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TaylorMade Qi10 Max vs Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke MAX driver
Choose the Qi10 Max if you want the higher-MOI head with nothing to set.
Choose the Ai Smoke MAX if you want to move a weight to straighten a slice or a hook.
Qi10 Max $399.98 · Paradym Ai Smoke MAX $399.99, each with its shop and checked date
Both are 460cc drivers launched in the same season, in 9°, 10.5° and 12° in either hand, and both are now a generation old. The Qi10 Max was sold on its 10K moment of inertia, with a carbon crown, a carbon face and no movable weight; it scores 4 of 5 here. The Paradym Ai Smoke MAX has a weight that slides around the back of the head to set a draw or a fade, and Callaway kept its high-MOI wording for the MAX D and MAX Fast, so it scores 3. The Qi10 Max is also sold in ladies and senior flex; the Ai Smoke MAX in regular, stiff and extra stiff, and in Callaway's Light, which its buying guide calls senior.
Both are TaylorMade's 10K MOI head, 460cc, in 9°, 10.5° and 12° and both hands, and TaylorMade's charts rate each the most forgiving driver of its family, with a mid-high launch and mid spin; both score 4 of 5 here.
Both are Callaway's Ai Smoke heads, 460cc, with the Ai Smart Face and a carbon body over a titanium frame, in 9°, 10.5° and 12° and both hands, at 45.75 inches.
The Qi10 Max is the more forgiving: TaylorMade rated it highest for forgiveness of its Qi10 drivers and the Qi10 higher, and sold the Max on its 10K moment of inertia, in a Max-shaped head stretched from front to back against the Qi10's Traditional+ shape.
