More power? Hmm, don't know if I would agree with that, but I havn't tried the OS version.
I have the mid version, a 90sq. in. head, clearly smaller than the POG Mids 93 head.
It comes from the same mold as Pioline's white painted racket that he used to make the U.S. Open finals.
The Precision Graphite comes with a plastic throat bridge, which makes it feel VERY flexible in my opinion.
The racket has kind of a bland, muted, somewhat dead feel, but fery fiberglassy feeling and solid too.
The spin is excellent, but the racket has NO power whatsover. Compared to the POG Mid or the PS6.0 Mid, and there is no comparison. The Precision Graphite simply does not stand up in the new era power wise, it's particularly anemic. It seems as though no matter how hard you swing, the racket just absorbs all the energy like a sponge. It really feels that flexible, no pop.
However, you can easily keep the ball deep with the racket with pinpoint control, you just can't really put any STING on the ball is all.
It's got the BEST mold for a frame ever...it just feels soooo natural in the hand. More natural than any other mold I've ever tried in my hands. The mold and aerodynamics of the racket GREATLY facilitate volleys and one-handed backhands. It's a FUN racket to play with, you can maneuver the ball at will and absolutely no arm or wrist paint to speak of. It's the most therapeutic racket I've ever tried, though admitedly I havn't tried them all.
All in all, it's a great racket but dated for today's play. The POG and PS 6.0 due to their relatively high stiffness stand up MUCH better in my opinion. They were in a way ahead of their time I feel, whereas some rackets of that time were simply just too mushy or soft to transition to the "modern" era of frames.
I sometimes toy around with it when I'm playing a weaker player as it makes things more even (not as much putaway power) and more pleasureable for both. For me, it makes things MORE pleasureable actually. I feel total mastery of the ball with this racket and totally at one with it. Is the feel the best I've tried? No, it's a little too vanilla and bland for my tastes, maybe the most vanilla feeling I've ever tried in fact; but it's the MOLD of the frame that keeps me coming back. It feels SO much like an extension of your arm that you'd think I was Edward Precision Hands...such is my precision when wielding this thing.
With that said, STRINGING this puppy up CAN be a REAL chore...possibly, maybe, sometimes... The wide open 14x18 string pattern is a breeze IF you can get to that point. Weaving the strings through the plastic throat bridge can be problematic, however. Sometimes you can and sometimes you can't...without 30 minutes of wiggling and niggling and cursing and sipping ice tea and such...very frustrating. See the thing is you have to wiggle the string through a very narrow curved and long channel to get it through the throat bridge. Sometimes it slides right through, sometimes it gets stuck and you have no leverage to wiggle it through...sooo frustrating.
I wish Prince would make an updated version of this mold without the plastic throat bridge...simply not enough rigity to give enough pop in my opinion.
If they did update this mold, it would be my choice for a player's racket easy.
