Let's Gather All Grip Specs (Weight & Thickness) Into One Thread

Wilson Pro Performance has been sold out for months here — can anyone recommend anything similar in feel/weight/thickness? Hydrosorb pro?
 
Prince resi text tour - trimmed (from a G3 Phantom Graphite 97) - 21.5 g
Yonex 1.5 mm Super Leather synthetic grip - trimmed (on an IG mid with a tk82s) - 14.5 g
Yonex 1.5 mm black leather grip - trimmed (prince tour 98 G3) - 26 g
Kimony super thin 0.35 mm overgrip - untrimmed with tape - 4 g

edit:yonex super leather was listed by me as 1.4 mm but is actually 1.5 mm, so it has been changed
 
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Yonex Excel Pro AC128EX OEM — 14.7g cut (including 0.2g finishing tape)
Original grip on 2023 VCore 98, grip size 4. No adhesive backing.

Babolat Xcel Gel Replacement Grip — 16.9g uncut (including 0.4g finishing tape)
It weighs 18.1g out of the box and 14–15g after peeling and cutting.
Roughly 2.4mm thick (unable to measure exactly).

I was replacing the original Yonex AC128EX grip with a 2.4mm Babolat Excel Gel. Expected to gain about 6 grams and was pretty surprised these two grips weigh exactly the same (14.7g cut with tape on G4).
 
Does anyone know how much the Stringlab ultra thin grip weighs and how it compares to the tourna pro thin grips.

Thanks!
 
codonnell said:
Does anyone know how much the Stringlab ultra thin grip weighs and how it compares to the tourna pro thin grips.

Thanks!
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IIRC when I was in search for a light grip and thin to compete with tourna and syntec team, I had a reply it was 11grams installed... but until I do it myself with accurate scales I can't verify
 
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Can someone measure the new wilson shockshield replacement grip as apparently the new ones are thinner than previously meaning probably lighter as well
 
I've got a few red Kimony Expert Tecni KGL 164 leather grips. The thin ones, that are supposedly 0.8mm thick. They come with a couple of staples (a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one) and separate adhesive backing, so that you can choose how to install them. They have an advertised weight of 13g, but without the backing they're more like between 14.5g and 15g. You're gonna feel the bevels alright with these, they feel paper thin. Ideal if you really need to get the size or weight down, want something marginally better than stacking two overgrips... or if you have hands of stone.
 
I know this is a thread for collecting grip data, but I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion for a more comfortable grip for a 2025 ezone. I would like the thickness to be not too much of an increase and the weight can be up to 5-7g more since I add some weight into the buttcap anyway.
 
I have a very specific question that I've tried to answer by searching through this thread, but I'm still a little confused.

Short version: could swapping out Head Leather Tour for another leather grip reduce a few grams of static weight?

Long version: I'm fairly new to using leather regularly, so far I've only used Head Leather Tour because that's what my gym's shop has. I've got a very over spec racquet that I still want a leather grip on, but it is just a tad too heavy with the bad QC and leather grip together. I've seen a few people say Head Leather Tour is bulkier than most leather grips, so I'm hoping just going for a different one could solve my problem.
 
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jimdontcare said:
I have a very specific question that I've tried to answer by searching through this thread, but I'm still a little confused.

Short version: could swapping out Head Leather Tour for another leather grip reduce a few grams of static weight?

Long version: I'm fairly new to using leather regularly, so far I've only used Head Leather Tour because that's what my gym's shop has. I've got a very over spec racquet that I still want a leather grip on, but it is just a tad too heavy with the bad QC and leather grip together. I've seen a few people say Head Leather Tour is bulkier than most leather grips, so I'm hoping just going for a different one could solve my problem.
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You can reduce it by a little but not a great deal, I have a tried a few different leather grips. Head leather tour is about 23gr when installed, some of the kimony grips or tecnifibre range from 18gr to 20gr installed, so yes possible to reduce a little bit, but nothing like synthetic reduction.
 
jimdontcare said:
I have a very specific question that I've tried to answer by searching through this thread, but I'm still a little confused.

Short version: could swapping out Head Leather Tour for another leather grip reduce a few grams of static weight?

