maynardsson55
Rookie
how is pro kennex? i just ordered 2 redondo 93s.
Which company has the best quality control?
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...I hate it when people don't read the whole thread and post something so out of place...Ahem...ROGER_FEDERER...
If I were to rank them here is the order:
1. Fischer
2. Yonex
3. Volkl
4. ProKennex
5. Prince
6. Babolat
7. Head
8. Wilson
I would actually really recommend Yonex for how much quality control their factories have! If you want to go more with domestic brands...ProKennex, Prince, and Fischer are all great brands.
For European brands...Volkl...
If I were to rank them here is the order:
1. Fischer
2. Yonex
3. Volkl
4. ProKennex
5. Prince
6. Babolat
7. Head
8. Wilson
I would actually really recommend Yonex for how much quality control their factories have! If you want to go more with domestic brands...ProKennex, Prince, and Fischer are all great brands.
For European brands...Volkl...
Court_Jester
Hall of Fame
I'm pretty sure it's not American. It's Taiwanese, I believe.jonolau said:
jonolau
Legend
My bad, the HQ is located in Carlsbad, CA.Court_Jester said:
http://www.snowwebdesign.com/prokennex/contact.html
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
That is True.
KuertenRules
Rookie
I just got 2 Tecnifibre 325 and I got pretty impressed! First of all they are identical (weight and balance) and they look really great.
So I would say that Yonex and Tecnifibre look like the best quality control companies to me.
So I would say that Yonex and Tecnifibre look like the best quality control companies to me.
White_Rice
Rookie
I don't understand how companies can mess up in the throughput process and have deviations by that much among similar racquets. Do they not check each one they produce -- weigh them and test other specs?
Was the MP Tour 5 you bought of different gripsizes? With that model, and some other earlier ones, there was a very definite difference in mass with different gripsizes. Yonex would distinguish them as UL (Ultra Light) or SL (Super Light) racquets.
No, they were same grip size.
Fortunately, TW had replaced the heavy one as it was totally unmanageable.
Another bad experience I had with Head Classic Tour - around 12 grams overweight. With this one I have cut the bumper guard and removed the paint from 10-2, instead used permanent marker - could use it after that.
What about Heads made in Austria and Czech Republic? Yes, some are Chinese, but not all.
Tennis Man
Hall of Fame
It's nice to have this topic surface every month. I wish the QC would change that often as well. Here are my picks:
1. Yonex (hands down, I love my RDX 500 Mid collection)
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97. Prince
98. Head
99. Wilson (haven't seen a pair of "identical" frames so far)
1. Yonex (hands down, I love my RDX 500 Mid collection)
............
97. Prince
98. Head
99. Wilson (haven't seen a pair of "identical" frames so far)
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Steve Huff
G.O.A.T.
People slam Prince a lot, but I've strung a lot of different rackets. Regarding their TT Hornet OS, I'd bet 90% of these rackets I've strung weigh exactly 9.9 oz strung. That's pretty consistent.
mmuubb
Rookie
I've been playing Dunlops for the last couple of years, and I've measured them each time I bought new. HM 100g were within 2 grams(two of them, my friends were also within 2 grams of each other as well as of mine), HM 200g were exactly the same(also two), and m-fils 200 were within 4 grams( we measured six of them). I guess thats pretty good, isn't it? Or am I just lucky?
classic tennis
Semi-Pro
Dunlop have shocking standards of QC.
Fischer probably has the best but as most factories employ Taiwanese agents that vist one of three main Chinese factories every six weeks or so it's a pot shot depending on the QC agent.
Fischer probably has the best but as most factories employ Taiwanese agents that vist one of three main Chinese factories every six weeks or so it's a pot shot depending on the QC agent.
pshulam
Hall of Fame
That's quite good. They must have used statistical process control (SPC) to control their manufacturing process.
