New Prince Phantom Review - First impressions on 100X and 107

[@stephan552]

Few years ago I bought 2 phantoms pro 100p from the same on line shop but 2 months apart. I went to my local tennis shop to have them customized to be identical but they told me it didn't need because weight was within 1g, balance and SW identical. Serial numbers were not close either. Amazing quality.

[@TheBlessedLion]

My pro 100P‘s had to be aligned…weight and swingweight were different. But overall, Prince are phenomenal in feel and control! At the moment I am testing TOALSON S-MACH 97. I am very impressed!! The 295 version fits my game totally. They feel like a dampened prince, but not to much, great stability and more easy power… I can recommend a test for players, who are searching for an easy to play racket..!!

[@stephan552]

@TheBlessedLion after 2 years of play I with these decided to go back to my Yonex vcore SV 98s. Reason was the lack of power from The phantom made pridyced short balls in difficult position where i ended up loosing the point. But I vastly prefer the feel of the phantoms over the stiffer vcores...

[@outcometechnology]

This in large part due to the baseline QA/QC offered by Prince's OEM, YMA Univers, who also make Diadem and Solinco's racquets -- all three of who's QA/QC seem to be a notch higher than anything being put out by Bab, Dunlop, Head, Tec or Wilson. Only Yonex and Angell are higher, and Yonex not by much, as they've suffered in the last 5-10 years under pressure to increase volume and cut costs, and Japanese methods can only handle so much of that. Angell, well, their base hairpins are probably similar to industry standard QA/QC, but they hand-finish in-house, to manually bring the frames into spec. IMHO, I think the best bang for the buck is simply negotiating for a higher-level finished good straight away -- ie. the Prince/Diadem/Solinco approach, who are all collectively leading the pack right now.

[@sebastianjscheel]

What string setup would you recommend for the 100p?

[@TheBlessedLion]

@@sebastianjscheel Hyper G round 1,25, Yonex strike 1,25, a stiff poly…

[@luckcab]

Prince needs to lead a grassroots marketing campaign. go after popular tennis youtubers that are going pro and make rackets that meet their needs. if we all see Karue and Felix playing with their rackets and doing well, we will be curious. They also completely squandered their chance to sign Iga who won her first french open with a prince racket. They have really missed every opportunity.

[@F4BIO771]

Pros plays with brands that gives him more money. If prince doesn't work on young players like Tecnifibre is doing, you'll never see a great prince player

[@jbdbackfan]

Which is all a shame because their racquets do feel so good

[@kilmoretimmyg]

That's what they were doing and it wasn't working. Now, they have given Tennis Warehouse exclusive rights in the USA (coincidentally Prince racquets started getting great reviews starting with the Textreme Tour 100 310). Rather than throwing money at endorsements, they've kept their racquets affordable.

[@mattiastennis]

Prince was ONCE a great brand but they are barely keeping afloat now so you are completely correct. Thing is Karue is with Yonex and Felix is Dunlop all over so it would have to be some other serious minded youtube-player OR an upcoming junior

[@R7minR1isR6]

Not a word mentioned in this review on the Textreme Zylon material added on this new line of Phantom racquets. TeXtreme Zylon is placed in the shaft and upper hoop.

[@brunis_m]

The previous generation of the 100X felt absolutely amazing. But switched to the Blade 100 v8 after hearing you both rage about it and I haven’t looked back since. What a stick.

[@alastairtheduke]

I played with the green and black phantom 100 (not the x) and while it is a novel racquet with a high launch angle and great soft feel. It just fell apart on slices or hard ground strokes.

[@davidlever3107]

which differences between 100X and the Blade 100 v8? thanks

[@PrecisionPointTennis]

My strings in my gravity pro move too. I thought that was weird since it’s 18x20. But I love it. Good review here. Tak tak and nice hitting there

[@experientialtennis]

Played the Tour 95 (2015) and the Synergy 98. Liked the Tour much more, but the point is, like Henrik says, the quality of the materials, the paint and "aura" is still there. Apart from the funky/interesting molds, their more down-to-earth series like the Beast and Textreme Tours could do much better. There's absolutely zero marketing in the Westworld. I don't see how hard could it be for Prince or Tennis Warehouse to put into circulation 5-10 frames to youtubers like you and go from one youtuber to another in a loop for a few months, so content could be created for Prince.

[@jbdbackfan]

Prince doesn’t even respond to inquiry emails or anything. For a year or so they were heavily involved in the Prince thread on tennis warehouse boards and one day disappeared and never came back.

[@mihu86]

Actually, the only problem I have with my two ATS Tour 100p racquets is the quality of the paint. Or the lack of... It chips so easily 😢

[@dazhang8106]

Looked like Agassi was playing with the 107G in the US Open exhibition match recently.

[@Robust2013]

The old 100x is my racquet I play with currently for singles. Doubles TXT 310 2019 🎾 stoked for this new one

[@jbdbackfan]

Great video! Glad to hear new 100x is awesome. I briefly used it but love the 100G more. Really disappointed they axed that one. Hope the 100P plays close.

