WILSON TENNIS COMPANY WHAT THEY DO AND DO NOT DO WELL 

Damn this is the realest vendor ever. He's not afraid to tell the truth

Spoiler alert: What they don't do well is quality control.

I like this guy. He don't try to sell everything and it's hard with the bad goods of the brands.

Quite accurate on everything: - Wilson Raquets quality control is really poor, too much "volatilty" between pairs; probably the best in matching raquets is Yonex - As for balls, nothing to say, they're good balls, nothing exeptional but definitely not bad. - Wilson overgrip is my choice of use, but onestly I tried it many years ago because of RF but I've never had regret - I actually like their Poly strings, here in Italy is named Wilson Sensation, don't know if it's the same. - I've had their replacement grips on my sticks, always covered with overgrips, but I think they're quite good. - Definetly agree on the bags, had one for some years but I had to throw it away before the white plastic material started to deteriorate and come off

My favorite Wilson racquet I ever owned was the Profile 3.6. I rode that racquet for YEARS until the frame splintered during a tournament match and I was forced to go to a back-up.

Yes more of this! this is great content. Love your work Harry! Sending lots of love from Sydney Australia

So, 5 wilson employees watched this video, already.

I have 4 RF 97s and have had 2 before, and the weight of the 2 heaviest was 8 grams more than the 2 lightest. Swing weight and balance are very important and I've noticed significant differences which I rectify with lead tape. Next time I'll get them matched from the start, great raquet though. The sponge grip they make is excellent, even if you don't sweat a lot. No issues with paint.

Love this content Harry. Your channel has helped me get back into tennis. Thanks from Ireland 👍👍

I bought the Wilson Pill bag that Fed used for 10 minutes. The most expensive bag I ever bought ..... the strap broke in less than 6 months, not to mention that it was impossible to carry over the shoulder as it had a weird balance so always wanted to come off your shoulder .... Shocking design, as if no one actually tested it once it was made .... totally crazy. Will NEVER buy a Wilson bag ever again. I may play with the Clash but I carry it in a Tecnifibre bag.

Great video. Agree on almost everything you said except on the NXT. I don’t use it any more, I go full bed poly now, but as far as synth gut goes it’s kind of the gold standard. Love their over grips, no one else’s even come close. I own (and play) w pro staff 97 CVs, and can’t bring myself to get rid of my Clash 100s. Wilson racquets are the best IMO- only Yonex comes close. Funny on the Tungsten - I just got a pack in the mail today from Tennis Express. Was going to weight one of my Clashes to see if I’d like it more closer 315g unstrung. Hope the tape just doesn’t fall off.

Direct and honest, love it. Just bought my first Blade, sounds like wish me luck if I decide to buy a second.

When I started to play back in the day (1970) racquets were made of wood and the Jack Kramer Signature Autograph was really good. I started string racquets in a Pro Shop and the Jimmy Connors Wilson T2000 metal racquet was definitely a challenge to string.

"Wilson - We make good racquets with the worst QC out there" This should be their motto.

Tennis warehouse would have said that everything wilson makes is amazing and we should buy it from there website 😂 thanks for being unbias! Very refreshing.

Bravo Harry! Well said. Wilson Pro Overgrip is best for the $. The Wilson Advantage grip is the best quality.

I remember enjoying their NXT strings for a while, though now I rely on Stringforum's top choices, usually Luxilon. I remember one of their shoes being ok, though New Balance is generally better for wide feet.

I love the spin you are putting on my tennis. Very enlightening videos! Could you do a video that shows all of the tools you use to string and where to buy them?

I like the feel of both strings because they are good on the arm, shoulder&elbow. But, the durability of Sensation and NXT can definitely be enhanced to make customers return for the string and they are pricy. My Federer canvas bag is sooo much a better bag. Partnering with other string companies is a great Wilson idea. I'm a great fan of the Wilson Pro Staff line and the Spin series racquets.

Since COVID-19 affected indoor tennis, me and my hitting partners have been using Triniti balls outdoors. They work really well in colder conditions and when the courts are damp and they don't go off. The price is high, but they will last at least twice as long as US Open balls in the same conditions. If you don't believe me, buy one can to try them out.

I‘ve been watching your channel for a few weeks now. Thank you so much!! I‘ve learned so much... Keep going!!

Can you talk about Yonex next?

