What's your top 3 current favorite racquets + other gear?

[novak.20v]

My Top 3 Lists
-as of 04.01.16

Racquets:
Head IG Prestige Pro
Head XT Prestige Pro
Yonex EZONE DR 98

Strings:
Solinco Hyper-G 1.25mm
Luxilon ALU Power Soft 1.25mm
Völkl Cyclone 1.25mm

Hybrid:
Mains: Babolat VS Touch 16 or Pacific Tough Gut Natural Gut 1.25
Crosses: Any of the above Poly's I listed, but lately I can't get enough of Gut/Hyper-G

Replacement &/or Leather Grips:
Head Calfskin Leather Grip
TW Private Label Leather Grip (22mm x 1300mm x 1.5mm)
Fairway Leather Grip - Tan

Overgrips:
Solinco Wonder Overgrip - White
Klipper USA's Overgrip - White
Yonex Super Grap - White

Vibration Dampeners:
#64 Rubber Band
Head Djokovic Dampener
Techinfibre Vibra Clip ATP Dampener

Shoes:
Adidas Barricade 2016 - Grey/Royal Blue
Adidas Barricade 2016 BOOST - Black
Adidas adizero Ubersonic White/Blue

Bags:
Head Tour Team Black/Red 9R
Adidas Barricade IV Tour Racquet 6 Pack - Black

 

[n8dawg6]

my top 3 lists as of 9:15 p.m.

rax:
xt rad pro
pure aero
bunch of others

strang:
sonic pro 17 black
sonic pro edge
synthetic gut

grips:
yes

overgrips:
1. tourna grip
2.
3.

tenny shoes:
1. asics speed 2
2. asics speed 3?
3.

favorite players:
1. genie bouchard
2. david goffin
3. WTA

 

[Antoine Nappert-Drouin]

racquets:
1.Yonex Ezone Dr100
2.Tecnifibre T-fight 305 Dynacore
3.Babolat Pure Drive Gt

strings:
1.Solinco Hyper-G
2.Solinco Tour Bite
3.Babolat RPM blast

overgrips:
1.Solinco Heaven Grip
2.Tourna Grip
3.?

 

[blackpearl2007]

Racquets:
1. Head Extreme Pro IG 2.0
2. Dunlop 4d 200 Tour
3. Wilson ProStaff 97s

Strings:
1. Gamma Moto 17
2. Head FXP 16 or 17
3. Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour

Over grips:
1. Tourna Grip
2. Wilson Pro Grip

Shoes:
1. Adidas Barricade Boost
2. Adidas Barricade

 

[Hangman]

Racquets:

1. Prince Textreme Tour 100T
2. Prince Textreme Warrior 107
3. Prince CTS Approach Oversize

Strings:

• Babalot VS

 

[Taveren]

Racquets:
1. Wilson RF97
2. Yonex Vcore Tour G330
3. Angell TC95

Strings:
1. Signum Pro Firestorm
2. Any Nat Gut / Isospeed Blackfire
3. Kevlar / Zyex at high tension differential

Over grips:
1. Signum Pro Over Grips (cheap and good)
2. Tecnifibre Pro Over Grips
3. Yonex Super Grap

Shoes:
1. Adidas Barricade 2015

 

[Zlatni]

Racquets:
1. Becker DC Melbourne
2. Prince Tour 95
3. PK QTour 325

Grip:
Leather of any kind

Strings:
1. X-One Biphase
2. PP Clay Court Plus
3. Mantis Comfort Synthetic

Shoes:
1. Lotto Raptor Ultra V
2. Asics Gel Solution Speed 2
3. Nike Zoom Cage

 

[SpinToWin]

Racquets:
Wilson Pro Staff 97S
Wilson Pro Staff 95
Wilson Pro Staff 85

Grips:
Wilson Leather
Babolat Skin Feel
Wilson Featherthin

Overgrips:
Wilson Pro Overgrip
Tourna

Strings (kinda depends on racquet):
Wilson Revolve
Solinco Hyper G
Babolat Tonic + Longevity

Shoes:
Nike Vapor 9 Tour
Nike Vapor 9.5 Tour
Nike Zoom Cage 2.0

 

[kimguroo]

I used to switch/test many rackets so I might list three rackets easily but when I bought Yonex Regna over a year ago, Prince Textreme warrior 100TX was only one which I still keep in my bag. I remember that I carried 10 different rackets in my bag haha

Racket.
1. Yonex Regna (My main racket but recently I use 100TX often).
2. Prince Textreme warrior 100TX ( I can't stop using this racket because of power and comfort).

