Qi Max, Quantum Max, G440 or T350: UK prices for 2026’s forgiving irons and how to get fitted
Three of the four game-improvement iron sets in British shops this autumn cost between £859 and £899 for 5-iron to pitching wedge; the Titleist T350 costs about £330 more. All four have a 28 or 29 degree 7-iron, and what golfers argue about is sound, head shape and price rather than distance.
In brief
- In October 2026 a UK retailer listed 5-PW steel sets of the Qi Max and G440 at £859, the Quantum Max at £899 and the Titleist T350 at £1,189; a single iron cost £149, or £199 for the Titleist.
- The Qi Max and Quantum Max are the 2026 models; the G440 (early 2025) and T350 (summer 2025) are still each brand's current game-improvement iron.
- With a 7-iron of 28 or 29 degrees on all four, the gap between pitching wedge and sand wedge can reach 30 yards, and in Britain the extra wedge is usually bought separately.
- Golfers praise the quieter Qi Max, the compact G440 and the feel of the T350; the recurring criticisms are a firm Callaway, a small step on from the Qi, noisy Ping long irons and the Titleist's price.
A British golfer shopping for forgiving irons this autumn has four obvious candidates, and the price tags on three of them are almost identical. A six-piece set from 5-iron to pitching wedge of the TaylorMade Qi Max or the Ping G440 was listed at £859 at a UK retailer in October 2026, and the Callaway Quantum Max at £899. The Titleist T350 sits apart at £1,189 for the same six clubs. All four are the current game-improvement model of their brand: the TaylorMade and the Callaway are the 2026 newcomers, while the Ping and the Titleist arrived in 2025 and have not been replaced. Here you will find what each maker says it changed, what the sets cost in pounds, what golfers praise and criticise, and how to get fitted for one in Britain before the spring. Nobody at Panxis Golf has hit these irons: this is a guide to products and to public opinion, not a test.
Four routes to the same golfer
The brief is shared. These are irons for the club golfer somewhere between the mid-teens and the high twenties, who wants the ball airborne quickly and wants a thin strike to finish short of the green rather than in the brook in front of it. Each brand gets there by a different road. TaylorMade has concentrated on the sound and feel at impact. Callaway has changed how the head is put together. Ping has slimmed the head down so that it looks less like a shovel. Titleist has taken the outline of a better player’s iron and packed it with tungsten.
Before you compare anything, look at the loft stamped on the 7-iron. On all four it sits at 28 or 29 degrees, which is roughly where a 6-iron lived twenty years ago. That is why a modern 7-iron flies 10 or 15 yards further than the one in your garage, and why a launch monitor in a fitting bay makes a new set look so impressive. The catch comes at the other end of the bag. With a pitching wedge of 42 to 44 degrees and a sand wedge at 54 or 56, there is a gap of 30 yards or more that something has to fill. In Britain that matters a little more than elsewhere, because sets here are usually sold as six clubs, 5-iron to pitching wedge, and the extra wedge you will probably need costs another £149 or so.
TaylorMade Qi Max
The manufacturer’s claims. The Qi Max arrived in January 2026 as the successor to the 2024 Qi. TaylorMade’s headline is acoustic. A bar inside the head links the back bar to the top line, and its ECHO damping material has been moved higher up behind the face; the brand says this reduces vibration and gives a shorter, more solid sound. The face is designed to flex evenly so that it does not twist open and push the ball right, and a Speed Pocket in the longer irons is there to rescue strikes low on the face. Published lofts start at 18.5 degrees for the 4-iron, with 28 degrees at the 7-iron and 42.5 at the pitching wedge, and approach, sand and lob wedges are offered to match. The stock steel shaft is the KBS Max MT 85. There is also a Qi Max HL with lofts around three degrees weaker, a larger head and more offset, aimed at slower swings.
What it costs in Britain. In October 2026 a UK retailer listed the steel Qi Max at £859 for 5-PW and £999 for seven clubs (4-PW, or 5-PW with an approach or sand wedge). A single iron was £149, and a five-piece 6-PW set was £719. A reliable pre-owned price could not be found.
