Ezone 98 aqua night

[cha cha]

Two brand new Ezones 98.
Same balance and weight.
Mfers solved a spec problem by not putting the mesh in one of the handles at all. Genius.

 

[cha cha]

On the other hand, I have long suspected the dampening technologies were doing absolutely nothing.
A good opportunity to test the theory.

 

[Purestriker]

Two brand new Ezones 98.
Same balance and weight.
Mfers solved a spec problem by not putting the mesh in one of the handles at all. Genius.

Did you verify the specs?

 

[cha cha]

Not swing weight, but balance and weight are very close.

 

[am1899]

FWIW I’ve seen similar examples from most, if not all, of the high volume mfg’s. Unfortunately nature of the beast it seems.

 

[am1899]

Also FWIW I have one aqua night and one blue 98. The blue one is right on spec. The aqua night is significantly under spec. Had to add weight to the aqua night to get them close.

 

[thenewbig3]

Two brand new Ezones 98.
Same balance and weight.
Mfers solved a spec problem by not putting the mesh in one of the handles at all. Genius.

The yellow plastic is just a little excess from the molding of the handle - 2 of my 4 Aqua Night 98s have this. My Osaka 100 also has this.

You can break them out with a little pressure if that bothers you. Atleast in those 3 frames I can put in tungsten/lead in the buttcap without worrying of it going into handle.

The specs themselves were fine.

 

[Alexh22]

The yellow glue film there can be easily broken off and it will have zero impact on the specs. Handle is not fully filled with that stuff.

 

[cha cha]

So what exactly is the Vibration Dampening Mesh if not handle filled with foam?

 

[tele]

So what exactly is the Vibration Dampening Mesh if not handle filled with foam?

i think it is mesh placed in the layup of the hairpin in the handle or inside the foam handle

 

[Nostradamus]

Two brand new Ezones 98.
Same balance and weight.
Mfers solved a spec problem by not putting the mesh in one of the handles at all. Genius.

are those spikes in there, Staples ?? that's pretty long staple

 

[cha cha]

are those spikes in there, Staples ?? that's pretty long staple

Yes.

 

[cha cha]

You are right, boys. Thank you.
The yellow sheit is no foam. It's 1 mm of plastic that breaks off like nothing.
The handle is completely hollow.

Yaay... silicone

 

[Alexh22]

Vdm actually existed in the Ezone xi 98 and 100 years ago. They put it away afterwards and it made its comeback about 5 years ago.
It is a mesh layer in between the two carbon fibre tubes / hairpins that formed the handle. It brings a ever so slightly different feel.

 

[Purestriker]

So what exactly is the Vibration Dampening Mesh if not handle filled with foam?

The dampening material is in the layup.

 

[Soundbyte]

So what exactly is the Vibration Dampening Mesh if not handle filled with foam?

Marketing. It's marketing

 

[Alexh22]

Also to note the Ai and dr had no vdm yet they had the most desirable feel and overall performance. So the material / composition are the major factors. I recently bought the aqua 98 and 100 they are not bad at all.