I have a very cheap drop weight by eagnas (Hawk 16), after going through 200m of cheap string to learn, I'm ready to string my racket seriously, and I've realized that I shouldn't have been cheap and buy this cheap machine. 1) The racket holder on this machine sucks, 2 point clamp system and it take up space so it's hard to clamp near the top/bottom. 2) Drop weight is fine, but the string gripper sucks. So I'm thinking something simple. with 6 clams and a decent gripper would be perfect. I'm scare of eagnas, the product is so bad, is there another place/brand where I can order other machines from?
(moved thread to stringing tools/technique forum) you need to give us a budget. there is a whole range of prices available.
some good brands that has price in that range, and available in the US: - Gamma - progression st2 is a good solid crank - Alpha - Revo 4000 - Alpha - Shuttle Express slightly more expensive than Eagnas but you get better quality.
I just got my second Eagnas yesterday. The COMBO 910 and put it together and used it on 3 racquets after calibration. It is perfect. I highly recommend it.
In June 2011, I bought an Eagnas Combo 810 which is the 910 model without the stand. Mine has been perfect too. There are a lot of people who complain of Eagnas quality, but there are also plenty like myself and AZbadman that have had good luck with Eagnas.
I hv a good Eagnas Combo 912 and Smart-990H too. Eventhough the quality is not as good as AEF, but with the price I paid is OK.
Okay, what do you guys think is a good table top 6-point crank machine with self centering shoulder support adjustments (aka: one knob adjusts both arms)?
I been through all class Eagnas machine from Drop weight (Flex-740) to Crank (ST-250 & Comet 11) to Electronic (Plus-8000), I said my self enough. If you are like me, appreciate the precision and high quality of workmanship of your machine, go for some one else. Now I am very happy with my Gamma 6004 with 6-pt mounting system + Wise 2086. You pay what you got, it is very true when come to stringing machine today. From Design, Engineering, Material use, workmanship (specially on precision of each pieces of the machine), package, fast shipping to knowledgeable Customer service, on each department, Gamma is out standing.