Anybody know what happened to Pro T grips? They where cheap, felt good and lasted.
Pro T
Landon is right - rebadged Karma's, which are also cheap.
Don't like Karma's, the ends are too soft, and difficult to start on the shaft.
I use star smooth for my gamers but like to use cheapie for my basement full of clubs that I feel like trying once in a while. Karmas are kind of skinny ( couple wraps of tape helps) DTG'S are 580 which work a little better for me.
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Use air compressor to install / remove grips. You will not need grips on every set of golf clubs you own. Only those you put in the bag. A good set of grips will last several years and easy to rotate between the sets. ( except for the Winn type two layers construction, they don't like to be removed too many times )
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Release I have tried the compressor method and I just don't like it. Maybe too many years spent gripping clubs the traditional way - I've probably gripped 150K+ clubs in my life (10-12K/year x 15 years). And it's no faster once you have a good method established, in fact out of curiosity I once timed myself against someone from Pure installing a set of their grips with a compressor and I was a few minutes faster and had much better consistency (straighter and all stretched to the perfect length).
Yes, I like to use the air compressor method simply because I could remove the grips and put on the other clubs without having to buy extra set of grips. Saves a lot of money since I only have to get a few set of grips and rotate them between the sets. All grips need to be replaced in a few years anyway, thus I don't waste any, if a few sets just sitting there most of the time.
If get the correct butt size and proper taping, the air installation will be as good as the old fashioned double sided tape method, plus it will not require solvent.
One other good thing about using the air compressor method is that I could rotate the grip , realign it, if needed .
Particular with the putter grips.
Took me a few years to accept the way of using air compressor to install / remove grips.
I too like using the air compressor. No solvent is great. I think I ruined a couple of shirts in my early days of re-gripping from that stuff. I have gotten pretty good with the air gun attachment and can adjust the alignment of the grips with little to no problem know.
I used so Pro T grips many years ago. I had a local discount sporting goods store that bought out the Magique Brand and they had a bunch of them in their store. I think I paid a buck a piece for them and they were pretty decent if I remember right. They also had a bunch of Apollo standard steel shafts that I was getting for $2-$3 apiece. I may have ended up buying them out on both the grips and shafts.
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customgolfcenter
For me it's not about speed, it's about saving grips. When I build or replace grips for others, always solvent (lighter fluid). All my personal clubs that I use are air only and I don't see why anyone who likes to try different putter grips would ever use solvent. It hurts my heart to have to ruin a good putter grip.
Keep in mind my comments are based on doing 99.99999% of gripping for customers who I'll likely not see again until their grips need to be replaced again, and by then they're obviously trash anyway. And for my own stuff, I don't ever have the need to swap grips between clubs because I don't change clubs that often (I had my last set of irons for 8-9 years). I do switch drivers a lot, but that's just 1 grip. I guess if I was just doing it for myself and gripping a few clubs here and there as a hobby I can see benefits to the compressor method, but the tape method is definitely faster and more reliable/consistent for large volume gripping.
I use air for all the reasons stated above, nut mostly for being able to remove/salvage a perfectly good grip.
customgolfcenter
I always use tape, just 1 sided.