It looks really nice in my bag. No reports on how it plays yet, haven't gotten to it in the last two sessions. I might use it in tomorrows group training but I'm probably going with the 100 and have the 97 make its debut this weekend.
Curious about your experiences with TC97 (and what your favourite Angell will be finally). Is it the 18m version?
Hey LaGads - very well could be your stick! Thanks again. The whole opportunity for Karl to switch up was because he got yours in time to play with it all summer. He now has 5. Btw Andre and Karl partnered for first team all Big West conference in doubles in 2022. Karl is a now a sophomore.
I don’t know the swing weight but he replaced the synthetic grip for leather then an over grip. He uses random dampeners, 16 gauge tour bite. He has at least 4 inches lead on the slightly upper part of three and nine. (ironically or not, I saw a video that said this is where the sweet spot on the TR 960 is) The most interesting comment he made is about the handle, which he likes but he referred to as marketing. Why? I have no idea.
Neither do I but here we are
I see why some people like the UP/UT as it seems to have less mass on the sides or something. It can make the frame feel 'less clunky' or whatever verbs make the most sense to describe that, but I don't find the BP clunky at all. It's rock solid stability and that is really important on my OHer. But it takes some dedication to fully appreciate it. and for me it's pretty significantly superior to the UP.
I have about 5 grams on each 6 and 9 and 3 grams at 12 on my UPs. This thing is more stable than the two BPs I tried. To me the balance and the thickness of the beam is what it makes it a bit more clunky. But as I said, I will try this racket again, when I got it back from Jouke and report back.
I have 4g at 3/9 and 3 at 12 on my UPs. It does swing a little easier than the BP still. So maybe it is the beam, but I still think it is the weight distribution. The BP seems to have more mass in the throat or something.
You're right he is looking at it a lot haha. I'm really into the bright red.
Oh man, now I need to get an RF97A for us to play the same racket on the weekend!!!
Is the MFil 200 plus the extended length, or the 27” 97 16x19? They made two frames with the same name, and the standard length 97 inch was a great frame. Wish I had kept them
292 seems pretty low with the full cap. If you ordered the PT in order to get that thumping laser that so many here have written about, then the lower SW version might not get you there, even though it may be easier to swing and of course easier to customize.
+1 I’d take the 299. The whole point of this frame is that its beefy.
I recall his latest is that he prefers the caps. I came to the same conclusion and have abandoned the uncapping. Think too much of the weight is in the lower part of the hoop.
I uncapped. With the regular grommets, the SW dropped 19 points. For me the point of doing this was not only to bring the SW down, but to re-add lead, concentrating it at 12, and ultimately to make it more polarized— whippier, spinnier, still has great feel, still has laser like control, but not as much thump.
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16x19, 97", 27.5"
Ah, the 05 model. I never hit that one, but the 06 model is one of my favorite all time frames. I think I have one in my cousins basement I should retrieve
Yeah 149 is crazy. Mine arrives Saturday. I would have bought more but 4 of them is more than enough. Haha.
Haha maybe a little typo there. I didn’t just get one. The question is how many am I sending back? Dusting off my Brifidfi as we speak.Only one?
I like how they not only reused the name of a line of rackets from the 90s, but now its in the same entry level price too. I remember a few kids in my school used Prince Synergy rackets.
I saw the YT video and was gonna order one until I saw the price. I thought $20-30 plus shipping is reasonable.
A stealth TB would be awesome! Plus I think about Nikki’s setup on forehand a lot, it’s so clean.
