Played with a can of Diadem balls today

[TomTennis495]

Out of the can I really loved them. Nice bounce and feel. Very simliar to the US Open wilson ball. It played nice for the first hour and a half. unfortunately the ball pretty much went dead after that. Has the life of a regular penn. If you only play an hour to an hour and a half and you like a firm ball that responds you should like this ball. Just dont expect it to have a long life span...

 

[Nostradamus]

Out of the can I really loved them. Nice bounce and feel. Very simliar to the US Open wilson ball. It played nice for the first hour and a half. unfortunately the ball pretty much went dead after that. Has the life of a regular penn. If you only play an hour to an hour and a half and you like a firm ball that responds you should like this ball. Just dont expect it to have a long life span...

it is Hard. keep using it then eventually your arm will hurt then major injury

 

[dkmura]

Where did you purchase diadem balls? How did their retail pricing compare with other more popular brands?

 

[TomTennis495]

They’ve been pushing them at the local high school level. One of the coaches brought a can to our doubles match

 

[Purestriker]

it is Hard. keep using it then eventually your arm will hurt then major injury

I didn’t care for them.

 

[Jocke]

I didn’t care for them.

Me neither. I thought they had a weird sound.

 

[MicroPuff]

I would typically rank the US open XD balls as the first choice.
Diadems I would rank above the Penn balls, although I don't have much experience with the ATP Tour version.
The Diadems XD has these two things going for it, the bounce and felt last longer, however, they don't feel as good (firmer) or react as well when compared to the US Open XDs.

In terms of pricing, I've been able to get the Diadems on sale to be ~ 2 dollars cheaper per tin. Depending on the type of match, then the Diadems are a good option to the US Opens.

 

[Chairman3]

They're ok, I had a case during the pandemic. Main problem was pressure consistency from can to can seemed poor. Some cans were fine others the balls felt a bit dead straight away.

FYI, they are made in the same factory as the Wilson US Open balls

 

[tjanev]

Been playing with the diadem indoors. Played 3 sessions with them ( i don't dispose of balls till the felt wears out ) and they're still playing pretty good. plays like US open, but i think the felt lasts longer. I got them for a very good boxing day price, which helped convince me to take a chance on them. I would recommend.