carlton aerogear 2000
L. Madilao
feedback from user(s) of this racket. thanks for any reply...
madi
Stan Bischof
: has anyone tried and used carlton aerogear 200 tfx? i'm looking for any
: feedback from user(s) of this racket. thanks for any reply...
: madi
Sure- I've been using 2000TFX for about 5 months. Fits my play very well-
is a little head heavy, quite stiff and is designed for high tension.
Keep mine at 30lbs usinf Ashaway string (MicroLegendXL and now
am trying out MicroPower).
Great feel, lots of control, lots of power, very nice singles racket.
Whether it makes sense for you is of course another matter.
Not sure I'd recommend for say a defensive doubles player.
regards
Stan Bischof
r...@sr.hp.com
a tuber
L. Madilao <jm...@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote:
>has anyone tried and used carlton aerogear 200 tfx? i'm looking for any
>feedback from user(s) of this racket. thanks for any reply...
I saw one in the badminton shop. When I asked the store owner
what it plays like, he said "like a bat" (meaning a baseball
bat, which is basically a rigid heavy stick of wood).
-Dan Damouth
--
Smear my stuff
Why is it so
-Olly of "Sifl & Olly"
Knut Kleiven
>Stringtension......
>Keep mine at 30lbs.......
How long do the string last ?
Kkl
Knut Kleiven,6065 ULSTEINVIK,NORWAY
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Stan Bischof
: On 15 Nov 1998 20:18:12 GMT, r...@sr.hp.com (Stan Bischof) wrote:
: >Stringtension......
: >Keep mine at 30lbs.......
: How long do the string last ?
At 30 lbs with MicroLegendXL or Micropower string lasts indefinitely
(until it wears thru) although a bad hit can snap it. I'm playing about
5 hours per week and the strings last at least as long as the
3 months that I've had a 2000.
At 35 lbs string holds up OK but becomes easy to break with
a bad hit.
At 40 lbs string breaks really fast.
I've settled on 30 lbs for myself since it gives good
lifetime and still feels nice and crisp.
Ashaway MicroPower is actually rated for high tension (unlike most
strings) and is so far looking pretty good to me. Playability
is very much like MicroLegend so is excellent.
my experience only of course
Stan
J. Khang
>Knut Kleiven (knkl...@online.no) wrote:
>: On 15 Nov 1998 20:18:12 GMT, r...@sr.hp.com (Stan Bischof) wrote:
>
>: >Stringtension......
>
>: >Keep mine at 30lbs.......
>
>: How long do the string last ?
>
>At 30 lbs with MicroLegendXL or Micropower string lasts indefinitely
>(until it wears thru) although a bad hit can snap it. I'm playing about
>5 hours per week and the strings last at least as long as the
>3 months that I've had a 2000.
>
>At 35 lbs string holds up OK but becomes easy to break with
>a bad hit.
>
>At 40 lbs string breaks really fast.
>
>I've settled on 30 lbs for myself since it gives good
>lifetime and still feels nice and crisp.
30lbs?!
I use Yonex BG65 at 20 lbs. and that already feels plenty crisp. It starts
to get unusable for me at 21/22 lbs.
Doesn't 30lbs. exceed the recommended string tension for composite rackets
by a great deal, not to mention 35 and 40 lbs.?
Stan Bischof
: >I've settled on 30 lbs for myself since it gives good
: 30lbs?!
: I use Yonex BG65 at 20 lbs. and that already feels plenty crisp. It starts
: to get unusable for me at 21/22 lbs.
Yep- but interestingly as you go beyond 25 lbs or so the string
dynamics clearly changes and you start getting a very nice feel,
large sweetspot- but still a very crisp response. 35 lbs is great.
Only trouble I've had is adjusting to the extra power- lot's of
shots out the back until I got used to it.
: Doesn't 30lbs. exceed the recommended string tension for composite rackets
: by a great deal, not to mention 35 and 40 lbs.?
Nope. The 700HT, 800HT, 2000TFX are all rated for _40_ lbs. I believe
that Yonex has a high tension model also. At the same time- you are right
in that most rackets aren't rated beyond 22lbs or so.
regards
Stan
PS- be very picky and careful about high tension _stringing_. Find
a really good stringer with a good machine.
Molly Litster
loses some of the "bounce". Please tell me what you think.
Stan Bischof <r...@sr.hp.com> wrote in article
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Stan Bischof
: When a string breaks and the racquet is restrung I always feel the racquet
: loses some of the "bounce". Please tell me what you think.
Have never seen anything like that. Though playing with a broken string
would certainly put lots of stress on the rcaket.
I restring my rackets fairly often , though usually not due to breakage,
but have had plenty of breaks.
Stan
Knut Kleiven
>Yep- but interestingly as you go beyond 25 lbs or so the string
>dynamics clearly changes and you start getting a very nice feel,
>large sweetspot- but still a very crisp response. 35 lbs is great.
>Only trouble I've had is adjusting to the extra power- lot's of
>shots out the back until I got used to it.
I play with only 18-20lbs, and have experienced that less tennsion
gives me more power and better controll at the net.
I wonder if there is a scientific answer to this question, what
tension gives most power.
Clearly there are many induvidual experiences out there...
Kkl
Knut Kleiven,6065 ULSTEINVIK,NORWAY
e-mail: knkl...@online.no
www: http://home.sol.no/~knkleive/yonex.html