o3 tour midplus VS Yonex rds 001 midplus

[MonkeyMan123]

Has anyone tried the prince o3 tour midplus and the yonex rds 001 mp?
I am 5 feet 5 inches, kind of weak and am looking for plenty of spin in a racket.

Which one has more spin and power?

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[Voltron]

Yonex for the win, I bought the mid but Yonex is much better than prince in my opinion. I can't generate much spin with prince racquets.

 

[jackson vile]

Yonex for the win, I bought the mid but Yonex is much better than prince in my opinion. I can't generate much spin with prince racquets.

Can you expand on that at all?

 

[Deleted member 6835]

ive tried both, the rds is definitely better

 

[Voltron]

I find that Prince racquets do not provide adequit spin for my very spin oriented game. I think that it is a combination of string pattern(too tight), the o3 ports(I don't know why, but I think they hurt spin), and head shape. I also found that my serves sailed long alot. They are very good if you hit flat, but for spins, terrible.

 

[Voltron]

BTW, when I say "too tight" I mean for the head shape, 14/18 was great.

 

[MonkeyMan123]

I find that Prince racquets do not provide adequit spin for my very spin oriented game. I think that it is a combination of string pattern(to tight), the o3 ports(I don't know why, but I think they hurt spin), and head shape. I also found that my serves sailed long alot. They are very good if you hit flat, but for spins, terrible.

Actually, tw said prince o3 tour was very, very good for spin on review. Oh well, I guess I am gona go with the rds

 

[Will888]

Get the rds, it's much more solid.

 

[Tempyst]

If your looking for a spin-oriented prince racquet, the O3 HT is a better comparison to the RDS.

 

[FD3S]

For the record, a little lead really, really helps the Tour MP. Stock, however...

 

[counterpuncher]

I have both, although I haven't played with the O3 as much. IMO, all things being equal spin goes to the Prince and power goes to the RDS. The O3 for me is more similar to the RDX in terms of spin and power.

I would rate the three (in stock form) :

Spin : RDS < RDX < O3
Power : RDX < O3 < RDS

There is not a huge difference between them and you won't be disappointed with either. As has been mentioned lead tape and strings can make them perform a lot closer, except for the feel of course.

If you are looking for something with spin and power then I would look to racquets such as the PD, APD, Storm (have one and recommend this), O3 White (second preference), DNX 8.

 

[prostaff18]

The RDS is the hands down winner! the rds has more control, way more spin and is a lot more stable. The O3 just felt wierd to me, i like the crisp feeling of the rds.