First and foremost, moveable weight technology is not a gimmick. I will have to admit that I was very sceptical of these types of clubs when they first emerged onto the market. What finally got me to try the R7 Quad TP was the fact that I was frustrated with every other club on the market! What I found is that apparently, I have more of a tour style, steeper swing that causes an immense amount of backspin to be put on the ball, and that as we all know, backspin means "pop-fly" short drives. This meant that the harder I swung, the higher the ball went. I tried every club and shaft on the market in 06 and actually purchased the Callaway X-460 8.5 with a high kick Grafalloy shaft. This was also a pop-up machine. All of these clubs have such a low and deep center of gravity that if you have a fast, steeper swing, none of the regular brand name clubs will work for you especially with the shaft options that are available.
Frustrated, I bid on a brand new R7 Quad TP with a stiff Speeder 757 on Ebay with the weight kit, went to the excellent TaylorMade website which has a "Weight Configurator" and set my swing weight (same as my previous club, the Titleist 983E) and then my trajectory and finally my shot shape and took it out in the range. I can't put into words the relief and excitement I felt when I was piping drives with a perfect boring trajectory and a slight draw.
In summation, if you are like me, a guy who really loves to go after drives and is frustrated with the pop-up machines that have now flooded the market to keep hackers in the fairway by imparting backspin, get an R7 TP with a weight kit on eBay (very cheap these days, I got mine for $250) go to the TM website and use the 425 TP weight configurator(darn near identical to the old one for the Quad TP) to dial in your club and go have fun!
P.S. I also did a lot of research with balls and found that for me, the lower spin Nike One Black beat out the Pro V1x by an average of 10 yards! The Black feels much softer than the V1x and you can literally feel the Black compress and spring of the club face.

Customer Service

Used when I cracked the face of the first R5 Dual Type D I purchased. They were great. Also, the TM website is the best golf product site on the web for info about the clubs. I factor this into customer service as well.

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Titleist 983E (An excellent club)
Ping G2/G5
Callaway X460 Tour/FT3 Tour
Cobra X Speed
TaylorMade R5 Dual Type D (Pop-up machine)
Name it, I've hit it!

I purchased this driver for $250 on Ebay with the weight kit and headcover included.

The stock Mitsubishi shaft was too much for me but that was no surprise. Replaced that shaft with a Grafalloy Pro Launch Red 65 . This combination works very well for me. I can’t say it’s any longer than my R580XD with a similar shaft but a definite improvement in accuracy.

This is my first driver with adjustable weighting and I’m still experimenting with different weight configurations. So far, it works best for me when I set it up for fade, the left side of the course is completely eliminated and the misses are manageable. Despite the “Tour Preferred” label, the clubhead is very forgiving.

The cosmetic appeal of the clubhead is excellent. With the silver, red and black shaft this club looks sick. I can’t take my eyes off of it.

By the way, I have removed five driver clubheads myself and this clubhead came off very easily. I had to use a converter to match .335 shaft to the .350 hosel.

With a $300 investment, I consider it an excellent value. I wouldn’t trade it for any other driver on the market.

But I can't give it five stars for value because the stock shaft is useless to any other than player with very high swing speeds

Customer Service

Top Notch

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R580, R580XD with custom shafts. Adams Redline and GT 363.

Let me start by saying the TP version is not for the beginner or player who does not know their swing. It is long and very workable when hit consistantly on the sweet spot. The slightest adjustments in swing path/face position makes draws or fades very easy. I underwent a swing revamp and was starting to pull and hook my old driver a bit. I really lost my ability to fade the ball with the driver. It's back now. 1st time on the course with it I ripped a 275yd. fade around a dogleg right, setting up a nice SW into the green. My old driver, I had been barely hanging onto the left edge or double-crossing it through the fairway. This club takes some real getting used to but when put to use by an experienced player it is a fine stick.

Customer Service

Excellent

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360XD, 580XD, R7 quad, R7 quadTP, R7 425, R7460, CobraX-speed, Callaway FT-3, Titeist 905R and T, Cleveland Launcher 400, 460ti.

Are you kidding? I've had a fade which has caused me to internally debate whether to pull the big dog out on narrow fairways -- I start counting in odd numbers 1,3...
Just received the Taylormade R5 Draw and played on the home course.
I have to question whether this is legal! On the fringe or fairway every hole.

When I really contected it sounds like a light bulb breaking. Who cares? Better golf through technology, you gotta love it!

I researched different drivers on this site and liked what I read about this club. The R7 is out of my $ range but I wanted a driver to give me the option of adjustable weights. Found it brand new on ebay for $196 (add weights, wrench, manual inc.). This club rocks! I took it to the driving range with the factory set draw bias weights in and hit an entire large bucket long and straight. I have a natural fade but can draw easily with this club. Very forgiving and long. Huge sweet spot. The ability to tweak it in the future with the movable weights is a nice bonus considering I'll be married to this club for a while. Very pleased.

Customer Service

Haven't used it.

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T.M. R580 XD, T.M. Firesole 9.5, T.M. Firesole 7.5

Most forgiving and straightest driver I have ever owned. Mine has the stiff Mitsubishi Rayon shaft, and it loves to be worked. Just go after it and give it a good swing and it does all the work for you! I never feel like I can't hit the fairway and it builds confidence every time I pull it out of my bag.

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Nike SQ,Titleist 983K, Titleist 905T, Adams, BangOmatic

Wow, this is a fantastic driver. For Me is the longest, straightest and easiest club to hit I've ever put my hands on. I reshafted with a YS-6 and it's been a wicked combo, I wouldn't even consider playing any other driver on the market.

Customer Service

Taylor Made service is second to none.

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R580, Ignite 460

I swing 110 MPH, and I never could get this shaft moving anywhere. The 83 gram shaft is a bit heavy, and I probably should have gotten the 9.5 because I never could get the ball up. Moveable weights are nice and do make a difference but I ended up just moving them to the same position as a regular r5 type D. I would go with the regular r5 with your favorite shaft before I'd shell out the $300 on ebay or $600 at the shop to get this. I'm sure the pro's could smash this but I don' t know many average golfers who would benefit from this club.

Customer Service

TM should get a national medal for their customer service, it's so good.

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all TM, Titleist, and Callaway drivers

Phonomenal forgiveness. Even if I miss the sweet spot, the result is far better than any driver that I tried. And yes, this driver make the ball fly high with less effort.

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MP-001 460, X-460, Cleveland Comp

This is TaylorMade's best kept secret. Longer and straighter than the R7 (or any other driver I've ever played). You can get a great deal on these now on ebay. I can't say enough good things about this club.

Customer Service

NA

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TaylorMade R7
Callaway FT-3
Cleveland Comp