TaylorMade Spider Tour V vs Spider Tour X

The cleanest Spider. The Tour V drops the rear wings for a compact, sloping head that Today's Golfer called 'the most compact look of the bunch' — several testers named it their favorite of the series at address.

Bold and polarizing. The large white head and prominent crossbar are highly visible but visually busy — Golf Monthly noted some golfers find the Spider 'difficult to look at, too much going on at address.'

Soft Pure Roll feel, but the most-repeated knock: the Hybrar damping that smooths the sound also masks impact — GolfWRX found toe and heel strikes hard to tell from flush ones, and it can feel a touch light.

Same white TPU Pure Roll insert, rated higher here. Golfalot called it 'sublimely soft, nothing jarring, just a satisfying thud that tells you the ball is rolling well' — a feel forum users compare to putters at twice the price.

The True Path system — a wide white line with a thin black sightline — drew near-universal praise. Plugged In Golf called aiming 'exceedingly simple,' especially paired with a line drawn on the ball.

Edges it. The high-contrast white head and black sole line are one of the most visible alignment frames in the market — reviewers said the sight line stands out clearly against any green, even in low light.

Strong for its size — the wireframe chassis delivers roughly 4,900 MOI and held off-center putts close to the hole. But by design the V carries the lowest MOI of the Spider Tour family; it's the least forgiving of the line.

The headline trait. The steel crossbar makes it one of the highest-MOI mallets TaylorMade builds — National Club Golfer said it 'virtually eliminates the impact of mishits,' with ball speed nearly unchanged across the face.

The quick forward roll helps pace, but Golf Monthly noted the lighter head can need a little more force to reach the hole on longer putts — the feedback gap makes dialing in lag putts slightly harder.

The high MOI keeps speed consistent on mishits, and forum users specifically credited the X with noticeably better long-putt distance control after switching to it.

The white TPU Pure Roll insert with 45° grooves gets the ball into a fast end-over-end roll — Plugged In Golf described it as 'firm but with give,' not dead, helping putts hold their line.

The same Pure Roll insert grabs the ball at impact and promotes immediate forward roll, reducing skid on fast greens — a hair behind the V here but still excellent.

At $349.99 it sits at the top of the mainstream market, and Out of Bounds Golf questioned whether the real-but-modest gains justify the price for the average golfer — older Spiders deliver similar performance for less.

At $350 it undercuts the premium Spider ZT while keeping the crossbar, Pure Roll insert, and face-balanced MOI — forum users call it '95% of the ZT' for the money, the better value of the two.