This video features as ‘battle royale’ test of all the best 2026 drivers in a head-to-head comparison on Trackman. For this test, we grabbed five 2026 drivers that hit the market in January 2026, including the Cobra OPTM X, PING G440 K, Mizuno JPX One, Callaway Quantum Max, and TaylorMade Qi4D.
0:00 Intro
1:16 Testing – Callaway Quantum Max driver
4:39 Testing – TaylorMade Qi4D driver
7:14 Testing – Cobra OPTM X driver
11:49 Testing – Mizuno JPX One driver
15:20 Testing – PING G440 K driver
17:58 Data & Conclusions
In this video, 2nd Swing master fitters Harrison Arnold and Kevin Kraft conduct ‘battle royale’ head-to-head 2026 drivers test on Trackman including the Cobra OPTM X, PING G440 K, Mizuno JPX One, Callaway Quantum Max, and TaylorMade Qi4D.
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22 Comments
I’ll give one to ten odds Cobra wins
That is the issue with the Mizuno. I really wish they would watch these reviews and read our comments. I was all set to buy the new JPX until I had the same issue super high spin and they could fix it very easily by making a dual weight system like every other goddamn driver in 2026, especially for the money if they were have two weights to you could put more weight in the front and less in the back you would drop spin plus for guys like me that like a heavier swing weight to safety D5 and I like to run at half inch shorter. How do I increase the swing weight on the Mizuno? I can only add even more weight to the back, which will change the launch and the spin that I don't want I really don't understand how in 2026 Mizuno missed it so easily. And no I can't do select as I'm lefty
In regard to the jpx one, the denali red is a higher spinning higher launching shaft. I'd think swapping to a blue denali, or maybe even a black denali, would help keep the spin down. High spin seems like a common problem with the jpx drivers. I haven't hit it myself, but I been wanting to try it with different shaft profiles to see if it can be dialed in.
Kevin fit me into a Cobra OPTM LS……gained 25 yards over my Elyte
How could you leave out the Titleist GT2?
There is not a ton in there with any of them.
PING G440 "K": High spin hooking mess. Can't do a driver that when it goes left, it's off the golf course. Kevin calls it "forgiving" after he removed the 2 shots that were 56 yards left.
How can you possibly say you are testing ALL the drivers for 2026 when you only have 5? There are at least 30 drivers that you could test, and some of the ones you didn't test are way more forgiving than any of the ones you did test. I'm not going to say names but there are at least 4 other drivers that are substantially longer than the ones you tested. If you are going to put out videos like this, with claims like this, you need to test ALL the clubs available to give people the correct results.
Clearly the Taylormade wins. The Ping had the two worst shots. No chance it can be the most accurate with the two worst shots lol.
Yeah, not sure how you can call a driver "the most forgiving" when you had to hit an extra shot because it had two snap hooks out in the boonies.
I bought the 440 K. It was the most expensive best driver I’ve ever hit.
Played the 440 LS prior to this.
Does anyone put the clubs against one another while using the robot?
Where are the Tour Edge drivers? Every test I've seen them included in, they held they're own if not out perform the big names.
Totally different swings between the Taylor and the Cobra…..looks like your purposely tanked the Cobra.
I’d like to see a test with the latest drivers vs GOAT drivers , og M2, g400Max, sim and GT3.
Eh, human error plays too much of a factor here. It’s more accurate to put it on a machine
The delay seems archaic now lol. You know where the balls going seconds before display appears
Good swinging Kevin. I enjoy your work and agree w/you about the JPX One driver. I love it!
I would be curious to see the new TP5 ball and Qi4D vs other golf balls. Is there a difference? Does GT2 numbers look better with pro v1 vs TP5 ball? Just something interesting to test out.
I love my G440 k only bought a new driver because previous cobra dark speed cracked .. Wow G440 k best driver I’ve ever hit
Look forward to the LS version of this test
For me, it wasn't even close. The Quantum Max was a rocket launcher.