COMPARING BABOLAT PURE STRIKE GEN 2 TO BABOLAT PURE STRIKE GEN 3 TENNIS RACKET

[@gordonstoltski]

1st gen is not garbage. It's just not for people who aren't willing to put in the effort. I bought it when it first came out only because I thought it looked cool. As a newbie to tennis, it was SO frustrating to hit with it. However, it forced me to stop being lazy and fix my form. Now I currently own 5 different brands and types of racquets, but the gen 1 is my go-to racquet; the power and accuracy of this racquet are pretty impressive. I don't think Thiem would have stuck with it for so long if it was "garbage".

[@zuzutube1]

I agree. I use that racquet and absolutely love it. It still impresses me today with feel and power

[@danschannel169]

Agreed. Great frame.

[@jonlsl]

Gen 3 for me. Love the power control and spin. Love the dampened feel. I dont like live twangy firm racquets. I like dampened, plush racquets. So i can rip topspin on both sides all day long. I use the racquet with a Dampener as well. Best racquet i've used for my single HBH...Balanced the racquet to a couple more points headlight as well.

[@achimrosch8859]

I love the pure Strike 1. Generation in Black-Red ... I Play 18/20 .

[@saejhun2292]

I have 1st gen. Love that stiff feeling , yeah sure it strikes ball very strong powerful. 18x20

[@Decadeeee45]

I used to play Pure Strike 2nd Gen in 2018. Play first match feel amazing, good serve, forehand and backhand are incredible. After that match, I got injury from elbow and shoulder. Not decided to play 2nd Gen, but 2020 I bought 3rd Gen to test it. Feel a little bit hurt to my shoulder but not too much so I keep playing 3rd Gen. Play 2 month until now I can play better without injury. Good racquet with better comfort rather than 2nd Gen.

[@sherryinxs]

This is exactly what i wanted to know. As i had the Pure strike 2nd gen, though i loved it but i got Tennis elbow and shoulder issues with it. I stopped playing with it and got myself a Clash 100, though a good racket but somehow lacks predictability. I will now get myself a Pure strike 100 3rd gen....Thanks for ur input

[@docstranger9520]

Great news. My experience with the gen 2 exactly the same. Gen 3 ordered

[@TheRockyBalboa100]

I can get the pure strike 2nd gen for a really good price, but your stories are making me scared for injury

[@marshall19th]

I own first gen and I am one of the 3 people who love it .

[@KM-kr7zx]

Same. I''ve had the 18x 20 for 4 years and love it- fantastic racquet. 'Will pick up the Gen 3 next month.

[@HeffMC]

Me too

[@brunomac169]

Me to

[@brunomac169]

@Ike Exeter 25kg

[@marshall19th]

@Ike Exeter always the low end. 25kg

[@casemiller7155]

I love the 3rd Gen Pure Strike 16x19! It suits my game perfectly sense I’m aggressive and have power so it gives me the controlled aggression that I need.

[@alexanderadamec2243]

Babolat hit the Gen 2 perfect, however Gen 3 is wayyy too dampened and the balance and weight feels too off from the previous generation

[@ludvigryde5683]

Feel the same

[@barbermack2980]

Same here. I just demoed the gen3. Way too dampened. It felt like it got 3 dampeners on that racket. I like the Gen2 better. Crisp and more feel.

[@benjaminjensen111]

remove the grommets and then remove half of the dampening rubber tech/pure feel. and put on a leather grip. case solved

[@mhkeuns]

Unlike most users, I loved the first generation Pure Strike Tour. I didn’t think the second generation was an improvement to the first gen tour version, even the super hyped PO17. The third gen is the best of them all. It feels softer with more plow and even more power. Love the spin and control, too. Just wish the Tour version came in the 18x20 string pattern, though. This racket is definitely a powerful player’s racket for attacking style players who seeks to end points early with accurate & controlled aggression with angles and placement combined with some power.

[@benjaminjensen111]

How to make the Pure Strike 18x20, a Pure Strike Tour? = put on a leather grip. now you have the balance and weight etc of a Pure Strike Tour

[@w31rd00m1z3r]

Great video, thanks! Comparings of different racket generations head to head are awesome!

[@joshuaphoto2012]

This helps me identify my racquet is gen 3 while shopping for bumper guard. It clears my confusion. Thank you!