Grip
1. Prince Resipro/resithin (durability is poor though)

String
1. Yonex poly tour spin 16L
2. MSV focus hex (it was my main strings for more than 5 years but recently switched to Yonex)

Shoes
1. Nike vapor 9/9.5 (if money does not matter).
2. Any shoes with warranty.

Bag
1. Red Prince tour 9 bag pack ( it has everything such as cooler which can store 4 waters, shoes compartment. Nowadays I only carry 4 rackets so it's good enough and the bag matches with Prince Textreme warrior 100TX color. Most importantly $30 was super deal. Thanks TW ^_^)
2. Nike court bag. (Expensive but looks very nice. There is some flaws but hopefully Nike will release more useful designs for next version.)
3. Yonex 2-3 backpack style pack ( the best small full backpack style bag and it has so many compartments including shoes. available in several Asian countries or I have seen this style of Yonex bag at badminton stores)

Sensor
1. Sony sensor (the best sensor in the market in my opinion)
2. Babolat pop (easy of use, just grab and go)

Finger tape (I hate blister so I need finger tapes)
1. Zonas tape by Johnson & Johnson (it's a medical tape but I can buy the tape in box. 1/2" is good for fingers).

 

[bkirk]

Racquets:
Yonex DR98
Wilson Blade 98 18X20 (2015)
Dunlop F3.0T

Strings:
Volkl Cyclone
Volkl Cyclone Tour
Weiss Cannon Scorpion (as a cross with the above strings)

Shoes:
Asics Gel Resolution 5
Lotto Raptor Ultra IV (need to try the Lotto Raptor EVO)
Adidas Barricade 7

Grip:
Leather with Wilson Pro Overgrip

 

[mrravioli]

Racquets:
Yonex DR98
Wilson Blade 98 18X20 (2015)
Dunlop F3.0T

Hi, bkirk. I'm quite interested in those three all. Can you compare them to each other? THX.

 

[Irvin]

There have been many rackets in the past that I liked my top three would be:
1) Wilson PS85
2) Tecnifibre 320 TP ATP 16M
3) Prince Hybrid Tour 95 (tie)
3) Head PT280 (tie)


Rackets still in production:
1) Tecnifibre 315 Limited TP ATP 16M
2) Tecnifibre 315 Dynacore
3) Wilson RF97A - I tried this racket with a 338 SW and loved it and another heavier version of same racket I didn't like at all.

 

[Alex78]

my top 3 lists as of 9:15 p.m.

rax:
xt rad pro
pure aero
bunch of others

strang:
sonic pro 17 black
sonic pro edge
synthetic gut

grips:
yes

overgrips:
1. tourna grip
2.
3.

Oh such a gift to have a fickle mind - never gets boring

 

[Alex78]

As of 20160402:

Rackets
- Head FlexPoint Radical Tour
- Tecnifibre ATP 315 Ltd
- Head LiquidMetal Radical MP (customized to Prestige MP specs)

Strings
- Kirschbaum Evolution (mains) with Kirschbaum Synthetic Gut Multi (crosses) OR
- full bed of Prince Synthetic Gut

Grips
- Head Finest Calfskin
- Prince Leather
- Dunlop Leather; all with Head XtremeSoft

 

[n8dawg6]

As of 20160402:

Rackets
- Head FlexPoint Radical Tour
- Tecnifibre ATP 315 Ltd
- Head LiquidMetal Radical MP (customized to Prestige MP specs)

Strings
- Kirschbaum Evolution (mains) with Kirschbaum Synthetic Gut Multi (crosses) OR
- full bed of Prince Synthetic Gut

Grips
- Head Finest Calfskin
- Prince Leather
- Dunlop Leather; all with Head XtremeSoft

pretty good choices there, darkness

 

[n8dawg6]

Oh such a gift to have a fickle mind - never gets boring

im sorta like rain man, but without the smarts

 

[Alex78]

pretty good choices there, darkness

Thanks; gotta admit I'm currently itching to go Prestige MP again. Also thinking of concentrating on Head in general, too many other sticks/brands clouding my mind.. The thing is, swinging away in the living room incenses my wife just a liiiitle. Also got a complaint about "the smell" of those Prince synth gut strings..

