Power Player
Bionic Poster
I promise this will happen. I can't resist the gooey goodness of gut.
Keith,
I hope not, this has been fun, and probably useful to some.
Or actually, it's probably been more confusing then anything else. We've all been so up and down and all over the place.
Jack hopefully you have worked on your strokes in terms of arming the ball. That is what I noticed when you posted vid, but that was a long time ago.
You can't arm the ball with this stick and not get arm pain if you have TE history. If you are using the offhand and your core, plus hitting out in front, you are going to be smiling a lot when you play with this stick..(I'd add some lead at the tip to match it to the Warrior as well).
Dgdavid you have the Brown Bear coming? You beast.
All this talk makes me think I might be ordering a Pure Drive soon.
Tough, because I already have 2 AeroPro Drive GTs. Oh, well.
Well, if you want to be in this thread, you need to sell them at a loss, change your mind 20 times losing a bit of money each time and then you can try the PD :shock:
ps. if possible, try to get your wife to say "but you can only play with one...."
Jack hopefully you have worked on your strokes in terms of arming the ball. That is what I noticed when you posted vid, but that was a long time ago.
You can't arm the ball with this stick and not get arm pain if you have TE history. If you are using the offhand and your core, plus hitting out in front, you are going to be smiling a lot when you play with this stick..(I'd add some lead at the tip to match it to the Warrior as well).
Dgdavid you have the Brown Bear coming? You beast.
I recieved a V1 MP as a demo today. Strung up with my usual VS Gut and NXT hybrid. It actually looks better than I imagined. Looks better in natural light. Hope to get out and try it tomorrow night.
Not really looking to switch from the Rebel and it is out of my normal spec range but it looked interesting enough to give it a try.
I recieved a V1 MP as a demo today. Strung up with my usual VS Gut and NXT hybrid. It actually looks better than I imagined. Looks better in natural light. Hope to get out and try it tomorrow night.
Not really looking to switch from the Rebel and it is out of my normal spec range but it looked interesting enough to give it a try.
interested in picking up another Rebel 98? I have a 4 1/2" for ya if you want it?
Jack, did you order a demo, or new pd? And if new, what string set-up? Even though i like the fxp tour, I'm still wanting to try RIP. So many have commented that its very good in the pd (of course power play, but many others as well). I tried your hybrid beast/attack in my previous one, but never got a true feeling of how it was. Alu power is very good as dgdavid will attest to, but I dont think you want to go the poly route.
I recieved a V1 MP as a demo today. Strung up with my usual VS Gut and NXT hybrid. It actually looks better than I imagined. Looks better in natural light. Hope to get out and try it tomorrow night.
Not really looking to switch from the Rebel and it is out of my normal spec range but it looked interesting enough to give it a try.
interested in picking up another Rebel 98? I have a 4 1/2" for ya if you want it?
Hey Jack, I'll trade you a Warrior, 4 3/8 for the Reb.
(Don't ask me why, I don't even know myself!)
another very nice evening with the PD. Everything played well, really pleased. Too late to cancel V1 Midplus but it has a tough job to displace the PD now. Just amazed that I can be so accurate with a "tweener".
Hi Chris,
Hit with the Mantis 305 today for 30 mins only but that's all I need. It isn't for me, no real guts to the racket, feels light and doesn't seem to offer anything special.
Seems to be a pretty uniform response around here.
Did you buy the V1 or are you just demoing?
BC1- good idea to start a standard PD thread- I play with the racquet and would be glad to join in the conversation
BC1- good idea to start a standard PD thread- I play with the racquet and would be glad to join in the conversation
found the warrior too soft(65 stiffness), otherwise it looks and performs very well.
Your next.....did everyone abandon their Warriors for Pure Drives???
Damn you BC1 !!
did everyone abandon their Warriors for Pure Drives???
Damn you BC1 !!
did everyone abandon their Warriors for Pure Drives???
Damn you BC1 !!
Still swinging away with the Warrior, matter of fact have another one on the way.
Still swinging away with the Warrior, matter of fact have another one on the way.
I haven't abandoned it yet. Its got no flaws really. I am testing the new Pure Drive, but the Warrior is definitely less stiff feeling and more arm friendly. If the Pure Drive doesn't offer me any significant improvements I will most likely stick with the Warrior as my main stick. It just does everything so well and it's like you really have to try and mishit a ball with it.
what strings are you using? demoed one tonight and really liked it.
no more arm pain. was using a dead set of syn gut.
what you recommend for TE? I'm thinking natural gut...
I really liked serving with it.
My nephew lives in Lawrenceville, and I hit with his pd, I immediately could tell the stiffness of the pd compared to the warrior. I really don't have anything bad to say about the pd. My long term thoughts is the fact that I am nearing 60, and I still swing away, knowing I have mishits, the warrior is definitely more forgiving to me. Jack do you ever get down to Rome? Out of curiosity, do you string your crosses of attack 2 pounds more to take some of the spring out of them? I am still loving the Hexy fiber @ 54/56