Which brands of tennis racquets do you DISLIKE

[MikeHitsHard93]

Originally Posted by RadicalMPfan

Babalot by far makes the worst racquets. If a hollow feeling toy, that has "effortless" power fits your game, I feel sorry for you. Pure storm is OK.

I never had elbow problems until I became a victim of marketing and bought a pure drive.

On a positive note, I love that Babalot doesn't PJ racquets for their players (as far as I know).

Roddick is actually using a pure drive team

[rst]

Originally Posted by rafafan20

I'm just curious, I've never liked Wilson racquets. Even the ones with my specs I have never liked. I'm wondering if anyone else has aversions to certain brands of racquet, and if so, which?

wilson???? has so mnay rackets so different from each other that i cant imagine that there would be a general disdain for wilson rackets.

bold blx is vastly different than some of the k types?????

one thing i have noticed about wilson labled rackets is the grip butt seems much wider on them than other brand labled rackets...too wide for my preference.

[Rock Strongo]

Originally Posted by MikeHitsHard93

Roddick is actually using a pure drive team

And Rafa is using an APD original. Can't think of anyone else though...

[Alchemy-Z]

I was a Huge WILSON fan....then over the past decade each year I have watched the quality control go down.

I finally started looking other places because I got sick of buying 3 sticks that were the same model...but played like 3 different sticks.

right now I have Babolat (but only 2 so hardly a big enough test sample to know for sure) but they match perfectly and i like how they play.

have a few dunlops/heads as well but nothing has sparked for me on those brands either.


I recently tried the BAB pure storm 98 (i think) and really liked it

[mxmx]

I hate wilson as a brand and love Prince as a brand. Unfortunately, the company philosophy or brand recognition that made me like Prince from the beginning, has not filtered down enough in their more modern rackets. Prince has moved too far away from their traditions it seems. I recently bought wilson rackets, even though I almost despise wilson as a "brand"

Wilson and Prince aside, from what is available in my country, I probably dislike Babolat the most...

The same can be said for nike. I kinda hate nike and always preferred adidas, as a brand. But due to actual specs on shoes especially, I am again forced to buy shoes from a company I rather dislike

[getsby]

Dunlop, good ball bad racquet

[sansaephanh]

I can't say i despise any racket brand. Considering the amount of variation and feel they've been able to pull off, I'd say every single brand made at least a few extremely acceptable sticks.

[superdave3]

Originally Posted by PhotoBlue

Prince. A lot of their racquets are cheap feeling and not solid at all.

I have to agree regarding Prince. Although Wilson racquets do seem to vary too much in weight (poor quality control), I could always play well with them, but Prince racquets just seem to have no controllable power, except the EXO3, which is so underpowered you have to use lead tape to get it to perform well. The older Prince racquets were so much better.

[MikeHitsHard93]

Originally Posted by superdave3

I have to agree regarding Prince. Although Wilson racquets do seem to vary too much in weight (poor quality control), I could always play well with them, but Prince racquets just seem to have no controllable power, except the EXO3, which is so underpowered you have to use lead tape to get it to perform well. The older Prince racquets were so much better.

Which EXO3??.... Every new racket prince makes has that tech...

[superdave3]

I tried the EXO3 18x20. It felt nice and easy to swing, but shots fell short and the racquet was unstable until I leaded it up at 3 and 9. The Prine EX03 White was better but kept hitting long. I played with the older Synergy racquets and Rebel and thought they were great. Just my $.02 worth. I currently use a 6.1PSC, but like a lot of others, I have TE off and on using it.

[NLBwell]

People often talk about the great Volkl feel. However, I have never hit with a Volkl that I could get any kind of feel or comfort with. They all seemed very harsh. Strange.

[getsby]

Originally Posted by NLBwell

People often talk about the great Volkl feel. However, I have never hit with a Volkl that I could get any kind of feel or comfort with. They all seemed very harsh. Strange.

I agree that for the stiff racquets, particular DNX and PowerBridge series

[superdave3]

Originally Posted by MikeHitsHard93

Which EXO3??.... Every new racket prince makes has that tech...

Mike, sorry I did not add this to my reply-I meant the EX03 Tour 16x18.

[dyldore]

I've hit with rackets from all of these companies and can't say I dislike any of them...some don't suit my game as well as others but in the right hands one is just as good as another.

[matchmaker]

I actually never really liked Wilson but irony of life has set me up with a Wilson mid I really love and I even bought five of them. I still don't like their grip shape, though.

Babolats are certainly nothing for me.

[Disneos]

Babolat and prince, all the babolats I've played with, the last 3 aero pros, and the last pure storm were withered greatly underpowered, had horrible swing weight ( for me ) hurt my wrist, or were to stiff!

Prince to me just has lacking quality and beer found one I liked, ex girlfriend had one of the older model o series and made her switch from prince and she never played better

[dyldore]

Originally Posted by Disneos

all the babolats I've played with, the last 3 aero pros, and the last pure storm were withered greatly underpowered

Originally Posted by RadicalMPfan

Babalot by far makes the worst racquets. If a hollow feeling toy, that has "effortless" power fits your game, I feel sorry for you.

[Disneos]

Originally Posted by dyldore

I personally never found them powerful, I always found them hard to swing and just very hard and dead feeling ( and I prefer racquets on the heavier side ) they've just never impressed me, racquets and opinion will vary from person to person

[Muppet]

Originally Posted by getsby

Dunlop, good ball bad racquet

What don't you like about the Dunlop racquets? I have the Black Max II, MuscleWeave 200G 95, and Aerogel 200. I have no good reason to look elsewhere.

[rolleroh]

Actually REALLY trying to like Head racquets, but Demos & whim purchases leave me hating them.......

Loved the look & 'hand test' of Rad Pro & OS, but hated on court, then Demoed Speed 315 16x19 for solid week & LOVED it.....

Bought one new & played COMPLETELY dead w lively string s/u used million times!!! Rest was stock......
I string / customize myself, & measured Strung Balance @ 11PTS HL VS 6PT HL STRUNG SPEC!!!

Attempted modding for a minute, but returned as defect w/out problem....

Have seen countless Wilson K Factor & BLX frames w inconsistent specs as well---- not as dramatic, but most commonly inconsistent brand by far