Panda Power: A Racket That Can Take 40lbs. String Tension!

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  1. Mark A

    Mark A Regular Member

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    Cab 20... I'm old enough to remember that one:(.
     
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    I should correct myself, I'm not into small head rackets but I'm open to the possibility.
     
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    You guys can feel a difference in head size? At same tension, yes, but I went 1lb under for js10. In fact 2lb under on a cracked one and the sweetspot feels huge. This is at very mortal tensions though (22-24lb of 0.65). I'm not sure I buy into this aerodynamic design stuff. Titan is stiff with box frame and feels crazy fast. I suppose going smaller cheats 1lb more feel out of the stringbed.

    The 2nd titan I bought for a friend, he finally got to use it last night. He called it a wild horse, very unforgiving and needs a lot of taming BUT phenomenal when he hit it right and potentially his new favourite. His current TPK was done at 3-4lb less than i did the titan though.
     
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    Wow I though it was a tamed beast of a racket. Delivers every time. Im also using a stock racket with a thin overgrip. Smashes have been hard and loud. Was playing in a small one court hall this week and the Smash was loud.
     
  5. Mark A

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    The racket I'm most into will likely never be made: a mega-stiff small-header.
     
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    Because 90% of players also want to win some matches, which gets considerably harder with the racket you described :D
    Cant think of many pros who'd benefit from a mega-stiff racket attack-wise, much less amateurs ;)
     
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    Update: the Revelation 2 prototypes are here. Stringing them with LN1 and LN3 and will test them with the Duck (Panda's Minion) tonight.
    :D

    And yes, you heard right. :p
     
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    Already? Wow. As long as its not using similar visuals as mk1 rev, with the titan grade carbon, and the added (nay, missing :p) 2g of headweight then I can resist. So I wont ask for specs but I will ask for pictures!
     
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    Rev 2 - shaft tapered ?
     
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    No tapered shaft on these rackets.
     
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    What is this revelation of a Revelation 2?!
    I could safely ignore the Titan as not my specs. But now you are being like Victor and cranking out multiple models per year for us to hsve to consider?

    What are the specs compared to Rev1? (My eldest son has an unbreakable hold on that black beauty)
     
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    I checked my emails and didn't see a pic... oversight?:p
     
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    @Fidget: Specs are: better quality woven graphite frame and shaft, redesigned frame for durability and larger sweet spot.
    Overall: should be an improvement at a reduction in price, $150.00 as opposed to $165.00-$185.00. :)

    @Mark A: No e-mail for you, it's a PT, nothing for you to see.
     
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    You could do half and half like that Doura 10
     
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    Please don't...
     
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    :):):):):):):):):):):)
     
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    Only the thought of having things like "Do I hold my racket correctly?" crossing my mind during a close match makes me and my OCD dizzy. :confused:
     
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    Spin the racket and see what yer get !
     
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    Arbitrarily differently colored side 1 or 2? :D
     
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    Yeh but I would also forget what the colour means Green /Orange eh backhand or smash??
     

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