I use Wilson pro overgrip. I string my 12 year old's racquet with Wilson sensation, mostly because it is the cheapest available multi. My daughter and wife both wear Rush Pro 2.5 and will be getting the 3.0 next year. They used to wear Nike Vapor X but we got tired of them getting worn out in 3 months and needing to get them in wide width. Rush Pro 2.5 is a great shoe! Agreed that the bags look crappy except for the Fed bags. The Blade is super popular. I have not seen the Clash around my courts although I recommend it to anybody looking to move up from a recreational racquet.

Spot. On. Especially their racquet QV, bags, and replacement grips. I really appreciate hood honesty and candor with products. TW used to be more open but I feel like they straddle the line to much with their reviews and I detest having to read “in between the lines.” Not with Tennis Spin and his honesty with the customers and fans.

I like this. Do one for Head too!

love this. Cant wait to see your thoughts on other brands

I agreed everything you said and I prefer the Dunlop balls.

I love the Wilson Blade V7 and Blade V8. That's what I play with. Haven't had any problems with paint

I love the Trinitis. They play well and last a long time. Great for practice use!

Harry. You've done a great video and analysis about Wilson. I agree with you about the Pro Staff, I have not had the opportunity to test the other two models you mention, so I can't give my oppinion about them. The bad thing about Wilson for me is that they do not have an data bank of the racket models that they have manufactured previously: I just asked them about a model that I just got and they DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Wilson is Chinese owned since 2018. I will no longer be buying their products for ethical reasons.

Agree 100%. I did have to warranty a ultra tour due to paint and they replaced it without any hassle. Great customer service, but the quality is lacking a bit.

Wilson Sublime - one of the best base grips I played with. no paint chipping before 2013 and poly strings rubish from Wilson. thats my opinion

Great RU-vid tennis channel!! Congrats! Pls make a video showing that Pro Staff, looks like it's new

I still have my Wilson US Open bags from the 90's-2000's and love it. The black/yellow colorway bags. Have not played in the last 15 yrs due to work. I also have my Wilson Hammer racquets in storage. Will be getting back into tennis this summer.

Love Gu Mondays and Company Tuesdays! Look forward to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday or even the weekend hahaha sorry Harry needs a rest from spinning videos too:-)

ProStaff is fantastic ! Replacement grip : I agree = horrible. I use Head grip on my ProStaff RF V13

Very nice and truly sincere review. I would add several points. 1. I was surprised but signum pro over grip is not worse than wilson rivalry. wilson ones unquestionably best 2. Recycled balls should had been issuaed in traditional box, as most of people scared by ехрerience with no pressure tretorn. 3. Pro Staff rf97 is excellent racket but shape of it differs from rf97l.

Can you make a vid like this but about Babolat ?

This is why i like the small vendors and not the big sellers. Honesty!!! Always, always go to your local small vendors if they exist! support there knowledge and effort!

Agree with tennis racquet quality control Agree about tennis balls - I think they make the best tennis balls (don't like the Triniti though) Disagree about overgrip - the pro overgrip are thin and not durable at all. Yonex, Babolat make better overgrips. Here's a bit of trivia - did you know Wilson Sporting Goods company is owned by Amer Sports (Finnish), and Amer Sports is in turn owned by ANTA Sports (China) since 2019?

Cheers from Chile Harry. I use Blade raquets, love them, but that’s true about the painting. Wilson shoes (Kaos) were pretty good too. Wilson balls....prefer Dunlop’s.

I really love this kind of content / series. Keep it up.

Love Wilson prostaff racquets..never used anything else.. been used from Chris Evert, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, and uses by Roger Federer.

I prefer using Babolat natural gut with a Luxilon poly over Wilson’s champions choice. Wilson used to use France to produce their gut from Babolat I believe and now they are using Luxilon which don’t have the same feel, as the gut is more firm feeling. Federer uses the old Wilson gut not this new stuff produced by Luxilon. Moreover, I use Wilson leather and it’s pretty solid although the head finest calfskin is softer feeling. Oehms is a company in Europe that made the same finest calfskin leather grips for Head, and they are using their own name now as well to sell them. You can find them online, amazon, eBay, etc. That leather is very nice. Wilson used to have bags down, they were excellent for many years until these trash bag looking things so I agree with him there. And yes Wilson’s quality control on rackets needs to be fixed. I love their rackets and have been a lifelong Wilson racket owner, but it’s frustrating to get different weight, swing weight, twist weight, etc with their lack of good quality control. If they fix that, they would be far more appealing in my opinion to other brands out there, even tho they sell a lot of rackets they could be dominating the market share even more. Try Babolat VS natural gut with whatever poly you like and see the difference over champs choice Wilson natural gut. I bet you will want to switch if you haven’t done so already. Wilson also makes good vibration dampeners but not all of them are created equally. The vibra fun play the best if you use them, but I have since stopped using dampeners all together. I agree the Wilson pro overgrip really is a solid grip, it’s not too tacky to where you can’t move your hand, but it’s also got some solid feel to it. And Wilson US Open tennis balls are my favorite ball as well. That is my thoughts on Wilson for tennis.

