Goodbye Crank and Hello Constant Pull (Wise 2086 aka Tennis Head)

[kwun]

Just got it in a while ago.. assembled it immediately and had a go with it.. OMG its amazing!!!!! never going back to anything else ever again.. hahaahaha

CONGRATS! post a pic!!

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...nging-machines!

[biggybil]

well i just jumped in this train as well .. just placed my order of this sweet thing.

I have a quick question for those in canada or oversea, how long did it take you to receive it..? <-- see my excitement !!! lol

[redskins009]

Okay guess i jumped on the bandwagon as well...made the order today, hope they will ship it to me soon. They offered to have me come by and pick it up from their distribution office, but i have to make an appointment because they are not there all the time. I told them to just mail it to me, i just dont want to deal with LA traffic and trying to coordinate time of getting to a place. Im chill...i can wait for the mail...hehe

[kwun]

Okay guess i jumped on the bandwagon as well...made the order today, hope they will ship it to me soon. They offered to have me come by and pick it up from their distribution office, but i have to make an appointment because they are not there all the time. I told them to just mail it to me, i just dont want to deal with LA traffic and trying to coordinate time of getting to a place. Im chill...i can wait for the mail...hehe

so the budget proposal went well?

[redskins009]

so the budget proposal went well?

Hmmm, well I ordered it hoping she will agree to it...hehe

[kwun]

Hmmm, well I ordered it hoping she will agree to it...hehe

"honey, i have had this thing for ages..." *beep* *beep*

should we call the cops if we suddenly see you stop posting for a while?

[ckyew]

CONGRATS! post a pic!!

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...nging-machines!

Will do as soon as I get my coaching assessment out of the way this weekend..^^ early next week..

[kwun]

i might have been kinda dense this past few years but has anyone wonder why the WISE is called the WISE 2086?

i just realized that today: it the tension range. 20lbs -> 86lbs.

[_Rav_]

yup, althoigh mine (v11) goes down to 15lbs ... not sue of the max, never had the need to go up that high.

[ckyew]

Yes. Version 11 does go down to 15lbs and the top end is still 86lbs which is more than enough for a lot of us.^^

[bluecraze07]

I would love to grab a Wise, it's just too bad my machine is a drop weight and I can't afford to grab a whole new setup

[zombie0517]

I would love to grab a Wise, it's just too bad my machine is a drop weight and I can't afford to grab a whole new setup

You can go ahead and buy a wise tensioner for your dropweight machine. I've just done that A bit of drilling may be required but it is not overly complicated. Just make sure you order the drop weight bracket.

[Blitzzards]

So after four months of playing around with trying to get consistency out of my tiny stock crank tensioner, I finally moved on and updated to the WISE 2086. A worthy mention of thanks to Dennis Yeung of GLP Sports in Hong Kong, whom I dealt with regarding this purchase.

My original machine is similar to kuwn's AEF OEM although mine has stock plastic supports and has a floating mount system. As kwun has pointed out, the stock height of the turn table is too short for proper clearance of the WISE 2086's head, so Dennis contacted the factory and customised an adapter for my machine. Compared to the original:



With this adapter, my turntable is now at an exact height above the WISE gripper and I have the convenient 360 rotation (pictures to come soon). Dennis also sent the dimensions of my machine's steel foundation bar and had an adapter for the WISE to sit on without having me to modify my machine like kwun did.

And here is a picture of my Armortec racquet strung to 34lbs ECP with my new machine:



I will post more pictures of my machine when I can find a good background to match

[Mark A]

O/T, but is that a Superbrands Armortec? If so, what are you doing

a) Stringing it, and
b) Stringing it at 34?!?

[yan.v]

Lol, I think WISE should pay BC a % for every tension head sold because of these forums. They probably sold like 6 just last week from these forums, and that's not counting people who don't post to show their brand new toy :P

[Blitzzards]

O/T, but is that a Superbrands Armortec? If so, what are you doing

a) Stringing it, and
b) Stringing it at 34?!?

It is one of the best iterations of the AT700 old gen, being pretty light and manoeuvrable and also very snappy and powerful, reminiscent of the MP100 (but significantly head heavy).

I confess my addiction to the AT700 old gen

[kwun]

So after four months of playing around with trying to get consistency out of my tiny stock crank tensioner, I finally moved on and updated to the WISE 2086. A worthy mention of thanks to Dennis Yeung of GLP Sports in Hong Kong, whom I dealt with regarding this purchase.

My original machine is similar to kuwn's AEF OEM although mine has stock plastic supports and has a floating mount system. As kwun has pointed out, the stock height of the turn table is too short for proper clearance of the WISE 2086's head, so Dennis contacted the factory and customised an adapter for my machine. Compared to the original:



With this adapter, my turntable is now at an exact height above the WISE gripper and I have the convenient 360 rotation (pictures to come soon). Dennis also sent the dimensions of my machine's steel foundation bar and had an adapter for the WISE to sit on without having me to modify my machine like kwun did.

And here is a picture of my Armortec racquet strung to 34lbs ECP with my new machine:



I will post more pictures of my machine when I can find a good background to match

no way! that's awesome. and esp awesome that Dennis/GLP did that for you!