MaxFli Fire Golf Ball
MaxFli’s latest offering is the MaxFli Fire, a three-piece ball for the price of a two-piece (under $20).
MaxFli says that the ball “is designed to combine blazing ball speed for exceptional distance with soft feel and outstanding greenside performance.” The secret, apparently, is the “HPG 1000 SpeedMantle”, which MaxFli says brings the COR (Coefficient of Restitution—the trampoline effect) up to .815. They say that SpeedMantle is 7% faster than the mantle materials used in most competitive balls, yet feels 24% softer.
I’m really looking forward to trying out this ball. I have been pleased with MaxFli’s recent offerings, especially the Black Max and Red Max.
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Played with this on Sunday, and really liked it. I normally play with the other high temperature balls, the HX Hot and Nike Ignite—and when I start playing more like a girl, I play with the HX Pearl.
It was a cold day in Memphis Sunday, hovering around 33 degrees, and I was wearing more than 2 layers for the first time since February. I did a little warm up, but being so cold, I wanted to get started so I went right out to #1. Boom. First one went a lot farther than I expected. And it continued to go just a bit farther each time than I expected on this windy day—and not just rolling far on the hard ground, it was carrying farther too. Farther than the HX Hot? I don’t know, I wish I had one in my bag. It did better than an HX Pearl which I had with me.
One problem with the course I was playing on is #18, which is about 175 from the tee to carry the water. This is really hard for me. I can carry 175 on a drive given flat terrain with no water in sight, but this freaks me out every time. I stepped up with a shag ball for the first attempt, 20 yards short. From my first Fire sleeve I had already lost 2 of 3 on #12 and #14; so I plucked out the last ball from the sleeve and put it on the tee—boom- 185 from the tee on dry land ( no roll on this hole as it is about 15 degree upslope from the lake to the hole which is about 10-15 yards higher than the lake).
Being a cold day in Memphis is not the right time to fully judge anything, because we just don’t have that many days under 50 degrees. But I was pleased with the perfrmance of the long and the short shots and the putting. I think it picked up a little more scuff than an HX Hot does (which usually looks new for me after 9 holes)—but to be fair, I did bang the one I played the first 9 with against 2 trees, and I had a 4-bouncer on the cart path, so maybe I should judge it under less abusive conditions.
I would say this is definately worth picking up a dozen or at least a sleeve if you normally play with the $25 balls, especially if you normally play with the HX Hot or Nike Ignite.
Posted by martin on 12/05
My friends say it feels about 22.784% softer. I’ll have to check on tht.
Posted by mediaguru @ hookedongolfblog.com on 12/05
I found a couple of these today and gave ‘em a few whacks. When I’m playing well, I like to play tour balls (Pro V1s mostly, although my favorite balls ever are the Maxfli M3 and Blackmax), but I’m not playing well enough for that yet, so I was playing Noodles. Honestly, I can’t tell much difference between this ball and the Noodle, but I like the Noodle, so that’s not a bad thing.
Posted by Mike E. on 05/09
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