Babolat as a company has done amazing work. The Discography by TW on Babolat is nicely done. Certainly not unhappy with my PA+ frames, but would tweak them by making the pattern tighter in the middle and lose the elongated grommet holes if I were granted a few wishes from Babolat.
The good news is Babolat takes feedback from their pro players and the rec players so that is much appreciated.
e.g. a few year back back they released new 12 pack racquet bags but the bags weren't long enough to hold the PD+ or PA+. When I struggled to get one + frame in the bag, I called TW and emailed Babolat. They confirmed their bags were too short for the + frames, took my return, then took the feedback and changed their bags to accommodate their longer frames.
TW's Michelle (IMO the happiest person on the planet) [emoji2] even mentions this in an online review of the updated 12 pack bags.
The same Josh / @BabolatOfficial is the gentleman who gave me the great info on using the APD #90021 Guards on the 09-14 PD back in 2017 on this message board. Babolat as a company is a great from my view as a rec stringer.
The ability to take older donated Babolat frames, add new grommets / guards, new grips, then string and give to some local teaching pros to put in the hands of kids who can't afford new frames is something I truly enjoy. I can't do this with Wilson without paying $35 for grommets off of the big auction house. Babolat has made this possible by continuing to make grommets long after a frame's production has ended. Babolat probably has no idea their frames are been recycled like this but I am certainly not the only guy doing this.
Yes I am teasing @BabolatOfficial about the APD, but believe the market for the APD is there. When I tell a client his favorite broken APD frame is no longer available new, I get the shocked sad look. And yep hoping Babolat does rerelease the APD and the APD
Thanks Babolat!
