Something Funny About Fed Racket! :)

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by thefederman

all it is, is wilson rebranding their frames. They want to separate these from the six one line thats why these are known as the pro staff 90, 95 and 100L now. just like you will see slight differences in the blade 104. older painjobs have it as BLX blade 101 newer ones have it as BLX Blade 104L same with the Juice 100 is now Juice 100L. as for the prostaff line i believe dropping hte six one is long overdue consider these frames were built off the 6.0 platform and not the 6.1

I still don't know why the older generations of Tour 90 were called "6.1/Six.One" when they were all clearly descendants of the Pro Staff 6.0 line.

[kingcheetah]

You are spot-on except for this. the 100L is a new frame... Juice 100 regular still exists as well.

Originally Posted by thefederman

same with the Juice 100 is now Juice 100L.

[praetorian909]

Interesting, thanks OP for the info. It seems a subtle change in the paint, but I like it.

If you check Wilson's page, the link still points to the old racquet name (and the page is blank):
http://www.wilson.com/en-us/tennis/r...aff-sixone-90/

I had to Google to find the updated page:
http://www.wilson.com/en-us/tennis/r.../pro-staff-90/

And you guys are right: I never understood why Wilson started labeling this as 6.1. This was never the same line as the 6.1 classic. Didn't the 6.0/6.1 numbers correlate to Wilson's stiffness rating? My memory fails me here...

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by praetorian909

And you guys are right: I never understood why Wilson started labeling this as 6.1. This was never the same line as the 6.1 classic. Didn't the 6.0/6.1 numbers correlate to Wilson's stiffness rating? My memory fails me here...

No, they were not stiffness ratings. They were "Swing Index" ratings. That's why on some versions of the PS 6.0 85, it says "ProStaff 6.0si". "si" = swing index.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by Blaxican10s

The things people lose sleep over

The extra four letters would add quite a bit of weight making the racquet even heavier

[SuperHead]

they have got different specs- the us version is 8 points headlight and the europe one is 12 points headlight

[SuperHead]

they have different weights as well- the us version is 357 grams and europe version is 339 grams

[Relinquis]

that's a huge difference, source?

[praetorian909]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

No, they were not stiffness ratings. They were "Swing Index" ratings. That's why on some versions of the PS 6.0 85, it says "ProStaff 6.0si". "si" = swing index.

Ahh that's right, thanks for clearing that up!

Originally Posted by SuperHead

they have different weights as well- the us version is 357 grams and europe version is 339 grams

Hmm then I wonder if I should try to get the US version now in case they change/unify the weight/swingweight with the EU version...

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by SuperHead

they have got different specs- the us version is 8 points headlight and the europe one is 12 points headlight

Originally Posted by SuperHead

they have different weights as well- the us version is 357 grams and europe version is 339 grams

No, they are the same specs. You're just quoting the strung weight and balance for the US version and the unstrung weight and balance for the European version.