Long version: I'm fairly new to using leather regularly, so far I've only used Head Leather Tour because that's what my gym's shop has. I've got a very over spec racquet that I still want a leather grip on, but it is just a tad too heavy with the bad QC and leather grip together. I've seen a few people say Head Leather Tour is bulkier than most leather grips, so I'm hoping just going for a different one could solve my problem.
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Unless you don’t mind your handle size decreasing a bit, I would check to see whether the lighter leather grips are also thinner. Prince makes a polyurethane-covered leather grip called the Resi Tex Tour. It has a standard thickness and weighs about 20 g installed (G3). It is slightly less firm than plain leather but is pretty close If you would be willing to consider a synthetic grip, I think the Gamma Hi-Tech has a nice firm feel, though it is different from leather. I weighed one I installed fairly recently and IIRC it was around 16 g.
 
jimdontcare said:
I have a very specific question that I've tried to answer by searching through this thread, but I'm still a little confused.

Short version: could swapping out Head Leather Tour for another leather grip reduce a few grams of static weight?

Long version: I'm fairly new to using leather regularly, so far I've only used Head Leather Tour because that's what my gym's shop has. I've got a very over spec racquet that I still want a leather grip on, but it is just a tad too heavy with the bad QC and leather grip together. I've seen a few people say Head Leather Tour is bulkier than most leather grips, so I'm hoping just going for a different one could solve my problem.
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you could try to use a synthetic leather grip. My two favs are from solinco and diadem. feels like leather. weight more like a synthetic grip.

i've been doing that more and more as i prefer the leather grip feel...but i don't get hit with the weight of leather.
 
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you could try to use a synthetic leather grip. My two favs are from solinco and diadem. feels like leather. weight more like a synthetic grip.

i've been doing that more and more as i prefer the leather grip feel...but i don't get hit with the weight of leather.
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heard good things about the solinco - yet to try it, I was a leather user until I discovered these hybrid type grips which are better and you get the best of both worlds, love the babolat skin feel, gamma hi tec, prince offerings etc
 
Has anyone ever found out what the installed weight of the prince resisoft replacement grip is? I've tried searching this thread and others but can only seem to find the thickness at 2-2.2mm.

I'm trying to find a comfortable replacement synthetic grip that weighs at least 19g installed and doesn't feel firm like leather. With the way I hold the racquet, if I feel too much of the bevels like with leather I end up getting blisters. I know the wilson shock shield exists, but I've read reviews saying the gel can get messy and you basically get one chance to install it. Thinking/hoping the resisoft could be a good option?
 
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Has anyone ever found out what the installed weight of the prince resisoft replacement grip is? I've tried searching this thread and others but can only seem to find the thickness at 2-2.2mm.

I'm trying to find a comfortable replacement synthetic grip that weighs at least 19g installed and doesn't feel firm like leather. With the way I hold the racquet, if I feel too much of the bevels like with leather I end up getting blisters. I know the wilson shock shield exists, but I've read reviews saying the gel can get messy and you basically get one chance to install it. Thinking/hoping the resisoft could be a good option?
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If I recall the black ones were 1gr heavier than white and weighed about 21gr uncut and about 17gr installed on a grip size 3. Great gip b.t.w, think it's a great option for what you need
 
I was using the tour and pro a lot back 4-5 years ago and measured them regularly. I was getting about 26gr for the tour uncut and 22gr installed and about 16gr for the pro installed. Maybe they changed some of the composition or adhesive... I was always surprised the tour was like leather in terms of weight and feel to an extent.
 
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I was using the tour and pro a lot back 4-5 years ago and measured them regularly. I was getting about 26gr for the tour uncut and 22gr installed and about 16gr for the pro installed. Maybe they changed some of the composition or adhesive... I was always surprised the tour was like leather in terms of weight and feel to an extent.
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The ones I measured were from Japan, so there also may be some variation there. I distinctly remember the tour being close to 20 grams on the scale (I compared it to my yonex leather grip, which was around 25 grams cut), but I will check if I still have a pro lying around somewhere—it might have been heavier than I remember.
 
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