[@Mpathi1]

Many thanks for the review I asked for. I have been playing with a Juice BLX 100 for seven years and just recently decided to switch to another racquet as many friends were advicing me to use a more control-oriented racquet with a thinner beam. I was considering Blade and vCore, but by coincidence bought a Pure Strike 100 3rd gen, as I had an offer at the dealer to buy any racquet with a discount as a gift for buying some other more expensive stuff. They (a general sports warehouse) happened to have a Pure Strike on the wall (and not any Yonex Vcore I was also considering) so I decided to go for it. The original string was not good, I played a match with it and lost, mainly due to being unused with the racquet, so I put on the same string I was used to which is the Babolat RPM Blast at the same tension as I had on my previous Wilson which was 24,5 kg. I am now trying to get used to the racquet and think it works OK, but sometimes it tends to give some extra speed if I hit right in the sweetspot so that the ball flies away and it tends to flex a bit too in a way that gives extra speed to the ball, so it seems it is not entirely control oriented in the end.

[@kim267]

I tested the PS2 a year or so ago and found it was powerful but uncomfortable and unforgiving if you hit a ball off centre; lots of vibration. I had been thinking of the CLASH and enjoyed the trial but finally tried the PS3/100 16x19 and found a keeper. Definitely more dampening but not dead and good comfort, power and control. I string with hybrids at 51-53 lbs. Glad I kept dating! ;)

[@tarunj4333]

Your review of the first generation of Pure Strike being Garbage was unquestionably true🤣🤣🤣my friend had one and I always hated playing with it as it used to feel inexplicably stiff,just with that much of a review, I have subscribed to you,thank you(currently using the Pure Strike 2nd Gen 16×19)

[@ericgrimm821]

I like the stiffness of it lol

[@weiranjiang2874]

I actually think the first gen is the best one. Dominic Thiem uses first gen 18/20 for quite long time, and didn't switch to the popular 2nd gen. Felix Alliassime uses the first gen 16/19 for quite long time and didn't switch to the popular 2nd gen either. Just funny to see a racket that was so popular among recreational players but the only two players on the tour using the "trash" first gen pure strike didn't make the switch (now thiem is using the 3rd gen strike and Felix is using the last gen Pure Aero VS but the fact is they both skipped the unbelievable popular second gen pure strike )

[@weiranjiang2874]

FYI for thiem he had no sponsership at that time. He basically picked up a retail first gen pure strike and instantly failed in love with it, then Bobolat handed him the contract.

[@bengray5013]

Weiran Jiang no, Dom8nic still uses the first gen, it just has a third gen paint job on it, he also has a head pallet fitted to it as before he switched racquet sponsors he was playing with head... he didn’t have an off the shelve retail babolat and he did have a sponsorship.

[@GIN.356.A]

Pros look for different things in a racquet. They have the physical strength and technique/ touch to fully utilize an otherwise unforgiving racquet. Rec players will never be able to do that and they are more likely to hurt themself in trying, that's why some consider them bad.

[@bengray5013]

As far as I know, a lot of recreational players really like the first gen strike...

[@bengray5013]

Gin356a I disagree a little with what you’re saying. Some rec players can and do use modified and fairly stiff or so called “difficult to play with” racquets, many go for old school players racquets, which coincidentally is what many pros use (but with paint jobs to match whatever racquet their sponsor wants them to endorse). It really depends on the individual and their playing style and ability.

[@tjkim1999]

Hi, as Bruno Martorelli mentioned, these two rackets are completely differently spec'ed due to quality control. You should compare the two that are at least the same weight. You could even use two unstrung ones, and they'll still provide a perfectly good comparison. While you won't swing them that way, the comparison is more valuable than this one was.

[@andreaaa9204]

Yep was thinking that. It’s so obvious. But he prob couldn’t be f*cked doing the vid again haha

[@aaronjenkins223]

I love my 1st gen pure strike tour 😅

[@chrislin2774]

I love the "Darth Maul" cosmetic on the 1st gen Pure Strike but I didn't like hitting with it. At this juncture I am sticking with Pure Drives.

[@kobeburrito23]

For me pure drive doesn’t have enough spin

[@nicole7s]

@@kobeburrito23 I agree with you, I have the PS2 and Pure Drive and I always play with my PS2. Thinking about getting the PS3

[@benjaminjensen111]

But the indentations works for the Ultra?

