Babolat Tungsten Tape
 

Look what they got on TWE:
http://tw.babolat.com/product/tennis.../balancer-tape
http://www.tenniswarehouse-europe.co...CBABH-BBT.html
Finally I can do customization without health hazard for my 3 y.o. who likes to play with all my racquets.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten

At twice the density of lead, tungsten could be rather fun in hyper-customizations...

I've used the tungsten putty in the handle to great results- glad to see they finally made it into a tape format for use elsewhere! Great find-

Yep, that's a really good news!

i waited all my life for this.

Thank god. I hate lead. I could be holding my racquet then take a bite of some fries and don't want to worry about cancer related issues. That's one of the reasons why I never used lead tape, it's a health risk. Cancer is something not to take lightly.

Yeah, it was ridiculous how in the age of environmental awareness and eco-friendly materials this particular sector of sports and recreation industry was pushing reels and reels of PURE LEAD onto consumers, for fitness sake...:shock:

Quoted for truth. It's pretty hard finding racquets that play well in stock form. Hopefully they start selling this stuff in the States soon (a silver colored one would be nice.)

EDIT: It seems tungsten can be somewhat toxic. Still looking into it

Hopefully they will sell them in rolls instead of pre-cut

The research is underway, whereas lead is a proven cancerogen. In any case it can not be as bad as lead, and it is much less expensive than platinum :)

I think they purposely sell it in odd number, 3x3g stripes, so that we buy two packs at a time. I hope competition catches up. Where is green technologies "inspired by nature" when you need them?

Is it the same thickness as lead tape? If it was 3x the thickness, it would make sense that it's 3x as heavy.

It's probably 1.5 times as thick

If it was 2x the density of lead, the tungsten tape should be 1/2 as thick compared to the lead tape (assuming the same weight).

Question was regarding given length of the stripes, if I understood correctly.

Thanks. I missed that.

We'll have more info in the next couple months as it is released in the US.

Just did some math on the cost of Tungsten vs Lead.

3*3g would mean you get 9g for a pack for 5 euros
72" * .125g would mean you also get 9g for a pack for 6.15 euros

So in U.S dollars that's 6.74 for tungsten vs 8.29 for lead for a pack for 9g of weight. There could be some serious savings if they offer Tungsten around the same price for the U.S stores.

Edit:
Getting a percentage for the price, it's 81.3% of the price of lead if you buy Tungsten.
However for some reason the Tourna in the U.S 72" of lead is 1 gram for 4", so that's 18g per package. Is our lead tape heavier?

Thanks for confirming there will be a US release- that was gong to be my next question.

seriously do we need to be careful when handling lead tape