How much does color effect your racquet choice?

[donnyz89]

to me, there isnt a specific color but it just cant be hideous thats all. look does matter...

i dont believe the ppl that pick the first choice. say u had 3 racquets on your mind u really liked, they all had the same paint job and after hitting with them, they all feels similar, anyone would work. and u pick the "best" one u felt that day and that turn out to be the racquet with no paint job, all metal, no color, black... would u take it or change to one with a paint job? if the playability is hardly noticable?

 

[Lakoste]

My racquet is white and black, so i guess the first choice applies to me?

 

[hampshire6]

its pretty stupid to care what it looks like....... if it works well for you

 

[SageOfDeath]

I don't want my racquet to look hideous either but I have never really seen a hideous racquet.

I wish I could get a ps 85 with the paintjob of an n1 foce.

 

[stc9357]

I don't care what color my racket is as long as it plays well. Donny who is the king of ff?

 

[timmyboy]

it used to when i started. not anymore though. judging a racquet by looks is pretty ********. I thought the PD looked good, but it sucked.

 

[fishuuuuu]

Pure Drives don't suck at all ... but I like a little color matching here and there.

 

[need2play]

i dont care about colours as long as it's not ugly, but it's not like they're gonna purposefully make ugly racquets. . .

 

[ffrpg]

I could care less about the racquet color...

 

[PM_]

black, white, whatever anything but pink.................
Anyone notice that "rainbow" overgrip for sale at your local tennis shop?
UGGGHHH

 

[timmyboy]

never saw that. i'm gonna use the pink yonex over grip though.

 

[PM_]

Well.........as long as your racquet isn't pink as well........it's the new age anyway if you swing that way I guess................

(I'm just fooling around bro)

 

[spinbalz]

Color is now the last thing that I take care of when I chose a racquet, but if it happens that my favorite racquet have cosmetics that I like, then I'm almost the happiest tennis player in the world.

 

[Matthew]

I heard this is the REAL reason that paintjobs began

 

[gonzalocatalino]

"Color is the last thing I look at to pick my racquet"...in fact, i hate the red/white paintjob of my ncode 6.1!!

 

[gonzalocatalino]

double post :arrow: double post

 

[thejackal]

I like the n6-1 paintjob. Looks better from far away than in close IMO. I'm not gonna buy any racket because of the color, but a really disgusting pj can turn me away (i.e. prince nxg, but i never really liked the specs anyway).

 

[donnyz89]

good points, but if u had two very similar racquets, would that 1 sq inch headsize make the difference or the paint job?

i say the look plays about 10-15% on choosing a racquet.

after all, there are only so many different choices, and there are more than 1 racquet thats "perfect" for you. so if it comes down to a few racquets, color would play a role.

 

[scez]

All a nice paint job does is makes me want to demo it more and like it, but if I do not like it I wont use it. I really wanted to like the n95 because I love how it looks. I am more picky about beam width, you will never see me with a babolat And doony, you say you wont <b>chance</b> your sig until federer losses in a grandslam final

 

[BreakPoint]

i dont care about colours as long as it's not ugly, but it's not like they're gonna purposefully make ugly racquets. . .

Oh yeah? I guess you haven't seen a Wilson Torch then?

 

[BreakPoint]

Hasn't anyone else heard the adage: "You can't judge a book by its cover"?

 

[ShooterMcMarco]

good thing our ps 6.0 95's don't have a torch paintjob

 

[Baseline Basher]

Torchs are god ugly, as are PS Surges, nProSurge, and nPS. I like the n6.1 though...and I used to play with the Hammer 6.2, and H6, so black and white is fine with me. Actually, my current racquet, the PS Tour 95, is pretty ugly. Textured paint, a random red strip in the throat, and a yellow loop. Ugh.

 

[Baseline Basher]

Hasn't anyone else heard the adage: "You can't judge a book by its cover"?

Yes, but why would you want to judge a book that has a crappy cover?


Sorry for the double post...

 

[heninfan99]

Old thread, I know but I broke a string during an intense match and my friend lent me this sunny colored, yellow stick. Every time I looked down at it when serving it put me in a happy mood. I was serving with a smile on my face because of the this happy, somewhat ridiculous color. Strange but true.