Authentic or Fake IG Radical Pro?

[Scribbles]

I was hoping that the great members of this forum can help me authenticate an IG Radical Pro. I purchased from a Canadian seller who does business through a popular auction website and a popular general website whose name reminds me of warrior women and a South American river. Seller has 98% positive reviews. The seller/store also has a separate website.

I purchased this new IG Radical Pro only a couple months ago and the seller still had 10-12 new sticks in stock. Comparing the IG Radical Pro to my IG Prestige Pro, which I purchased from Tennis Warehouse years ago, there were a couple differences in the hologram sticker. Also, the authentic Prestige Pro had a clear rubber grip band while Radical Pro did not. The seller informed me that none of the IG Radical Pros he had in stock had the grip band.

Pictures of the authentic IG Prestige Pro. Notice the swirl in the hologram sticker (Camera flash used to exaggerate the swirl):

This is also the authentic IG Prestige Pro. The sticker has "d3o" on it.

Now the IG Radical Pro hologram sticker doesn't have the swirl and it has "D3O" on it rather than "d3o"

I assumed since both racquets are from the IG series, they would have the same hologram sticker.
Also, the IG Radical Pro is chipping paint a lot easier than my IG Prestige Pro.
Besides these signs, I don't notice anything else that sends up red flags.

Do you guys think I have a fake IG Radical Pro?
Or if someone has an authentic IG Radical Pro and can match the sticker with me, that'd be great.

Thanks for all your help. You guys are the best.

 

[sundaypunch]

I have an IG Radical MP. It has the same hologram sticker as your Prestige. The serial number starts with 028 like on your Prestige. This could be a code for the model year so it's possible that the sticker designed changed sometime during the run. My Innegra D30 printing next to the sticker is the same as yours so I wouldn't be too concerned about yours being fake (as long as you don't see other obvious problems).

 

[Scribbles]

I have an IG Radical MP. It has the same hologram sticker as your Prestige. The serial number starts with 028 like on your Prestige. This could be a code for the model year so it's possible that the sticker designed changed sometime during the run. My Innegra D30 printing next to the sticker is the same as yours so I wouldn't be too concerned about yours being fake (as long as you don't see other obvious problems).

Ah I see, thanks! You've eased my paranoia a bit haha. I think I'm just hoping that someone can tell me that they have a real IG Radical Pro with the exact same sticker to completely settle my uneasiness.

 

[n8dawg6]

theyre a well-known dealer. youre fine.

 

[ZirkusAffe]

if it said 'intel inside' I'd be concerned.

 

[outta'time]

Got the same exact sticker here. (One starts with 036, while the other with 043.)

 

[bktennis78]

That's legit.

 

[leohaegger]

if it said 'intel inside' I'd be concerned.

 

[Anton]

if it said 'intel inside' I'd be concerned.

I'd still get second opinion - HEAD did claim intelli-fibers to their rackets.

 

[newpball]

Most importantly how do they play?

 

[Bender]

if it said 'intel inside' I'd be concerned.

That might be Djokovic's actual racquet then. Can't run Skynet v2.0.11 on an AMD, no?

 

[teachingprotx]

Is it more flexy???

 

[Scribbles]

Honestly, the sticker and lack of overgrip band were the things I was concerned about. The paint on the IG Radical chipped more than on the IG Prestige but that might just be because I the cap grommet on the prestige covers more of the frame than on the radical. I've also been playing much more aggressively and digging up balls at the net haha. It sounds like consensus that they changed their d3o sticker sometime during the model production, so I'm going to trust it's real.