Hippo Plus Graphite 9 Wood

Advantages: Cheap,easy to use and well made
Disadvantages: Not suited to all golfers. Not for the experts!

...they wanted in the different clubs. If you pick up a set of Hippo Cavity backed irons such as the Plus Pro set I am reviewing, you will see the metal is thicker in certain places. This is to weight it correctly for playing your shots cleaner. For those that don?t know, the clubs can vary in angle and length to achieve different results and distances . The longest club and least angled face club is a 2 Iron and the shortest and most angled (lofted) club is a Sand Wedge. The clubs in between vary across a scale between the 2. This means a set of irons can go from 2 ? 9, then a Pitching Wedge and lastly a Sand Wedge. A 2 Iron hits it furthest and lowest. Built for distance. A Sand Wedge is built for getting you out of a bunker. It is made for height but very little distance. The weighting of the irons varies too. To get the most out of it... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, great sweet spot
Disadvantages: My playing partners call me Hippo

...As a 27 handicapper, I bought these clubs new from the local shop. The only reason I bought them where due to these particular clubs being 1" oversize. The clubs came with a reputation of 'forgiveness' and forgive they do. The sweet spot is large, a hacker like me can usually hit a good enough shot with the occassional beauty. They always feel fantastic when hitting the sweet spot. For some reason, I'm able to get heaps of spin from these clubs using standard Wilson staff balls. I've hit hard Australian greens and have stopped them dead. These clubs give a great feel and inspire confidence at address. I've couple the clubs with Hippo Impact 10.5 driver and a lofty five wood. Being a 27, the above points are important. I've found that having full confidence in my clubs has improved my game allready and will continue to do so.... Read review

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Advantages: custom made to your specifications
Disadvantages: only the price

...today i will be reviewing the laver and wood heritage cricket bat positives the good things about the laver and wood custom made heritage cricket bat is that completly custom made to your specifications get to choose the weight of you bat the middle position have it pre knocked in or if you prefer pre prepare it your self choose the profile you want ( you can choose from classic profile, bowed profile and special profile ) laver and wood website offers a service where if you give them some of your batting infomation ( they will email you back and recommend the sort of bat you require negatives the only negative is the price, however if you are serious about cricket then the price is worth it. to summerize an excellant bat well worth the money 9.5/10... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful