So that's why it is cheaper, but do you get more bang for your buck or proportionately less? Well, a bit of both and this is the fine line Callaway has to tread here between trying to be better than the rest, but not quite as good as Rogue.
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The XR Speed also comes with the excellent Project X HZRDUS shaft, a version of which was in the Epic driver and is light, stable and a great addition to this club. The crown still features the same Speed Step device, although it is back to being the same V shape as the Epic rather than the single line of the Rogue. The X-Face VFT face is titanium and is lighter and thinner than the last version and apparently the 'hottest face Callaway has designed', so in the Rogue face should we assume that it is Jailbreak that is making up the difference.? The head is also set up with a slight draw bias to help with this, but it is pretty subtle so don't worry about it sending everything sharp left. This lowers the CG and aims to make the XR Speed more forgiving. Nominally the XR Speed replaces the all titanium Callaway XR 16 driver and the metal crown has been replaced with a carbon composite version that is 45% lighter and has a nice look to it at the back of the head. So why is it cheaper? Well, there are no Jailbreak bars in the head so that makes manufacturing simpler and in some ways Callaway are re-using previous design and technology to create almost a 'greatest hits' driver. The tactical market rationale behind the XR Speed is reinforced by the fact that it is only available in the UK and Europe and not the USA, so maybe there could be some imports going the other way in future.
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The XR Speed driver RRP of £339 is £160 less than the Rogue driver and that makes it one of the cheapest drivers from a major brand and right in the gap created by all the driver prices heading north over £400 the last couple of years, with the exception of the TaylorMade M4 and the Ping G400 Max.
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So why would you launch a driver that you say is not quite as good as the last one you launched 4 months ago? This is going to be an interesting review for many reasons, but principally because Callaway has positioned the XR Speed driver as the fastest non-Jailbreak in the market, so in theory it's not quite as fast as the Epic or Rogue drivers.