Blows my mind. I can't process how good this shaft is...

Mini Review:

Feel: I'm used to boardier shafts with lower balance points. The feel of this thing is a revelation--there are two shafts that I remember absolutely loving at the time. One was a GD YS6, one was some sort of a red and yellow Harrison--maybe a Striper Tour. These are the shafts that I remember staying in the bag for years, and I hit some of my longest drives with. They were smooth enough that I felt like I could take something off it if need be, and stable enough that I could go after it. Those were the shafts that you'd hit your driver on tight holes because you were more confident in it than anything else in your bag. This shaft feels like a "classier" version of those.

Launch/Spin: I know there's no such thing as a high launch/low spin shaft. This shaft isn't a "spin killer" for some dude who chops down at the ball at 125mph, but for me, the spin/launch is perfect. My only two complaints with the two shafts I mentioned above was that I occasionally "overcooked" them. I don't think that's possible with this shaft.

Dispersion: Blows my mind. I can't process how good this thing is...

Look: This is the only possible drawback of this guy...I like it, but it's very understated and old school. When the fitter grabbed it and I started hitting it well, I said something along the lines of, "well at least its one of the cheap ones." Needless to say, he had a good laugh, as the retail price is $400.

All in all, if you're fitted in this shaft, do not hesitate due to lack of info. It is amazing.

Backstory:

Recently went through a fitting (which I'll talk about more later), but wanted to share my first impressions of my new driver shaft.

Long story short, I'm not a high SS guy. Was generally between 101 and 104 on the trackman (indoors)--this makes pretty good sense as the fitter made mention that he feels it reads a couple mph low. Last couple times I'd done it outside I was 104-108.

I'm also really quick, have a ton of lag, and load the shaft pretty hard. The last time I'd been fitted (a couple years ago) I wasn't swinging as well and had mixed results. This time was very different--

We went through a pretty good stable of shafts. I tend to launch too high and put too much spin on my BB Alpha with the stock Fubuki in X (I used a different BB Alpha head for all my testing, which was nice) and we tried going heavier, more tip stiff etc. I was getting pretty good spin results off of a Speeder Tour Spec, but was not digging the feel when my fitter put in an Accra CS1. Holy crap, it felt amazing and while I picked up a couple yards on account of the weight (it's a 60 gram shaft), the dispersion tightened up so much I asked if he recalibrated the machine.

I was not thrilled to find out the rather bland looking shaft was $400, but not only was the math overwhelmingly in its favor, I've never liked the feel of a shaft as well. I was absolutely shocked to find out is was an M5 (which makes it an X with a CPM at 267).

Computers and feel are fine, but how does it work on a course?

Picked it up yesterday, raced to the course and had about 10 minutes to warm up. Hit maybe 5 balls with the new driver before taking it on the course (which is often the kiss of death for new gear for me)--all ropes.

First driver on the course is the 3rd. Short par 5 (502 from back) with a very demanding fairway. Shot calls for a draw (which is not my cup of tea off the box), and I'd say I hit this fairway 25% of the time with my driver (If the rough is punitive, I play a 3 wood off the box). Grabbed the new stick, hit a laser beam to 166 (lots of roll and a bit of a cross/tail wind.).

Next driver is a par 4, 406, into a 15 mph wind. Laser beam, 104 out.

All in all, hit the driver 9 times. Hit 6 fairways. Missed one fairway when I hit it through (something I'd never done before). Pulled one slightly into a fairway bunker (honestly, more of a product of how straight the ball flight was, because I expected it to cut more) but the last one was the one that amazed me. Took an awful, quick, yank-o type swing. With the Fubuki, this ball would have snapped into the trees, leaving me 200+ yards out on a 415 yard par 4. With the new shaft, ball was definitely pulled, but found its line and did not snap at all. Ended up 15 yards into the left rough with 126 to the stick. Crazy...

I noticed that there's not a heck of a lot of info on the interwebz about this particular shaft. While this is not necessarily a review, it's a full endorsement. I'm generally a very good driver of the ball, and through repeated ho'ing, had gotten worse and worse over the last couple years with shafts that didn't fit very well. My search is now over.