Cobra BiO Cell Driver Review

Name: Cobra BiO Cell Driver
Price: $199-$230 depending on the store
Features: Crown cell weighting, Forged E9 BiO Cell face, Myfly8 adjustable loft with Smartpad Technology, Variety of color options

Pros: very user-friendly and simple to adjust, technology actually works, very forgiving especially on off-centre hits, comes in flashy colors
Cons: None

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Overall Rating:  4.7 out of 5

The Cobra BiO Cell Driver has been the subject of much buzz over the past few months. It's even been listed on Golf Digest's Hot List and used by pros like Rickie Fowler. Many have praised it primarily for it's forgiveness and easiness to hit, as well as for it's technology, customization, and simplicity. As a person who has always struggled with accuracy and distance off the tee and one who currently plays a tour driver, this club naturally drew my attention.

Let's start with some of the features and technology in the Cobra BiO Cell driver first. To start, the driver features Crown Cell weighting, which moves some of the weight of the club to the lower back part of it. This lowers the centre of gravity of the club and increases its moment of inertia, all which results in higher balls speeds (good for distance). The driver also features a Forged E9 Bio Cell face, which removes some more weight from the face of the club and creates a larger "sweetspot" on the face of the club. This feature is ideal for forgiveness as a larger "sweetspot" allows even off-centre hits to still travel farther and straighter. The Myfly8 adjustable loft allows the player to select up to eight different loft settings between 9 and 12 degrees as well as draw settings for certain lofts (9.5, 10.5, 11.5). This ensures that you can personalize the club to your specific swing and style, in order to get the most out of it. The Smartpad sole on the bottom of the club also ensures that the clubhead remains square regardless of what loft setting is chosen.

Now all these features and technology may seen fancy and nice to have, but do they actually work? I've been testing out the driver for about a week now on a variety of courses and ranges and the results actually surprised me. With my current 10.5° driver, I average about 220 yards and most of the time with moderate ball movement mid-flight. With the Cobra BiO Cell set to 10.5°, I averaged about 235 yards off the tee and about 240 when struck dead centre on the clubface. But best of all was my ball movement during flight, which was reduced dramatically, leaving me with straight drives with barely and right-left movement midair. In fact, the only time the driver had significant movement was when I intentionally swung with a bad swing/stance. The BiO Cell was also easier to hit on the whole and I found myself striking the ball pure more often compared to my current driver, all thanks to that large sweetspot. I'd call that an improvement from my normal drives.

What I like about this club too is how user-friendly and customizable it is. Cobra offers the BiO Cell driver in five different colors; black, silver, red, orange, and blue, so you can buy whichever one pleases you. Loft adjustment is also really easy to do yourself. All you do is loosen up the screw onto the head of the shaft with Cobra's included torque wrench, twist the shaft of the club until you see your desired loft setting in the cut-out on the hosel (see image above), then tighten the screw until you hear a loud click from the wrench, which ensures that the club has been tightened enough. With this club, you're getting customizability that's found in drivers double the price. And it'll compete with those drivers and probably outdo them too.

So let's recap things a bit. The BiO Cell driver claims to be more forgiving, and it does just that. It also claims to help you hit longer and straighter drives, and it does just that. Cobra has done an amazing job on this driver. The technology in the club actually works, which is more that you can say for most drivers on the market. And as a golfer, that's really satisfying.

Overall, the Cobra BiO Cell driver definitely lives up to all the hype. I'd recommend it to all golfers who want more distance and straightness on their drives and especially to those golfers who want a forgiving club that will still prove itself when struck perfectly. A sidenote, as with all adjustable drivers, you should probably get the BiO Cell fitted to your specific swing, to make sure you get the best results out of the club.

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

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