carry distance in and around that sort of 230 plus mark pretty impressive. What happens when we change the shaft out and go to that G430? First of all the most notable thing is throughout all those shots it is just that sound differences so so much better in this new model. So I can't tell you just how much of a difference that makes to me at least not to everybody. First like I said a few shots hit started off with that 139 ball speed launching at 17.3. What we've got 235 carry 27 spin good set of numbers. Then go down to shot three and all of a sudden we started to get up to different ball speeds and we didn't see in the 425 at 142 and then followed up by 145 ball speed launching lower spinning maintained at a low number. When you start to see 241, 243 carry. It's interesting you know because I want to carry on hitting balls, carry on collecting data. There's already sort of in those first four shots we can start to see some difference at least in ball speeds for the first time I've ever seen it is Ping made a claim that this driver was seven yards longer on average than its predecessor. Not many talk about gains in terms of and certainly ping don't in terms of making those kind of statements anymore. But maybe they've come up with something in terms of a balance between launch spin that is creating and the ball speed obviously that is creating those further carry distances. We shall see. I'm going to hit a few more balls and then we'll have that ultimate evaluation which one of these two comes out on top. But at the moment it looks like this G430 just might be doing what Ping claimed. Right. Let's try one more with the camera on. That's a solid ball. We've got a 140 ball speed again. 25 spin, 34 pk, 239 carry so once again in and around that 240 number. We didn't see those kind of numbers with 425. It's looking really good. Let's have a look in terms of that dry ball data averages and I'll give you my overall assessment. This comparison video came out of the request that you made so by all means stick what you want in terms of that comments box below. Keep it polite. But if you've got any suggestions in terms of videos that you want to see that might help your buying decision then please let me know in a comment. Right. We're just going to go straight into the averages on these two. Straight away the one thing you'll notice is that we had an average ball speed jump of almost three mile an hour which is a significant leap forward. Launch angle on the previous model 425 was 16.7 and 14.7 on the new model G430. Spin number down at 2432. So already kind of better combination in terms of launch and spin. Peak height therefore was a lot lower with the new model and the overall carry distance. Ping reckoned he added seven yards in terms of extra carry distance. Almost back that up to be honest with you got a 232 compared to a 238 carry distance. The thing is for me is that what Ping have done with the G425 is that the G430 sorry is brought a level of consistency across all of the data parameters. I've seen that with a lot of products this year which is what seems to have been the focus. It's been consistency across the board which combined is what gives you that ultimate performance. I did a lot of testing on course last week with the G430 driver. I've got to say that it wasn't the longest driver that I played out on course. But it was certainly again this word about forgiveness, straightest, whatever you want to call it. I never really seem to miss a fairway. At times it was higher launching with this reg shaft and ten and a half degree head and arguably at times when I was out on the course and you don't know which way around these videos come out. You'll see those and I question the sort of ball flight. But it's also quite nice to see that ball going out there in terms of high launching ball. As long as it's not too affected in terms of it becomes a high spinning ball then I actually like the ball flight and the ultimate carry distance if that ball speed is there as well. So for me they've got a really interesting combination this year, this G430. And I don't think they set up in terms of shaft and ten and a half degree head is perhaps the optimum for me. I think there's some tweaks that can be made to change those numbers and improve even more. But what they've definitely done is these things are always only moved forward in terms of tweaks. But they've got a nice balance here between what they've done between the model from I suppose G425 case two years ago. There's enhancements there and they're noticeable. But they're not going to blow your mind, I don't suppose. If you're happy with your G425 and you're happy with the sound of that damn thing then stick with it. These videos are purely only guidance on trying to recognise what a manufacturer may or may not have done with the new products they release. Right, as ever, thank you for watching. We shall carry on more testing, more comparisons, more information that hopefully are some form of assistance to yourselves. And I'll see you soon, probably tomorrow night.