My 11.6 oz Prince Tour 100 (18x20) weighs only 10 oz (!)

[smalahove]

So, I am weighing my Rebels to compare with my old Graphite 90 in pursuit of a replacement stick for the GP90, and just for comparison sake I put on my Tour 100. The scale reads 285 g - strung with overgrip (!).

The Rebel 95 clocks in at 351, the GP90 @347 and the Rebel 98 Team @309. All strung with overgrip.

What's up with the huge discrepancy on the Tour 100?
And no, it's not the lighter team version.

 

[Bhagi Katbamna]

Could it be the "lite" version?

 

[smalahove]

I just double-checked and the racket clearly reads Tour 100 18x20, and the string pattern is 18x20. The team and the lite have different bodies, diff PJs and 16x18 / 16x19 string patterns.

 

[ricki]

you bought on the bay? Its probably pro-stick, it is light to weight it to users needs

 

[smalahove]

Iirc, I think I bought it from TW Europe.

 

[smalahove]

Btw. I weighed my other Tour 100 (16x18) which should weigh the same according to the specs on the racket. That weighed 337 g. They both have the same overgrip. I reweighed the Tour 100 (18x20). 286 g.

That's a difference of 51 g (!). No where do I put that lead? ;-)

 

[Seth]

This is what happens when you don't buy Yonex.

 

[smalahove]

Being a Stan fan, I might just check out his new racket as well.

 

[time_fly]

Just weighed my pair. 11.7 and 11.9 oz with strings, over grip, and tiny Prince string damper. Unstrung spec printed on the neck is 10.9 oz.

 

[smalahove]

Thanks for checking!

Btw. I've emailed Prince - so we'll see what they say.
I guess I could add lead in the handle, but that would mean handing over to a racket technician (?) and that's easily as a good chunk of the racket's msrp.

 

[esgee48]

Buy yourself some 1/2 inch lead tape and use this:
http://twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/customization.php

addendum: There's a poster here by name of Geoff who does racquet customization. However, the TWU tool is pretty straight forward.

 

[smalahove]

Thanks, I checked it out, as well as some of Geoff's posts.

Adding 1/4 inch led tape is withing my grasp (i.e. taping the beam on both sides of the stringbead). However, 1 inch 1/4 tape = 1/4 gram, and I have a 51 g deficit and would like to add 10 g more to get in the high 340s.

The only way I can see this work out, is to put about 40g in the handle which is not something I can easily do myself without butchering my racket