In this golf club iron compare video, Mark Crossfield PGA Golf Professional, has matched up the Ping i525 iron vs King Forged Tec. Which will come out on top of these two big hitters in the iron market. Both with sleek looks, Mark gives his opinion on which is visually more pleasing, sounds best and which out performs the other. I the market for a new set of player looking irons with game improvement distance, these need to be on your test list. Enjoy the video and make sure to subscribe to the channel if you are liking the content.
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I have hit the Ping i525 and could game them. But I have some major problems with the cut away at the hosel. 👀⛳️
Cobra
Can you get hold of the new forged tec?
would love you to review the new cobra forged tec irons , doesn't seem to be many reviews on them
value for money? Cobra every time. Looks? Ping.
I game the i525s with the Project X regular flex steel shafts and I love them for the looks and forgiveness.
Cobra would probably be a candidate but that logo is way too big and overwhelming
Well done mark 👏 👍
I believe the answer is Mizuno
Cobra for me but admittedly I've always been a Cobra player with the exception of the old TM R7 irons; currently gaming the TEC X irons.
Why the old forged tec and not the new ones? Just curious.
Ping as I have just ordered some ✅
The copper forged tech look the best imho, bit as other have stated would love to see comparisons of the new forged techs…
Great video. I play the cobras off the back of your review and love them. Would love to see you compare the WILSON IRONS (cb & d9) to the big boys in the market. Overlooked I think!
Well if both preform the same , cobra on price plus they come in a copper colour that is class
They both make great irons. I play i210 irons so I definitely lean towards Ping.
Ping irons look better than Cobra's usually. Cobra has a tendency to put excessive amounts of branding on the back of their clubs which just looks "shouty" and cheap, Ping keeps it simple which is always a look I prefer.
As Mark indicates, Ping does need to look at the acoustics right across their club range. My i210s sound fine but I also game a G425 5w and that is LOUD, on a range with enclosed bays it is so loud it is off putting not just for me but also usually for the player 2 bays down!
Finally we need to factor in price and manufacturing quality control. Here in the UK the Cobra is £100 cheaper for a standard set. Against that the PIng manufacturing quality control is better than anyone
I have the cobra F7's in the bag and am interested in how much difference it is between the different models of Cobra.
Currently using these cobra irons in the 1 length
Been great irons for me and have great distance without having the random stupidly long one
So… can forged Tec be a iron that an average ball striker can play? I’m a 14hcp, far from a big hitter but would love to play some stronger lofted clubs.
Callaway
cobra forged tec one length with AMT shafts are absolute buttttttttter….
PING or COBRA
Ping for me, they are such sexy clubs
Hi Mark, I have been gaming the Cobra Forged Tec Copper for the last 12 months. I have just also got a set of the Ping i525’s. I can agree entirely with your review, the Cobra’s off the face sound fantastic where as the Ping’s do indeed have a “Clippy” sound. I have the PowerSpec in the Ping and I am seeing very similar distances. I only purchased the Ping’s as I am not a lover of KBS shafts.
Good test Mark! I've tested both irons discussed here in my spec but outside and not on the same day. I too didn't find much difference either except price (PING was more $$$). I also found very little performance difference between the two tested and my now three year old PING i500s. As such, I didn't change. Maybe next year.
Any chance of revisiting the Cobra Forged Tec One Length irons? I know they have fine tuned the lie angles since their introduction. Curious if they are easier to hit and bunch up less in the long irons than the original King Forged One iron.
I have the ping g425 and wonder how these i pings compare numbers wise to the g425’s.
Ping. Can't afford new. Got Rapture V2's which I've regripped. So good high draw, very forgiving and powerful.
Too bad you didn't use the newer Forged Tec irons. They are a little different and are an improvement over the 2020 version. Maybe not much in terms of actual playability, but they are different. Seems odd to do a "best of" using irons you can't buy new any more (unless you find some old-new sets lying around for sale on the cheap as they are an older model, I guess).
"Ping or cobra"
Love my cobra irons! I personally prefer the look too over the ping
I purchased a set of Cobra ForgedTec irons this year and love them. I don't hesitate to recommend them to anyone that asks. My only negative: The Arccos tracking system is rubbish. It requires a mobile app at all times, which uses your phone's microphone to listen for the high frequency pitch from each club's sensor. It misses more hits than it records.
Reading forums, my Arccos experience was not unique. It was truly an awful user experience. I'm going to re-grip my ForgedTecs at the end of the season and won't miss the Arccos for a second. Looking forward to giving Arccos/Cobra Connect a Viking funeral.
Ping are the Rolls Royce. Cobra poor man's Vauxhall Corsa
Neither. Mizuno does.
I think i would choose the Stealth at half the price.