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The Takomo LUMO B1 is the brand’s first attempt at a milled, blade-style putter. Typical Takomo – forgiving, clean looks and high quality at a reasonable price. Offers a low but not zero torque profile without weird zero torque shaping and is much more pleasing to the eye as a result.
Introduction
Takomo has been on a fast and impressive rise over the past few years. They have recently broadened their offerings by adding a driver, some fairway woods, and a few generations of wedges. The last piece of the puzzle to round out a full bag product line is a putter.
This fall, Takomo is finally adding two putters to their lineup. There is a mallet-style LUMO M1 [review HERE] as well as this LUMO B1 – a blade-style option that I have been testing. The LUMO B1 putter is billed as a Low-Torque model, which is interesting considering this style of putter isn’t usually known for that.
I’ve tested various Takomo clubs before and mostly like them. They tend to look good and perform in a decent if not exceptional manner. Their appeal comes down to getting a nice looking, good performing club at a lower price than the mainstay brands. I’ve long hoped Takomo can make a product that genuinely is a desirable choice even when ignoring the value proposition. One you’d recommend full stop, not just “good for the money”. Perhaps the new putter would be the one that finally succeeds.
Looks
I had never seen photos of the Takomo LUMO B1 putter before I opened the box and was pleasantly surprised when I did. Tweaking the traditional blade/Anser style putters can be tricky. Those who game blade putters don’t want anything too different, but obviously no brand wants to release a club that is a blatant clone of something that is already out there. Takomo has yet to really fumble a club design, but I think this modern and creative take on the traditional blade putter may be their best looking club to date.
Takomo follows a minimalist approach to detailing and the LUMO B1 is no exception. The entire head is an exercise in simple lines that hide complex shaping details. To my eyes, the LUMO B1 is a great looking putter. Taking a familiar shape that basically everyone offers and gently nudging every detail to make something unique is no easy task.
The entire head has fine milling lines running lengthwise, but it is still quite smooth to the touch. Combined with the bright satin silver finish, the LUMO B1 putter reflects light softly and smoothly around all the angles and curves. The drop-off from the top line and the rear is a small straight lip that angles down towards the trailing edge on a flat plane. It’s a bit euro-modern in an elegant, quietly beautiful way.
There is a really interesting beveled trailing edge that comes to a tight taper on the backside of the sole. This floating ‘skirt’ along the back edge is probably my favorite design feature of the Takomo LUMO B1. I find myself constantly rotating the head to watch the light dance over the adjacent surfaces around that taper.
The Takomo LUMO B1 isn’t quite wide enough to be called a “double-wide” blade putter, but it is wider than a basic Anser/Newport style head. The company name is carved and paint-filled in the relief area behind the face. I can’t help but see the geometric cutout’s soft curves and straight lines are similar to the shape of the L.A.B. OZ.1 putter from the top view. I can’t deny the clean look of the alignment line along the cutaway cavity, but it is my only gripe of the design. I would gladly welcome the alignment line continuing onto the top line of the leading edge for a bit easier aiming.
The stepless steel shaft has a single bend profile that enters the heel of the club head with no hosel, just a tight seam where the two materials join on the sloped surface of the head. The Takomo LUMO B1 putter is equipped with a small to medium thickness pistol-style SuperStroke grip that has a bit more of a shiny smooth texture than most of these I’ve held in the past. [See Price / Buy]
Sound and Feel
Admittedly, the sound and feel weren’t my favorite features of the Takomo LUMO B1 putter. I am somebody who likes to get acclimated with a new putter early on. I do this by playing around with address position, grip, stance and ball position to find what the putter wants from me to get optimal results. This Takomo LUMO B1 took me a while longer than most to get there.
On perfect strikes, the impact feel is a soft, and the sound is a muted dull knock. This is typical of what you’d expect from a solid milled putter. The issue is that after hours of testing and a few on-course rounds, I found that I am still hunting for these great strikes.
It is easy to mishit the Takomo LUMO B1 putter and miss the seemingly small sweet spot. When that happens, there are a myriad of sensations felt and heard depending on which area of the face contacts the ball. There are some soft ‘click’ and ‘ting’ noises that happen along with a few clanks the further from the center you touch. Luckily, none are very loud or offensive.
The feel in hand matches the sounds almost 1:1. What it sounds like is precisely the feedback you get through the grip. Even though I struggled to create perfect contact while testing the Takomo Lumo B1 putter, these various secondary sounds and feelings were not unpleasant and landed the sound and feel being just ok for a metal faced, no-insert putter.
Performance
Even with the inconsistency I had with feel and feedback, there was a lot to like about the results I got. I have gamed zero-torque putters for the past two seasons and have gotten pretty sensitive to unwanted twisting motion. Using the Takomo LUMO B1 putter was similar to any zero torque putter, doing only what your hands ask of it with no undesired rotation. Basic balance test on its side indicated no face/toe bias either. Low torque indeed.
The other great surprise I found with the Takomo LUMO B1 was that despite the blade style, the perceived MOI was quite high. I found it to be an extremely stable putter. During any putter testing, I experiment hitting multiple putts from the same starting point but varying strike location wildly to watch the distance loss. I would alternate hitting the LUMO B1 putter between center contact and deep toe or heel, and it was almost like it didn’t matter. The ball rolled dead straight with almost zero deflection felt in the hands on what should have been terrible off line deflected putts.
I found the forgiveness of the Takomo LUMO B1 putter quite good as well. My aforementioned struggle for perfect strike did very little to ruin my results. I found distance control quite easy to dial in and only occasionally would leave myself more than a 4 footer to clean up, even from deep starting points.
I tend to think about putters in three main distance zones and deciding which they are best for. In my hands, I found the Takomo LUMO B1 putter good at short distances (inside 8ft), great at medium distances (8-20 feet) and very good at lag putting up to about 50ft.
The narrow head and limited alignment of this style made short range precision slightly difficult for me. I didn’t find it to be the easiest putter to confidently drain from the 5-10 foot range that we all want to make more of. Moving further back, I found that I sunk just as many mid range to long putts as I did short putts. This was a great testament to how quickly I gained confidence with pace control and consistency using the Takomo LUMO B1 putter. [See Price / Buy]
Conclusion
When I started testing the Takomo LUMO B1 putter, I wasn’t that intrigued. It was certainly nice looking but was just another blade putter which I am rarely good with. I couldn’t believe how much more user-friendly it ended up being in practice and how forgiving a putter like this could be. It isn’t perfect. I’d love the sweet spot to feel a bit larger. Still, it’s hard to argue with the easily repeatable results I found. It has not become my new gamer but I could easily play with it and not feel like I lost strokes.
I think the standout thing about the Takomo LUMO B1 putter is that for me, it’s the first Takomo club I have tried that truly stands out on its own. This is not just a club that I’d recommend as a decent performer for a golfer on a budget but genuinely a compelling choice, full stop. The LUMO B1 has terrific looks and is possibly the most user-friendly blade putter I have ever tried.
Takomo has made an impressive first attempt at a very finicky and subjective golf club category. And yes, it must be said that at just $219 ($239 for a black finish), the Takomo LUMO B1 is a great looking, good performing milled putter that is terrific value for the money. [See Price / Buy]
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