this topic is particularly good.
last night for a long time (there were few people at the club last night because of the covid).
we were able to play for a long time, almost 4 hours, we were 3 girls and 5 boys. (ratings between 4.5 and 6.0 US) ...
all friends, mostly converted to head / prince OS.
in the heap, there were: radical zebra and candy cane, radical tour bumblebee, some pro tour os from POG 110 and prince graphite pro, spectrum and comp 110).
almost everyone plays with s-gut / poly or multi / poly ..
we had fun changing the fraames a bit, just to see. the advantage is that we have known each other since 1988-92, and we play practically with the same setup, the same rounds. often L2 or L3, often hybrid 22-25 for s-gut and 18-22 for poly .. in kilos!
personally, I play with prince ligthning, or duraflex, babolat spiraltek and s-gut, and mantis comfort and power synthetic. in poly I mainly use yonex poly tour air, pro, kirschbaum evolution, weiss scorpion, signum pure plasma and hyperion.
in fact, after trying a lot of setup last night, at one point it is complicated to make a real difference between s-gut forteen, original prince, gosen micro babolat s-gut or pro's pro synthetic .. it's so little quantifiable than switching from one to another is almost not sensitive.
in the same way, the poly used by all, ranging from topspin cyberflash to poly tour strike or kirschbaum evo, max power or so many others, to go to pro's pro cyberpower, concept and intense heat.
that in the end, we were at least almost the majority to be unable to tell the difference between all these setups !.
information: we all cut (if the s-gut is not broken before) after 4 hours maximum. beyond that, it becomes a bit unplayable. because of the molesse of synthetic.
the conclusion is finally:
that for normal use (up to 6.0) there are so few differences between a hybrid gosen or mantis / poly yonex strike or cyber flash topspin but I think, and am sure that with an alu power or similar it would be the same thing, and .. a hybrid under 2 € like the pro's pro synthetic gut / pro's pro concept or cyber power that a friend uses.
the differences being so small, that it is up to each one to choose what he prefers, according to the color, the investment.
me, I like evolution kirschbaum because of the color, I also like babolat s-gut rose, because of the color too, I also like pro's pro eruption vert, and dyreex whisper .. but I could just as much play with a black set of pro's pro synthetic and yonex strike at more than 4 times the price, that would hardly change anything.
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