Dunlop M-fil 300 discontinued?

[tennistim777]

Hello, everyone. Called my local membership tennis shop and was told the Dunlop M-fil 300 has been discontinued and replaced by the Aero Gel 300. Does this sound right to you? I thought they were two different racquet lines and technologies and different price ranges. Do you think he was right or should I try to call back and talk to someone else. Thank you in advance to everyone how replies.

 

[Redflea]

Well, I've seen no official notice, but I'd expect that's accurate.

The M-Fil line has been replaced by the Aerogel line. M-Fils are still available at TW and other resellers, but they will eventually sell out and go away, like most other older racquet lines from all vendors.

 

[Automatix]

That is correct... M-Fil 300 is replaced by Aerogel 300 because the AG 300 has the M-Fil technology (3&9 o'clock) and compared to the M-Fil 300 it is updated with the Aerogel technology (6&12 o'clock)... so although these two frames feel different and in some opinions could be different models like Dunlop 300 and 350 ( for visualisation purposes only ) they are like 300G and M-Fil 300 and that means replacement... and that unfortunately means discontinuation...

I now this from the Polish and German Dunlop distributors...

 

[VikingSamurai]

I now this from the Polish and German Dunlop distributors...

You mean you looked at the websites?

 

[Automatix]

No Chris I e-mailed them I must say that the former guy who was responsible for answering e-mails (Dunlop Poland) was a .... (<- insert something BAD) but they recently changed (it says so on their site, if you know Polish I can show you...) and now I get answers about every Dunlop product available on the Polish market...

I don't know about the German Distributor much I've got a couple of answers but I didn't send him/her many e-mails, only about M-Fil>>>Aerogel line continuity (<- is this spelled right?) and about grommets for AG 100 (only available in Germany AFAIK)...

 

[jonolau]

Sad but true. The M-Fil 300 was the last racquet truly designed by Dunlop tennis as a group.

When Dunlop broke up, their joint venture partner in Japan, Sumitomo, held the rights to the brand, and AFAIK, Sumitomo designed the new Aerogel line which also partly explains why it was first released in Japan months back. It may also shed some light on the graphics and much better paintjob quality.

 

[mtx]

Would it be worth it to stock up on any left over Mi-Fil 300s I can find? :grin: :grin:

 

[kirbster123]

You'd have to keep them for about 20+ years.

 

[ChocolatePie]

I need to get my hands on one before they're gone for good then!

 

[Automatix]

Better hurry! In Poland the main distributor is already out of M-Fil 300 and there are just a few left on auction sites... but there's always TW, you can count on them

 

[mtx]

You'd have to keep them for about 20+ years.

I wasn't planning on buying them as a collector's item .

I mean, they are genuinely really good rackets at an unbeatable price according to reviewers here, right?

 

[Nuke]

I mean, they are genuinely really good rackets at an unbeatable price according to reviewers here, right?

The "unbeatable price" part is probably why they are discontinuing them. Even though they are highly regarded and a best seller, Dunlop probably makes twice as much money on the Aerogels.

 

[jonolau]

I wasn't planning on buying them as a collector's item .

I mean, they are genuinely really good rackets at an unbeatable price according to reviewers here, right?

Well, there are 3 types of people who buy multiple frames:

1. The collectors
2. Tournament players who need backups in case they break their strings
3. Then there are people like Redflea and myself who like to do string paytests and it's nice to have a few of the same frames to do direct comparisons on the court.

We settled on the MF3 only because it's a great racquet at an amazing price!

 

[Redflea]

I bought all of mine because they are verrrry pretty!

 

[Redflea]

I wasn't planning on buying them as a collector's item .

I mean, they are genuinely really good rackets at an unbeatable price according to reviewers here, right?

Seriously, I wouldn't recommend purchasing a racquet, especially multiple copies, unless you had tried it first...one person's holy grail is another's yuck!

 

[VikingSamurai]

And I just buy because I am a glutton!

 

[Redflea]

<Whisper>A few of us are chipping in to get Chris some counseling. In the meantime, please, do NOT use the words "buy," "purchase" or "Dunlop" anywhere near him.</Whisper>

 

[VikingSamurai]

Ha ha ha.. very true..

 

[Yonex.]

Hahaa....Hope they don't get discontinued.

Post your pics to honor it.