Yonex Vcore Pro 100 (300g) 2021 vs Yonex Ezone 100

[monkeytheifx]

Howdy! My current racquet of choice is the Babolat Pure Strike 3rd gen 16x19, which I absolutely love but am currently looking for an alternative racquet due to starting to feel some arm soreness/tingling at the elbow area and I'm afraid of developing a tennis elbow down the line. I'm a 4.0 player and have been playing tennis for about 2 years now and I'm more of an aggressive baseliner type of player that VERY rarely goes to the net. My game is all about deep balls with lots of topspin.

I've just demo'd both of these yonex rackets and absolutely love both and found both very comfortable to hit with. I've also demo'd the older gen of the Vcore Pro 100 (300g) which I found it to swing the most similar to my PS but with just a a LOT less power, which the new Vcore Pro 100 (300g) 2021 version did somehow address, providing a tad bit more power.

My main concern however is the long term comfort aspect of the racket. I noticed Yonex added the Vibration Mesh Dampening tech (VDM) to the new Vcore Pro, the same tech which the Ezone line have and after doing quite abit of research on the Ezone 98 vs 100 sticks, and the consensus seems that both of these do provide a very good amount of comfort in the long run.

I am currently leaning towards the Vcore Pro 100 (300g) 2021 stick since it most ressembles my PS in terms of playing, but would like to probe for some opinions from you guys on whether any of you has had any issues with this racket thus far? I do understand it has just been released but has anyone felt any elbow pains what so ever after many play through with this racket?

 

[Pp3355]

So did you get it,?

 

[TennisViking]

I play with the Ezone 100 and did get golfers elbow. Very different racquets in my opinion. Vcore Pro has decent flex while the Ezone 100 is very stiff and powerful. I have been using a multifilament string the last couple of months and elbow is getting slightly better. The Ezone 100 is really made for my game but all that power can become a problem if someone has a sensitive arm…….

 

[fox]

If you want something similar to PS then Ezone 100 is totally different racquet.
Racquets somehow closer to Pure Strike are Prince Tour 310, Head Radical MP, VCore Pro 100 (current one as you mentioned).

 

[SCTW]

Curious if you demo'd the Yonex Vcore 100 and with the new Ezone launching mid-Jan did you demo the current or 2022 version.

 

[Srik]

I’m using 2021 VCP 100 since Sep, it’s super good, no elbow pain, I had elbow issues with pure aero before that. And I strung it with cyclone tour at 50lbs. As I had elbow pain earlier, I’ll eventually get it strung with multi but wanted to test the full bed poly.

 

[Pp3355]

I’m using 2021 VCP 100 since Sep, it’s super good, no elbow pain, I had elbow issues with pure aero before that. And I strung it with cyclone tour at 50lbs. As I had elbow pain earlier, I’ll eventually get it strung with multi but wanted to test the full bed poly.

You should try luxilon gut 16L at 54lbs

 

[FLW]

I play with the Ezone 100 and did get golfers elbow. Very different racquets in my opinion. Vcore Pro has decent flex while the Ezone 100 is very stiff and powerful. I have been using a multifilament string the last couple of months and elbow is getting slightly better. The Ezone 100 is really made for my game but all that power can become a problem if someone has a sensitive arm…….

This is correct. EZONE 100 2022 brought back my tennis elbow. Excellent racquet though, tone of free power. It could use a little more spin. My serves are on point, slices are powerful and effective with this stick. Volleys with this racquet is good but not great. I came from a Pure Aero tennis (caused elbow over the years) to Volk Powerbridge (no tennis elbow but lack power on serves) to EZONE dr 98 (no TE, lack serve power, became too heavy as I got older) to EZONE 100 2022 (TE is back). Thinking about switching to Speed MP 2022 or. VCP 100 and hope to maintain power at serve and comfort to heal my TE.

 

[KC!]

VCORE PRO 100 better feel and comfort for sure. If you have arm issues, I would definitely go with it. Don’t get me wrong though, I love the new Ezones. But if I had any arm issues, I’m going VCP 100.

 

[Babolix]

All the same path from the pure strike tennis elbow to ezone 100 arm pain...
I tried a lot of racquets and ended with vcore pro 100 that I alternate sometimes with Gravity mp (with 2g at 3 and 9 for stability) when tired. I ajust strings ans tensions to seasons etc... I m happy, play better, win a lot. The 2021 vcore 100 is great. I m curious if the 2023 vcore pro 100 or the Gravity mp auxetic can bring more but for sure : I won t go back to ezone (98/100) nor vcores...

 

[Yurifi]

this is an older post, but yes, if anyone looking for a racquet and deciding between Ezone 100 and VCore Pro 100 ... two totally different racquets. Ezone 100, full of power, stiff(er), less forgiving. VCore Pro 100, way less power (which I was looking for in the end), it's flexier, but not "soft", you can feel that the shaft is made to flex and the hoop is firmer which brings up stability and helps against stronger hits. in the end I opted for VCore Pro 100L (had broken elbow, twice, and it's tough for me to play with racquets above 290-300g range), but there's not much difference between VCore Pro 100 and 100L, maybe 100L has even more control, but that could be due to different strings.

I also play with Gravity S, which is even lower powered, and interestingly, in comparison to VCore Pro 100(L) has smaller sweetspot even though it has 104" head ...

as for Ezone 98 and Ezone 100 comparison - these are two completely different racquets! Ezone 100, stiffer, full of power (i actually tested both with Yonex Polytour Pro, same tension), Ezone 98 is not as stiff, but stiffer than VCore Pro 100, bit more powerful, control is cca. the same.

VCore 100 is, to my arm, even stiffer than Ezones, feel like playing with glass, absolutely no feel. put it down after one hitting point during demo.