It's all relative. I have the STi2 which has a shorter blade length (than the Max). Was talking with a ranger during my recent UP trip who had the PXG gen 4 XPs. I compared my 7i to his and 🤨 how similar they were, other than the STi2 having a noticably longer blade length. I shouldn't have did that as now I'm looking at the damned XP's as a contender🤣. I don't consider the STi2,s as shovels, and the XP are the SGI line.of PXG and looked like a sleeker/slimmer version of the STi2!