OH yea, forgot to mention, the order of 500+ grips is for my badminton store, give me a PM here or an email to ggbaddy@gmail.com, so if you are based in US, I can get your RKEP grips to you much quicker. International orders are always welcome as well
Interesting observation tonight: Was just changing grip rkep elite from red to white, and noticed the bp increased by 4-5mm! Which means the red is heavier than the white by an amount that is not insignificant! Understandably, given there is extra weight due pigment and whatnot... but just to let everyone know that if you prefer a head heavy balance, then white would be the best choice. I haven't checked other colours yet; I'll leave that to others to experiment.
could that be because of a shorter grip? or it was exactly the same length? 4-5mm is quite significant!
Just want to ask for a clarification even though it may seem stupid. Are you sure you put the same amount of overlay when you changed grips? Obviously if you put more overlay, the more grip you are using to grip your racket and thus more weight will be put on the handle. I'm going to assume you ended the grip at the same place as you usually do before putting your finishing tape as well? If you controlled for those specific differences, then yeah that's pretty significant. Then again we've noticed that the different dyes affect the tackiness of certain grips haven't we? I guess it's not unbelievable if they affect the weight as well. Maybe the two are related somehow? Edit: Seems llpjlau beat me to it.
Yep, same full length, half overlap, just to the bottom of the cone, ie. wrapped exactly the same, with the same finishing tape and all!
I think the only we can get an answer if someone weighs the different color elite grips (with plastic cover and adhesive cover taken off) on an electronic gram scale and test if it's really heavier or not.
Wow that's a really significant weight difference for just a grip. Guess we'll have to see what squash eric has to say about this. But for now I guess everyone should take note that if they want a more head light racket, the red grip is the way to go =p.
Yeah, it's like you get a 2g lead tape in the handle thrown in for free with the red grip! So now I'm mindful of which colour I use with my various rackets, to make sure that I change the bp to something that I prefer. I have a hunch that the stronger colours will be heavier due to dyes. I wonder how black is. I'll wrap one up tonight and check the bp shift.
Lol, this myth always comes up. I've used the red and white rkep elite grips and compared them with a bp difference of 5mm. I can tell the difference in the swing speed, which affects power and maneuverability noticeably. And all due to a different colour! Give it a try yourself and see. I wish Dinkalot could shed some light on this. But you probably know that racket manufacturers use lead weight inside the racket handle to achieve and fine tune their racket bp's, right? If it didn't matter, then why would they even bother with this step?
So, I just checked bp shifts on a few different coloured elite grips, all wrapped exactly the same way up to the cone. Compared to white, red shifts bp by 5mm lighter gray 4mm lighter black, light blue 3mm lighter pink 2mm lighter Meaning that red is the heaviest of these colours above and white is the lightest. (I was surprised that gray weighs a tad more than black.) So keep these points in mind when choosing your colours as that will affect your final bp to some degree, especially if you frequently switch between red and white.
Could you possibly test yellow Visor? I'm currently thinking of going for a BG66UM yellow with yellow grip colour combo lol.
