A little background; I played a lot many years ago and just got back into playing again after a 10yr lay off. I bought a used set of irons, 2-hyrbrids, and a 3W (all used). I had the clubs checked to make sure they fit and basically I'm pretty standard length/loft/lie with my clubs. This was all done before my lessons which have greatly improved (and changed) my swing.
I do not have a driver as of yet but I'm looking for one. I've hit several demo clubs at the various dealers and my local course.
On the various monitors I've hit clubs on, my swing speed was as high as 95 on one, but as low as 70 on another. But with virtually every driver I hit (various models and shafts), my back spin was between 3000 - 4000 rpm. I understand that back spin will kill distance and with almost all Driver I hit my roll out was very short.
I did hit a 913D2 with Basara 50g Reg Flex shaft and it was by far the best of the bunch. Launched straighter, with better take off and distance than the other manu. clubs (TM SLDR, R1, Superfast, RBZ; CLWY BB) and much better roll out. However, my back spin was also very high with that club (3000+ RPM).
I know monitors are in all the stores, but with such a wide variance on swing speed, etc with the various I kinda wonder how accurate are they.
As I mentioned above, I just started playing again after a long lay off and broke 100 last week at my local course (the double pars 2-holes in a row on the back did not help my score!). But I've taken several lessons from a local pro and my ball striking and control has greatly improved over the last few months (in fact, just the last two weeks it's all feeling like it's coming together).
Sorry for the long post. I'm just looking for a little direction. I know a fitting would help, but I'm on a budget so I'm looking at outlets for used clubs.