Yonex RDS models swingweight?

[ac3111]

I am trying to find the swingweight of RDS 003 and RDS 002 models. In the official Yonex website there are no such figures. I called the UK Yonex and they did not know. They knew like in their website that the unstrung weight of the RDS 003 is less (295g) than the RDS 002 (300g). In tennis-warehouse site the strung weight is the other way round. The strung weight of the RDS 002 seems less and the swingweight as well in comparison with the RDS 003.

Since I can't demo any of these I would like to know the exact specs of swingweight in relation to the static weight of the models.

Is there somewhere or someone I should address to?

 

[MaOira]

the specs listed on TW is the AVERAGE specs on the models. I find it to be pretty accurate. In regards to the rds002 and rds003, there is a difference in headsize, so the rds003 may use a tad bit more string, thus increasing weight just a tad over. that's just my conjecture though.

 

[ac3111]

I thought about 003 having bigger head so bigger strings=more weight but if you look at the differences I think they can't be justified by that. Unstrung the 003 is 295 and strung goes to 315. It is 20grams more nearly an oz. The 002 from 300grams unstrung goes to 309 strung. The 002 gains only 9 grams from strings but the 003 gains 20. The 2 sq in I don't thing they add 11 grams to the 003. The problem is that I prefer to buy the 002 if strung weight is less than the 003...

Thanks anyway.

 

[ac3111]

I just called tennis-warehouse and they told that they weigh the racquets themselves. So regardless what the official brand website of each racquet says they put on their website the actual weight of the racquet they get from the manufacturer. So it seems that even if unstrung the 002 weighs more than the 003 when they get strung, the 002 ends up lighter than the 003...