Customising PureAero 2019

[Rozzdawg]

Hi all,
I have been playing with the Pure Aeros 2019 since it released as my racket of choice.

I want the racket to just be fractionally more stable and "beefy" feeling to aid a little with consistency in long rallies, heavy returns and vollies. I am really struggling with customising it as It gets very overpowered and lacks maneuverability very quickly once I alter the specs compared to the stock feel.

I play with a very modern long whippy style and use a lot of spin and power from the baseline. As a customisation novice any help at all would be really appreciated as a lot of threads on here seem to have people who know where to start.

Cheers

 

[Pleb123]

Try 2 small strips of lead (e.g. 1 inch each side) inside the throat area. Gives more plough without raising swimgweight too much or changing balance. I tried adding weight to hoop bit like you it took off too much racquet head speed which leads to the ball flying. I also added a leather grip. It will obviously feel a bit weird at first with some weight added in the throat but give it a decent trial run and you should find you adjust without noticing after a while and enjoy the extra stability.

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[Rozzdawg]

Try 2 small strips of lead (e.g. 1 inch each side) inside the throat area. Gives more plough without raising swimgweight too much or changing balance. I tried adding weight to hoop bit like you it took off too much racquet head speed which leads to the ball flying. I also added a leather grip. It will obviously feel a bit weird at first with some weight added in the throat but give it a decent trial run and you should find you adjust without noticing after a while and enjoy the extra stability.

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Great, appreciate that.

Is it more beneficial to have the weight in the throat as opposed to the same amount split between head and handle to balance one another? From what I understand adding to the balance point of the throat increases static weight without a major increase to swing weight or a change to balance?
Appreciate the advice.

 

[Pleb123]

To address the issue you described in op I think it's more beneficial to add in throat. The twistweigjt of the PA is already quite high if you look at TWU figures. So it does not really need more weight in hoop for stability.

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[Rozzdawg]

Ok perfect, thanks again. It will probably be a long time until I get a chance to try this out but will let you know how it goes.

Is this the setup you use?

 

[Pleb123]

Yes, plus leather grip.

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[Rozzdawg]

Cool, thank you

 

[n8dawg6]

put it in the middle of the throat to start out and adjust from there. you can also try wrapping some at the top of the grip. or getting a pure aero tour.

 

[Anton]

Just won a tournament with this:

Revolve 15 @ ~50lbs (53/51 proportional method)
Overgrip
rubber band damper on strings, remove black rubber band on top handle.

Lead @ 12 - 1.5g
Lead @ 10+2 1.5g
Lead @ 3+9 - 2g
Lead @ V throat - 1.5g

Total weight - 11.85oz
Balance - 4hl
SW ~350 (will measure later)


I have a second PA 2019 that is 11.95oz and 5hl, but it's not as natural swinging for me, so I will be matching to the first...I may have a problem with this one since I think there is more weight in the handle from factory

 

[Rozzdawg]

Just won a tournament with this:

Revolve 15 @ ~50lbs (53/51 proportional method)
Overgrip
rubber band damper on strings, remove black rubber band on top handle.

Lead @ 12 - 1.5g
Lead @ 10+2 1.5g
Lead @ 3+9 - 2g
Lead @ V throat - 1.5g

Total weight - 11.85oz
Balance - 4hl
SW ~350 (will measure later)


I have a second PA 2019 that is 11.95oz and 5hl, but it's not as natural swinging for me, so I will be matching to the first...I may have a problem with this one since I think there is more weight in the handle from factory

Congrats on the win. That sounds like a really beefy stick though?! Are you much of a volleyer? I think I might find that quite heavy. I'm fit and quite strong but my technique and play style usually require something quite whippy and that sounds head heavy?

 

[Rozzdawg]

put it in the middle of the throat to start out and adjust from there. you can also try wrapping some at the top of the grip. or getting a pure aero tour.

perfect thank you. would you wrap at the top of the grip as well as the throat? I didnt like the tour when I demoed it.
(Seen a lot of your posts on here, good stuff to read, happy to hear from you)

 

[Anton]

Congrats on the win. That sounds like a really beefy stick though?! Are you much of a volleyer? I think I might find that quite heavy. I'm fit and quite strong but my technique and play style usually require something quite whippy and that sounds head heavy?

This is a comfy, high-and-deep spin machine you can smoothly throw with leg pump into a wrist hinge. You are basically trying to push your opponent way back and off the court on most strokes, only occasionally coming to the net for a put away after sending your opponent scrambling.

It's fine for punching a volley above the net , but it is a bit clumsy in some situaltions because stringbed is a bit soft and bouncy and you have to use slicing action for control, not as bad as older PAs though.

I could go higher tension, but I don't want to give up comfort and super easy ball pick up for short angles.

 

[am1899]

The best success I had with the PA (albeit the previous generation) was to add 4 grams total at 3 & 9 o’clock, and 6 grams inside the trap door of the butt cap. To me this setup beefed up the frame enough to make it more solid, but not at the expense of much, if any maneuverability.

I should point out that I’m an all court player, with somewhat “old school” strokes...and I generally play doubles. And, that I switched away from the PA last year, mostly due to ongoing arm discomfort.

 

[Rozzdawg]

The best success I had with the PA (albeit the previous generation) was to add 4 grams total at 3 & 9 o’clock, and 6 grams inside the trap door of the butt cap. To me this setup beefed up the frame enough to make it more solid, but not at the expense of much, if any maneuverability.

I should point out that I’m an all court player, with somewhat “old school” strokes...and I generally play doubles. And, that I switched away from the PA last year, mostly due to ongoing arm discomfort.

cool thank you, I might give this a try in one racket and the other with weight in the throat to see which I prefer. I used to play doubles almost exclusively but I recently moved and am back into singles so I guess collecting is less important now. thanks for the tips!

 

[Rozzdawg]

This is a comfy, high-and-deep spin machine you can smoothly throw with leg pump into a wrist hinge. You are basically trying to push your opponent way back and off the court on most strokes, only occasionally coming to the net for a put away after sending your opponent scrambling.

It's fine for punching a volley above the net , but it is a bit clumsy in some situaltions because stringbed is a bit soft and bouncy and you have to use slicing action for control, not as bad as older PAs though.

I could go higher tension, but I don't want to give up comfort and super easy ball pick up for short angles.

awesome, thanks. for now I think that quite a big jump and I think I should move in small increments but I'm definitely aiming for something similar to this description as it matches my style