[@mikemike1183]

I still play with an Prince Graphtech db110 from 1989 - and I love it. Quite heavy at 340g, new Babolat Strings 26/27kg. Flex, I don't know, but it works. 🙈 Now I am looking for something similar, but I have no idea. But it should be a Prince again. Any ideas or recommendations?

[@patrickdaniels2615]

Can you verify RA stiffness. TW has it listed at 59

[@jdmresearch]

I think the obvious competition for the Phantom 107g is the Blade 104. Similar characteristics.

[@pirovanotino]

esatto: il confronto va fatto con la Blade 104 ...detto ciò, la Prince Phantom 107G è una racchetta stupenda (a quando una nuova release? per favore Prince pensaci !!!) , molto meglio della Blade come sensazione e confort

[@Netkeeper7676]

​@@pirovanotino forse la Dunlop CX 200 OS è la concorrente più interessante al momento

[@mattiastennis]

What club did you do this video at in Sweden? What is you and Henrik's favourite tennis club/s in Sweden? Would be interesting for you to do a tour like video of tennis clubs in Sweden

[@petershort936]

Curious if Henrik's reviews should be taken with a grain of salt considering how big a guy he is. I'm thinking particularly of power or lack of power. He doesn't look like he needs a lot of help.

[@experientialtennis]

That's why Prince or TW - distributor should put a few of them in circulation to other content creators to get more exposure and feedback from different player styles and levels. Put the 100x in my hands for 2-3 weeks max and you'll have a review about it. Then I could return it to TW headquarters.

[@mattiastennis]

@@experientialtennis I wouldnt mind any of these companies sending myself demos but they only select a very narrow avenue of 'demoers' and a very few youtubers who they know will generally only say positive things

[@paulblaschitz3001]

I just heard in your Podcast that Henrik regrets selling a 2018 VCore 100 if he wants I have one for sale from Austria (;

[@RomanPaniavkin]

Guys I need advice!I want to buy phantom but someone said that the phantom series can't be included in the pro rackets category! It's the rackets for amateurs and you can't go with it in the tournaments. This someone plays at the level of 5 NTRP. I played phantom 100x 2020 and I loved it so I wanted to buy phantom 2024 but now I doubt it. My level is around 3-3.5 NTRP for now and I want to compete on the tournaments want to progress and advance. Maybe he's right and would be better to buy blade v9? I'm an all court player and need universal soldier in my arm😁and as far as I understand bladev9 is the one so is phantom cause their specs almost identical 😁Help me please 😁

[@Frank020]

I was thinking of scoring the old version of the 100x 305 16 x 18. Is that good for the arm. My arm has all kinds of issues, but mainly it is nerves from the neck, tendinitis. It comes up from the mouse.

[@pirovanotino]

possiedo 3 Prince Phantom 107g, racchetta per me stupenda come sensazione, confort. La scelta della livrea verde militare sicuramente o piace oppure no, non c'è via di mezzo. Con la precedente livrea della 100X ci potevi andare a teatro tanto era elegante

[@chakwowu6825]

I'm using a DIY tailored Gen 2.5 TeXtreme 100X (16x18) with flared out buttcap, variable grip (from Princd shape size 2 for pinky, Head shape size 3 for ring finger, Head shape size 6 for middle and index finger), Kimony leather grip, Tourna Quasi Gut Armor 16 (main, 58lbs) and Tourna Deuce 17 (cross, 58lbs) with power pads, added lead at 3 and 9 o'clock, 355g static. Everything is wonderful except I'd prefer it's about 62~65 RA instead of very high 50's RA. However, the new colorway... ugh... I think I'd simply layup several carbon sheets to the inner throat to stiffen the Gen 2.5 up rather than buying/trading for a new stick. (I really love the colorway of Gen 2.5 100X, subtle but sophisticated, but the new colorway... just no way.)

[@kilmoretimmyg]

Geeze you'd want to be winning a lot of tennis with all that effort

[@francescocalandrini3138]

So, at the momenti, it is not possible to buy or test any of these two frames in Europe right? Great video as always by the way

[@Tennisnerd]

There is the 290g and 320g on Tennis Warehouse Europe at the moment, but not sure when these racquets will be released.

[@R7minR1isR6]

The new line of Phantoms consists, Phantom 100P 310g 16*18 Phantom 100X 290/305g 16*18 Phantom 100X 320g 18*20 Phantom 107G 305g 16*19 Introduction in Europe will be starting around end of April.

[@lorenischangstonhughes]

Do you see yourself comparing the 100x to the 100p? Both look very interesting and would like to see how they compare/differ

[@Tennisnerd]

Yes, I will start reviewing them next week

[@nolzofa]

im currently using ATS 98 Tour. which of these Phantom similar and same with my ATS 98?

[@kilmoretimmyg]

How would the 100X compare to the Blade 100?

[@denrudyi816]

Different rackets at all.

[@gnerd07]

How broke is prince that they can't even sponsor a handful of players? Love their lineup and my next racquet may very well be the outgoing 107 but it's sad to see how far they've fallen

[@kilmoretimmyg]

This is why their' racquets are so much cheaper than the competition.

