I recently purchased a cleveland halo 14 degree hybrid. I absolutely love it. I have never been a long driver of the golf ball. I average 220-250 drives. I am hitting this club well into this range and sometimes further. It is a go-to club with great accuracy.

I like this club better than other hybrids for a few reasons. The price is amazing for such a great club. You can get it for 50-80 bucks on ebay depending what shaft you want. Also, I really like the scooped crown. It makes the club look like it really tucks under the balls, which promotes confidence for me that I'll smoosh the ball rather than scoop it. I've hit the HiBore hybrids, and I hated them. I found the Halo much easier to hit and to control the ball with. I hit a nice fade with this club, which lands the balls soft and stops it well on the greens. I can hit a draw with it as well off the tee for some extra distance in the fairway, but it's a little harder to turn the club head over, but still way easier than trying to hit a draw with a 3-iron. I think I just need some more practice with it. I have a steel shaft in it because i think it's easier to control trajectory and just makes me shots WAY more consistent. I hit the ball 210 with a fade, and slightly further with a draw. It's an older club, but I still think it's better than most of the new Hybrids out there. The only other hybrid I was considering was the Cobra Baffler Pro.

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Clubs I use: Halo 19(2i) and 22(3i)
Shafts: Stock graphite stiff (I've read these kinda suck, but they work fine for me)
Swing speed: 100-105 mph
My natural shot shape: Draw
Normal trajectory: High

I've read the reviews posted here, and I agree. However, let it be said, there are drawbacks to using hybrids in general. Personally, I like to hit what people call "golf shots."-- I just like watching the ball curve in the air. The Cleveland Halo allows me to do all this with one exception: hitting it low. Be ready to sacrifice that low stinger. But really, how often do you hit this shot? I've heard you can lower the ball flight (a little) by using steel shafts. If anyone has any other tips, please share.
Medium and high trajectory draws and fades are incredibly easy with these clubs. They listen. I attribute this versatility to their neutral set up.
I tested many other hybrids before choosing the Halo. In these tests, I realized there weren't many which had truly neutral features. In some cases there were offsets. Other times the body of the hybrid was not perpendicularly symmetrical to the target line (I don't like toe-biased bulges in the head). I fell in love with these because they allowed me to hit my natural shot easier, higher and more consistently. Even better: THEY"RE CHEAP!. In my opinion, if you're looking for a club to "fix" your shot shape, there are better choices out there. FYI: if I wasn't using these, I'd be looking at the new Ping G10s.
Please don't take my word for it. Go try lots of hybrids. Age old advice I know, but there is NO review that can substitute personal preferences and feel. That said, if you keep the same opinions as me, I hope you've found this helpful.

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A nice neutral hybrid. The Halo does not have excessive offset or draw bias. This helps significantly if you naturally the ball. This is a hybrid that you can hit a high cut with. The 19 degree 2i is slightly longer than my 19 degree five wood even with a shorter shaft. The club works well out of the rough despite the low loft. No spin, but it does not tend to close the face from the rough as a long iron would.

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I just purchased (November 2007) two Halo's to complement my R7 Draw hybrids. I bought 2 Halo's 0i 14deg and 2i 19deg stiff graphite. I've had them for a week or so now and have hit a several hundred balls on the driving range.

After the first day I was ready to sell them. They were heavier than the R7 Draw hybrids (4 22deg and 5 25deg) that I have and were really hard work to keep straight (hooks/slices you name it).

The good news is I kept at it for a few more days, changed my stance slightly (wider) and I now like them and won't be selling them. The 0i is still trickier than the 2i and more prone to off-straight activity :-) It was finally just a matter of hitting them slightly harder than the R7s. It's necessary (for me at least) to take a good old swing and not be messing about... R7 Draw's are much more forgiving in that respect.

The 0i has a really low trajectory off the mat (it's a zero iron after all) but I'm reaching within 15m (11yds) of my driver at very close to 200m (220yds). Off a tee it's much higher but shorter.

