I found a Riptide Even Flow in a L flex (which is 2 down from R flex), and it is 40g which is 10g less than my current shaft. Installed the shaft into my R11 driver about 3 months ago. I don't think I'm getting much more in distance, but oh my goodness...so much more consistent and easier to swing! I'm now hitting on average 12 out of 14 fairways. Distance is somewhere around 240-250. My driver is now my favorite club. I'm 63 years old. Thanks.

For people wondering about the Motore X F3, you can get it installed in a Maltby driver for ~$280. That's for the whole club; head, shaft, grip. If you're looking to try out this shaft it's not a terrible deal.

And why we watch AJ now. Real info. No fluff. Thank you!

Mr Short Game & Mr Mobile Clubmaker is a GREAT combo!!! Thanks! 💪

I listened to the video from a year or so ago, and did end up with a Fujikura 47 g senior flex shaft. I've been playing it for over a year and my golf partners asked this what did you change in your driver, as you're hitting it at least 20 yards longer. And I will add, I've hit more fairways too. (I didn't expect that shaft to be as accurate as it is!) Cheers and thank you! The original video sold me! PS The shaft I have is the "taylormade" Fugikura "speeder" 47 g shaft senior flex

I have all Titleist clubs with a TRS2 Driver, but i'd NEVER pay $800 for a shaft. Thats outrageous. I was thinking about putting the Fuji Airspeeder in my Driver to test it out. I love the motore x too. I lofted my King Cobra 5 wood to 20° & put a 3 wood motore x shaft on it to mimic the specs of a Heavenwood. I absolutely love that club❤

This absolutely works! Fujikura Motore x F3 r2 flex. Actually works better than actual autoflex. DROP driver loft, or else shots will balloon with high spin and high launch. You want less loft with low spin and high launch.

By accident I played a fujikura motore Regular. I found a deal on the shaft and had a krank LD head installed. I did not know it was a regular shaft for like 6 months. Best driving I've done in my life. I adapted to the shaft pretty quickly and I think what happens is you are forced to lag and hold your hands off longer and that might be a key to why this auto flex concept works.

Keep up the good work. I enjoy your video's. I am a average senior golfer and I have made my own clubs. I shoot in the mid to low 80's occasionally breaking 80.:) I am always interested in all things related to club making and golf. I also watch Mr. Short game.

Just grabbed a Motore F3 Regular shaft for my TSR2… let’s see who wins when compared to my Fubuki V60 and my Aldila Ascent 60… Can’t wait!

Had success with a Riptide butt trimmed one inch and a flex softer. Good for my senior swing. Thanks!

This man does know what he is talking about, people get ripped off about shafts all the time. With heavy swing weighting you can make the shafts even better believe it or not. It’s a hobby of mine to destroy golf shafts with some really out side the box thinking. And I do add a lot of weight to the heads as well. Keep laughing but what works is all that matters. I sometimes spray the shaft black, stops the abuse.

Thank you for the update AJ for shafts that are more widely available at the moment. Now it is time for shaft shopping.

Accidentally experienced the autoflex feel. Tried out my daughter’s Tour Edge driver with a senior flex at the driving range couple months ago before seeing this video. Swung easy at first but took a rip at one and was surprised at the result. Straight and hit the 220yd net at the back of the range 3/4 ways up. I play x flex 60 Ventus tr red in a Ping G430max. Going have to look for a poor man’s autoflex. 👍🏾

In club building I found that often price was a better seller than performance. The average amateur and even the better golfer’s swing wasn’t as repeatable as they thought it was. That always skewed the results and lead to a logical decision to spend money on lessons. I do think the shaft is the engine of the club when you consider performance but just like the open road most people need to drive the reliable 4 door sedan because they will never need that 700hp exotic super car. They simply need to get from tee (point A) to green (point B). Keep up the great content!!!

I saw the Mr Shortgame video yesterday. I checked online and here in the UK the 50 dollar shaft was available on many sites for around 50 to 80 pounds.

Very informative!! I ordered the riptide shaft based on your research. I’m anxious to give it a try. If it works it’s a steal !!

