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Roland G
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Love them. Have been using them for years. Have tried lots and lots of other frames over the years but keep coming back to them. They are pretty head-light so I have added lead to the head to bring them up to 345g. It's a nice blend of tweener power and good control and I've always found the comfort to be good. I've tried all kinds of frames from player's sticks to out-and-out tweeners and keep reverting back to these. Put it this way - I win more matches with them.
SteveI
Legend
Just saw the VLOG with Chris on the new frames.. they look sweet. TW is testing them now... They will selling 4 models..
Forehand and backhand hitting with my M Fils, love the racquet! (click on the FB link, should work)
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Imago
Hall of Fame
Dunlop Classic Revelation Pro
Head Size - 95 sq. inches
Grip size - 4 3/8
Weight - 325g
Balance Point - 305
Beam - 18.2 mm
Flex - 52
Stringing Pattern - 16x20
ISIS Handle System
Yeah, hitting always looks best from behind too. These aren't wild swings really, heavy spin so they all went in iirc. I was a pro hitter so I had a decent game, the M Fils just made it better, they really were an amazing racquet, similiar to the liquid metal Radicals but better in everyway by a margin.
Kai21
New User
I have two of them. Love the crisp and spin potential of it. But I am having trouble finding the new bumper guard on sale for M3.1Anyone tried this one, M3.1? Nice underrated stick. Light control oriented frame, comfortable and good platform frame
counterpuncher
Hall of Fame
I picked one up also and have been quite pleased with it so far in general hitting. SW on mine is up near 330 stock, so it is fairly stable out of the box. I'll tinker with strings and weight on the handle and then try it out in matchplay.
haqq777
Legend
I love mine! Mine is at 362g strung at the moment and a total beast.
Do you know what were the differences between Select and Tour versus the Classic Pro?
Imago
Hall of Fame
IIRC, my Revelation Tour 200G (the one below) had wider and stiffer frame, 16x19, feels however like the stability incarnated. Balm for my elbow.
Kai21
New User
What string and tension are you using? Mine is Wilson Spin & Durability at 52Ibs. I do feel like lowering the tension at around low 50s will make the racquet play softer and smoother.
FedBeckRas
Rookie
Red Revelation Tour was more popular. I knew a handful of people playing with them. Dunlop saw the popularity and updated the Revelation Tour two times.It seems Rev Classic and Rev Select were less popular than Rev Tour
I cannot recall seeing another player swinging the Classic Pro. I called it the FedBeckRas Signature Edition. Lol
WYK
Hall of Fame
Most Dunlops are underrated. But I think the most egregious of which is the F series. The F.2, F3 and the biom 300 are nice flexy tweeners that can easily be weighted up to play with the big boys. The BioM 300 Tour is basically a version of Dunlops Option 2(a?), and plays amazingly well leaded up - it doesn't feel as stiff as it's RA suggests. It plays more like a high 50's frame. The F2.1 I have is Dunlops answer to the 6.1 Classic, right. 67 ish RA, amazing accuracy, good feel, good power. The F3.1 I am still trying out. I got this from RolandG and an M3.1. Both are very nice frames. I started to add a load of lead when I strained my MCL. So haven't done too much with them. But I CAN say I have used the M3.0 in the past, and love the feel of the racquet. So I assume the 3.1 will be similar. I have been gravitating towards 18X20's recently. The accuracy is addictive. Having said that, I love the combo of accuracy, power and spin the 97S brings to the table.
I am also addicted to the 97S and the MW200G, et al for the reason they are braided. Nothing feels like a braided frame.
I am also addicted to the 97S and the MW200G, et al for the reason they are braided. Nothing feels like a braided frame.
counterpuncher
Hall of Fame
I generally hit low tension poly. I have Black Widow @ 45m / 42x in this and it plays fairly well.What string and tension are you using? Mine is Wilson Spin & Durability at 52Ibs. I do feel like lowering the tension at around low 50s will make the racquet play softer and smoother.
I haven't got the weight right yet, so i'll keep tinkering.
counterpuncher
Hall of Fame
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counterpuncher
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SteveI
Legend
DTdragons645
New User
I've since been a few years removed from being a Dunlop user but this brings back memories of how the Biomimetic 200 Tour and F2.0 Tour were my first real racquets after I moved on from junior sized frames
I recently bought a Biomemetic 300 tour off the bay. What's interesting about the racquet is that it has graphics inside the throat with the name "Broady" in big letters in a manner that blends really well with what I'd consider the normal stock racquet graphics. I assume it's associated with a pro player that may have used/endorsed the racquet. I'm wondering if Dunlop normally customizes various racquet models for pros in this manner to give them special ownership of the models they endorse? Is this a custom racquet for the pro?
