Alpha Accuswing 2

OverDose said:
I bought a Accuswing2 from this dealer recently.
yes. they don't ship outside China.
So I contact some logistic forward company which is located in China.
They ship to local forward company, then this company ship to South Korea again.
Finally I got it.
total cost is around 850$.
I'm happy with accuswing2. it has calibration feature and accurate enough. (I compared w/ Prince RDC of my racquet)
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Does your machine measure down to 1/10 or is readout just in whole numbers?
 
I read in latest Tennis Industry magazine that Dunlop has made available a swingweight machine for US market. Go to Dunlopsports page and look under Equipment-->Machines. Looks like a rebranded Accuswing with hefty pricetag: $1,300. :oops:
 
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SavvyStringer said:
Dunlop is a 3- in-1 if I remember correctly. That puts its pricing inline with a PTC.
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Definitely not a 3-in-1:
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Yeah, was a kick in the balls to see that price tag. Also, they don't ship to Canada (and the international Dunlop site doesn't have the machine), and they want the payment method to have a US address, so those are just additional headaches. With the exchange rate, the cost of getting this thing is in the neighbourhood of a Gosen GM31, which is a 3-in-1.
 
4evertennis said:
I just purchased a Head 3 in 1 machine. Really a nice machine with good built-quality.
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Does it measure in whole numbers or tenths? How accurate is it will it measure the same thing 5 times in a row if you remount and measure the racket every time?
 
Irvin said:
Does it measure in whole numbers or tenths? How accurate is it will it measure the same thing 5 times in a row if you remount and measure the racket every time?
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It measures weight in .1 and the swingweight in .5 units. So far it is very accurate and displays the same thing 5 times in a row even if remove and remount the racket again
 
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With the amount of racquets I've been able to properly customize at this point rather than relying on an app, I can somewhat justify the ridiculously high price.
 
Irvin said:
Does it measure in whole numbers or tenths? How accurate is it will it measure the same thing 5 times in a row if you remount and measure the racket every time?
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Have to correct, by default it measures swingweigt with .5 unit, but I found by coincidents a “hack” and the machine can be changed to also display the swingweight by .1 unit!
 
4evertennis said:
Have to correct, by default it measures swingweigt with .5 unit, but I found by coincidents a “hack” and the machine can be changed to also display the swingweight by .1 unit!
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That’s much better. If you can measure in 0.1 increments will you get the same reading each time?
 
Irvin said:
That’s much better. If you can measure in 0.1 increments will you get the same reading each time?
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I have to do a couple more measurements, but yesterday with the calibration rod it showed quite consistent results (sometimes it had a .2 variance). Overall it is really good, especially since most other machines measure in whole numbers only
 
4evertennis said:
I have to do a couple more measurements, but yesterday with the calibration rod it showed quite consistent results (sometimes it had a .2 variance). Overall it is really good, especially since most other machines measure in whole numbers only
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Try using a racket instead of a calibration rod. I would think that would be harder. Measure the racket on the vertical and horizontal axis.
 
Irvin said:
Try using a racket instead of a calibration rod. I would think that would be harder. Measure the racket on the vertical and horizontal axis.
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Used the unstrung racket today. Vertical axis was always between 304.8 and 305.0. Horizontal axis was at 320.2 to 320.4
 
SavvyStringer said:
I managed to find a PTC. After receiving it I took my two rackets that I 'matched' by hand with just balance and overall weight. They were only off by 3 points of swing weight. I could feel it but I wasn't sure how to adjust it without the sw measurement. I have since stripped the hoop weight and matched them. They now have identical specs at: 315g, 31.0cm balance, and a 300g swing weight. It's a cool machine and I'll be interested to take some of the rackets I've done for my college players and see how close they are. The Yonex will be fine because their batch specs are good but I'll be curious to see how different the SW are for the Wilson, Head, and Babolat frames.
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Intrested in what you found in regards to differences in college players frames!
 