Absolutely! Of course you can. It’s a golf shaft, not a race car. I cannot stress enough the simplicity of the item in question. It’s an extremely simple item, and the materials used to produce it are also extremely low cost. People who pay $800 for a golf shaft are Low iq players, not low scoring 😂

There are a ton of good shafts out there that for us regular weekend golfers that are so much better than the crappy stock shafts. I picked up a Grapalloy red 60g x stiff for 85 with the Srixon tip. Did the pxg challenge and I’ll be applying my 100 to a 4i for my gen5 set

Great video. AF has great marketing and what they sell works for many.. at a price. Thanks for the comparisons, butt and tip flex/frequency weight should allow a similar comparison. After watching some long drive guys builds I got hooked on a light flexible 48” combination and gained a lot of distance (after a lot of practice with this setup) I use a Grafalloy Prolaunch Blue 45 “A” flex $45 in a Ping g400 LST adjusted to 6 degree and get great launch and spin numbers. While maybe not for everyone I like it!!

Thanks for a great video. I'm going to try this for myself being a senior golfer and always looking for more distance

That’s pretty tacky having people dawg you for trying to save those of us who can’t afford a $800 shaft….i don’t even have that much in my iron set..so thanks for what you do 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

My wife gifted me a 7 day all inclusive vacation that included resort hotel/spa/meals/drinks, a tour of the Ping Factory, a club fitting and all you could play golf in/around Scottsdale, Arizona in the early 90's where I met Mr. John Solheim. He introduced our group to the man credited with inventing and bringing to market the first graphite shafts. The Gentleman gave our group an impromptu talk about graphite shafts. I remember him being angry at how expensive graphite shafts were becoming. He said graphite shafts are inexpensive to produce no matter what Technology goes into making them. In his opinion if you are paying anything over $50.00 US Dollars for one you are getting robbed! I am sorry I don't remember his name. He was a Brilliant Man with a great sense of humor. Please be kind to others and stay safe. ✌

A golf club has a lightweight flexible shaft with a heavy block of wood or metal (called the head of the club) at the end. A golfer making a long shot off the tee uses a driver, a club whose 300 g head is much more massive than the 46 g ball it will hit. The golfer swings the driver so that the club head is moving at 43 m/s just before it collides with the ball. The collision is so rapid that it can be treated as the collision of a moving 300 g mass (the club head) with a stationary 46 g mass (the ball); the shaft of the club and the golfer can be ignored.

I'm in the "shaft" interim of my golf career. I'm looking to change my iron shafts to graphite. I think it'll help my career.

Watched the video with Mr Shortgame and that was wild, got me interested!!!

AJ, its funny that all these hacks are coming out now. I never had the urge for the autoflex(except for the color) but last year when i got my SIM2 with the Ventus Blue(traded my Mizuno driver with a friend) in it I started tinkering. Long story short I ended up taking the Ventus(TM stock, nonVelocore) out ended up taking 1.25inches off the tip and not touching the butt end. The shaft i had in my Mizuno was a 7X and the Ventus that came in the SIM2 was a 5A. I absolutely never had a shaft that felt so good and the performance is unreal.

For me Why I would go for auto flex is Very soft attack and forgiving important things is they softer & lighter so that you not going to injury your body 💓But thank again I know you trying to save people money and that is a nicest thing to do 💗💕🙇🏻‍♂️🥰

Cool video. I bought a PXG for my girlfriend with a project X cb 40 gram 5.0. She doesn’t use it, so I’m going to Superstore to put a ping tip to give it a go in my 425 Max. I’m using the Alta cb slate 50 stiff. Thanks

Thanks for the info. I would think most people really don't know the bend points and flexibility of their shafts.

I am a big fan of " Fugikura " I have a 60 gram shaft on my Cobra Driver.