On a side note, the racquet was miss-strung with 18 mains instead of the normal 16 for the racquet with the extra main holes going for crosses resulting in a super dense cross pattern in the head and throat of the racquet. Seeing the funny string pattern, that initially fooled me into thinking the string pattern was customized to a pro's preference.
I do love my Dunlops and have various 200 and 300's. I recently got a Dunlop M-Fil 200 that felt amazing on court.
On a side note, the racquet was miss-strung with 18 mains instead of the normal 16 for the racquet with the extra main holes going for crosses resulting in a super dense cross pattern in the head and throat of the racquet. Seeing the funny string pattern, that initially fooled me into thinking the string pattern was customized to a pro's preference.
I do love my Dunlops and have various 200 and 300's. I recently got a Dunlop M-Fil 200 that felt amazing on court.
Could be Naomi Broady's old racquet? I believe she is Dunlop sponsored.
Winners or Errors
Legend
Aerogel 4D100. Still in play often. I have some old M-Fil 200s I dust off occasionally as well. Tempted by the new 200 series sticks.
WYK
Hall of Fame
Anyone tried this one, M3.1? Nice underrated stick. Light control oriented frame, comfortable and good platform frame
Very good platform frame. I got some S3.0 "LITE's" and have those customized - all marked PT321C on the foam pallets. They become very solid and more forgiving once leaded up.
Pardon the counter, we just made lunch:
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WYK
Hall of Fame
Here are my Dunlops(m3.0 is somewhere
Finally healed my MCL (mostly, I am old, afterall). I am playing with the 3.0 and 3.1's. I am mainly doing doubles and some easy play and they are perfect for it.
I lead them up just a bit. Not much over 12 ounces. I like the literally *pop* the 3.0 has strung at 52lbs+ with 17G string. The flex of the 3.1 is very nice, tho.
WYK
Hall of Fame
I recently strung my 200G with a bed of very low tension ALU - like 33lbs. Did not like it at all. Not any more spin than usual, huge loss of power in an 18X20 frame, and no feel. Very, very tinny as well.
I let it sit for a few weeks and came back to it - nothing changed. I was depressed for a bit coz, like, that isn't cheap string. So I hatched a plan. I had a Prince Graphite Mid (Pog Midplus) that needed some stringing.
I carefully cut out the knots in the 200g and I transferred the string to the POG mid. Since the string was 'pre-stretched' I had to guess what to pull it at on my lockout. Also, the Prince does like the tension a touch on the high side as well with it's 14X18 stringbed. I decided on 52lbsX49lbs - assuming a 10% pre-stretch effect. I dunno why I arrived at that, but it seemed to make sense.
I went straight accross with the string - mains to mains and crosses to crosses. I had about 20 inches left after stringing the mains and about 15 inches left on the crosses. Even on a lockout, that was pushing it a bit on the crosses. But on one of those spinny constant pulls, yer gonna run out of string.
The stringbed came out much better than expected. I mean, there is only 30 mins on it, really. But, still, it looks like it was never in another racquet. It was a bit of a pain to string, but the open pattern on the POG helped out a lot, especially nearer the end where it gets a bit tight on a 200g.
Left over on the mains(and you can see the kinked up crosses still in the 200g frame in the back ground).
A testament to the open string pattern on the Pog Mid - there's only 3 rows left, but it looks like only half
the frame is strung:
Crosses left over:
How she looks:
I let it sit for a few weeks and came back to it - nothing changed. I was depressed for a bit coz, like, that isn't cheap string. So I hatched a plan. I had a Prince Graphite Mid (Pog Midplus) that needed some stringing.
I carefully cut out the knots in the 200g and I transferred the string to the POG mid. Since the string was 'pre-stretched' I had to guess what to pull it at on my lockout. Also, the Prince does like the tension a touch on the high side as well with it's 14X18 stringbed. I decided on 52lbsX49lbs - assuming a 10% pre-stretch effect. I dunno why I arrived at that, but it seemed to make sense.
I went straight accross with the string - mains to mains and crosses to crosses. I had about 20 inches left after stringing the mains and about 15 inches left on the crosses. Even on a lockout, that was pushing it a bit on the crosses. But on one of those spinny constant pulls, yer gonna run out of string.
The stringbed came out much better than expected. I mean, there is only 30 mins on it, really. But, still, it looks like it was never in another racquet. It was a bit of a pain to string, but the open pattern on the POG helped out a lot, especially nearer the end where it gets a bit tight on a 200g.
Left over on the mains(and you can see the kinked up crosses still in the 200g frame in the back ground).
A testament to the open string pattern on the Pog Mid - there's only 3 rows left, but it looks like only half
the frame is strung:
Crosses left over:
How she looks:
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Villain
Professional
Random question, does anyone know what year Dunlop stopped making racquets in England? Please and thanks.
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G.O.A.T.
Max200G 1993