A bit of a new format here. Comparing the cheapest racket we could find to our professional rackets to see whether the cheap rackets are actually that horrible. The results turned out to be pretty unexpected. Check out our review till the end to find out if it's worth paying 15 times the price for a racket.
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I have a suggestion, string one racket really low tension and one really high. For example: 20lbs vs 60lbs
how about 50, 30, handstrung
60 lbs is very playable. 20 j aint. gotta be like 75 if u can manage not to snap the string doing that
@@pants1359 I agree I play with 60 and good player
@@pants1359 will break the raquet lol
This was more exciting than any ATP/WTA highlights video I watched this week.
That's a massive feetback! Huge thanks!!
@@gladiatorstribe Guys where's your reverse forehand to put the short ball away with if you use the big flat forehand with the cheap racquet its gonna likely blast the ball long..... With the cheap racquet the weight of the racquet is obviously different to the pro racquet so the ball weight is heavier off the pro racquet... But you guys should be using the strongest part of that cheap racquet to drive the ball with which is using the butt and the frame of the racquet, well that's what I would do with it for the strings of the cheap racquet are not going to have much control If you drive with the middle off a fast incoming ball the ball will not feel good and be heavy arm drag also on the ball, it won't feel good on the body. So I would use the strongest part of the racquet instead for driving instead of trying to hit from the weakest part of it.
Perhaps it would be good to do a video with Artengo’s cheapest graphite racquet leaded up to 330-340g SW and string it up with the same strings as your preferred racquet. Aluminum racquets that weigh 250g or less is just a different world.
I agree....a video with a cheap sub 100 USD racket which we usually buy Vs the 250+ USD would be nice.
Thank you for the suggestion! We'll consider it!
Agreed
I was going to suggest this too. Because aluminum is also probably an arm wrecker. Artengo’s cheapest graphite racquet is probably still very much affordable for beginners
First video I'm watching of you guys.. loved the content and the energy (and fun) of you guys.. Areg is a piece 🤣.. nice vid guys!!
Thank you very much! Really appreciate your awesome feetback!
My guys I enjoyed your vid so much fun thanks for making me laugh! You guys rock! All the best from Oregon!
Thank you so much!! Appreciate your awesome feetback to the moon!!
Super fun video guys, keep on with the good content!
Thank you!! Will do!
Such a great video guys. So much fun!!
Thank you so much!!
You guys are great! Such good chemistry! Fun video!
Thank you very much! Appreciate your positive feetback!
Guys, that was HILARIOUS ! I was afraid you’d break a string on those serves but the little bugger hanged on. Thanks for playing along 🤣 More vids like this!
The strings held on the racket not so much 😂😂 Weird sounds started appearing in the end of the playtest 😂
HAHAHA favorite video so far! I love the mic'd up play XD
Thank you for your feetback! Might start doing that from now on!
So glad I stumbled upon your channel. Love your fun approach, and my goodness you guys can *%#$@ play tennis. So fun to watch your athleticism as you jolt and hover around the court. Thanks for taking the time to entertain us !!! You're very talented guys. Please remain kind.
Thank you very much! Your awesome support and feetback keeps us going!
Me and my wife are playing with the exact same racket from Artengo lol. She has the blue one and I have the red one. We bought it second hand to see if we would like tennis. For weeks I am searching for our first serious rackets.This is awesome to see.
hahaha :)) for 50% of amateurs this racquet is just fine
@@hrabmv true but you can really tell it is awful. Too light, no power, cheap materials, grip size isn't even mentioned on the racket, I don't even know what type of strings is used.
Hahahh that's so fun! Good luck with your first pro rackets!
@@TheRockyBalboa100 have you seen amateurs that can only slice? plenty of those, they dont need power, i agree with you....but so many play as awful tennis as this racquet is lol with prostuff, and i am saying this only cause those guys annoy me at court lol ......i must get better so they have 0 points with me
Artengo has the TR930 and TR960 line. They cost around 110€ tops. Specs are very similar to the most known 250€ rackets on the market. I think a good price for a racket is 140€. Everything more than that is overpricing. I know for a fact, you can get a 230€ racket with a discount at around 160€, if you a good negotiator. The same goes with tennis strings: there are many strings out there costing less than 10€ and that are, if not better, equally good with the more expensive ones. The main questions here for me is this: are you a pro player or not? If you are not, go for an Artengo, Mantis, Diadem, Toalson, Angell etc racket and save yourself around 80-100€ to spend on tennis strings or clothes.
