Just had a session with the steam 99s (Lux 4G), got 9g at 10,12&2, 8g top of handle, overgrip etc etc, relatively light at 344 but at 4pts hl balance and a swingweight thats up there I trotted to the court thinking will this thing volley, will my slices loop de loop???
Really happy at how super stable this thing is, volleys real well, deft touches a surprise, slices great too, no loopy loops.....Serves excellent, even dead balls had my ace count ticking over. Returns I found I was going for a lot that I would deffo block back mainly due to how big the sweetspot feels and when blocking against some real big serves, it didnt twist at all and gave good penetration back into the opponents court. Groundies....very happy with the controllable power, didnt expect this Nadal like ball bounce, but there was an ease, I usually get that spinny last second drop, it wasnt overly pronounced with this stick but it was easier to generate. Easy to flatten out too, no problems there and easy to swing, not unlike the players frames Ive used.....Main pleases tho were I served great and volleyed great too.
Any downsides, well there was that feeling of having a large, badly dressed girl on my arm, although putting her next to a BB London, they were almost identical in shape, just 3mm fatter basically and whats 3mil between friends eh!
