Callaway Paradym Smoke Ai Max Driver vs Paradym driver testing session

We (Wes) tested the new Callaway Paradym Smoke Ai Max Driver against last year's Paradym on our Garmin R10 and Mevo launch monitors. (final write-up of our experience with these drivers at https://golfergeeks.com in the next week or two, if not sooner) Wes is a scratch handicap. A great driver with a 116 mph average swing speed. Former club fitter and current equipment nerd and tinkerer. Avid competitive golfer. All-around good guy. I hit the driver ok, but Wes is a beast. He can figure out what's what pretty quick with any club, so we're taking advantage of that for this comparison. Wes's final impressions on his testing: * The AI smoke felt better on the miss hits. * I think the Paradym was less forgiving on mishits. * I think the AI smoke has the potential to be a much hotter driver. While the numbers didn’t necessarily dictate it for me the spin was just a little bit higher, so it decreased the total distance. * I think the Paradym is still a very good driver, but not worth upgrading to the AI smoke unless you were concerned about the miss hits more so than the ones that you hit well. * I think the technology in the AI smoke and the change to getting away from the jailbreak face, gives AI smoke more forgiveness.