Actually those aren't even sold in Spain. Ir was kind of surprising but they don't have them in the Spanish Decathlon.
@@gladiatorstribe it's difficult to get your way around Decathlon. Eache country has its own service and (for example) in Greece most of their products are unavailable... I mean you see them on their website, but when you go to try buy it, it's not available.
@@gladiatorstribe They do. TR930 (285g), TR930PRO (300g), TR990 (285g), TR990PRO (300g) and the newest TR960 are available at Decathlon stores (and also online). Also the LITE version of some of them. I don't know what Decathlon store you visited in BCN. Check out the store in Badalona (Montigalá) or Mataró. All of those are pretty decent rackets for 80~110€. Very similar to the premium Babolat/Head/Wilson rackets. Others have already tested them on youtube and were surprised by the good quality and playability of those rackets. Perhaps it would make more sense to test even a lower-priced series like the TR500, aimed to low level amateurs/club players.
You are fantastic ! Good mood and humor, in the right measure, is the right path to success. Congratulations because you guys do it in a smart and delicious way ! all the best from Portugal Rui
Obrigada so much for such a detailed and positive feetback! Really appreciate it!!
OMG, Areg, you barely survived on the skin of your teeth. I'm totally surprised. Grisha, dude, you can play tennis with a broom. Awesome. I have played with beginner, intermediate and advanced rackets. To me, I thought the challenge was a bit ridiculous. The advanced rackets I have used are so much better than beginner and intermediate rackets. But it goes to say that the more advanced your skill set is, the better you can play with any racket. However, getting a better skill set requires better equipment and there lies the irony.
Well, this honestly was just for fun. Not an actual scientific experiment. It's definitely not a good idea to try to improve your game without the proper gear. It'd definitely not a bout the racket but it has to at least be a "racket" not whatever that was 😂😂
I've seen a Brazilian pro playing once with a wooden racquet head sized 80 inches I think.. it was ridiculous.. and guess what.. the pro didn't frame not even once! Indeed pros can play with any shit hehe.. but ofc if you give a Ferrari to a pro he's gonna do way more damage hehe
Would love to see a modern day cheap aluminum racquet against an old school wooden racquet.
That would be interesting!
This is a very informative and awesome video!! I haven’t seen a review like this before because I think most other reviewers are sponsored so they don’t want to review cheap racquets! This is one of my favorite reviews so far! I really loved that you guys are able to show the price difference and review the cheaper racquets heh. Also, ALUMINUM! It just sounds better in my opinion 😆 Also I think that there’s no way that Gael uses Artengo. My coach thinks that he’s just using a Wilson or Head with Artengo paint job. What do you guys think? Love love the humor, and keep up all the great work!!
Thank you very much! We're glad you've enjoyed it! Hahaha Aluminum, got you. Haven't researched his racket yet so I can't really give an objective opinion on that 😬
I have seen players here in the philippines using Artengo racquets Not even the Gaels Endorsed racquet but it has some Amazing stability and Massive Spin. Im almost in denial that What an Unknown brand Performs even Rivals the Popular Brands!?!?this Cant be!??!BAHAHHAHAHA!! by the way my brand of racquet is Yonex live and die by it Ameen BWHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"That was the Rogerr.. better than Roger Backhand, but it went out!" Areg. I miss Areg in new videos.. 😭
Nice review! I have always wondered how those cheap Artengo rackets perform. I have always been tempted to buy one of those. Now I am curious to see whether there is a difference between $100s rackets with $200s rackets, ex: Babolat Boost series vs Babolat Pure series. They both use the same materials. What makes the pro rackets 1.5-2x the price?
Thank you! Idea for another video? 🤔😉
great content guys, keep going!
Thank you very much! Will do!
Love ur content a lot . Super interesting. I liked the blade 98 v8 16×19 on playtesting. Want a little bit of control on my shots . Am playing with the clash 100 v1 295 now . Also playtested the pure strike , ezone , prostaff and gravity . I like to hit a forehand with topspin and have a onehanded backhand . Like to hit the bh slice a lot . I am 19 years and so can generate my own power . P.S. : Please suggest the best one for me . I play with a pure aero actually and I borrowed the clash only.
Maybe try Yonex Vcore - or if you like your racquet and want more control the Aero VS could be great for you.
