Adult Racquets
Product Description
The Steam 99 offers a good blend of control and feel. The unusual 16x15 string pattern creates pocketing and easy string movement for increased spin. Features the Amplifeel handle for enhanced feel. Designed to enhance power and spin for a wide range of player types and skill levels, the new Juice and new Steam both offer a lighter-weight, more forgiving modern frame design in mid-plus headsizes. Each has its own unique, modern feel for both aggressive baselines and players looking for an ideal “all-around” racquet choice. The new Juice and Steam while positioned to offer more power and more spin, each have their own unique performance, design and feel. The Juice provides a little more power and the Steam provides a lighter-weight, different frame geometry to support increased maneuverability and spin. This racquet comes with a Wilson cover.
Product Review
Customer Reviews
Bought this out of an impulse buy...
Quality
Turned out great. Perfect depth on the ball, the trajectory for all shots is consistent and rewarding. Coming from a Pure Drive R then a Wilson 95 team leaded up...
It took some time to re adjust to the stiffness and timing, but after a good hour or two, I was able to put away balls with my forehand in no time.
The one handed BH though does need good timing, more precise than with other sticks.
Overall though the spin was a big difference, although I play with 2-3 times a week, I can still see a good dip on the ball.
Although an Impulse buy, WELL WORTH THE GAMBLE .
=) (Posted on 21/02/13)
After a few minutes dialling in the extra spin and trajectory, this racquet is the most fun I've had with a racquet in a long time. The extra spin I can get on my topspin, slice and serves is something quite extraordinary. On a grass or synthetic court, I can get the ball to bounce in an godly manner causing my opponent to mishit and create errors.
Quality
The downsides is the loss of power in my serves and flat forehands. My serves seem to be around 15km slower even after really going for it. The strings also seem to lose quite a bit of tension quickly and the only strings worth getting for this racquet are smooth polys which can get expensive in restringing costs.
The other downsides is a loss of control, going for the down the line winner is more difficult but the extra topspin allows the ball to stay in the baseline more which makes it a great defensive racquet to keep the ball in play.
I think the positives outweigh the negatives and this really is the most fun Ive had with a racquet since I first started playing. (Posted on 3/02/13)
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Fantastic size!.
Great size for hitting, and fantastic quality! The only thing was, the screws were really hard to get through the holes when setting up - we had to drill them out a bit bigger to get the screws in. Other than that, a great product!
(Review by Fiona )