 

[Alex78]

im sorta like rain man, but without the smarts

Need to get your priorities straight, man. Rackets are nice. Anything else tasty for you?

 

[Simon_the_furry]

Racquets:
Head Radical YOUTEK IG MP 18x20 (My baby.)
Yonex EZONE Ai 98
Head Extreme MP A

Strings:
Golden Set Snakebite 17G
whatever Golden Set synthetic I use in my hybrid setup

Overgrips:
Yonex Super Grap all the way

Shoes:
New Balance MC 996 D (I love these, I just wish they held up longer...)
Adidas Barricade 2015
Adidas Barricade 8

 

[topspn]

Angell TC95
Angell TC100
Volkl Super G 10 Mid 330

 

[n8dawg6]

Thanks; gotta admit I'm currently itching to go Prestige MP again. Also thinking of concentrating on Head in general, too many other sticks/brands clouding my mind.. The thing is, swinging away in the living room incenses my wife just a liiiitle. Also got a complaint about "the smell" of those Prince synth gut strings..

if the wife aint happy, aint NOBODY happy! unfortunate about the syn gut strangs. thats a classic smell. the smell of tennis, basically.

 

[n8dawg6]

Anything else tasty for you?

beer n' chicks. tacos. cats

 

[mhkeuns]

Rackets: As of now...
Pure Strike Tour
Blade 98 (18x20)
Graphene Prestige MP

String
Kishbaum Max Power 16G
Volkl Cyclone, V-Pro 16G
Weiss Canon Silver 16L
W/ any synthetic gut crosses 17G

Grip
Prince Calf Skin Leather w/
Gamma Supreme Overgrip

Shoes:
Asic's Gel Resolution 6

 

[n8dawg6]

Racquets:

1. Prince Textreme Tour 100T
2. Prince Textreme Warrior 107
3. Prince CTS Approach Oversize

Strings:

• Babalot VS

prince rax and nat gut, i like it.

 

[Roland G]

Racquets

Dunlop Biomimetic 400 Tour
Dunlop Biomimetic F3.0 Tour
Wilson Blade 18x20

Strings

Volkl Cyclone 17g
Kirschbaum Pro Line II 18g
Kirschbaum Pro Line Evolution

Grips

Head Tour Leather
Tourna Grip
Tourna Tac

Shoes

Barricades/Gel Resolution

 

[The_Racketeer]

Racquets:
Prince Graphite 100
Angell TC95
Prince Warrior 100

Strings:
Volkl Power Fiber II
Prince Premier Control

Grip:
Prince Resipro

Overgrip:
Wilson Pro (white)

Dampeners:
Prince Tour
Prince P Dampener
Yonex Vibration Stopper

 

[joohan]

Racquets:
Fischer Vacuum Pro Mid
Angell TC95 63RA 18x20
Donnay P1 International Supermidsize/Fischer VT98Pro

Strings:
Babolat VS Touch 1.30
Kirschbaum PL II 1.20
MSV Focus Hex 1.18


Replacement &/or Leather Grips:
Volkl leather
Wilson leather
Pacific leather

Overgrips:
Dunlop Tour
Pros Pro
Yonex Super Grap

Vibration Dampeners:

Shoes:
Adidas CC Feather
Nike Lunar Ballistec


Bags:
Tecnifibre VO2 9 racketbag

 

[Lavs]

Racquets:
Head iPrestige Mid
Babolat AeroPro Drive Original
Babolat Pure Drive Team

Grips:
OEHMS Calfskin Leather
Fairway Leather
Dunlop Tour Leather

Overgrips:
Tourna Original XL
Völkl Super Grip II
Wilson Pro Overgrip

Strings:
Big Banger Original
Kirschbaum Competition
WC Mosquito Bite

Shoes:
Adidas Barricade V

 

[ragingbull1980]

Racquets:
Angell TC95 63RA 18x20
BB 11 MP 18/20
Dunlop Aerogel 200

Strings:
Yonex Poly tour spin
Pro's Pro spinox
Volkl cyclone 17

Replacement
Babolat skin feel
Boris becker cushtac
prince resi pro

Overgrips:
Solinco Wonder grip

Vibration Dampeners:
Boris Becker
Pete O' Sampras

Shoes:
Nike air court ballistic 2.3 (all time fav)
Lotto raptor EVO
Lotto raptor IV

