Nickent Golf Poll

[Kiwi Player]

Please vote on this burning issue.

It is clear that Nickent clubs were at the leading edge of technology. The major OEMs, realising this, and fearing loss of market domination mounted an orchestrated campaign to undermine this innovative and cutting edge company including stealing their adjustable club IP as well as selling this stolen technology at predatory pricing levels in order to drive this threatening newcomer from the marketplace.

Alas the gullible masses, blinded by the big budget marketing strategies of major OEMs did not seize this cutting edge technology when the opportunity presented itself, preferring instead to remain wrapped up in their OEM security blankets.

Please vote with your conscience to clear up this burning issue once and for all.

As you know GR polls are binding so if the poll returns a result that discredits Nickent then I will immediately throw the Nickent driver in the bin when it arrives without even unwrapping it.

[12sandwich]

You know what prompted me to look at the 4dx driver? The review section. I scanned the handful of perfect reviews, people seem to give this driver, from a rather obscure company. After buying a fixed shaft version, and a Evolver around the same time, I realised they nailed it. I sold them both, and picked up the cyg version, which was originally priced in the 300-500 dollar range, depending if you bought the 6 shaft or 2 shaft version. The hybrid company, I understand they took a big financial risk trying to compete with the likes of taylormade, titleist, etc.. Which I thought they failed in the interchangable shaft arena, as I bought a Taylormade Limited driver, and was like what a pos. How can you have 3 great shafts, a matrix ozik, a diamana, and a rombax, and they all feel like sh!t. Well Nickent entered bankruptcy court. The top guys were let go. Including John Hoeflich, ex senior director of product marketing, at taylormade 5 years, and 6 years at titleist, and 5 years at tommy armour. He was the genius behind the 4dx driver, and there sucsesfull hybrid line, that was geared toward better players. The fact is, there a bargain due to there obscurity. There nascent into the driver market was ill timed. Shame, cause there products would have exploded in a better financial time. I would like to try there ARC blade iron set as well. Quite possibly the most technology ever packed into an iron, and gorgeous to boot. But there very rare, and I believe a very small number were made, as there numbered sets. Its pretty obvious Hoeflich had the accumulation of several major oem,s knowledge, at least to me, and was on his way to marketing some great ideas. Just my 2 cents

[famousdavis]

It's difficult to compete against Callaway and Taylormade. However, we must remember that it wasn't that long ago that Callaway was a tiny little golf company with hardly anyone playing their products. They were basically a nothing company back in 1990 before the introduction of the Big Bertha. Tayormade didn't have any success until around 1982. Wilson, Spalding, Macgregor, Ram and Slazenger were all big companies who have drifted into obscurity. There is always an opening for a good company with a good product and the market will always respond. As far as Nickent is concerned, you can't blame it on anything other than poor marketing and weak product. Their stuff is ugly and cheap looking. Stupid name as well.

[jt1135]

Kind of reminds me of the Tucker car. Great and innovative ideas slammed by those uneducated or out for a buck. There are some great people designing clubs who don't get heard of much. John Hoeflich, Steve Almo, and Terry Koehler just to name a few. Kind of surprized that FD is so against Nickent since these people are doing the same thing that his god, Karsten Solheim did which is to try and build a better club.

[famousdavis]

Kind of reminds me of the Tucker car. Great and innovative ideas slammed by those uneducated or out for a buck. There are some great people designing clubs who don't get heard of much. John Hoeflich, Steve Almo, and Terry Koehler just to name a few. Kind of surprized that FD is so against Nickent since these people are doing the same thing that his god, Karsten Solheim did which is to try and build a better club.

I'm not against Nickent at all. I've just never liked the look of their products. I've never tried any of them so I guess you're right in that respect. Where can I try out the 4DX or whatever it's called?

[jt1135]

Guessing Ebay would be the only spot. Unless you find one in the used section of a golf galaxy or golfsmith and they never seem to turn up there at all.

[12sandwich]

I'm not against Nickent at all. I've just never liked the look of their products. I've never tried any of them so I guess you're right in that respect. Where can I try out the 4DX or whatever it's called?

You should look up this John Hoeflich, he's in the San Diego area, your area? You seem a rather creative thinker and all. Put your heads together, he's obviously got 4-6 good years in him, then you better have plan B or C. He's obviously made millions in the golf industry.

[Horseballs]

Guessing Ebay would be the only spot. Unless you find one in the used section of a golf galaxy or golfsmith and they never seem to turn up there at all.

I'm guessing there will be a 4DX in a dumpster in New Zealand in a couple weeks.

[edgey]

I dont have a strong view on Nickent. They are a cheap irrelevance aimed at the chav end of the golf market. Like all cheap tat they have a place but clearly should never be seen in the bag of anyone serious about the game.

Since there is no "Nickent is fine as cheap tat for pikey losers" option this poll is invalid.

[SoonerBS]

I believe that I can speak from experience on this subject. I use to have a Nickent driver (forgot the model) and I played a brand new set of these irons below (but my irons were shafted with Nippon 950 shafts) for 6 months that were fitted for me. To make a long story short, I was golfing in the low 90s at the time and they never took 4 strokes off my score.

[Kiwi Player]

I believe that I can speak from experience on this subject. I use to have a Nickent driver (forgot the model) and I played a brand new set of these irons below (but my irons were shafted with Nippon 950 shafts) for 6 months that were fitted for me. To make a long story short, I was golfing in the low 90s at the time and they never took 4 strokes off my score.

Holy crap. Who needs a poll? There is the litmus test right there and Nickent clearly failed dismally.

On the other hand the Ping Eye2s failed this test too so maybe the poll is necessary after all.

[famousdavis]

Holy crap. Who needs a poll? There is the litmus test right there and Nickent clearly failed dismally.

On the other hand the Ping Eye2s failed this test too so maybe the poll is necessary after all.

Ping Eye 2s are the holy grail of golf irons. If you were good enough you'd play them. Actually, the reason you aren't good enough is probably because you don't play them.

[Kiwi Player]

Ping Eye 2s are the holy grail of golf irons. If you were good enough you'd play them. Actually, the reason you aren't good enough is probably because you don't play them.

Yeah but they failed in Sooner's hands not mine. This has been well documented previously and that's all I have to say about that.