Should I Switch to the Strike VS??? 

To take out the top "problem" on PureStrike VS, I took out the top string so its a 16 x 19. @ 48 lbs 1.18 MSV CO-Focus.

what's you leading string so far?

Try MSV Co-Focus 1.18 @ 48 LBS and dont string the topstring closest to tip, so its a 16 x 19

what strings did you settle on with your shift?

@@TennCom I have a couple of fave setups. Head Lynx Tour, Technifibre Razor Soft, Tourna Silver 7 Tour. All at 1.25mm and around 52-54lbs.

Try the Pure Strike VS without the top string at the very tip of the frame. and 48 LBS MSV Co-Focus.

objective measures are overrating af anyway

I've only tried two and neither blew me away tbh. Super Smash Orange, which was installed by the previous owner, so probably lost tension in transit, and Toroline Absolute, both at 48lbs which is around your tension. I tried my friends with RPM Blast @ 53lbs when we were also testing the new 97 and that was definitely too tight for the racquet.

@@TennCom I tried RPM Blast 1.30 at 51lbs when I bought the racket and it was OK then but I was switching from Pure Drive. PD was not really my idea. I also have Gravity MP with Sonic Pro at 53lbs (tried to mimic demo racket from TW) but somehow it feels different than few months ago when I tested it. Will try Lynx Tour. How is the new 97? Is it different or just cosmetics? Still not available at my country for testing.

@@kalviskiesneris5622 plays basically the same no reason to buy it imo

@@TennCom thanks for reply

@@TennCom they didnt fix the upper hoop "problem" with the 97?

Try MSV Co focus 1.18 @ 48 lbs. And dont string the top string.

Try it without the toprstring at the very tip so it becomes 16 x 19 I string with MSV Co-Focus 1,18 @ 48 LBS.

it might work idk but you are right, she's long gone

@@TennCom Just bought a couple of Head Prestige Tour 2021 315 gr.. Seems to be seeking out of the chart of the Tennis Warehouse Uni/Lab regarding power and sweetspot.

@@TennCom It opened up the top when I took out the topstring in the PS VS. Its now 16 x 19. Top string not needed. 48 LBS 1.18 MSV Co-Focus. Control. power and spin. Butter.

Replace the Leather grip for less vibrations!

Yes. Maybe raquet switch rate is correlated with skill levels in tennis.

most likely strung weight unless specified, i have tried the new 97 and it feels the same basically

@@TennComjust ordered 97. Felt different from how I remembered vs to be but the demo was strung with old worn rpm soft that was moving so much it could have been a 14/16 string pattern and I wouldn't have known . Lol But still decided to order because it suits my swing style without feeling I need to adjust other than getting more accurate and consistent

You can either calculate it manually, twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/howto_swingweight.php, or you can buy the Briffidi SW1, or you can take it to your local shop to have it measured on a machine that probably costs a few thousand dollars

@@TennCom thanks will have to find a shop because the manual way is too much work lol

@@crazybigethan yeah i've tried it a few times myself and the variance is horrible due to human error anyway (im careless)

its possible but im finding the frame to be on the sluggish side at this swingweight anyway, so increasing the twistweight isn't something i think would work for me.

@@TennCom not even 2 grams at 12 and 1 gram at 9 and 3?

@@benjaminjensen111 i think that would just slow it down more since you are increasing the twistweight when you do that... i have sold mine though

No. Different mold, layup, flex, mass distribution, drill pattern, string channeling and grommets. Somewhat close in certain ways, but still different.

that thing must be rock solid stable now!

it will be made from 100% lead, very soft but very heavy, great comfort and the most dangerous tennis racquet of all time

@@TennCom truly a BWEH racket!

Nothing extra in the hoop of the Whiteouts. Mine same in a 331 and 329 strung SW stock which is as much as I need for now. Overgrip, leather grip and the 5g or 10g buttcap in each gets them pretty close!

@@TennCom thanks

@@TennCom I have heard that the Whiteout should play quite simular to the Pure Strike 3. gen

@@benjaminjensen111 playability is close but the hitting experience is different. Strike hits a bigger ball, more stable more powerful. WO feels faster, more connected, still stable and powerful for its specs, but at the end of the day, the Strike having a 23mm beam width in the hoop makes a big difference compared to the 21.7mm flat beam of the WO

@@TennCom Aha Size do matter. I plan to try the PSVS along side the PS 3.gen 16 x 19. I'll put on a leather grip on 16 x 19.... and head/hoop protective guard-tape on the VS. also possible to cut a thin stripe of 1-2 mm copper tape going from 10 to 2 at both sides of the string. and then with some stiff strings (Poly Pro/Focus Hex) in the 16 x 19 @ 53.... and high tension multi @ 59 in the VS. I guess there is a some trade off with both the WO and the PS. PS swings a tiny bit slower bc of the thicker beam but meets the ball stronger bc ditto and to match that power player has to swing the WO a bit faster. so if you are a big strong and a bit slower guy like me the PS 3.gen probably fits better. When I look at the user/buyer/customer feedback on the different shopping portals, the PS 3.gen gets a lot of almost holy praise with long eloborate writings. This tells me its a different kind of a stick as other sticks gets only stars and small sentences. I used to play table tennis and badminton a lot and we didnt think in feel and ball connection to the arm via the stick. We focused on where the ball ended up and with what force and angle we put in to get it there. I have taken that way of thinking and playing to the game of tennis. what matters to me is that I dont get injuries bc of vibrations. To me feel cant do much to the way I am playing. The brain pick up the "feel" only after the ball has exit the stringbed. So its only to me a matter of dopamine response regarding feel, as you feel if you did a good job hitting the ball. its a biscuit. The PS 3. gen is muted so that means player can use stiff durable strings and swing through without thinking of getting arm issues.