Well done. I’m a Yonex Brand guy. Nice video mate !!

Please try to do more of the brandiography as you did with Prince. Who founded Wilson? How many times has ownership changed hands? Where in China do they make the racquets, etc. Keep up the good work Harry.

that´s why I love this channel and subscribed, you don´t say everthing is good, you´re hones and you don´t wanna sell stuff that you know by yourself that is trash or "garbage" =) keep going

Salomon makes THE best shoes overall insanely understated shoe company in the states listen to this man he know his stuff!!

I agree with you on basically 100% of what you have said in this video. Hope to see a quality improvement on Wilson products on sticks and bags! I hope to see also the shoes compartment in their bags on day as well the other manufacturers... Don't know why they are not considering this option. Cheers! 😉

Lol the intro music is mad emotional

thanks for leaking and showing a preview of the new RF "signiture" racquet haha. loved the pause ;)

Enjoy your vids. I’m a Yonex fan personally. Used many Wilson racquets over the years but couldn’t reconcile the lack of QC. I play with the DR98 and VCP HD.

I vouch for Wilson sublime grips but I use overgrips as well though. Theyre just right if you like tweener racquets but thats just me.

Agree their QC is awful. Spec’d 6 Clash 100 and only 2 could be matched. Even the flex ranged between 55 and 57. As most people put an overgrip on, the replacement grips seems fine. I’d like to see the an overgrip in a wider size, like 27mm. Babolat could do that too for us.

Wilson trainer balls are without a doubt the best trainer balls for coaching or just plain hitting . Lasts 4-6 months depending on how well you prevent them from touching and water 😬

When is Dunlop and technifiber coming Harry, love this series xD

You forgot about the wilson Baiardo stringer. They have both Baiardo and Star5 at my work. The Star5 was legit Don't know why Babolat stopped making them. The Wison Baiardo is ok, the base clamps are really easy. Its the electronics is what seems to go first on these. We have about 8 Baiardos and 10 Star5. I personally like the Star5, but the Baiardo not bad and can be a little faster because things like the clamps.

I was the only one wearing the ProStaff for the Goodyear sole back in the day. They were fugly and nothing as cool as the $$$ Nike Air Challenge Tech, but I need more durable shoes. Yep, Wilson is regarded as a "Walmart" lookin brand these days! Old school designs and cheapass looking! The cool brands are Nike, Adidas, Babolat, Asics...

switched from Wilson to Head. Never looking back - the QC from Wilson was horrible and Head made a good job in their latest player´s frame releases

I do like their US Open balls and pro overgrip has been my go to for absolute years (hot and humid conditions), but that's about it. Their blade line has been solid, other than the cv sh!te, but that's about it for me. QC makes me look at the other brands in preference. The Ultra series of racquets has the worst of the worst paint of the lot. It literally starts to peel away. Nothing wrong with the Jack Kramer either, but Dunlop Maxply had that beat. 😆

Very good intro to the products of Wilson. Have more videos. Thanks

Nice video... However, your statement about the relation between Wilson and Luxilon is not accurate. Wilson is not a partner with Luxilon - Wilson actually owns Luxilon.

supergrap == best over grip

Your RU-vid channel is my must see tv. Keep it up.....13k!!!!! Congrats!!!!

Got the US Open balls and a matching US Open racquet from 2005 ish. Might get the Clash next 😉

Been playing with NXT comfort or power 17g in the mains and Luxilon Element rough 16g in the crosses at 57/55 on an 18x20 and so far it’s a pretty good combo.

Awesome idea, great topic for a series. Keep up the good work Harry!!💪💪

Love this series idea! Great episode.

