Thin beam Pure Drive
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mad dog1
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The composite destiny but it doesn’t play like a pure drive.
mad dog1
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PDVS with some lead is probably the closest but the PDVS is a big time string eater.
Ronaldo
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Thanks for the memory
Nostradamus
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Ronaldo
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Which Strike is this?
Nostradamus
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Babolat Pure Strike 100 3rd Gen
Racquet
Ronaldo
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Ty, still own the PK Composite & Ceramic Destiny racquets from the 90s. PD roasted my elbow. Pain, exciting & new, come aboard we're expecting You!
Ronaldo
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mad dog1
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Not even close to performing like the PD12.
mad dog1
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Who buys dunlop these days? The local tennis shop was selling CX200s for $99 on Black Friday and I didn’t see a single person buy one.
Sad really, their racquets are very nice.
Alexei Popyrin (spell check that) switched from a PT57-somethingorother to the FX500 Tour
mad dog1
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Even when you offer to pay someone $100 to take a dunlop off your hands, it still doesn’t sell. Lol
mad dog1
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Compared to the 2012 PD? Not even close.
That's why it's sad.
A former tennis giant now relegated to nothing.
Good thing they have Japanese money on their side to keep them going
mad dog1
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The max 400i I had was a super fun stick!
The Biomimetic 200 was great, loved that funky aeroskin thing
The current CX200 Tour 18x20 is also really good.
In lock step with the Ultra Tour and Head Prestige MP (now Pro)
DJ-
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This ^
JOSHL
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Lol
KC!
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What is ZUS link to custom order? It’s hard to pull anything up online & it’s not in English…. I’ve never looked at their site & hear good things about them.
it was popular on the holic thread for a minute. i'm curious about what the consensus is now. afaik, only one person is still using that stick in the holic thread. i don't see their US site anymore.
edit: the fb page is also nothing related to tennis, so i'm guessing the ship has sailed. should be able to find one on the classifieds here.
KC!
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I’m not buying one, I just was looking for their site.
And even the Dunlop had better resale value.
i might be the only one who didn't lose money on a ZUS, but i'm still bitter that i paid $75 for mine
SinneGOAT
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Extreme tour.
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topspn
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I still have all my ZUSies and a couple of others on the holic thread. They are extremely good racquets to say the least with some fiber glass in their mix that gives them a pretty nice feel. I’ll never sell mine. Yeah Sven is like mad scientist guy or something and doesn’t seem interested in mass appeal or marketing. He still sells and customizes but it seems only local.
mad dog1
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I tried the first TF iga frame.
@JOSHL - If you wouldn't mind a bit of a platform stick, I would say the Wilson Blade 100L would be the closest thing. It's the same mold as the 100 (22.5mm beam), but a completely different and much more crispy layup, at much closer to 70RA (versus the much softer 100, at closer to 60 RA). It is only 285g unstrung and pretty light swing weight, though, so you'd have to add around 10g of handle weight, and perhaps 4-5g of hoop lead, to get strung spec up to Pure Drive levels, but it could be just what you're looking for -- provided you're willing and able to put in the customization work.
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Ronaldo
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No one uses Head racquets either
Ronaldo
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Georgia!
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No.
But, seriously…you might as well convert now. For over two decades I tried to stay in that 22mm range…HPS 6.1, Pure Control Swirly, M-Comp 95, 3 iterations of the VCORE 98.
Last year I moved to the Blackout XTD, which is essentially a PD clone. All those years stuck in my ways while all my friends moved to Pure Aeros and Ezone 100s…and left me in the dust.
KC!
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Iga has been seen testing the ISO 300 or 305. It has a 22.5 beam & good combination of control/power.
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I have several from the past... and one of my recent racquet surprises (on the very positive side) was the 2019 Dunlop Srixon SX300 Tour.
Awesome racquet!!!
Classic-TXP-IG MID
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I've got the ZUS 95 16x19 63RA version.
It's a very good racquet, the sound is amazing, plays really well... but isn't significantly better than other such racquets... and for the price, not worth it in my opinion.
I got mine second-hand, and didn't pay nearly the new asking price (and glad for it). I will keep it in the collection as it's a great racquet, and not many people have them, but won't look to get more in the future.
Hope that helps
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On the thin-beamed PD subject... I guess we need a definition of thin-beamed first... are we talking 20mm, or what?
A thinner-beamed option might be something like the Shift 300g or 315g versions. Can't think of too many others.
I love the Dunlop SX300 Tour (2019), but that's not thin-beamed, the same can be said for the G360+ Extreme Pro, and the PA98 is more aerodynamic/spin oriented.
EDIT: Just noticed the 22mm or below bit in the initial post... sorry. The Shifts don't meet the requirements then. No further suggestions... the Blade Pros (both patterns) have lots of power and control, but I wouldn't exactly call them PD like...
A thinner-beamed option might be something like the Shift 300g or 315g versions. Can't think of too many others.
I love the Dunlop SX300 Tour (2019), but that's not thin-beamed, the same can be said for the G360+ Extreme Pro, and the PA98 is more aerodynamic/spin oriented.
EDIT: Just noticed the 22mm or below bit in the initial post... sorry. The Shifts don't meet the requirements then. No further suggestions... the Blade Pros (both patterns) have lots of power and control, but I wouldn't exactly call them PD like...
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