personally, i think the Precision is the better between the T2 and Precision. the UP is a good racket if one is very very strong. if the character of the Precision can be preserved, with a slightly stiffer shaft and high BP, it will be a even better racket.
I tend to agree, I have had lots of problems getting used to the Precision because of the shaft stiffness. I recently re-balanced it at 285mm, and installed a new Ashaway prototype string with less tension then regular at 21/23 Lbs, and for the first time, I had fun with it. Still miss some power out of it, I understand it was not designed with this in mind, but as you say, a Precision with a slightly stiffer shaft and more power could be great.
Same stiffness as the Upro and Solid feeling, the new finish, same speed or faster then the precision.
We have to be careful with the stiffness, it needs to be suitable with 80% of the users. Otherwis, it won't have any success; it is not everybody who can play with such stiff racquets.
80% for the regular version and the Pro for the other 20% . Well UPro stiffness would be a lil much, T2 might be interesting or maybe 8.0-8.5 to take a broad range ...
Any of you guys try the TPro yet? It hits amazingly well. It's quite fast enough for it to be good at defense and there is plenty of power on it as well.
Yes - you are very lucky! Apparently patience is a virtue I have asked for T-pro of a similar spec, so it will be very interesting to read a review once you have played with racket, even just an initial review. Good luck and enjoy!
Dink, Now that the R is one step closer to reality, perhaps you can summarize the advantages of the all-woven graphite design over the T2/T-Pro, and what you're hoping to achieve with it? Pretty please?
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Directly from Dink. Mark's shipment is gonna take some time - 2 weeks from now, the rackets can be in the UK, and another 4-5 days till they arrive with me. From what I could tell by swinging it around a little just now, this is a very hot candidate for doubles - swings heavier than the Precision, which is good. Still very quick though - can't wait to test it out tomorrow. Yesterday's training was pretty tiring so I won't go tonight, I couldn't appreciate this racket appropriately