Callaway Quantum Max
The manufacturer’s claims. The Quantum Max reached shops early in 2026 and replaces the Elyte. Callaway’s change is in the construction. The face and hosel are cast as a single piece and welded to the body, with the weld moved away from the face and running right round the head. Callaway calls the result a 360-degree undercut cavity and says it lets the sole flex more at impact, which protects ball speed on strikes low on the face. The face shape comes from Callaway’s AI design process, the hollow head is filled with urethane microspheres to quieten it, and the sole changes shape from the long irons to the short ones. Callaway lists a 22-degree 5-iron and a 42-degree pitching wedge; retailer tables put the 7-iron at 29 degrees. The stock steel shaft is the KBS Max 90. A larger Quantum Max OS and a lighter, graphite-only Quantum Max Fast complete the family.
What it costs in Britain. The same retailer listed the steel Quantum Max at £899 for 5-PW, against a recommended £1,002, and £1,049 for seven clubs, against £1,169. Single irons were £149 and the 6-PW set £749. No verified pre-owned price was found.
Ping G440
The manufacturer’s claims. Ping launched the G440 at the start of 2025 and it is still the brand’s game-improvement iron this autumn. The face is thinner and shallower than on earlier G irons, which Ping says makes it faster, and the top line and blade length have been trimmed so it sits more neatly behind the ball. Weight is placed in the toe and the hosel for stability. The standard 7-iron has 29 degrees of loft, a 62-degree lie and a length of 37 inches. Ping offers a Power Spec one degree stronger and a Retro Spec one degree weaker from the 4-iron to the 8-iron, and the 4-, 5- and 6-irons are an eighth of an inch longer than on the G430 to spread the gaps at the top of the set. A High Launch version with lighter components exists for slower swings. The stock steel shaft is Ping’s AWT 3.0.
What it costs in Britain. In October 2026 the retailer listed the steel G440 at £859 for 5-PW, against a recommended £960, and £1,009 for seven clubs, against £1,120. A single iron or wedge was £149 and a 6-PW set £719. Ping builds most sets to order, so the price you see usually already includes your lie and length. No verified pre-owned price was found.
Titleist T350
The manufacturer’s claims. The current T350 came out in the summer of 2025, replacing the 2023 model. It combines a high-strength steel body with a forged, L-shaped face insert of variable thickness. Behind the face sits a polymer layer Titleist calls Max Impact technology, and tungsten in the perimeter positions the centre of gravity. Titleist pitches it at golfers of roughly 12 handicap and above. The 7-iron is around 29 degrees. The most visible change from 2023 is the shape: a thinner top line and an outline closer to the T250, the model above it. The stock steel shaft is the True Temper AMT Red.
What it costs in Britain. The T350 was listed at £1,189 for 5-PW and £1,379 for seven clubs (4-PW or 5-PW plus gap wedge) in October 2026. A single iron was £199 and a 6-PW set £989. That makes it roughly £330 more than the Ping or the TaylorMade for the same six clubs. A pre-owned price could not be verified.
Side by side, in pounds
| Set | Launched | 7-iron loft | 5-PW, October 2026 | Seven clubs, October 2026 | Single iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TaylorMade Qi Max | January 2026 | 28° | £859 | £999 | £149 |
| Callaway Quantum Max | Early 2026 | 29° | £899 | £1,049 | £149 |
| Ping G440 | Early 2025 | 29° | £859 | £1,009 | £149 |
| Titleist T350 | Summer 2025 | 29° | £1,189 | £1,379 | £199 |
All prices are for men’s right-handed sets with the stock steel shaft, read at the same British retailer. A graphite shaft, a left-handed set or a non-standard build can change the figure, so compare the set you would actually buy.
What golfers are saying
Eight or nine months is not long in the life of an iron set, and British owners have not yet played a full summer with the 2026 heads. Searches of the Golf Monthly forum turned up nothing substantial on these four sets, so most of what follows comes from English-language forums based in the United States, GolfWRX and the MyGolfSpy member forum, and from Titleist’s official review thread for the 2025 T-Series, cross-checked against the published reviews of Golf Monthly and Today’s Golfer. No one is named and nothing is counted.
The praise that keeps coming up:
- A TaylorMade that sounds better than the last one. The most repeated comment about the Qi Max concerns impact: more solid and less clicky than the 2024 Qi. The easy launch and a gentle draw bias come close behind.
- A Ping that does not look like a game-improvement iron. G440 owners and British reviewers keep returning to the compact head and slim top line, and to ball speed that holds up when the strike drifts towards the toe.
- A Titleist that feels like a better player’s club. In Titleist’s fitting-day thread, golfers who tried the T350 often call it the best-feeling forgiving iron they have hit, and some who played the 2023 model say it goes through the turf more cleanly.
