MP's versus Ti series

[rors]

i'm just confused. what's the difference? which one is better?

[LazyBuddy]

Very much related with personal preferences. Even within the same series, different models have various of supporters.

My suggestion is to do a serach in this forum, as well as in "product review" sections. U will find tons of useful information / debates all over the place.

[Yodums]

You will never find facts from equipments as they're all your opinion. Joe here may like the Ti-10 but Bob doesn't etc.

You'll most likely have to find out for yourself. Regardless of how well the MP series performs, I like the Ti-10. It is stiff and it is very durable unlike the MPs. I've had a friend that had 3 crack on him which is not good. And if the answer is that you need a 2U racquet to dodge these bullets, then screw that! :)

[JChen99]

They're both great!... but that's jus personal Preferece :p

U gotta try them out urself... else u'll never kno!

[rors]

hi guys. thank you so much for your replies. i will check out the net for comparison. i am also confused with the isometric series haha :D

[NL-player]

I agree that it depends on what you like, you have to try them. I become a Ti racket player, but I also like the MP88 very much.

I have heard that the Ti Swingpower rackets are not so durable as the other Ti's and the MP's. I think it is true, I broke my first Ti SP within 3 weeks...

[ronk]

NL-Player wrote: I have heard that the Ti Swingpower rackets are not so durable as the other Ti's and the MP's. I think it is true, I broke my first Ti SP within 3 weeks...

Ouch, ouch - ka ching goes the sound of money down the drain.

[Yodums]

Originally posted by ronk
Ouch, ouch - ka ching goes the sound of money down the drain.

You could always send it back to Yonex and they should be able to repair it or send you a new one.

[Baddie]

Hi, just want to input on racket durability, I guess the Ti series might be more durable than the MP series. I broke my MP90JP last night after a "light" clash with my partners racket. It got hit at the head, 4 o'clock area but broke evenly at the 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock area - very straight across. The strenght of the hit is only like slapping your arm to hit a mosquito. So its not strong at all. My racket has no cracks or chips watsoever. I bought that in Japan last November Grrrrr!!!

It must be also the string tension coz I strung it at 28/27 just last week.
:(

So now i am really wondering with jp and sp or gr has any relevance in relation to durability. i think they are all the same.

[Winex West Can]

Originally posted by Yodums
You could always send it back to Yonex and they should be able to repair it or send you a new one.

Depends on how it broke. If it broke because of material defects, then yeah but NOT if it broke because of a racquet clash.

[kwun]

Originally posted by Baddie
Hi, just want to input on racket durability, I guess the Ti series might be more durable than the MP series. I broke my MP90JP last night after a "light" clash with my partners racket. It got hit at the head, 4 o'clock area but broke evenly at the 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock area - very straight across. The strenght of the hit is only like slapping your arm to hit a mosquito. So its not strong at all. My racket has no cracks or chips watsoever. I bought that in Japan last November Grrrrr!!!

It must be also the string tension coz I strung it at 28/27 just last week.
:(

So now i am really wondering with jp and sp or gr has any relevance in relation to durability. i think they are all the same.

was it a 3U or 2U?

we know that JP rackets are supposedly better quality and more durable. however, that does not mean that they are invincible.

[Pete LSD]

Is your MP-90 2U or 3U? 3U are easily broken.

Was your racquet strung by a competent stringer? Did the stringer use progressive tension stringing method?



Originally posted by Baddie
Hi, just want to input on racket durability, I guess the Ti series might be more durable than the MP series. I broke my MP90JP last night after a "light" clash with my partners racket. It got hit at the head, 4 o'clock area but broke evenly at the 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock area - very straight across. The strenght of the hit is only like slapping your arm to hit a mosquito. So its not strong at all. My racket has no cracks or chips watsoever. I bought that in Japan last November Grrrrr!!!

It must be also the string tension coz I strung it at 28/27 just last week.
:(

So now i am really wondering with jp and sp or gr has any relevance in relation to durability. i think they are all the same.

[Baddie]

My MP90 is a 2U. I had it strung by the official Mizuno shop here where they string both tennis and badminton rackets and they also string the rackets of most of our club's members. I guess it must be the high string tension. I just made a new thread and attached some pics.

[Yodums]

Originally posted by Winex West Can
Depends on how it broke. If it broke because of material defects, then yeah but NOT if it broke because of a racquet clash.

This is where it is debatable. In this scenario we don't know whether the clash, or the stringing caused it or even just happened randomly. I have never seen a racquet cracked in two places and fell off. I've only seen it crack at one place and not affect others. I think I'd go with kwun since he said 7 and 4 o clock on the racquet take a lot of stress... especially when he strung it up to 27lbs.

Yodums

[rors]

my current racket btw is a prince classic 820, 100% graphite, 85g, strung at 22. though it's relatively light, my coach and some other class A players i know here think that the head is heavy. i might just buy the Yonex Ti5 or RSL Ti3180. what do you guys think? :)