I tried both a steel shaft and various graphite shafts in my hybrid, and find this to be the best of both worlds. The steel felt great, but I could hit the club further with the graphite shafts. The graphite shafts, however, typically felt too unstable when I swung harder. This was a particular problem when hitting out of the rough. This shaft feels very stable regardless of how hard I go after it, and I still get the extra ~5-10 yards that the other graphite shafts gave me.