Harry thank you for this channel you have given me so much entertainment in my new love for the sport

I like my Wilson DNA Roger federer 12 pack bag! It's very high quality! I'm glad you like that bag aswell !!

The Wilson team backpack 🎒 is definitely above average; providing compact and adequate storage space when you’re headed to the local court and don’t need a large bag. Fair to say their biggest profit margins come from selling rackets? Never tried a leather grip. How’s the sweat/sticky factor?

2x speed crew checking in again

Shockshield replacement grips rock

I have 4 Pro Staff RF two match up exactly one is 5g heavier one 9g . The 9g really makes a difference I use it for very slow conditions only. But also the two that are the same plays different . One is much more stiffier any plays like another raquet. I bought this one a year later maybe that´s the reason why. But man I like the feel of the Pro Staff. Had the 90 and 95 before with even more feel but more difficult two play in the defence. Tried Dunlop and Head before but I always lost the feel during a game with these.

The new series is a great idea, looking forward to seeing it!

I HATED the Triniti balls! I couldn't hit through them at all. On flat shots, it felt like hitting a volleyball with a tennis racquet.

Yes, it sounds like a great content you have chosen I believe we all will benefit from these vídeos. 👍💪🎾. 🇧🇷

The Hyper Prostaff 6.0 was the last Wilson I used really. I own a couple Hyper Carbon Tour 95s but they just dont feel the same. I cant believe Wilson doesnt make anything smaller than a 97in head anymore.

Why don't you like NXT, and what would you recommend as a soft, arm-friendly replacement?

I had a blade. Eventually the matte finish started to come of the throat of the racquet. I decided to take all of the matte finish wrap of the entire racquet. The gloss finish makes it look much better without it. I don't know why Wilson have this matte wrap on their racquets. When you see the pros play with their Wilson racquets you can clearly see it's got no matte finish.

wilson poly strings are verrry slept on. revolve is awesome stuff at a decent price

What happened to Wilson's matched racquets? Back when the PS Hyper Tour was the RF racquet, I had a matched pair. How do their player racquets differ? I have always liked the PS since the move away from wood. One of the most beautiful racquets they ever made was the Wilson Advantage. Any memories of that classic?

i love the trinity balls, last very long. replacement grips suck. no issue with the paint.

According to tenniswarehouse podcast seems like they fixed the feel on the upcoming prostaff, thank god!

Really appreciate the honesty in your videos! Why would you buy champions choice over a pack of each? $60 for 2 sets vs $40 for 1? Is there something different?

Great stuff Harry, can we get a similar Volkl video...I hear a lot of good things but I feel that their different racquets are very polarizing

Wilson grips and over grips do the job... I prefer Babolat and Technifibre.

I use Wilson rackets (Three BLX), Head bag, Head balls, cheap but good strings from a lokal german seller. Asic shoes. I am no pro, so I do not stick to just one company.

Very interesting, thanks ! Love your sincerity. I have the old black Wilson bag you were talking about and yes, it is comfortable and practical, with a decent look. Regards from South America!

Nice. Would you make videos covering other companies, specially Tecnifibre and Dunlop? Thanks

What’s Wilson going to do when Fed retires next year? They’re had a good 20 year run with Sampras/Fed. I’ve played with every Pro Staff since the 70’s, but the bad QC has me looking at Head racquets.

I’m pretty sure that the new prostaff!! Looks nice. I’ve heard good things about it

Have you had many customers try to switch from oversize to mid plus racquets to assist single backhand racquet head speed and control ? 🎾

Love your spin on Tennis Warehouse's Brandography. Can't wait till your episode on Head. I've never been a fan of Wilson. Although, that pro overgrip is hard to beat.

Great vid thanks! Can you take a look at Volkl soon please?

The US Open & Triniti balls are great. Their regular balls are pretty average though, sometimes you can see the rubber seams on them. Their Rush Pros are a great overall shoe. I HATED the NXT string.

Wilson's quality control definitely needs to improve. Specs are all over the place. I bought a Pro Staff recently and it was 27.2" long!

I agree with you in all the points! Great video! Meetings from Argentina! I like so much this type of content

Interesting about the Wilson/Luxilon pairing. I used to like the Luxilon Elite Dry grips, but just bought a 30 pack and it literally disintegrates while you wrap it. When I contacted Luxilon about it, the contact forwarded me on to Wilson.