there are 2 versions of the mw 200g!!!!!!!

[Young Pete]

I AM COMPARING HERE 2 MW 200G 95 VERSIONS ONLY.

one kind has a taller grip, shorter throat area, and rubber grommets in the throat!!!!! (could this be a pro version?), and there isn't any specs written inside the throat! - I GOT THIS NEW AND THE PLASTIC ON THE HANDLE STICKER SAYS SWING WEIGHT 284.0, RA 66, WEIGHT 326, B.P (MM) 310.

the second one is the traditional mw 200g!!!

both have different butt cap logo style.

anyone else wanna comment!!

please any mw 200g owners out there lets compare our mw 200gs......

 

[basil J]

Where did you get a new 200gMW? Also are there any more?? Share the wealth my man....

 

[mgm]

Could it be the extended version, what is the length?

 

[johncauthen]

I also found a racquet like that, called the VS Drive, just like the Pure Drive; but amazingly, it weighs 250 grams strung, with a super light head, similar to your 200G. I couldn't find any more to buy.

When I set up the VS Drive with a balance point of 30.5 cm, the racquet weighed 346 grams, which falls precisely into the range of pro racquets set up with a 30.5 cm balance point.

Your second version of the 200G also seems to be a racquet close to a pro's specs; but we thought pro's racquet were heavier than ours. It looks like they are giving pros racquets that are lighter than ours, and telling us we can't have them?

Unstrung: 326 grams with a balance point of 31 cm is close to my VS Drive. The string and overgrip adds 16 grams. It weighs 342 grams strung and ready for battle, with a balance point of about 32 cm, in the range of many pro's racquets.

A real pro’s racquet, like my VS Drive or your Dunlop feels lighter and is easier to use than the largest and lightest $300 racquet you can buy.

 

[MasterOfDisaster]

its a paintjob...

 

[Deuce]

Didn't Dunlop come out with a 'pro', or 'tour' version of the MW 200G that they claimed was what the pros were using?

The difference is that the original consumer version is decidedly thinner at the bottom of the hoop - throat/bridge area - than in the rest of the hoop, where the 'pro' or 'tour' version is a consistent width/cross-section throughout the entire hoop.

 

[johncauthen]

They are giving the pros racquets they aren't selling to us, but wouldn't that make sense only if the pro racquets are heavier and harder to use? Isn't the logic between pro racquets and regular racquets that they trying to provide us with easier racquets, even if the performance is less?

The pro racquet he is describing is lighter and easier to use. That goes against logic.

I have a pro Babolat that is lighter and easier to use than the Pure Drive made from the same mold. I developed the idea to put a lot of weight at the top of the grip and I showed it to to Jim Baugh at Wilson. That extra weight at the top of the grip is how pros weight their racquets today. With my super light pro Babolat, I have 45 extra grams at the top of the grip, which makes the light racquet powerful and solid. Kids and old ladies like it. The same kids and old ladies don't particularly like the standard Pure Drive, which is the same mold but more weight in the head.

Wilson watered down my weighting idea in racquets they sold to us, and claimed we can't use heavy racquets with a lot of extra weight added to them. They also claimed, because they changed my idea it wasn't my idea. I had no real way to fight it, but now, pro's racquets are blatantly lighter and easier to use than what they sell us!

My VS Drive, as I have it set up is 301 grams and evenly balanced at about 34cm. It has a super light head and a lot of weight at the top of the grip. Essentially, it is a very light stick with a lot of weight just above your hand. Think how easy that would be to use, and it's powerful. Moya's Pure Drive is 318 grams, very similar to my special racquet, and easy to use.

Why are they reducing the weight concept I developed? They said they kept it off the market to reduce weight. But now, they are selling us clubs with heavy heads! Maybe there is nothing we can do about it. We can at least question why they are giving pro players racquets that are lighter in the head and easier to use than our racquets.

Shouldn't a pro racquet feel heavier, not lighter? It feels lighter, right?

 

[Young Pete]

I also found a racquet like that, called the VS Drive, just like the Pure Drive; but amazingly, it weighs 250 grams strung, with a super light head, similar to your 200G. I couldn't find any more to buy.

When I set up the VS Drive with a balance point of 30.5 cm, the racquet weighed 346 grams, which falls precisely into the range of pro racquets set up with a 30.5 cm balance point.

Your second version of the 200G also seems to be a racquet close to a pro's specs; but we thought pro's racquet were heavier than ours. It looks like they are giving pros racquets that are lighter than ours, and telling us we can't have them?

Unstrung: 326 grams with a balance point of 31 cm is close to my VS Drive. The string and overgrip adds 16 grams. It weighs 342 grams strung and ready for battle, with a balance point of about 32 cm, in the range of many pro's racquets.

A real pro’s racquet, like my VS Drive or your Dunlop feels lighter and is easier to use than the largest and lightest $300 racquet you can buy.

suprprisingly i could feel the difference b/w the mystery mw 200g and regular mw 200g. the mystery 200g is more head light and easier to swing!!!!!!!!

 

[Deuce]

Do the two have different widths at the throat/bridge area?

 

[Young Pete]

the throat bridge area of the mystery mw 200g is triangular shaped and is shorter in length......while the regular mw 200g is your traditional rectangular shape as it meets the grip........