Uncapped I prestige

[joah310]

I saw an I prestige for sale in my local area, and it doesn't have CAP grommets. I'm not sure which of the I Prestiges it is, not did I know that Prestiges came uncapped. Can someone help explain this to me? And which model it might be?

 

[coachrick]

I saw an I prestige for sale in my local area, and it doesn't have CAP grommets. I'm not sure which of the I Prestiges it is, not did I know that Prestiges came uncapped. Can someone help explain this to me? And which model it might be?

MISSING the CAP system or has string strips with no CAP??? Could be a pro's racket if it's the latter. Saw plenty of those back in the day.
Also possible someone just got creative. I did that to one of my TXM(aster)s in the late '80s, using a string strip from another "Master" series racket. I reckon the same could be done with an i Prestige.

 

[joah310]

Iprestige

https://imgur.com/a/joJuXQk

Here's the one pic that shows it. Not many pics of the racket.

 

[esm]

Looks like the CAP was removed and the MG Radical MP grommet set was put in. To reduce both the weight and SW I suppose.

 

[HBK4life]

Sacrilege

 

[jmnk]

that looks like i.prestige XL version, those do not have CAP

 

[joah310]

https://imgur.com/a/ZbHW0gV

I think I heard that it would say extended on the side? Underneath the word prestige? This one doesn't.

 

[jmnk]

@joah310 - you made me check
here are two i.prestige XL MP, one with rubbery paint, the other with gloss paint. Maybe the rubbery paint one used to have some 'XL' mark somewhere - but I can't see it anywhere anymore....

 

[joah310]

@joah310 - you made me check
here are two i.prestige XL MP, one with rubbery paint, the other with gloss paint. Maybe the rubbery paint one used to have some 'XL' mark somewhere - but I can't see it anywhere anymore....

That's interesting. Thanks for the pics! Rubbery finish sure does fall apart.

 

[jmnk]

That's interesting. Thanks for the pics! Rubbery finish sure does fall apart.

yes, it does. But let me tell you, I have like 5 of them, and that one in the picture, with almost no paint left, is still the favorite one.

 

[vsbabolat]

Looks like i.Prestige MP XL

 

[joah310]

How does the I prestige xl play in comparison to the regular I prestige?

 

[ChrisG]

I have 5 regular MP, and 3 are without Cap. They play incredibly with caps but are too demanding, without cap they are still fantastic and way more sustainable for a competitive match.
I’m heading towards more open patterns lately due to mainly playing on clay, but they are awesome weapons on HC.

 

[ChrisG]

Btw, one frame that I bought used came already without caps. Rubbery paint.
The seller was an old guy who I’m pretty sure doesn’t know about changing grommets.
So is it possible than some early production MP were also without caps ?
This particular frame was the best of all, sadly I crushed it in the middle of a tournament last year (I had 6 MP at some point hehe)