Bags:
Boris Becker

 

[ls206]

Racquets:
Tecnifibre TFight 315ltd 16m
Angell TC95 63RA 16m
Head Youtek Radical mp

Strings:
Pros Pro Blackout
Head RIP Control
Dunlop Black Widow

Replacement &/or Leather Grips:
Tecnifibre Leather
Angell PU
Tecnifibre Xtra Sharp

Overgrips:
Pros Pro G-tacky

Vibration Dampeners:
Unique O

Shoes:
Asics Solution Speed
Nike Vapour Tour

Bags:
Wilson Backpack
Nike standy up one

 

[briancheng]

Racquets (Old School):
Head Prestige Classic Mid
Head Pro Tour 280
Fischer Pro 1

Racquets (Current):
Wilson Pro Staff 97S
Wilson Blade 98
Prince Textreme 95

Grips:
Tennis Warehouse Leather 1.3mm
Wilson Leather
Babolat Skin Feel

Overgrips:
Gamma Supreme
Wilson Sensation
Yonex Super Grap

Strings:
Wilson Revolve
Klip Legend
Head Hawk Touch

Shoes:
Lotto Raptor IV
Adidas Barricade V

 

[Backhanded Compliment]

Racquets:
Angell TC95 16x19 RA63, 359g, 9pts hl
Head IG Prestige MP
Fischer X feel Pro 90 mid

Strings:
Kirschbaum Super smash Orange
Yonex Poly Tour Pro 1.25 black
Weiscannon Scorpion 1.23


Replacement &/or Leather Grips:
Becker Black Leather
Head Finest calfskin
Old Fairway

Overgrips:
Gamma Supreme
Yonex
Wilson pro

Vibration Dampeners:
#33 rubber band
Becker
Sampras O

Shoes:
Adidas Barricade 9

Bags:
Volkl 6, Green and black

 

[Dominic]

Racquets:
1.Wilson RF97
2.Babolat Pure Aero Tour
3.Head Graphene Radical Pro

Strings:
1.Solinco Tour Bite 16l
2.Babolat RPM Blast 17
3.Luxilon 4G

 

[Alex78]

beer n' chicks. tacos. cats

Hmm, your favourite movie, then?

 

[Deki]

Head G Radical Pro
Dunlop AG 4D 200 16 mains
Dunlop BM 200

Head Tour Team Monstercombi

Dampener: Tourna Pete Sampras

Völkl Cyclone
Lux Alu Power Fluoro
Völkl V Pro

Tourna Original
Babolat VS Original
Yonex Super Grap

Adidas Adizero Ubersonic
Adidas Barricade
gear: Adidas

 

[n8dawg6]

Hmm, your favourite movie, then?

more of a UGK man myself (RIP PimpC)

 

[Dartagnan64]

Rackets:
1) Babolat Pure Drive +
2) Babolat Aeropro Drive +
3) Wilson Hammer

Strings:
1) Babolat Tonic +
2) Luxilon 4G
3) Babolat RPM Blast (for the first few hours)

Over grips:
1) Tourna original
2) Babolat Tacky Thin

Grips:
1) OEM stock

Shoes:
1) Asics Gel Resolution 6
2) New Balance 996v2

 

[haqq777]

Racquets:
Babolat Aeropro Drive 2013
Babolat Pure Drive 2012
Babolat Pure Aero 2016

Grips:
Head Hydrosorb Comfort
Babolat Syntec Pro
Technifibre X-tra Full

Overgrips:
Wilson Pro Overgrip
Tournagrip

Strings:
Volkl Cyclone 18
Babolat Pro Hurricane
Weiss Cannon Black 5 Edge

Shoes:
Head Sprint Pro Court (huge fanboi for this)
Babolat Propulse BPM
K-Swiss Hypercourt

P.S: I'm really wanting to try the Yonex line up of shoes (they look very good).