And the complaints:
- A firm, loud Callaway. Players comparing the Quantum Max with forged irons describe a firm, noisy strike, and some feel it is only a modest step on from the Elyte.
- A small update from TaylorMade. The recurring reservation about the Qi Max is that it polishes the Qi rather than replacing it, and that the offset you see at address does much of the anti-slice work. Owners of a recent Qi are often told not to bother switching.
- Noisy long irons on the Ping. Some describe a crisp click on a good strike that turns dull on a poor one, a flight lower than they expected from a G iron, and long irons that run on after landing. Today’s Golfer also flagged the offset in the longer clubs.
- The Titleist’s price. Cost is the criticism that returns most often about the T350, followed by toe strikes that drift further offline than some expected for an iron in this category.
Where to buy and get fitted for irons in the UK
An indoor fitting bay. From now until March, this is the sensible place to choose irons in Britain. A cold, wet range with a winter mat and range balls tells you very little about a 7-iron. The big golf chains and many independent fitting studios have launch-monitor bays, and most will fit you for free or credit the fee against a purchase. Ask to hit all four heads with the same type of shaft, ask the fitter to show you the yardage gap between your pitching wedge and your sand wedge as well as the 7-iron carry, and check that the lie angle is measured, not guessed.
Online, with a custom build. Several British online retailers sell all four sets and offer custom builds at the same price as stock sets, as long as you send in your specification. That suits golfers who have already been fitted. Ping and Titleist sets are generally built to order, so allow a few weeks for delivery, and longer around Christmas.
Your club pro. Many PGA professionals hold fitting carts from one or more of these brands and run demo days in spring. A pro who sells you the set will often check it on the practice ground with you afterwards, which an online order cannot do. Some will match an online price, so ask before you buy elsewhere.
Trade-in and pre-owned. The large chains will value your current irons against a new set; get the figure in writing and compare it with what a specialist used-club buyer offers. Pre-owned 2025 and 2026 sets are still scarce, and few listings yet show the condition and shaft clearly enough to compare. If you go second-hand, check the grooves, the shaft labels, the serial numbers on the hosels and the return policy.
Whichever route you take, ask what happens if the lie or the length needs changing after a few rounds, and whether the extra wedge is priced at the single-iron rate or as part of the set.
Choosing between them this winter
If your current irons are a 2023 or 2024 game-improvement set, the changes on offer are modest: a nicer sound from TaylorMade, a new construction from Callaway, a neater head from Ping and a cleaner look from Titleist. A lie-angle check and new grips, for a small fraction of £859, may do more for your scores than a new set.
If your irons are older, all four will feel easier to hit. Book one session, hit them back to back on the same shaft, and pay more attention to where your poor shots finish than to how far your best one goes. Then price the set you would really carry, including the wedge that fills the gap, and remember that among the three closely priced sets, a £40 difference matters far less than the head that sits best behind the ball.
How this page was put together
This is a presentation of products and a summary of public opinion, not a test. Nobody at Panxis Golf has hit any of these irons. Specifications and launch details come from the manufacturers’ published material, as reported at launch: TaylorMade’s Qi Max announcement as reported by GolfWRX and Golfalot, Callaway’s Quantum announcement, Ping’s G440 specification table and announcement, and Titleist’s T350 material as reported by Golfalot. The 7-iron lofts of the Callaway and the Titleist come from retailer specification tables and reviews rather than from a manufacturer sheet.
All prices were read in October 2026, in pounds sterling, at Click Golf, a British online retailer, for men’s right-handed sets with stock steel shafts: TaylorMade Qi Max (KBS Max 85 MT), Callaway Quantum Max (KBS Max 90, with Click Golf’s own recommended prices), Ping G440 (AWT 3.0, with recommended prices) and Titleist T350 (True Temper AMT Tour Red). No pre-owned price for any of the four could be verified; Golfbidder’s pages could not be read. Prices change often.
What golfers say was gathered from the GolfWRX forums, the MyGolfSpy member forum and Titleist’s official review thread for the 2025 T-Series irons, with the published reviews of Golf Monthly and Today’s Golfer; the Golf Monthly forum produced nothing substantial on these models. Nobody is quoted by name, nothing is counted, and no impression is presented as a statistic. There is no commercial link on this page, no affiliate arrangement and no commission of any kind. If a piece of content on this site is ever paid for by a brand, it will carry an advertising notice at the top of the page, before the first line.