My concern with the Volkl's, from a distance, is that they tend to have a egg shaped hoop, so the upper third is more narrow than the lower third

@@TennCom I haven't noticed the egg shape having any negative impact. It has an amazing feel and surprisingly good power. I have more experience with the heavier c10 Pro though.

I'd say no. The low stock swingweight makes it tough to get enough plow when your RHS is slightly limited due to the two handed stroke

Im counterattack defensive and spin player, what is the better racquet for me today?

I prefer 98 headsize or 97 and 315 grams is ok. My backhand flat is the top of my offensive game

@@rafaeldutra3252 Pure Aero 98 is quite amazing and if you prefer something heavier, the Pro Staff X is really nice

In Brasil we dont have pro staff X,just others pro staff Ive play with radical mp, and i like so much this racket, my attack is better thant others racket. I tested speed mp, pure strike 98 16x19, yonex vcore 100, and pure aero 100 2019, banana colour, and is the same old story, in transition defense for attack, my unforced errors its so big, but with radical mp i feel my control finally is better But i have one problem, the radical its so good in control, but when i need to be just a defender, or i need power to mantaim my opponent far for the net, the radical mp is not so good, shorten balls, and i think 300 grams is a little bit light I think the vcore 100 is better than radical in defense game or in transition attack, beacause is so easy to play defense slice, and spin balls with power, but the control is so difficult for me. So i play with radical mp for now, and i like so much the radical backhand I combined radical with spin poliester like babolat rpm black, or polytour spin blue and i think is the best combination

Wrong, all rackets must be personally approved by Beckett. Even Djokovic looks to Mr.Tenncom for approval.

Wrong again, all racquets must be approved by nameless viewers who tell me than my 3.5 technique can't handle anything more than a Shift 300

yeah it was miles out (if i dont cheat, Ale wins 10-0)

im nostalgic for the old days tho

looks like hes using a regular strike unless they changed his paintjob

No he uses a Pure Strike 16x19 fully leaded

Guys, I think he’s right. His pattern is 16x20!!

I think lower tensions under 50lbs are the way to go with the WOs but it kind of sounds like you got one thats massively underspec

@@TennComI'll take it with me next time I go to a shop and see if they can check it

@@TennCom I did notice foam was empty in half the handle on one side but need to measure Ballance and weight without strings and original grip

@@TennCom racket is 299.8 grams. Don't know the Ballance cause I don't have the racket here right now.

@@TennCom ok finally got Ballance measured and it's under spec at 310. So solinco rep has been awesome and will be sending me another racket plus a 16/19 version so I can make sure I have the best racquet for my game. 🙏🤞

ye sadly

I had the same issue. I think there's something about the weight distribution in the hoop. The twistweight is lower than my WHiteout but i struggled to adjust the angle of the racquet face to modulate my spin

​@@TennComi customize to 329-333 swing weight strung with a balance of 31,2 and a mgr/i of 2,15. My static weight is much higher than yours.

@@TennCom maybe it needs some foam inside the hoop lol. have you tried to just add on some protective frame tape after stringing on the outside of the hoop? whats that tape called again?

hahahahahaha

I have! I felt like the MP was a much better frame for the average person (and me) so I didn't bother making a full review on it

@@TennCom how would you compare the radical mp with the pure strike vs?

@@iamyashgulati radical feels stiffer and more connected, lower launch angle and less spin. Similar stability I think but the hitting noise on the radicals is quite high pitched which I don’t enjoy very much

I doubt that I'd switch away to anything from the Whiteout unless the Boom series is really well updated, or if the Strike 100 16x20 is an absolute grail (i doubt it) or unless the new CX200 is the most godly update of all time but yeah i dont think there's much interesting coming

I'd take the PS97 over the Strike VS now that I've customized the VS to a similar spec that the PS97 comes stock

i dont even know why i started using it tbh, i dont have sweaty hands, but now i dont like the feel of anything else so here we are

for me the Strike VS offers noticeably more power than my 360+ ET's but I would like something that's 100 square inches

The Aero 98 is a great racquet and I'm pretty sure I would win more matches with it than anything else. The thing is, I don't care about winning matches that much. Even if I have the Aero 98 in my bag, I don't yearn for it. I'll reach for my Whiteout every time.

the Whiteout is still my go-to without hesitation

It depends on the level I'm playing. I can pressure 4.5s pretty consistently throughout a match but in open level play I struggle against fitter opponents for sure.

@@TennCom Great! But, I suppose, by your own statement it is entirely possible (probable?) that you also play at a level whereby you can't pressure 4.5s? Tennis demands consistency: not only on the court within a match, but match-to-match throughout the season/year. Of course, none of us are professionals so maybe it is more important to simply play with a racquet you love playing with.

this is a racquet review channel and all we do here is blame equipment its called coping

You do realize what his channel is all about right? Messing around with racquets and having fun doing it.

I meant Pure Strike VS is not the right racket. Remember how much he praised the whiteout and he ended up not liking it - I didn’t see same energy in this video so I said at this rate this is not the racket. Please chill out

@@janetyore292 since when do i not like the whiteout?

If it makes you feel better, I've been dabbling with it since late September when I made my first impressions video on the racquet

ill do anything you tell me to do, you feisty bastard