Hi, love your content, but to provide constructive feedback, I think there is some nuance in this "debate". I initially thought the Autoflex shaft was pixie dust. Lighter shafts and senior flex shafts are extremely hard to time for a non-pro golfer with higher swing speeds, or amateurs who load the shaft heavily. I've played with clubs with R-Flex and Senior-Flex, and my experience is that when your tempo/timing is off, lighter and whippier shafts can be a disaster. My misses were hitting the ball into the ground and/or large dispersion (usually FORE LEFT!!!). On testing an Autoflex 505x driver shaft, I found the shaft extremely easy to time and my dispersion was as tight as my driver with a 60g X-flex, but my swing speed and ball speeds were noticeably quicker. Maybe in the future, run a test with a mid handicap golfer and compare their results in terms of swing speed, ball speed, smash factor, direction deviation and spin. Pro golfers like Mr Shortgame tend to have excellent tempo, so he's easily able to adapt to shafts with different flexes, but amateur golfers tend not to have this skill in their toolset.

Thats it. Im buying Ladies flex shafts for my woods.

This is crazy. Evenflow Red and Auto are my favorite shafts.

Fantastic Video AJ. Thanks. All your videos are so informative.

Wow that's crazy! I can't wait for you to get the Elite Golf school going....I definitely want to attend this and learn more about this...and who knows....?

I have a long drive club Krank 6* head with a graffalloy blue 45 regular It’s fun ;)

I pulled my senior riptide out of my pxg 3 wood for fun. Put it in my Black Ops driver, so playing 3 inches shorter and was hitting some great drivers. These shafts are not for a quick tempo. I've had 2 autoflex and they were all over the place for me. I pulled out the head weights to maximize as autoflex suggested

I play a 45 gram shaft that cost $40 and I'm crushing it.

Would love to see you do a similar video with the Bgt Brava. They're website doesn't giveaway bend profiles just weight and torque

Great Video and Info! I bought the evenflow CB 40 in seniorflex for 65€ and see if it performes similar to SF 505. I like the Autoflexshaft even it costs a bunch but gives me extra 4-5 mph Clubheadspeed compared to regular or stiff flex shafts. Downside are surly the costs and it sometimes hooks on me. Maybe the dispersion of the evenflow is a bit thighter.

Loved the video, thanks. What would be a good substitute for the red or blue Ventus driver shaft? I am looking to launch it higher with not as much spin. Any thoughts? My swing speed is less than 90 mph. Thanks in advance. 6 handicap golfer.

I just ordered a F3 6R I know it’s not exactly the correct one but hopefully it’s close! Fingers crossed I have a stealth HD head love TaylorMade drivers but always fade biased, I’m hoping this softer flex will help neutralize/ draw my ball flight

A fool and his money are soon departed as the saying goes and you are no fool. Keep up the good work at informing us amateurs.

Would be interesting to hear about the torque specs on these shafts...

I have the fujikura motore f3 5 r2 that i got in a package deal lot and wasn't sure if it was for me due to the light weight and flex, but after you video and Mr. Shortgame video I think I need to add a new adapter for my new Callaway and give this a try. Lucky Me after looking up the price of a new one of these, about $200 which is a far cry from the Autoflex

youre the man! subscription earned!

its so weird that the autoflex shaft is conforming but a highcor driver like Kranks XX fire is not.

Have you also looked at head weight. I used autoflex and got more from it when I got to a specific head weight. This left me to conclude that the tip stiffness was influenced and in the end I could use anything if the tip stiffness was in the same ball park.

Matching auto flex perfectly aside, does this concept of dropping two flexes and one weight designation yield similar result in someone’s current shaft? Or is there something in the actual profile that is the bigger deal when coupled with weight and flex?

Mr. Short game was playing the wrong autoflex shaft ..at his swing speed he should have been using at least a 505X. His autoflex results may have been much better…!! Great video ,please try again with the 505 x or 505xx I have been using the autoflex and moving up or down the flex range makes a huge difference.. The autoflex is also extremely dependant on head weight…did you find the optimum head weight?

I've hit old light shafts and i've hit autoflex. The XX plays unbelievably stiff through impact, it hits it dead straight (almost impossible to work). Not sure old light whippy shafts play anything like it, but always interesting videos.

Fascinating stuff!

