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I've been doing some racquet experimenting recently, both with weight on my Prince Textreme Tour 100T and with some older racquets (mainly the POG Mid, Prince Tour Pro 100, and Yonex RDX-500 Midplus w/16 mains).
I've always kept a check on any racquet coming out that resembles the POG Mid or the RDX-500 Midplus just because they were two racquets I loved as well as racquets that were somewhat unique in their feel and playability.
I notice that Yonex now has the VCore Pro 97 (310g) that has some specs that are about as close to the RDX-500 Mid+ as I've seen in quite some time...the lower flex (I think the RDX 500 was 62), the 7+ points headlight, the thin beam, and the 11.5oz+ weight seems to be a tough combination to find in this day and age of stiff and light 'blast them off the court racquets.'*
Has anyone here played with the VCore Pro 97 as well as the RDX-500 Midplus? If so, is the VCore Pro 97 as close as Yonex has come to replicating the feel and playability of the RDX-500 Midplus?
Even if you can't compare it to the RDX-500 Midplus 16 mains but have played with it, how did you like the VCore Pro 97 310g?
*Maybe the "heavier", thinner, more headlight, and low flex racquets are making a comeback....I see that Prince has come out with the Phantom Pro 100! Anyone tried that one yet?
TripleB
I've always kept a check on any racquet coming out that resembles the POG Mid or the RDX-500 Midplus just because they were two racquets I loved as well as racquets that were somewhat unique in their feel and playability.
I notice that Yonex now has the VCore Pro 97 (310g) that has some specs that are about as close to the RDX-500 Mid+ as I've seen in quite some time...the lower flex (I think the RDX 500 was 62), the 7+ points headlight, the thin beam, and the 11.5oz+ weight seems to be a tough combination to find in this day and age of stiff and light 'blast them off the court racquets.'*
Has anyone here played with the VCore Pro 97 as well as the RDX-500 Midplus? If so, is the VCore Pro 97 as close as Yonex has come to replicating the feel and playability of the RDX-500 Midplus?
Even if you can't compare it to the RDX-500 Midplus 16 mains but have played with it, how did you like the VCore Pro 97 310g?
*Maybe the "heavier", thinner, more headlight, and low flex racquets are making a comeback....I see that Prince has come out with the Phantom Pro 100! Anyone tried that one yet?
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