I thought these irons were PERFECT......they aren't!

in a recent survey I posted on YouTube Community tab I asked the question which Callaway Elite product were you most interested in seeing and surprisingly it wasn't driver it wasn't Fairwood it wasn't hybrid it was in fact the new Elite irons and that's what we're going to have a look at in today's video on my first look they were super impressive at least that's how they looked but what happened when I took a deeper dive into the numbers do these irons actually provide a real good option for average golfers or is that something in there that could be a problem that you might have overlooked this is the end of the bag where I perhaps got a little bit of a little bit of problem because it is it is bulky it's a very chunky iron um yeah that's my only my only sort of negative with these irons is that just does go really bulky yeah so straight away be interested to see whether the numers do we just come up a little bit short I put 120 in as the target you could see very much a 3/4 swing there you know 109 carry 67 spin um other interesting bits I need to change some of that really that data so back to that data there I've just switched stuff up but we're interested in high launching ball uh which we're expecting from these irons even in the wedges uh land angle 50° um low point was actually more for my benefit than yours so yeah yeah it's doing okay I'm going to hit some balls with this and see what we do in terms of average the big deal the one positive I would take and from my initial thought on trying these irons was just um that just a bit of a pull left just how good they feel because that's the say a bit of a pull left a lot of pull left it was um that there's so much better in my opinion than what they've done in the past Callaway with the game improvement iron um again just that nice balance between a ball that goes nice off the club face we're not doing very well in terms of our intended target um but I will say very impressed with what these are supposed to be doing see if we can get at least one down the middle started off really well uh lost it a little bit in between and then we've done a 109 carry again which is is just going to come up right the very front of that green right few more with this and I'll move on into the uh into the S iron I think my performance wasn't too good but I think in all fairness the club's performance was and did exactly what we would hope for right so next up moving to the S iron now this is the kind of the iron for me where things start to change so from 76 into five iron and we'll get to five iron shortly I want a bit of help so I I don't mind the thicker Top Line um as it was a problem with the wedge anyway performance-wise set up a little Target 164 yards away don't forget this is a strong lofted iron and as you can see started off with a number of shots that are my kind of easy swing with a bit of a trying to hit a bit of a cut into this uh relatively small Target 15 yard green we did okay you can see the uh kind of spin rate is a number that is low um it's always a concern for a lot of people who watch the channel regularly you'll also understand that it's something that happens frequently off a map for me never really experienced a problem out on the golf course however take from it what you will um what was interesting for me was the ball was as we'd expect launching very high so tick there spin number low but descent angle again very steep so it's that combination are they going to stop on greens well in my opinion it would be yes yes we got fast ball speeds relative to Club head speed and then I just started to try and hit the ball a little bit right to left there's always this myth I think that you can only shape a ball with a blade uh I think that's absolute nonsense by mere virtue of the fact that we can hugely slice or hugely hook a ball that tells its own story so yes I was able to control a ball into arguably hit it a little bit better once I moved into trying to hit the ball from a little bit of a right to left shape we hit the target quite consistent recently the spin number was the one data parameter that people would point out as being worryingly low I get that but again long-term viewers of the channel will understand that is a parameter that I always struggle with whatever whatever iron I've got that can be an issue on a mat so last one we'll switch up into the five iron I think it's going to go like an absolute rocket I worry about how low that spin number will drop right so into this fiveon um again the mass I want I want to see that address cuz I want to feel like I've got some help down at the ball um started off I think we got to shot three where if there have been a flag and a hole in the middle of that we might have even got a hole in one how it got there though in terms of data is very much debatable um and that's again what we were concerned about you'll see consistently and we'll get to it a bit more at the end is that spin number is an issue effectively there was another issue in my opin iion in that is the ball launch low which is a concern for me and I always get confused because these irons are designed to appeal to those with slower Club head speeds and yet The Lofts are jacked so to speak which then has a negative impact on launch so I don't think um we got a ball that launches above 18° maybe the first one did so for me that's a low ball flight with a five I then you're combining that with that spin number that I referred to and you'll see that there's an issue now I would say of swinging a club great today um so there is help there in terms of ball speeds is the biggest bonus I would say or suggest that I've seen from this club because every shot that I hit pretty much got to flag High not necessarily hit the green but was in and around the area so ball speeds are definitely within this club face but let's just go through those spin rates now and you'll see if you concentrate on two parameters Spin and launch what you'll see is both of them are incredibly low that couple with that land angle is worrying we're coming in with a flat ball flight with a ball that's arguably spinning even Low by my standards then you've got a concern so that's where these ions have got a lot of positives but they also come with uh yeah a few potential issues to say the so I'm going to leave it there these reviews at the moment are very much data because well we can't get out on a golf course it's covered in snow here in the UK but I think data you know it does tell a tale and I think it's important as I always say that you as a golfer gets custom fit if you don't you pick these up off the shelf they could have a detrimental um impact on your game they look fantastic and in many parameters they are they're fast as hell but you've compromises to make so before you make any purchase of near 1,000 quid on a set of irons make sure you get custom fit and make sure you consider all those parameters that suit your game before you part with that money right as ever thank you for watching let me know what you think of that performance in some ways a bit of a surprise and a bit disappointing in some areas as well but let me know what you think comments down below I'll see you soon