[@artrook]

Weight and stiffness numbers for the Gen2 certainly wrong. A proper Gen 2 project One7 frame should be 70RA. Gen2 is a much better all court racket than Gen3 - much better feel, great for drop shots. Gen 3 gives you very slighly more power but much less feel. The spin potential is roughly the same, tried with Babolat RPM blast Gauge 16 (1.3mm ) strung to 57lb. Gen2 for me all the way but they are becoming hard to get frames!

[@vanjahrastic-car7477]

Do you have review of project one 7?

[@IIIRAYDENIII]

Those neon strings look bad ass on that white frame 🤩

[@JO-hb3xi]

The first Pure Strike 16x19 felt way too metallic so I got a Volkl Organix V1 Pro and loved it for a few years. Wanting just a bit more free power I switched to the Pure Strike 16x19 Gen 2 when it came out. I really liked it but after a while I realized it was the cause of mysterious wrist pain I had never experienced in playing 30+ years. Apparently I wasn't the only one that noticed this issue. I switched to the Prince Tour 100 (310) and love it. I'm curious about the Gen 3 Pure Strike though. Does anyone notice wrist pain with the Gen 3 Pure Strike? I assume the Cortex was added to Gen 3 to reduce shock and subsequent pain customers complained of in the Gen 2.

[@vanshagarwal2362]

You hit 1k + subs. Congratulations.

[@KidInTheHallway]

I played with both and eventually switched to the new blade. But I definitely liked the 3rd gen better, it was definitely softer and it didnt cause pain in my elbow like the 2nd gen did. Nevertheless I loved both racquets.

[@lanemorrison2954]

Well I have been away for a while, and puchased a used gen 1 on ebay. Before I was using an old Wilson K Zen team FX..... Certainly the Babolat is better? Guess I will find out Sunday haha

[@bkatbamna]

I have one of those first generation pure strikes and what is odd about it is that the balance makes it feel heavier than it actually is. So not only does the racket get pushed around by hard shots, the racket is hard to swing as well.

[@RyanWeaver]

Interesting. I played with the gen 1 for so long I went through 4 racquets. But when it came to getting ready for the new season, I decided rather than hunting down a couple more gen 1’s I’d jump right into the gen 3. Unfortunately, it’s got a very different dampened feel that I just can’t get used to. So after watching this video, I purchased a gen 2 to try. If all goes well, I’ll be selling a a couple gen 1’s and 3’s! And I’ve subscribed to this channel so I don’t make the same mistake next time!

[@taytay8732]

Sooo you selling your gen 3's?

[@RedRoomPosters]

Can you measure Twist weight and Recoil weight of Federer frame?

[@devinotero1798]

Can you measure recoil weight and twist weight of roger’s racket

[@stevennguyen9377]

What's the benefit of having two of the same racquets. I have one head graphene 360 speed mp (main) and one backup speed(the generation before that). I break strings every month or two and play high school tennis. Great videos btw!

[@mfmukhtar786]

Each racquet has a different static weight, balance, swing weight, etc. You body gets used to a racquet as you use it more and more. If your 'backup' racquet is the same racquet, then you won't notice a difference when you switch between racquets, which in turn will help you perform better. This is why the pros use multiple racquets, but they all have the specs. The only thing that differs for them is string tension by a 1/2 pound up or down. If you have two vastly different racquets, then switching between them will hinder your performance typically because your muscles won't be used to a different spec racquet.

[@stevennguyen9377]

@@mfmukhtar786 thanks for taking the time to respond!

[@pennygirl015]

You’re like my clone. We both have the same first name and use the same racket and play high school tennis. What a coincidence!

[@stevennguyen9377]

@@pennygirl015 lmao

[@AM-wt8qi]

Probably not a tour version is why it is light gen 2 as a couple of editions of gen 2

[@tigerbalm666]

Is this PS much better than a Prnce Spectrum 90?

[@rockettennis5074]

The weights are so weird. The net weight is 305 g for both, plus the strings(around 15g for 16/19) shall be 320 even with 3 g for deviation. But what's the problem with these two at 326.5g and 312g? That means these two sticks have a deviation of 6.5g and 8 g for each. Sooo weird.

[@vlatkomarjanovic6594]

Racquets are to be customised to bring them to the identical specs, it is normal practice with pro stock racquets.

[@malvec9013]

I know a lot of ex-six one 95 users that switched to the first gen strikes after wilson dumped the six one. Some of them are playing tecnifibre xtc rackets now.

[@ralves1394]

I believe they can be excellent rackets but I never wanted to test them simply because I hate how they look! And with the offer on the market, no one needs to buy a racket that doesn't like his paint job.