Well, you've tried the rackets that could work already. Haven't enjoyed any of them?
Seem to like the blade v8 98 16×19 the best . Wanted the expert opinion for a combo of control and spin ( not very powerful ) .
Love the ending. You guys are hilarious.
Thank you so much! Appreciate it!!
Wow. Grisha is a monster with any frame. Props to Areg as well for getting 6 points with the Artengo. This was a ridiculous experiment but one of the most enjoyable videos. I was really hoping for Grisha to win at the end just to see Aregs reaction had he lost.
Thank you very much!! We're glad you've enjoyed it! Had tough luck that day 😜
loved your vids so far. New sub for shure love from Portugal
Thank you very much!
This video was so fun to watch!! Minute 11:58 was so cute 😍
Hahahaha ☺️
LOL this video was the greatest, especially when Grisha had the Artengo. Thanks, guys!
Hahaha thank you so much! We're glad you liked it! Really appreciate your awesome feetback!
Heellooo guys, was so much fun!! so curious to know who picked that racquet up:)). Thanks for sharing!
From the way they hating on it. It could well be in the bin straight away haha.
@@kkt391 hahaha nooo....my first ever racquet was wilson but in the same kind of price point 50 eur! and i saw no difference until i got tennis elbow:) which is normal when you start 1st time ever
Thank you! Don't really know, nobody reached out 😕
I buy this racquet and use new one fresh every set I play. Professional results perfect string tension and crisp feeling every set.
Hahahahaha that's a good technique 😂
Great content and I haven't even watched it yet.
Hahaha thank you!!
Areg always chooses the 'low percentage chance it works but totally awesome when it does' style of tennis 😄
Yep, best style ever!! 😂
Instead of playtesting the racquet, you guys put on a serious epic fight which is phenomenal!
Hahahaha thank you very much!!
Can you guys test the more expensive artengo racquets, like the tr930 spin pro or the tr960 control tour?
We would but we just can't find them in Spain.
One of your most entertaining videos 😂😂
Thank you very much! Really means a lot!!
lmao this is the content we need! haha
Thank you so much!!
A frying pan match between you would be interesting and possibly against a beginner using a tennis racket.
Never been on this channel before and I laughed all the way through it! And you left it on a bench like an abandoned pet? lol
Hahahaha thank you so much! Means a lot to us! Yep, we did 😂
I think you guys should take the cheap racket and destroy the annoying pickle ball players next court. 😉
😂😂😂 Thats mean 😂😂😂
Have you guys used the top end of Artengo? They are pretty good rackets to be honest. The TR930 Spin Pro, TR960 Precision Pro and the TR990 Pro. You gotta try these 😁
We would love to but we can't find them anywhere in Spain.
@@gladiatorstribe Such a pity that the Decathalon stores don't have these everywhere. Thank you for the response though. Keep up the amazing work 🙂
new idea: playtest/play sets with the toulsen sweet area or something similar.
We actually thought of something similar 🤭🤔
you guys should have strung the racket with some good strigs because the racket can be terrible but the strings should be even worst
Yeah but then the price is doubled
nice move in the end of the video👍🏻🔥
Hahaha Thanks!
The Walmart rackets here in the usa are all massively overpowered. Beginners who start with them tend never to learn how to swing properly, since the heavy, heavy topspin needed to control them is a more advanced technique. I used one briefly when I came back to tennis after a 10-year layoff some years ago. It was brief because the racket frame literally bent back when I hit one too many forehands with it. Lasted maybe three weeks.
Interesting, I wouldn't say this one was overpowered and I think it can work as a short beginning point.
Can you please do a review of the Artengo TR 9 series?
I plan on getting one in September. Either a TR930 or a TR960. Specs look good. Monfils and Kasatkina use Artengo rackets. They cost just as much as a tennis racket should. Then you can go on and modify it if you want to add some weight etc. Either way, most of tennis gear (rackets, strings etc) are made in China and Taiwan to keep the production cost low and then sold in the USA or Europe for 200€+. It's getting rediculous. That's why most people consider Tennis as a hobby for the elites. Maybe they're right after all.
@@experientialtennis yes artengo is underrated. Too bad our Gladiators chose the TR110 which is not really fair since it's not a serious tennis racket. Hopefully they review the TR 990 or 960 ( on paper i think the 960 is better).
