Wilson Blade Pro (V7 or V8) 16x19 vs 18x20
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Fed Kennedy
Legend
Live by the blade, die by the blade
BH40love
Semi-Pro
my set up is almost identical to this, just add leather grip instead and your set !
BH40love
Semi-Pro
hyper g 16 I use as my poly. Have been using 4G lately and sometimes lynx tour but only orange
BH40love
Semi-Pro
i finally got a v8 18x20. Strung and almost customized fully , gonna hit w tmrw
shinminsoo86
Rookie
I`m using full bed of Signum pro firestorm 1.30 gauge 50/49 on my BP V7 16*19
hope to help
hope to help
racquetlab
Hall of Fame
V7 16x19 with Hyper G 18 at 50lbs. A little lead in handle to match. Got them all at the lower end of the spec range.
Love it.
Love it.
Hulger
Semi-Pro
Based on my direct comparisons with v5 Blades which I suppose boast the same skeletons as V7 and V8,
choose:
- 16m if you tend to strike upwards all the time or rely on heavy serve or have knee problems. Generally, less accurate but more powerful and higher launch angle.
- 18m if you have attacking style and hit also hard through the ball. After all, spin potential is pretty similar between the patterns.
choose:
- 16m if you tend to strike upwards all the time or rely on heavy serve or have knee problems. Generally, less accurate but more powerful and higher launch angle.
- 18m if you have attacking style and hit also hard through the ball. After all, spin potential is pretty similar between the patterns.
16x19 is really powerful, that was stock and I think it was one of the lower SW spec, low 330s.
Big banger Original at 51lbs worked well, black code at 51 did not.
I decided my game was better suited to the 18x20 and sold the 16x19.
I think a soft poly or hybrid strung tighter is what the 16x19 needs to control the launch and power
Big banger Original at 51lbs worked well, black code at 51 did not.
I decided my game was better suited to the 18x20 and sold the 16x19.
I think a soft poly or hybrid strung tighter is what the 16x19 needs to control the launch and power
Curtennis
Hall of Fame
18m has far less power than the 16m, at least on the V8. Only version I played with back to back.
Not crazy about above poster recommending a 4 pound difference in a hybrid of Gut and Poly. They’re already going to drop tension at hugely different rates. One week of play and it’s going to easily be a 20 point tension difference with the different material properties.
A pro who plays new strings all the time and isn’t buying his racquets, nor storing them strung for potentially weeks at a time is a very different story.
Not crazy about above poster recommending a 4 pound difference in a hybrid of Gut and Poly. They’re already going to drop tension at hugely different rates. One week of play and it’s going to easily be a 20 point tension difference with the different material properties.
A pro who plays new strings all the time and isn’t buying his racquets, nor storing them strung for potentially weeks at a time is a very different story.
BH40love
Semi-Pro
5 lbs difference
Have you played with this setup? I restring my racquet once a month and it is perfectly fine. A hybrid of natural and poly has amazing feel.
Week of play/hitting and the racquet tension isn’t too different
Fintft
G.O.A.T.
Hi,
All our Artengos (@JGads, @Power Player for example and mine) have either 1g (my case) or 1.5g added at 3 and 9 o'clock+ overgrip, big dampener and tape head guard (for me) and it is still not as powerfull as a Blade Pro v8 16x19.
There are BP 16x19 on the Sales forum here, at TW, I am just getting a third one from @KC! (he has one more in L4). Also Wilson Labs has L4 in stock.
@JGads is better of discribing the differences (you may want to ask in the racketholics thread or the BP one), or someone like @tim-ay...Myself I would say that Artengo is better than BP at the net and serve placement, both in 16x19, but overall I prefer the BP for power, stability and still feel and control.
GL!
