10K drivers have been all the rage over the last few years, and now another brand has joined the party. Wilson have grown their driver offering for 2026 with the new Dynapwr Max+ Driver, designed to offer even more stability and forgiveness than the drivers they released last year.
The Dynapwr and Dynapwr Carbon performed really well during our testing, especially considering their price tag which is much lower than some of the big brands 10K models. Can the Max+ follow suit as the best value for money 10K driver on the market?
Who Is It Aimed At?
This is a 10K driver, so naturally it’s all about forgiveness. This won’t be the fastest or longest driver on the market in 2026, or even in Wilson’s lineup, but it’s designed to give you better performance when you don’t hit it out of the middle.
If you’re someone who struggles off the tee, this driver is built to help you out. On the surface, it’s very similar to the Dynapwr Max driver, and Wilson actually say they’ve managed to add forgiveness without changing too much in terms of the size and weighting of the head.
The driver has an RRP of £429 which obviously is cheap, but does mean you could be saving up to £200 compared to some of the other 10K drivers on the market such as the Ping G440 K (£630) and Cobra Optm Max-K (£479).
The Tech
Wilson has gone all-in on forgiveness with the Dynapwr Max+ driver, pushing MOI beyond the 10K mark to create their most stable and straightest driver to date. The higher MOI helps the club resist twisting on off-centre strikes, leading to straighter shots and more consistent ball flight when you don’t quite find the middle.
What stands out is that Wilson has achieved this without making the head heavier. Rather than adding mass and slowing swing speed, they’ve used smarter weight distribution, keeping clubhead and ball speeds high while still delivering maximum forgiveness.
A big contributor is the re-engineered PKR-360 face, which is lighter, faster and more consistent across the face, with particular focus on improving heel-side performance.
By removing weight from the face and repositioning it further back in the head, Wilson has boosted MOI while staying within legal ball speed limits.
The face also features optimised bulge and roll, with a slightly rounder profile to better control gear effect on mishits. This helps retain spin and distance on off-centre strikes, producing tighter dispersion and improved accuracy.
A lightweight carbon crown and a refined head shape free up even more weight to be pushed towards the perimeter and rear, further enhancing forgiveness. The Max+ is also fully adjustable thanks to a six-way hosel and an adjustable rear weight, letting golfers fine-tune launch and spin.
Finally, Wilson has fine-tuned the acoustics using advanced design techniques to deliver a solid, powerful sound at impact.
Wilson 2026 Dynapwr Max+ Driver Review
Looks
I think this driver looks pretty good overall. As soon as I took the headcover off, I thought it looked sleek and modern, with a pretty simple overall design that suits Wilson.
The weighting system looks really tidy as it keeps everything tucked inside the overall footprint of the head, and the overall sole design is clean and unoffensive.
In terms of shaping down by the ball, it looks good again – one problem I find with 10K drivers is that they can look ‘too big’ to my eye but the Dynapwr Max+ is shaped nicely.
However I couldn’t help but notice that the placement of the alignment aid on the crown was throwing me off. To my eye it looked as if it was placed towards the toe, which made it harder to centre the ball in the middle of the face. This also seemed to effect the confidence I had over the ball, definitely something I’d not really experienced before and something that I’d have to get used to.
Feel
It felt really solid off the face, even when I didn’t quite strike it out of the middle. I wasn’t blown away by the overall feel or sound though.
I actually tested this driver at the same time as two other drivers: the Ping G440 K and the Cobra Optm Max-K. Both of those drivers did sound and feel a bit better. However this is something that most people are probably willing to sacrifice with their driver in place of better overall performance.
Performance
When it comes to performance there was a clear winner in terms of distance in my 10k driver challenge – and that was the Wilson Dynapower Max+.
I tested the drivers at Clubhouse Golf using the Foresight GC Quad, and the Dynapwr Max+ was the longest of the three models.
An average ball speed of 149mph was exactly the same as the G440 K. This is lower than I would ideally look for in a driver – usually up towards 155mph – but that’s to be expected from a 10k driver really, where stability and forgiveness are more important than out and out speed and these heads are never going to excel in the aerodynamics department.
An average carry of 250 yards and an average total of 271 was the longest on the test. The main reason for this was that the spin rate was slightly lower with the Wilson driver compared to the others. It’s definitely not the longest driver I’ve tested this year, but I did see some impressive numbers on my best shots.
The ball speed managed to get up to 155mph, and I did have one shot that carried nearly 263 yards, which is closer to what I’d be looking for in a ‘standard’ driver head.
That longest shot was almost 10 yards longer in carry than anything the Ping or Cobra drivers were able to produce, and the ball speed was a couple of miles an hour faster too which I was surprised by – Wilson is a bran that you would necessarily associate with the speed over the years.
However, I did see some inconsistencies in distance in mis-hits, even for a 10k driver. The difference between my longest and shortest shots front to back was a pretty large 33 yards, proving that if you do hit bad shots, you’re still going to be punished!
Wilson 2026 Dynapwr Max+ Driver Verdict
My optimum performance with the Dynapwr Max+ was closer to a standard driver, compared to the other 10K models I tested and I still found plenty of top-end speed. When I began this review, they are words that I didn’t think I’d be writing so fair play to Wilson for adding some speed to their 10K driver game.
That being said, although this is a good looking head overall, I just couldn’t get used to it down by the ball – the alignment and the shape just didn’t my eye and although I liked the sole design, I thought the glossy finish gave a slight nod to Wilson’s cheap reputation of the 2000s.
My front to back dispersion also showed that I struggled a little bit with consistency in term of distance, which I didn’t expect to be writing…
All in all, this is a solid performing driver and it’s the cheapest of the three 10K models I tested, particularly compared to the G440 K which is well over £600. So if you like the idea of finding more fairways and you’re after a 10K driver that doesn’t break the bank, make sure that the Dynapwr Max+ is on your testing list.
Would I Use It?
Probably not, I like to see lower spin and therefore longer carry distances when it comes driver, so 10K models in general aren’t really my bag. Unfortunately I can’t get past how it sits at address too, I think it would put me off purchasing.
