Right guys so we're going to be testing the brand new callaway drivers we've got two new drivers. For the callaway family got the callaway great big bertha old name brand new driver and the callaway big bertha alpha double black diamond 816 it's the brand new double black diamond i'm going to test them both on separate reviews i'm going to start off with the great big bertha. So old name brand new drive a great big bertha was a driver that dominated when the big sized heads came out originally. And i think they're probably trying to bring that name a little bit back into the into the game trying to bring that dominance. And maybe back into the game a little bit the way you can change tell the difference between the two drivers even with the head cover on great big bertha silver stripes. And silver writing and the alpha's got black stripes black writing they're stuck with the kind of boxing glove effect head cover so i have to get used to those a little bit more now kind of everyone's doing them aren't they really so i suppose bulk buying all that so callaway big birther great big bertha um this looks ridiculously amazing from the looks wise on a shelf that looks like yeah you know what i need to hit that golf club because it kind of looks a bit almost like it's been comics almost cartooned the bottom of the golf club really like a big lightning strike hitting the back of it really crazy effects along the back they've got perimeter weighting there's a weight here along the back with perimeter weighting. So you can move this weight to a draw biased all the way to a fade. Or neutral change the loft as always and go up up i think it's two degrees is it you can go up up two. And down one black top of the head with the normal callaway crown and then.
Quite a silver face which i think behind the ball looks awesome should we give it a whack tell you a bit more about it at the moment then.
We'll test the alpha as well separately looks great behind the ball i've got on gc2 real golf balls let's give it a wallop see what it does i've got this setting neutral at the moment i wouldn't hate to put it in draw. And i'd probably maybe even put it in fade eventually that's quite an impressive style start i showed some data towards the end as well but 309 total distance 284 carry i'll show you a lot more data towards the end like say i've set it to 10 degrees as well because my normal drive at the moment is 9.9 though it's only fair to set it in the same loft as that i've got this in the speeder 665 extra stiff shaft that was nice what i like about it behind the ball with the silver head silver face. Or it black head it kind of makes the loft look more you know it's not still 10 degrees but it stands out the loft and that for me makes it look more more inviting more generous to hit and because of that i want to hit it again what a nice flight that has got same shot same distance a little bit further that that's big that's up there is definitely up there i'm going to show you some spin numbers like i said towards the end um i think the advantage with the weight is you can adjust it you know. For different golfers if you are hitting a shot that maybe leak a bit to the right move that over to the heel to make that toe move over faster it's going to make a small difference i've got it almost central right behind the center spot you know what the last thing i i do like about this i don't show you some images this the callaway symbol on the toe is actually engraved in that's a really smart look that i think actually in great i haven't just noticed that it's actually engraved into the head it's got the fastball speed it's got this rib cage along the bottom i quite like it a few more well there are three very similar golf shots my simulators just slowed down a bit there to bear with sorry about my simulator just slowed down a bit. But best hit yet 316. i only go two more and i'll show you the numbers so we can see all of the data towards the end i'm just going to hit a couple more what i like what i'm interested about this driver is this is not particularly the one that's suited to the most adjustability the alpha double black diamond 816 that's got more features to it. So stay tuned for that review as well i've got a couple of well i've got the fairway woods to match these drives as well which i'm going to test in on their own reviews that flight is lovely it just seems to be hit just smashed up there right let's have a look at some numbers i'm going to hit one more. And then.
We'll see what the uh the great big bertha's done after those few shots okay. So there's the shots five shots all similar shapes or similar flights i'd say i'm generally hit with a draw shape anyway so maybe i've got a bit more room in the end there where i could shove that weight even more into the what would be the toe to neutralize it or for me fade it more um right have a look that was mightily impressive it was. And i must admit i don't think this on paper is the one that potentially should suit me more i think maybe the double black diamond might suit me better. So stay tuned definitely for that review um this is kind of the one that would i don't know maybe they cover the the wider spectrum of players uh it's not got the same my newt adjustability as the double black diamond it's kind of simpler adjustability that might that may well well work right clipboard speed 114 very good now it is a decent length shaft it feels it feels longer than my ping i've not got a measurement on it i might put some graph give you a measurement upon screen that feels quite long on 14 ball speed is good 166 very very healthy launch angle 13.2 i've got it set in in 10 degrees. But the spin rate is 2190 after those five shots. And what i liked about the spin rate is they hardly fluctuated from a higher spin rate at 2 300 to my lowest spin rate at 2065 those numbers hardly fluctuated at all. So i didn't get ones that really spun up or ones that dipped even lower than 2000 if i went up a little bit in the loft to get the launch i would then.
Sacrifice that spin that spin would go up a touch i think that's a really good setting. For me to have it in i could maybe even go down to nine possibly with this but i think 10 is the right number. For this carry distance 288 yards of carry the longest being 291 and the shorts being 283 so front to back this version was really good i hit those five really nice i had a really strong total distance average 314 average now i've had the ping g30 in my bag. For a while and those numbers are starting to kind of creep up on that i might i might do a little bit of a headset that would be very interesting as well 314 the longest being 317 the shortest being 309 big big hit now i did shape in my shapes from right to left in general um it just yeah i can't say much more about it they've kind of i don't know whether that great big bertha tag does kind of take me back to having the big birth i remember having i remember having the big berthing that seemed like a massive head like a really big head it wasn't coming back to these days it's tiny i'd say what would be a great heads head. And it's definitely definitely one i can do if i can get hold of one is a great big bertha new against the old great big bertha yes that's got to be done that'd be a great comparison see what the numbers are like head-to-head on that i'm just still bringing the biggest big bertha out of this i don't think they can obviously make it any bigger um i don't know if it just rekindles that bit of a love affair with the old kind of big bertha it looks the part i love the comic look at the bottom. And yeah it's still got a bit of a classic look with the engraving. And the slidable weights and yeah very very nice products very nice driver right to go double black diamond alpha 816 why not stay tuned i'm gonna do a review on that then.
I'm gonna get three woods tested as well i'll put it boxing glove head cover back on while i'm doing this please do check out my channel. And subscribe by clicking the big link down here in the corner it's completely free to do. And it keeps you in touch with all the product testing and equipment and tips everything that i'm doing check me out facebook social media all up along the left hand side here as well my left your right and we shall see you soon hopefully the very next.
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