Just demoed the Gravity Pro. It is a godsend! Felt like 85% of the power of a Pure Drive, yet with magnificent control, and without the stiffness. (Though it felt more like a RA of 66 instead of the proclaimed 62)
also demoed the MP earlier. It was pretty bad (didn’t add any mods). Less powerful than the Pro unmodded, control wasn’t great either when playing defence (perhaps because it’s too lite)
I added another training session with the MP and ball machine.
Volley - even easier than with Tour
Baseline / Ground strokes.
Warm-up and low to medium speed -> I found it to be a very versatile frame. A lot of control, easy access to depth, easy access to speed. Choose what you want: flat-ish or more spinny strikes.
Yet, when I increased the pace of the incoming balls, then it was very different. But it might be as well due to the stringbed, as it was a similar situation with Gravity Tour, but changing to a familiar string to me made all the difference.
Same when I tried to generate my own pace as opposed to "neutral shots", the response was very unpredictable. From very juicy shots, to awful mistakes. Could be weight, could be stringbed. Gravity Tour felt the same till I changed the stringbed.
Overheads + Flat-ish 1st serve.
Visually it is more powerful than the Gravity Tour. But as I was alone, and didn't check with radar, can't be confirmed neither by opponent, nor by data.
Second serve.
Again, visually the bounce was higher than with Gravity Tour.
But, somehow the issues I had with PA as well came back. I think after 10-15 minutes I started finding my control on the kick-serve, but in a surprising way, even with potentially lower bounce, I do have access to more variation and stability from GT.
I guess, I'll try to ask for longer demo period with MP, stringing it with familiar string to me, and perhaps adding some weight.