Could not disagree more.
1. Both Aero Storms and old PAVS have box beam around the head. With Aero throat. Moreover Pure Storm and Aero Storm share the grommets (if I am not mistaken). The ball feel from both is very sublime.
2. Original PAVS is 5g lighter than Aero Storms and lack a bit of mass / plow. That's true. I find it a big advantage from this actually as firstly PAVS MUCH more maneuverable and MUCH faster through the air. And it feels better. I would lead it up a bit. Although I play it stock (with TW Leather) and it plays beautiful. Also, I plays softer than Aero Storm GT. This is the first racket for a long period of time that I play without dampener. The feel is just unmatched.
3. See point2
4. New PAVS is a cheap pricey toy in comparison. No feel, no stability, tiny sweetspot.
Are you being obtuse here on purpose? Because you are absolutely incorrect on multiple accounts.
1. What you are refering to is called hoop design. When you say box beam feel, that completely changes the meaning. A Pure Storm or a Pure Control is a box beam design racquet with constant measurement across head and throat. The Storms and old PAVS combine an aerodynamic throat design with a more traditional hoop. It is refered to by Babolat as Aeromodular Construction, not box beam construction. If you don't believe me, kindly Google it.
1 (a). Aerostorm and Pure Storm/Control grommets DO NOT fit. The tie off holes are different and holes are drilled differently.
1 (b). Ball feel from Pure Storms is very different than Aerostorms. Completely different layup and molds. Original Aerostorm (Aeropro Control) was 70 RA, Aerostorm Cortex was 67 RA, Aerostorm GT was 66 RA and PAVS 2016 was 67 RA, strung. Compare that with Pure Storm like and Pure Storm Carbon Xtreme (which was a constant box beam btw) had RA of 63, and Pure Storm GT was similarly constant box beam at 61/62 RA. Pure Storm and Aero Storms felt nothing alike. One is soft playing and the other plays very crisp by comparison. Please don't obfuscate the two.
2. Also, please know your specs and your racquet models as it is clear you are all over the place. Original PAVS that you keep referring to was actually called the Aeropro Control. Then came Aerostorm Cortex, then the Aerostorm GT. And after a hiatus you have PAVS 2016 and then the current PAVS 2020. Original PAVS is
NOT 5g lighter than Aerostorm Cortex. The original is the same 320g unstrung - says right there on the racquet btw - with same 340 swingweight measured by TW. And it is considerably heavier than Aerostorm GT which was 300g unstrung and 323 swingweight. TW has all these specs too, please do your due diligence next time.
3. The new PAVS - which you call a cheap toy - is actually heavier and heftier (both static weight and swingweight) than PAVS 2016 it replaces. PAVS 2016 weighs 315g strung and swing weight of 318 as per TW. I think people here can judge which will play like a toy and which won't.
Not that it matters but I remember you asking in several posts both in playtest thread and in other dedicated PAVS 2020 threads about it too and you got very similar answer as mine from many different posters. So I wonder why the hate? Fact is it is a fantastic offering and to me it seems very much like because you now own the previous model PAVS (which was probably the worst one in the lot) you are taking it out on the new one for some weird and odd reason.
