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  1. Doulke

    Users of Strike VS/97 - what customization have you done?

    Got a vs a while back cause of the colour and glossy paint, only used it a couple times cause did not have time at the moment to mess with new racket. Sw was about 315, first thing I did was replace leather grip cause it was to head light and add some bumper tape 10 to 2, felt better immediately.
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    Anything better than a Gravity Pro? Dunlop CX400 Tour or Yonex Percept 100D perhaps ?

    I did not try the Dunlop nor the 100d, played the percept 100 and the feeling was not close to the gravity. I really love the gpro and I think it’s really hard to find something similar that can combine all the good things of the gravity. My prestige pro 95 feels very different than my 360...
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    Favorite Head Tennis Racket?

    Gravity pro
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    MSV Focus Hex at TWU. ERROR??

    No, 1.27 is actually softer.
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    Ezone 98 Tour Fans

    I really like mine, it’s the previous version, most powerful racket with great control. At first tried to make it more headlight, but actually prefer it stock, or even with a couple grams of head tape at the top, it feels like it goes off easier like that. The only problem is that it is a stiff...
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    Why people like tattooing themselves?

    Wondering that my self. I get it for some special tattoos, like special forces or i.e. Olympics athletes ink the circles or something but for the majority getting ink all over them looks stupid.
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    grip up or down

    Go with #3, if with the overgrip still feels small after a while you can change the pallet on the racket, that’s the good thing about head frames.
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    Advice for first-time stringing. Machine: Easy Stringer.

    Kosta, I also have run out of string in the mains a few times, just a few cm but enough not to finish the mains. Usually use 6 to 6.1 m for the mains and 5.5m is enough for crosses in most of my frames (16x19). Gravity pro use 6.3 mains to be sure, ultra 18mains tried 6.3 poly for mains and...
  9. Doulke

    Resting Heart Rate, what do y'all got?

    Measured with Apple Watch. Resting about 50 Sleeping 38-44 Tennis 90-160
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    Tennis backpacks

    I like Wilson super tour backpacks.
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    How do you know when your game is at a point that you would benefit from using poly?

    For me the time to switch to poly is if breaking strings becomes tiring, like 1-2 hours. You get bored of having to restring 1-2-3 times a week, especially if you keep paying expensive amounts on stringing and second if you prefer the feel of some poly strings. If you change to poly because...
  12. Doulke

    Racquet recommendation for my gf

    Clash light, or even ultra light. Soft frame, and headlight so she can swing it easier.
  13. Doulke

    98" Racket for power?

    E zone tour is the most powerful frame I have ever used, plus it has good control.
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    Problems with the Gravity Pro

    I understand what some of you say but come on, it’s an awesome frame, it has plenty of power and spin, big forgiving head with open enough string pattern (more open than my 16m blade), and nice thin beam with great feel. The first time I got I also foum it difficult to swing, but after a couple...
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    Problems with the Gravity Pro

    It is not the racket. Give it some more headspeed, little more spin, get the elbow higher. It may feel it is due to the racket perhaps because the gravity is a little less maneuverable than your previous frame. Give it a little more time, when you connect with the frame it is a very sweet...
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    Full gut setup for Gravity Pro?

    Can’t talk about gut,but I use hybrids with syn gut or multi mains on my gravitys and they play great. Power is good and I get as spin as with full poly but better feel (maybe personal feel cause I don’t really like full bed poly). Unfortunately I have not used gut, but I think it would be...
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    Hybrid: Poly in Mains or Crosses?

    Use the poly as cross, you’ll get all the benefits listed above. Another thing, because you are concerned about stiffness is that even though poly mains play ok for a little while and softer crosses do soften the string bed a little, the softer crosses get notched, and then the poly mains get...
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    Why would someone use synth gut mains and poly cross

    I use this set up, syn gut mains round poly cross, although now I use velocity more as mains because it has better feel, I still have a reel of babolat syn gut I often string. This set up is great, you get all the good stuff from the softer mains without that locking that happens on full bed...
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    Mayami strings

    Had a half set of big spin laying around. The other half unfortunately had put it in a aero, hit 10 minutes and while warming up serves racket slipped and got K.O. Wanted an all black set up for a night session pro staff so I strung big spin mains with a pros pro cross, black out or black...
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    Do you get what you pay for?

    Use the syn in mains and poly crosses, will play just fine, break fast and give you the chance to string more often.
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    Ultimate String Weight Thread!

    The majority of poly sets weigh 18-20 grams. 1.30 maybe 21. Multis 17 to 19 maybe 20 and syns 17-19. Recently I got a gravity pro strung with 1.25 hyper g weight 331 grams and 342 sw. Restrung it with 1.25 velocity mains and 1.15 went to 327 gr. Did not check sw but it felt substancialy less...
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    Hybrid Multi/Syn in the crosses or mains? For those that have tried the same same string but in vice versa setup

    Prefer multi/syn on mains and smooth poly crosses. You get all the benefits, comfort, spin, power with the softer mains sliding over the smooth poly cross. The only downside is durability. The only poly/multi that is usable is smooth poly mains with syn gut crosses. If you use shaped poly and...
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    MSV Focus HEX Plus 38

    Yesterday I strung my gravity pro with 1.30 sensation mains and red 1.15 hex +38 crosses. Usual set up is 1.25 velocity with 1.15 poly fibre high tech cross. Polyfibre feels a lot like the +38, soft, stretches a lot while stringing, also feels like kind of synthetic and when used full bed it...
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    MSV Focus HEX Plus 38

    I have tried the 1.25 in black and 1.15 in red. Don’t really like it. Firstly it stretches too much while stringing, like a synthetic. Also it feels very soft and mushy when playing. When using them as crosses with velocity mains, felt like a full bed of synthetic. Not the harder feeling you...
  25. Doulke

    Your impressions on Head Auxetic Prestige Tour

    Recently got a 360+ pro, loved it immediatel, plays like my old 6.1 team but with good plow through, power and great spin. Played great with multi/poly hybrid, kind of stiff with full poly. The only thing It felt little unstable, mostly on serve returns. For anyone that used the previous and the...
  26. Doulke

    Liking a pro that uses same racquet

    Yes, silly, but you are not the only one.
  27. Doulke

    Please Tennis Warehouse Get Restring Zero in stock!

    For anyone that has used it, is it really as good as everyone keeps on saying, cause it really looks more like paid reviews?
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    Strings for juniors

    Just use syn gut. No need for poly at this age. Also poly is worse in lighter rackets.
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    Anyone using 1.10 poly mains x 1.30 synthetic gut crosses?

    I did try focus hex 1.10 mains with 1.25 velocity crosses. First time it was ok then velocity notched and string bed kind of locked. playability was bad and kind of stiff. Cut it out before it snapped. I think it would be much better the other way around but it would break much faster. On the...
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    What is the ultimate soft thin poly string, 1.20 and lower

    I liked hyperg soft 1.15 as a soft thin string. More than the normal 1.20 i mostly use. Comfort was great for poly. Playability and durability very good. Used it in an e zone tour at 21kg and the combination was the most powerful I have ever used with good control and spin. Also ezt, even...
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