 

[Matthew Lee]

Rackets
1. Yonex Ezone AI/DR 98
2. Head Graphene XT Extreme Pro
3. Wilson Pro Staff RF97 Autograph

Strings
1. Volkl Cyclone 16
2. Solinco Revolution 16
3. Luxilon ALU Power 16L

Hybrids
1. Volkl Cyclone and Babolat VS Touch Natural Gut (Main Poly)
2. Babolat RPM Blast and Babolat VS Touch (Main Gut)
3. Luxilon 4G and Wilson Natural Gut (Main Poly)

Overgrips
1. Wilson Pro
2. Babolat Pro Tour
3. Tourna Original

Damps
1. Yonex Vibration Stopper
2. TW Oval Damp
3. Babolat Custom Damp

Shoes
1. Adidas Barricade 2016 (Boost)
2. Adidas Barricade Classic Bounce
3. Adidas Barricade V Classic

Bags
1. TW 9-pack bag

Players
1. Fed
2. Djoker
3. Nishikori (Depends from time to time)

 

[The Dark Knight]

Racquets :

vortex Es 116
Vortex Es 108
Vortex ES 100

 

[ultradr]

Racquets

Dunlop Biomimetic 400 Tour
Dunlop Biomimetic F3.0 Tour
Wilson Blade 18x20

can you compare these 3 ? I'm more interested in their power level/ease of playing but any elements of them would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[ultradr]

Thanks; gotta admit I'm currently itching to go Prestige MP again. Also thinking of concentrating on Head in general, too many other sticks/brands clouding my mind.. The thing is, swinging away in the living room incenses my wife just a liiiitle. Also got a complaint about "the smell" of those Prince synth gut strings..

I left Prestige MP 1 or 2 years ago. since then I have been wondering from one racquet to another like every a few months or so.

it's hard to replace it, still thinking I might go back to the prestige MP.

 

[Roland G]

can you compare these 3 ? I'm more interested in their power level/ease of playing but any elements of them would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

The 400 Tour is extremely easy to play and has power and spin on tap with good control too. I would gravitate to it if my game was off or I wasn't playing too frequently. The 3.0 Tour is more control focused but still has decent power and spin for an 18x20. I would say it's still very user friendly.
The Blade in the other hand is quite a demanding frame. Control and comfort are standout features but power is quite low and you may struggle for spin if your form is off! But otherwise it's a great stick.

 

[bobim]

Hi all, I have been playing tennis for 3 years, here are my current favorite gears.

Rackets
1. Volkl V1 Classic
2. Head IG Radical MP
3. Head IG Speed MP 300
(all moded to around 320g strung, swing weight 320)
I'm now experimenting with Volkl C10 Pro Bumblebee iteration.

Strings
1. Prince Synthetic Gut with Duraflex 17

Overgrips & Leather grip
1. TW Private Label Leather Grip (thin one)
2. Yonex Supergrap

Shoes
1. Adidas Barricade 8

 

[6august]

This is fun:

Racquets:
- Ti. Radical MP
- Microgel Radical MP
- Youtek Radical MP

String:
- Velociti Rainbow 16g
...
...

Replacement Grip:
- Head Hydrosoft Comfort
...
...

Overgip:
- Wilson Pro Overgrip
...
...

Apparel:
- Adidas Adizero

Shoes:
- Barricade 7
- Barricade 5
- Barricade 9

 

[vskh55]

Racquets:
1. Angell TC97
2. Yonex Ezone DR98
3. Prince Classic Graphite 100

Strings:
1. Luxilon 4G 1.25mm / 16L
2. Solinco Tour Bite 17
3. ???

 

[Alex78]

I left Prestige MP 1 or 2 years ago. since then I have been wondering from one racquet to another like every a few months or so.

it's hard to replace it, still thinking I might go back to the prestige MP.

Do it! I've already taken out some of mine and just like that, good times again!

 

[Hollywood401k]

Racquets
Blade 93
Six One 95 = RF 97

Strings
Tour Bite 17
ALU Rough

Shoes
Asics Gel Resolution
Lotto Raptor

Tourna Grip

 

[RoughOG]

Rackets
1. K Blade Tour
2. Rdis 100 mp
3.PD Roddick

Strings
1. Big Bang Original
2. Kirschbaum PL Evo

Overgrips
1. Tourna

Shoes
1. Adidas Barricade 2015
2.Adifeather zero 3
3. Asics gel res

 

[Dunlop300s]

Dunlop M-fil 300
Dunlop A4D 300
Prokennex K5G

Gosen OG-sheep micro