I.prestige MP help!

[leonhard]

I’m playing with my I.Prestige MP. I've been using this racket since I was 12 years old. I've also used the LM Prestige, Flexpoint Prestige, and the Youtek Prestige.
My favorite Prestige is the Prestige Classic 600, but I'm not using it at the moment because of the forgiveness.
Among the MP versions, my favorite is the I.Prestige. I play with it stock with just a leather grip from TW and tourna grip. The string is the Signum Pro Firestorm 1.25.
I’m looking to make it more powerful and to improve my serve as well. With this setup, it weighs 355g (there's not much room for lead tape due to the weight). I used lead in the past at 3 and 9 and counterbalanced with lead at 7'', but I didn’t like it. I hit one hand backhand and the slices were floating too much.

Where do you recommend placing the lead? Has anyone already customized the I.Prestige to improve serves and power on groundstrokes (especially serves)?
Does anyone know the twist weight of the I.Prestige MP?

 

[esgee48]

Options:
Switch to a multi or SG in 1.25-1.20 mm range.
Decrease the tension of the poly and diameter.
Get rid of the leather grip and lead.
Have you looked at Brando's RW thread? Or the threads on MgR/I?
Can't do much because of the current setup you have.

 

[Irvin]

I’m playing with my I.Prestige MP. I've been using this racket since I was 12 years old. I've also used the LM Prestige, Flexpoint Prestige, and the Youtek Prestige.
My favorite Prestige is the Prestige Classic 600, but I'm not using it at the moment because of the forgiveness.
Among the MP versions, my favorite is the I.Prestige. I play with it stock with just a leather grip from TW and tourna grip. The string is the Signum Pro Firestorm 1.25.
I’m looking to make it more powerful and to improve my serve as well. With this setup, it weighs 355g (there's not much room for lead tape due to the weight). I used lead in the past at 3 and 9 and counterbalanced with lead at 7'', but I didn’t like it. I hit one hand backhand and the slices were floating too much.

Where do you recommend placing the lead? Has anyone already customized the I.Prestige to improve serves and power on groundstrokes (especially serves)?
Does anyone know the twist weight of the I.Prestige MP?

Power is directly related to swing weight. To increase SW with the least amount of weight add mass to 12 o’clock. I would try adding 1 - 2 g at a time then playing with it for at least a week. After a week you can repeat with more mass.

Adding mass at 3 & 9 will increase the SW but it also add a lot more twist weight at the same time. Many people say it increases stability but it will make it harder to pronate the racket on the serve. That’s probably why you didn’t like it.

Counter balancing lowers the balance point but it also adds weight. That’s going to make it harder to carry around the court and decrease the racket head speed. I would not counterbalance the racket unless you’re trying to raise your MgR/I back up.

 

[rafa_prestige89]

i.Prestige user here! I took out the cushion grip (I play with 2 Wilson Pro Overgrips) and added 13g of silicone in the handle. Added 9g of lead in the head, from 8 to 4 o'clock that bumped the swingweight to 330 (unstrung) and 340g of static weight. My advice to you would be to add some lead from 3 to 9 o'clock, this will increase the power on serves and groundstokes.

 

[HitMoreBHs]

Does anyone know the twist weight of the I.Prestige MP?

I have two i.Prestige MP’s. Stock strung twistweight (1.25 poly) for both is 14.1, as measured on a Briffidi SW1 with twistweight adapter.

My preference for twistweight is no higher than 13.5. I only have lead at 1200 on my i.Prestige MP’s as I don’t want anymore increase in twistweight. YMMV.