This genuinely works. I have an average club speed of 105 and ball 158. Normally use an x flex. Bought the riptide even flow and it jumped to 110 and 165. I never tried such a flexible shaft due to the usual fluff pros give about matching up to swing speed. One thing for me that was important was to use a pretty chunky grip - think this was to maybe help balance the swing weight?

Another great resource for shaft profile libraries is Hireko Golf. Jeff Summit has many years of all sorts of shaft profiles.

Mr. Short Game has the feel and ability to adjust his swing to the feel of the shaft. 90% of us can't do that

That Motore F3 isn't even the aftermarket one, it's the one that came stock in Cobra drivers (ZL Encore), the Motore F3 came in 60 -70- 80 and 95 HB, not 55.

can't find the Motore X F3 anywhere...

Isn't the main selling point of the AutoFlex its "adaptive" flex/torque of the unique material? With that in mind, how do static measurements determine an "exact" replacement? This type of characteristic can only be "measured" dynamically.

Brilliant video as always. Is there a way to send you questions that you (perhaps) could answer? I have a few questions regarding iron steel shafts. Keep up the good work!

Great video! Sound quality is great!

Might be a stupid question but I understand what you are saying in regards to moving down 2 flexes, I currently swing a regular so I would potentially move down to a ladies. My question is; isn’t there a risk of the shaft breaking from the extra swing speed beyond what it is rated for? I’m not a monster driver but average 225 and the ladies is rated almost 80 yards shorter from what I’m seeing online, am I misunderstanding something here?

I loved the video with Mr Short game

How would you co.pare the Fujikura airspeeder to the Autoflex? I read online it's Fujikura's version of the Autoflex, and another KZfaqr compared them, and they were similar, but that was more of a subjective type of comparison. So im wondering what your thoughts are about it

Excellent video AJ, gunna have to tinker with this concept!!

I have a 20 dollar Apollo F/L stiff shaft with a 'sting stopper' insert, spined to 9 o'clock. It's put into a 12.5 degree Acer custom head and a Pure blue jumbo grip. 200 bucks. Love it.😺

Great vids!

Great info. Does torque play into this at all? Also just in general, I’m starting to hear grumblings that the traditional shaft flex to swing speed ideas aren’t necessarily the case any longer. Do you have any thoughts on that?

Could you recommend an iron shaft that is simular to the autoflex iron shafts?

Excellent Work👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Love the video! Thinking of trying this out. Currently gaming project x 6.5 60g. Should I go down to 5.5 40g or 5.0 40g? Thanks for your help! Great videos!

Brilliant work

When you built the riptide shaft did you do any special tip trimming? When I tested the AutoFlex shaft and compared it to my gamer I was surprised with its accuracy. I’ve thought about testing a lighter shaft and dropping from an Xflex down to regular but tipping the shaft 1-2 inches to see if it’s possible to retain a tighter strike pattern as the autoflex strike pattern was twice as large as my tour ad VR at the same shaft length. I never miss in the heel but I missed low heel to high toe with the autoflex as opposed to center to high toe miss with my gamer. I thought this might be to shaft droop from a weaker tip section.

Really interested in trying this. Currently have a Aldila ROGUE White 130 M.S.I. in the 60 Stiff. Is the Evenflow Riptide CB in the 40 Senior what I should be looking for? Thanks, really like your videos.

Enjoyed the video and the Mr Short Game one I have a question I use a True Temper Project X EvenFlow White T1100 65 with my Sim2 max I love the feel but is a little heavy what would be a good lighter option?

It would have been interesting to see his results against the ventus red 6x he got fitted at fujikura and currently plays. Curious if he tried the motore f3 at half the ventus price.

Great video!!