The 2i is somewhat more disappointing (but still easier consistantly then the 0i) in terms of distance going maybe just a few meters further than my R7 4 hybrid. I guess the bottom line is that technology (Taylormade in any case) caught up with Cleveland.

I paid relatively little for these clubs ($79 0i and $51 2i) both from RockBottomGolf on eBay.

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GRAET CLUB will be great for an average to top golfer the harder i swing the straighter it goes. The halo has a high launch and is easy to shape your shots. Out of the rough the halo is brilliant. I tried the new hibore hybrid and found it worse it didnt come off the face as well and didnt go straight.

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Just like I don't vote for the party...I don't play the brand. In the hybrid world I've tried TM Rescue (hated the feel and sound) Callaway Heavenwood (too much built in draw bias) and Callaway FT Fusion hybrids (missed every shot left with these).

This week I tried the Cleveland Halo hybrids in a very accurate simulator and they're the first hybrids I can look down at and feel like they're square to the target when I line up. The results in the simululator were impressive enough for me to purchase the 2, 3, and 4 iron versions.

Taking these to the range and course was no disapointment...nothing left of target, perfect ball flight for me, distance about 10-20 yards further than the equivalent irons, and a very good feedback feeling.

Another plus I never realized until playing these from real turf is the bottom front leading edge is rounded, which lets the club get through the rough better without turning the club over.

I also tried the Cleveland Hi-Bore hybrids in the simulator, but they never felt good and I just couldn't get used to them.

I think these are the best hybrids I've used yet. In addition to their playability, they're great to look down at for me, which is a major part of the equation.

Last, but certainly important...these clubs were only $99.95 at Golf Galaxy (with Graphite shafts)...about half what other high end hybrids are selling for.

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Never had to use it.

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I recently purchased this club because it had the loft I was looking for (19 degrees) and it was time to upgrade my 5 wood. It is a sensational club and I hit it at golfsmith in the simulator a few times before buying. I took it on the course and was not disappointed. I hit it with a little bit of a draw and it goes about 230-240 yards. For reference i hit my 3 iron about 220 and my 3 wood about 250 or 260. This club was very satisfying and a steal at only $110. I would highly recommend this for the golfer who wants to replace a 5 wood or even someone who has a lot of trouble hitting their long irons.

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I bought a Halo 1i after falling in love with the Cleveland HiBore XL driver. I used to carry a 2 iron in my bag and never really had trouble hitting it, but everyone kept telling me that I had to get a hybrid, and that even the pros were using them.

I bought a Taylormade Mid hybrid and even hit a hole-in-one with it on a par 4 and HATED it. I could never hit it straight. I tend to hit my irons with a high fade and would always hit the Mid with big fade or slice, so I put the 2-iron back in my bag.

Then the kid at the local Golfsmith talked me into trying the Halo. I hit the Halo 2i into their computerized monitor and was SHOCKED to see that I was very consistently hitting the Halo 2i 230-240 and hit three shots over 250. The monito also showed that I hit the halo much straighter than the Mid.

I also hit the HiBore hybrid and actually like the halo better because the computer showed that I was hitting it straighter and farther.

After seeing what the Halo could do, I found a 1i on the used rack and jumped on it since it was less than half of the new price. I have been very pleased with it, but am a little disappointed that the 1i doesn't go as far as the computer at Golfsmith indicated that the 2i was going.

I've now played with the Halo 1i several times and have been very happy with it. Today, I hit the green on a 220 yard approach shot and as other reviewed have indicated, the ball landed softly and held the green very nicely after rolling only about 3 yards past its divot on the green.

I would still like to see if I can find a cheap Halo 2i to see if it actually goes farther than the 1i, as the computer indicated.

IMO, the Halo is one of the best hybrids out there, and I really like how it sets up compared to other hybrids.

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Hit at Golfsmith: Hogan hybrid, Sonartec hybrid, Cobra hybrid.

Ive had these for a while but just recently started getting use to them, they are very easy to hit off deck and in some rough. They have a nice high ball flight with a nice soft landing.

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