I used to hit with the old Belgium Donnay Pro Ones, both the yellow and blue and the Orange and Grey. I have the new TW one as well, just a hair stiffer than the old ones, but still flexible.
Hit some singles with a gentleman last night who had one of the Averys and it looks almost identical to the old POGs and thats why he had it. He had bout 4 or 5 old school POGs in his bag and one or two of the Averys. He was striking solid with it and told me he loved the feel of it.
I have since bumped myself to the Aeropro Drive, love the stiffness.
This is not true. NOt being rude,but the frame thickness and design varied from the Yellow and Blue to the Orange/Gray model. The O/G release in the very early 90's from Belgium was more than cosmetic. They changed the overall beam thickness and beam build. It got slimmer and no more taper around the edges. Slighter lighter as well. A tad more flex. The grey/red/blue version was a pj of the O/G version, same mold.
For rating, in my opinion of playing with these racquets, I would rate them like this from stiffest to more flexbile.
Original Donnay Blue/Yellow Belgium Pro One
TW Orange/Grey Pro One
Original Belgium Orange/Grey Pro One
Sorry, I wasn't taking the early retail version into account. The early retail versions had a bulge on the butt cap and no Donnay logo on the butt cap.
The frame was more rounded, this also resulted in a nicer paintjob.
The string bed was closer than on the Limited Versions (Agassi's racket)
The racket came with a full head bumper guard.
The Pro One Ltd. Edition (Agassi's racket) was more square, stiffer frame and had a regular butt cap. This edition also came with a thinner head bumper guard, basically just a grommet strip that went all around.
So in total there were actually 6 Pro One's:
Pro One yellow/blue (butt cap had a bulge, rounded off frame - softest one). Made in Belgium.
Pro One orange/grey (butt cap had a bulge - rounded off frame - softest one)
Made in Belgium.
Pro One Ltd. Edition yellow/blue (regular butt cap, more rectangular frame, the first Agassi racket, stiffer than the retail versions) Made in Belgium.
Pro One Ltd. Edition orange/grey (Agassi's 2nd Donnay) Made in Belgium.
Pro One Ltd. Edition grey/blue/red (Agassi's 3rd Donnay) Made in Belgium.
TW Pro One, Made in China (I don't have any knowledge about this racket)
Cheers,
n.
Cheers,
n.