Jouke said:
Please tell us head machine owners how :)
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If you hold the measurement arm to the right you hear a “beep” then the amount of measurements will show up (also mentioned in the instruction manual). Keep holding the arm to the right until you hear three fast “beep beep beep”. Now the machine will show .1 instead of .5 accuracy. To switch back to .5 simply do the same again.
 
Reviving an old thread but I just picked up the Dunlop machine mentioned here and am very happy with it.

I shipped it downunder from the EU, but for those of you in the US, you can find it for just over $900 (excl shipping) once you subtract the taxes that won't apply as you outside of the EU.
 
counterpuncher said:
Reviving an old thread but I just picked up the Dunlop machine mentioned here and am very happy with it.

I shipped it downunder from the EU, but for those of you in the US, you can find it for just over $900 (excl shipping) once you subtract the taxes that won't apply as you outside of the EU.
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I cracked and ordered one as well. I also got it from the EU (chances are, from the same place you did). It was somehow cheaper to get one shipped from Europe than it was to jump through hoops to get one from Dunlop in the US. I've also been very happy with it thus far.
 
It was way cheaper for me to import it, which shouldn't be the case.

Still loving it as it has showed me, how hit and miss I was with my manual measurements, on the various racquets that I own.
 
counterpuncher said:
It was way cheaper for me to import it, which shouldn't be the case.

Still loving it as it has showed me, how hit and miss I was with my manual measurements, on the various racquets that I own.
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P.S. I also hot a quote from the manufacturer in Taiwan for the plain white version pictured, which is exactly the same as the Dunlop. They quoted $1,400 vs. $900 from the EU dealer.

I went with supporting the EU small business and pocketing some coin
 
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counterpuncher said:
Just search for "dunlop swingweight machine" and a squash store will come up in NL.
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This is basically confirmation that you got it from exactly the same place I did.

I get that there isn't as much demand for these things as there is for racquets/shoes/clothing, but you'd think TW would have the purchasing power to be able to make a limited run financially viable.
 
There are a handful of US sellers that I found, but they are all charging a lot more for it.

But I agree if TW stocked it at a similar price, they would sell a few. I certainly am using mine frequently and now have lots of hitting buddies dropping over to check their racquets. I think I need to start charging for the privilege ;)
 
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Reviving this thread, which was very helpful in my search for a swingweight machine. It appears the NL shop referenced above is out of business. I also looked at importing one via freight forwarders but the Alibaba vendor is out of stock and the shipping cost would have added a few hundred dollars. I ended getting the Dunlop machine from within the US. For smaller incremental cost over the various importing options, I get a 2 year warranty from Dunlop.

I got the machine and was pleasantly surprised that it is made in Taiwan. It is very well made and well package. It was easy to set-up and I have taken over 30 measurements. The machine has helped me dial in my array of Pure Strikes gen2 racquets. Prior, these were all adjusted to have matching static weight and balance, but I could feel that some of them felt different. With the machine, I learned that my stash of PS racquets had SW range of 327 to 334 - these all had the exact same static weight and balance point. I can definitely feel the difference between a frame at 327 and one at 334.

Anyway, via lots of experiments and measuring, and i was able to dial the frames to range of 329 to 332 static weight, 6pt HL and 329 to 330 SW. Closing my eyes and having someone hand me frames, i could not tell the difference. So that is good enough for me.

I also used the Dunlop SW machine to help a guy on my club team identify why he like his 2018 PD so much more than his 2021 PD even though both were within 2 grams of each other. The 2021 feels heavier to him when he plays with it. Turns out with wear and tear along the top of the 2018 racquet, the SW was 307 and the 2021 one was 322. He is going to try to remove some of the bumper guard and thinner gauge strings on the 2021 PD to get its SW down.

Net, I am very happy i got the Dunlop machine. It is not cheap but to me, will be a tool that I will use often - definitely have used it more than all the power tools in my garage :-).

Hope this post helps others who are deciding to make the investment or not.
 
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