Weight of your blade

notfound123 wrote: One thing I started doing recently whenever I needed to bring the weight down - I glue rubbers about 1/8 - 1/4 inches away from the handle. Nothing extreme, just a small gap. That does make my setup a little bit less head heavy.

I was glueing rubber from one blade with bigger head into another with a smaller head and had to cut a thin slice of rubber to make it fit. I was suprised to find that this change reduced my setup by 4grams. This was about an 1/8 of an inch.

Definitely worth doing to lighten up the blade. I needed to make a consistent weight because I have a tendency to switch the grip slightly with heavier blade.

returned back to LKT XT from LKT Rapid Power for my RPB and dropped the weight from 159g to 150g.

nicefrog wrote: I don't mind very heavy setups just playing a few matches but if you are playing a tournament that goes for two or three days then man.... those 20 or 30 grams make a HUGE difference to how sore your arm/shoulder/everything will be mid way through the tournament and how well you can play on the 2nd/3rd day

fatt wrote: mwyatt wrote: 70 + 57.5 + 57.5 = 185g is that head heavy?

Yea it was pretty head heavy but surprisingly more balanced than you would imagine.

I've moved on to testing K-4 with 2x 2.0mm inspirit which comes out at 200g.

You might think that is way too heavy but it is very balanced and I can generate a rediculous amount of spin and power..

88grams.

My current setup is around 177g which, to me, is neither too heavy nor light. This set-up gives me a good mid-distance power and control.

But I think I any combination below 170g will be ideal with the long hours that you put in.

190g. I don't think it is heavy. BTW for all those who are whining about their 180g rackets being too heavy I have one advice:

Both of my setup are 170 grs and 173 grs.

190gr

Clipper CR (Non WRB-blade, ST): 101gr, (WITH 3gr sealing)

Photino straight with Tenergy05 2.1 and 802-40 2.2
Total weight 172Grams

48+42=90gr of rubbers
90gr of the blade = 180gr total.

Bare Blade = 85 gram
Complete set-up = 173 gram

I am comfortable with 170 - 182 gram set-up.

I just switched to the balsa carbon x5 which is 82 grams....The one I used before it was the p700 avalox which was 95 grams. IT's like comparing a feather to a brick.