Yeah I feel like my racket journey/experimentation has ended, at least for the foreseeable. Started with the PA98 which was incredible, but switching forehand technique with it made me wreck my arm. Went to a Gravity Pro which is also an elite racket and I wasn't finding anything wrong with it at all really, but the racketaholic in me was too tempted to try out a 2013 AeroPro Drive with the things I'd heard about it, and considering I've always had a whippy forehand, as soon as I hit forehands with this I couldn't put it down, and was once against appreciating the free power but also the enhanced capability for spin to keep everything in, and also the lighter weight and SW did have me feeling fresher throughout matches, admittedly. In fairness I still whipped and got a lot of spin with the GPro, just not near as much,
I then actually went back to a PA98 momentarily because my arm was better, but something felt off. I'm not sure if the spec was too different or if I was too used to the 2013 APD, but the feeling was harsher than I remembered (I know it's a harsher racket but it wasn't so alarmingly different when I used it previously) and all of a sudden I missed the easier depth I was previously getting. For whatever reason I didn't gel with the PA98 this time around. Curiosity then got the better of me and as I was for whatever reason enjoying standard Aero's a lot again, I re-purchased the standard 2023 Aero that I'd bought on release and later sold, but strung this lower than I previously had, 48lbs with Hyper G soft and I was shocked by the softness and comfort. Had to get used to that little bit of extra power from the lower tension but did quickly adjust and yeah, this is an insane racket if you have the spinny technique to go with it, and I'm enjoying it more than the 2013 APD that I loved. Once you utilise the angles you can get and how much your ball consistently drops in just before the baseline, it's very hard to imagine using anything else. Nothing new here said regarding an Aero I know!