Every string and racquet we've put through the testing cycle, newest first. Scored against a long-running reference set, with the testing protocol shown on each page.
There is a belief that circulates in every stringing room and club-forum thread, and it goes roughly like this: the racquet the pros play is a different, better object than the one on the wall at…
The advice you'll hear in every stringing shop and club Facebook group goes like this: if your dampener keeps falling out mid-match, buy one made of "moisture-wicking" or sweat-resistant material…
Reviewer note: I'll open in first person, because this piece started with a specific, slightly embarrassing moment.
There is a piece of received wisdom that circulates through club locker rooms and stringing counters: synthetic gut strings are what you use when you're starting out, and the moment you can hit a…
Sixty-five. That's the number this tennis racquet review is built around — the RA stiffness rating that sits on nearly every spec sheet, gets thrown around in every forum argument, and quietly drives…
There's a long-standing suspicion around four-sided strings, and we'll admit we shared it: the square profile bites the ball harder, sure, but it must give something back — durability, feel, or both.
We'll admit the bias up front: this desk has historically treated oversized frames as a category to get to later.
Every marketing pitch for Yonex racquets eventually lands on the same number: 7%. That's the figure Yonex publishes for how much larger the sweet spot of its Isometric head shape is compared to a…
The myth is easy to state because it fits on a string package: shaped polys spin the ball, round polys don't. Edges grip, smooth slides.
Search any gear forum for a tennis racquet review of the Wilson Blade 98 and you will find two arguments running in parallel.
The tackiest overgrip on the wall is frequently the worst one for the player buying it. That's the pattern that emerges when you read enough overgrip reviews side by side: the products marketed…
Type "tennis bag review" into a search bar in 2024 and, somewhere near the top of every roundup of premium racquet bags, you will find Vessel — a company that did not exist in tennis until 2019, has…