8th gen Ezone 98 tour feel heavier than it is?

[MachoSauce]

I just bought a 8th gen Ezone 98 tour to basically demo for a bit. It "feels" significantly heavier than the specs I've measured and just found it interesting and wondering if others noticed the same?

My strung weight with an overgrip and no dampener is 337 grams with a balance point of 32.6 cm's. My RF97 autographs were 357 strung with an overgrip and dampener, and if memory serves somewhere around 31.5 cm's for the balance point which obviously plays into it but this racket feels noticeably heavier than that.

I've only been able to hit with it one time so far and was relatively pleased for a first outing. I demoed a Vcore 98 tour a few weeks ago which has very similar specs and didn't notice this. Just curious if others have noticed the same?

 

[gbc08]

11.88 ounces vs 12.59 ounces sounds right

 

[thenewbig3]

The TOUR is 14+ SW points higher than Base 98
AND YET 3 points headlight lower than Base 98 (and 6 points less HL than RF97)
And +10 g

So Head heavier and higher stock swingweight and higher total weight

That is why it is a beast of a racket meant for beasts of a tennis player

The RF97 is way more headlight and has a thinnish beam and typically slightly lower swingweight... If you are able to handle your RF easily then with some handle weight and familiarity you should be able to adjust to the EZ98 Tour

EZONE 98 TOUR

The VCORE Tour is clear from specs why it is not as hard

 

[Royp91]

I just bought a 8th gen Ezone 98 tour to basically demo for a bit. It "feels" significantly heavier than the specs I've measured and just found it interesting and wondering if others noticed the same?

My strung weight with an overgrip and no dampener is 337 grams with a balance point of 32.6 cm's. My RF97 autographs were 357 strung with an overgrip and dampener, and if memory serves somewhere around 31.5 cm's for the balance point which obviously plays into it but this racket feels noticeably heavier than that.

I've only been able to hit with it one time so far and was relatively pleased for a first outing. I demoed a Vcore 98 tour a few weeks ago which has very similar specs and didn't notice this. Just curious if others have noticed the same?

Although Yonex has generally good QC, our of 3 VC98 (not tour), I had one with 12 more points of SW. Total weight is within a gram, but it feels the most sluggish, and most powerful.

 

[MachoSauce]

The TOUR is 14+ SW points higher than Base 98
AND YET 3 points headlight lower than Base 98 (and 6 points less HL than RF97)
And +10 g

So Head heavier and higher stock swingweight and higher total weight

That is why it is a beast of a racket meant for beasts of a tennis player

The RF97 is way more headlight and has a thinnish beam and typically slightly lower swingweight... If you are able to handle your RF easily then with some handle weight and familiarity you should be able to adjust to the EZ98 Tour

EZONE 98 TOUR

The VCORE Tour is clear from specs why it is not as hard

I hit with it for the second time tonight and starting to get my stride with it. Feel more at home with it for sure. There's a high chance this my new racket. Still very curious about the Vcore 98 tour though.

 

[MachoSauce]

Although Yonex has generally good QC, our of 3 VC98 (not tour), I had one with 12 more points of SW. Total weight is within a gram, but it feels the most sluggish, and most powerful.

Very interesting. I wish I knew a shop in Dallas that measures swing weight. Be interesting to know.

 

[BallBasher247]

I hit with it for the second time tonight and starting to get my stride with it. Feel more at home with it for sure. There's a high chance this my new racket. Still very curious about the Vcore 98 tour though.

VC98T is good. Way faster & spinnier than EZ98T, still flattens out well. Less power though but still has plenty. Try it if you hit heavy spin

 

[Jono123]

I've played with previous Ezone tour iterations. They are very clubbish with a smaller sweetspot. Great on serve though.

I'd recommend just leading the standard one.

 

[esm]

Could be the higher twistweight on the Tour version

 

[MachoSauce]

Could be the higher twistweight on the Tour version

It is super stable so that could be the case.

 

[thelimfactor]

Demo'ed the ezone 98 tour also- personally for me it was too head heavy despite the 3 HL.