[@aj4256]

he is in the bay area ca if you want to support

[@hs-blade]

I am a college player looking forward on buying the pure strike gen 3. I currently use a Wilson Pro Staff 97S and i noticed the strike is a bit heavier, I'm looking for more power and control since i like hitting strong from the baseline and the pro staff just isn't cutting it. Would you recommend this racket? Thanks in advance.

[@puppybeagle1024]

love your insights. would be great if you could film your hitting sessions to reiterate those points!

[@ericgrimm821]

lol I have the gen 1 and play really well with it. Cant wait to try the new one though

[@benjaminjensen111]

You have a heavy spec'ed Pure Strike gen 3 (5 gram over) and a low spec'ed Gen 2 ( 8 grams under) which do not give a good comparison on the scale and balance

[@ammaribrahim5142]

How do I know which tennis racquet weight is good for me

[@juanchoja]

There's really not that much difference, most reviewers rate the 3rd gen slightly better, but makes no major difference. The first-gen was totally different, these last two generations are head to head. In your case, buy the 3rd gen because they are the current model anyways.

[@NikoMalekMusic]

I actually really like the dampened feel of the gen 3, but that’s just, like, my opinion man.

[@mikeparishy]

the dude abides

[@minakhimishra7746]

Would you recommend pure strike 100 or graphene speed 360+ mp

[@sandy8447]

Graphine 360+MP

[@thequestion2056]

I miss the babolat pure control

[@sebastiangiraldov.6204]

compare this with the pure drive

[@fantiago5143]

Hi where is your store?

[@TennisSpin]

Northern California near San Francisco.

[@chuckfriebe843]

You are like the Keanu Reeves of racquet reviews. It's like watching someone that's stoned do a racquet review.

[@TyRaff]

It keeps me coming back everytime

[@TheBigBlue22]

Play with Gen 3 after upgrading from 2, for me they are fine but there has always been a slight nagging feeling that there isn't much feel on both frames and that the width is just slightly too wide for my liking ( single handed backhand, grew up on Wilson Pro Staff, Puma Becker Pro, Donnay Pro Ones) but I like the power the frames give me but wish they had a bit more feel especially around the net..great video, thanks

[@nosmoking4781]

Ah the Becker Puma Pro and then the Estusa, best racket I ever had. Got the Pure Strike 16x19 a week ago and loving/liking it, it reminds a bit of the BBecker from back then a bit. I wish they would make that racket again.

[@TheBigBlue22]

@@nosmoking4781 me too, if they just upgraded the frame they would have a really good chance at bringing something different to the market, it was such an attacking players racquet..I just realised just how good my Pure Strikes are because I've spent a few hours hitting with the new Tecnifibre RS 305, I was hugely disappointed, in my opinion it doesn't come anywhere near the PS..stick with them and hope that Puma does something with its mold again! 😉👍

[@tomr1056]

Just got Gen 3 and wish now Id got Gen 2. Its too dampened for me. Anyone want to swap?!

[@rossgrubbs4017]

I'm thinking about a gen 3 now.

[@manuelbaret]

Pure Strike 2 is the worst racquet I ever had. Can't play more than 1h with it. After that my elbow hurts pretty badly. But that's my personal opinion. Otherwise absolutely enjoy your tennis channel. So refreshing! Please keep going.

[@docstranger9520]

Exactly the same experience for me. PS 2 Ruins my wrist every time. Gen 3 ordered.

[@ssportslivetvstreaming]

Maybe you should lower the STRING TENSION!

[@romeoromeo6584]

@@ssportslivetvstreaming Or change from Poly to Multifilament string with same tension. Dont simply blame your racket

[@Christian3174]

Use a softer string

[@Multisportamateur]

You can live stream now with 1k subs!

[@saejhun2292]

I like black and orange better than white. White looks good at first impression but in a long term, looks too feminine to me.

[@Christian3174]

Gen 2 all the way

[@tennnis498]

Your credibility goes to the garbage when you say PS 1 was garbage. But you’re sticking to it. Proj. 17 has no string marks whatsoever, nor are the specs on the frame, Gen 1 does. I can interchange between Gen 1 and Gen 2, no problem. You just didn’t like the look.

[@michaelp9061]

Totally agreed with the fact those black red strikes are garbage.

[@danschannel169]

I use the first generation 😂

[@fusiondarts8487]

Hi tennis spin