@@greenhammer1148 misleading video. Just run into them. Make sure you follow me on Instagram if you want to know more about tennis gear.
Please don't misunderstand the purpose of this video. We wanted to find the CHEAPEST racket in the shop and compare it to our frames. This isn't a review or even a comparison. Rather an experiment. We'd love to review the 9 series rackets, especially considering that Monfils endorses them now.
@@gladiatorstribe understood. Sorry if my comment sounded offensive. That was not my purpose. Keep up!
I enjoyed the video!!! It's awesome that i practice tennis with that racket ajskhdajsda (I want to buy a competitive racket like Babolat pure aero or the Pro Staff but i wait for discount). I'm started to practice tennis 6 months ago and is my firts racket ( I'm 20 years old) but only last 3 months with a trainer with 1 practice day per week. So, I try my best to improve and be a competitive player. Greetings from Colombia!!
That's awesome! Keep up the work and add hours of practice as you go! Try to switch to an improved racket asap to start getting the right feel sooner. Great to know we got Glads in Colombia!
Since we are on suggestion mode... how about a big a$$ racquet like the Big Bubba, or any 110+ sq in VS a sub 95 sq in like Prince 93p or if you can find, a wilson prostaff 85.
Thank you for that one! Will definitely consider!
wow...to many memories...i also play with aluminium racket...in fact was my first ever racket....i'm too old for this shit...i give up
Hahahaha just substitute old with wise and you'll feel better immediately 😉
And by the way, when and if possible, I would love for you to review the Prince Textreme Tour 100 310g and Prince Textreme Tour 100P rackets. thanks in advance
Would love to and we will when we get our hands on them!
At least customise the Argento with new strings and lead tape to level out the playing field a bit.
That pretty much doubles or triples the price 😬
Can you guys please make a video on how to slide on hard courts ?
Hahahaha you just gotta go for it 😂😂
@@gladiatorstribe guys it's not funny .It just doesn't happen.
I think by far and wide; the best indication that buying cheap racquets is frustrating is the _very_ sharp increase in the use of the word "fuck" after the 10-minute mark in this video. Good marketing opportunity for Artengo. Instead of the TR110 - they can call it the Artengo "ah-loom-in-uhm" Fuck.
Yeah hahaha sorry for that 😂😂😂
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What can I say guys! Just a GREAT video!! My frist tennis racquet 🎾 was $2.50 BJK has said that her frist racquet was $8.50 ( both were new racquets) no kids racquets in those days guys haha so can I say that I have a win over King in tennis? LoL 😅
Wow those are some good prices hahaha How did we end up with 250$ frames?
It would be nice if you put pro strings on the cheap racquet instead of leaving those manufactured ones on. Just customize it like a pro racquet to have a more adequate comparison.
That would mean though, that we're paying more than half of the racket's price for the strings 😬 Also, I'm not sure it would handle the stringing 😂
This is absurd, I have $20 racquets and $200 ones and I have restrung both cheap and expensive ones. Ironically my most expensive Wilson pro racquet has a cracked frame that has not been acquired from racquet abuse and I cannot restring it.
@@mitchdeschambault9901 My hunch is that if you like a high tension, you don't want to restring an aluminum racquet. If you play with low tension, I'm sure it's no problem, although I would think low tension + the awful flex of aluminum would make for pretty awful playability.... That said, there are graphite racquets that you can get pretty cheap.
Still no Head speed pro 2022 review :(
Nope 😬
Artengo racket reviews? :)
Possibly 🤭🤔
that racket looks like what the wilson ultra should look like
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Great job! But what is mean "Blyat' " and "Ebat' " ? Is it something about aluminium? :)
Thank you! Yeeep! You nailed it 😂😂🤭
Me Who just lost my 30$ Racket that was with me for 5 Years:(
Oh no that sounds horrible 😞
Vamos! Calm Down! Блять!.. LOL The langauge of the modern tennis.
Hhahahah true!
play with luxilon string not that shit and record it again. you will be amazed
Thanks!
@@gladiatorstribe no just do it :))
Who knew a cheap racket caused poor footwork?
string on cheap artengo racket: luxilon adrenaline 1.30 25kg 😀😀😀
Hahahahah good idea 😂
Now customise and go again 😉
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thx for russian bad words))) ahahaha
No problem 😂😂
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What? That cheapest racket didn't look too bad. Get a real dodgy cheap one
Hahaha still was quite bad though 😂
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