Hi hope you will see this . Have you been able to test the graphite design ag33 shaft? One KZfaq video compared to auto flex . The guy has a 110 mph plus speed and was using the regular and was hitting it really well. My swing speed is 100 to 103 mph and use a Ventus blue in 5s and have used the 6r and 6s. These are sub 40 grams and was wondering do I get the regular flex or the r2 flex? Possible for a review of this shaft? Also do you have any opinion on the all-fit driver adapter bc have a Taylormade and titleist driver. Thank you

Wasn’t the thought process behind the Autoflex was To go around 46-48” build ? Right now I play a 55g Reg Tensei Orange. Hit it well. Would worry about dispersion going 10g lighter, L flex and 47” or longer

Great video

Very informative and clever 👍

Hi, love your channel! Do you think the Diamana RF 50 R or the Diamana ZF 40 R2 would match the autoflex? I have 89mph driver swing speed. I wonder what bend point is the autoflex, is it mid or low bend point? Thanks

seems the placebo effect is a gamer

So what specs would I be looking at in the Motore F3 or the EF CB if my swing speed is 90 mph? Your average swinger.

Are you sure you don't mean the EF CB 5.0 5R? Which is 52 grams and still 6 grams less than the Motore? The CB 40 5.0 is only 45 grams. The 505x and xx are both in 50s. Can't imagine any hitter at 105+ ss hitting a 45 gram shaft and certainly dont see how it compares to the Motore.

I want to start doing some of my own regripping etc....what's a good shaft clamp for my vise and where can I get one? you don't have an old one lying around do you? :D.

Hi, love your content! What then would be the alternative to the all mighty Ventus Black? Is there any old school shaft that can match its performance

I have been looking for new shafts in my driver , 3 wood and 5 wood should you use the same shaft for each club.

Great Videos mobile clubmakers golf! PXG has a sale on 0211 drivers with riptide shafts. I have a Swingspeed between 95-100 mph. Can you recommend if i should get the L flex to try to copy the Autoflex?? I use stiff tensie blue right now at 44.75 which i hit pretty good.

I have a mitsubishi bassara w series 50 hi flex A shaft. Would a Mitsubishi bassara W series 50 HI A flex be similar? I'm hitting my driver about 260-280 with a Tensei whit AV 6g gram stiff flex , not sure of my swing speed

Aj I need help matching up a graphite iron shaft similar to a grand bassara 55 lite shaft. Just tried ping and pxg and can't match my old clubs 2017 epic stair irons but mine are worn out

So a year later I wonder if this applies to the BRAVA as well??

I have a question. Its weight is indicated on the shaft, for example 85 grams. Is it weight per meter?

I`m now using the EvenFlow Riptide CB 40 5.0 in my driver with 105-108Mph club head speed. Which shaft should I use for my 3Wood? What swing weight would you play?

Great video! Would you happen to know which club/brand put the Fujikura F3 on their drivers?

I have that exact Riptide shaft in my older driver. Just had 2 fitting sessions, one with Golf Tec, one with PXG. GOLF tec could only find a maximum improvement of 3 yards more by dropping the spin with a PingG425. No more ball speed, efficiency or change in other parameters. PXG found the same thing UNTIL they stuck in a $375 upgrade Ventus Red which lowered the spin to optimal and got me 15 more yards. Most interesting was that I was fading the ball on Trackman no matter how Strong I set up? The fitter explained that my Riptide shaft was drooping a bit at my swingspeed, 93mph, affecting the dynamic loft and droop causing the fade. Very interesting (No, I couldn’t afford the upcharge)😔

Convinced by this theory. My club head speed is 100-110mph.so stiff shaft. But my best drives have been the fuji r flex shaft. 20 yards beyond stiff. Its the high spin, and uncertainty of flight path the worries me. Stock drive shot is 100mph. Total distance 275-280yds. But its dead straight. I have that all day over rough grass brush, heather.

@mobileclubmaker. Where can I find that matore shaft? Or what new version to buy?

Nice!! How about the Paderson Kinetixx velocity?? Heard AF copied this shaft

OK, riddle me this. Why can I hit parallel S300 really straight and when I use taper tip S300's they are all over the place! I have placed parallel tip in other iron heads and yep, identical performance, regardless of head. Whenever I use taper, dispersion is all over the place. I have to assume the bend profile is quite different. Parallel S300's almost feel like a lower launching version of the original classic rifle shafts. Steps a larger and the first step is much closer to the head vs taper