[@jiggs_life_goals]

Anyone know if/when 97p is coming out? UK based.

[@Nellethiex]

What is the specs on 100x he played with ?

[@verlatenwolf]

Any chance you can have jeff salzenstein on as a guest. I know he stopped on youtube but I believe he's got a good story and is a great guy.

[@Tennisnerd]

Good idea!

[@OldSkoolLegend]

What a shame. I was looking forward to Prince beefing up the Phantoms and making them their main line of players frames. Thin beams just don't cut it when you need stability at an advanced level.

[@petermccann2561]

Are these made in Japan? I'm more than tired of sending money to China, especially for discretionary items.

[@BigBagel]

Might need to buy Yonex then. I'm not sure where every racquet is produced, but I know Yonex makes theirs in Japan, unlike Wilson, Head, Babolat, and I assume others like Prince.

[@Leo-nc3yx]

Not even the Rackets, now over 90% of the common stuff is manufactured in China... That's what happened with capitalism and all that salary labor stuff... If you want quality stuff coming from the US or Japan, you'll have to pay double the price for it.

[@lchristophor3107]

@@Leo-nc3yxTrue about capitalism. Even when Yonex manufactures their rackets in Japan, how many of their workers are imported from counties like Vietnam and China? Most people just could not handle the truth behind the curtains.

[@kilmoretimmyg]

@@lchristophor3107 They actually hire a lot of locals from the area where Yonex are manufactured. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4fWXoarqpKfoKc

[@JacObi-Wan-KenObi]

Was the 100X the 290gr version? If yes, how was the stability? With such a ’low’ weight I assume it fluttered quite a bit.

[@hankthetanksweden]

In this test it was the 305 gram version. I have the 290 at home as well but have not tried it yet. Will do in the next week

[@F4BIO771]

Iga was playing with 290 gr version when she won Roland Garros

[@JacObi-Wan-KenObi]

@@hankthetankswedenTack! So there are two versions with the 16x18 setup. Vem är distributören i Sverige? Det är hopplöst att hitta Princeracket här i landet om man vill testa…

[@JacObi-Wan-KenObi]

@@F4BIO771Uhm, she’s with Technifiber but did she have Prince then?

[@Netkeeper7676]

​@@F4BIO771She was playing the Tour, not the Phantom

[@tilllindemann8092]

What is Henrik actual racket of choice(to which he referred at 8:30 in the video)?

[@alastairtheduke]

Last I heard it was the wilson blade 100 v8 but not sure

[@hankthetanksweden]

I have used the V9 Blade 100 during the winter but just recently started using a beefed up V9 Blade 104. I have added a total of 30 grams to it (20 grams in the handle) and 10 grams at the sides 3 and 9. It helps me a lot out in the corners with a bigger sweetspot and some extra power in the serves.

[@tilllindemann8092]

@@hankthetanksweden Thanks. Sounds intresting. How much is the sw?

[@hankthetanksweden]

@@tilllindemann8092 325 with a 1.25 mm poly

[@davidlever3107]

@@hankthetanksweden Hi Henrik, it would be very interesting a comparison between the new 100X 290 gr, and the Textreme Tour ATS 290gr. If the newer 100X is more stiff and powerful than the predecessor, could not be maybe more similar to the Tour ATS 290gr? Thanks

[@lsfire3489]

Why not the 320 g it is more interesting with 18 x 20. This is very light only 290 g.

[@Tennisnerd]

He reviewed the 305

[@lsfire3489]

@@Tennisnerd i guess tennis warehouse did not have that one yet

[@Dasato123]

So it seems like Prince has dropped the 107s weight by quite a bit and thus also the swing weight. They may have turned it into just another toy weight racket. Can you do a comparison between the new and old models?

[@jbdbackfan]

Thought same. Was really disappointed to see them drop the 100G this go around

[@dmitryt9286]

The color is inspired by Zelensky's t-shirt

[@Onanastic]

Does prince have anybody now that Isner’s retired?

[@alastairtheduke]

I think Lucas Pouille is still playing with a prince but he's ranked outside of 200 as of 2024

[@Onanastic]

@@alastairtheduke I think that’s p much it? Really struggling to think of anybody else besides doubles specialists

[@rmsii8510]

No 93 or 95 😔

[@jbdbackfan]

Killed the 100G and 97P too

[@paranoidandroid6001]

This is probably one of the ugliest racquet I have ever seen. The old model (black with fluo green writing) had really great look. Prince needs to sign some pro and do some real marketing, not collaborations with vodka brands and other stupid stuff. And they must hire someone to check the design. This is a no go. This racquet looks so shit I don't even want to bother to try.

[@Nopanop]

old intro music makes an appearance!

[@alastairtheduke]

Last I heard prince is owed by tennis warehouse and if so, then maybe TW just wants this to be a value racquet. They probably have high margins on them since they are the go to place for all things tennis. They might not need or want to invest marketing money into a pro player and just hope that people buy prince racquets off their internet traffic.

[@R7minR1isR6]

What you heard isn't correct. TW doesn't own Prince.

[@geoffchriste1703]

Tennis Warehouse only owns the distribution rights to Prince merchandise in USA.