Head Boom Pro Review by Gladiators
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- The all-new, incredibly technological Head Boom Pro!! The new Boom series is set to offer maximum comfort control and power to the widest spectrum of players. Khm... In theory. Is that so? Well, to give you a hint, not exactly. To get the full answer check out our review of the Head Boom Pro!
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0:37 Specs
1:14 Grisha's Review
5:10 Areg’s Review
8:20 CONCLUSION (SCORES)
Racket Specs
Head Boom Pro
Unstrung Weight: 310g/10,9oz
Strung Weight: 329g / 11,6oz
Head Size: 98 in² / 632 cm²
Length: 27in / 68,5cm
Balance: 32,49cm / 6 pts HL
Swingweight: 325
Stiffness: 66
Beam Width: 22,5mm / 22,5mm / 22mm
String Pattern: 16 Mains / 19 Crosses
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Always love watching you guys play! Loved the review too! 😊👌🏽
Always love seeing your feetback in the comments! Thank you very much!
Monetization idea: combine all the racquet review scores into a pdf, and add some descriptions, sell for the price of a coffee, (this is what Foot Doctor Zach does)
Zach actually does fairly objective testing. While I find the Gladiators wildly entertaining, I wouldn’t put much weight behind their version of that scoring system. At the same time, it probably wouldn’t cost them much. Why not take money from people willing to part with it.
However they are a super fun group to watch. Some much needed tennis fun.
Thank you very much for the idea!! We'll definitely consider it!
Thanks, for your opinion! We'll see how it goes, tho I have a feeling you might be right 😬
Thank you guys for being honest about this racquet! Most other reviews are being so positive about it that it's really suspect. As a viewer you never know how sincere reviews are, not so in your case. Keep doin so!
Thank you very much! Appreciate your positive feetback!! We're just being honest hahaha
The boom pro does take some time to get used to it due to it's sweat spot and power. Just a one session play and review does not give this racquet justice according to my experience.
Hey, just found your channel and loving the vibe.
Please do a video of how you guys do your warm-up and post training/session cooling-down. Am also interested in how Grisha used his Massage Gun for the muscles. Keep the content coming guys :)
Thank you very much, for the feetback and for the awesome ideas! We'll definitely think about doing something like that.
Areg's BH is amazing. Pick-up OHBH at 7.01, lovely. Great job keeping these review real. From a comparison perspective, I'm hearing the Extreme Tour and Radical MP are much better then.
Pretty sure his one hander is better than his actual backhand 😂😂 Yeah they are better. More defined rackets in general.
Very true and I completely agree with y’ll on this. I tested this racquet along with extreme tour and yonex ezone 98 considering the specs were almost similar. Head Boom was very unstable. I loved the paint job but that’s it. Extreme tour and ezone were way better in generating controlled power, had a better sweet spot, STABILITY and precision. Boom just failed in all the necessary categories. I think it’s
only good for beginners who just like pushing the ball in
Yep, unfortunately you're right on everything you've said 😂 Our hopes were quite high for the boom 😔
The extreme tour played like a castrated bull. No balls, and unstable as hell. What are you smokin?
i like your honesty guys. great review
Thank you very much! Trying our best 😉 Appreciate your feetback and support!
Thanks guys! Great review 👍 I never held out much hope for this racquet from the beginning, starting out with the name! LoL 😆
Thank you very much! Hahahaha we did have pretty high expectations. Maybe cuz of the design 😂😂
Interesting review. Most other reviews on this racquet were positive-ish .. but I can almost see what you mean. The ball speed on most of the shots appear lower than in your other play tests, including serves.
Auxetic seems promising. Would be interesting in the extreme MP and pro.
Would you be getting the new ezone 100 soon?
Auxetic is an awesome technology. We're looking forward to reviewing other rackets with Auxetic. This one tho, didn't really meet our expectations. We're not sure when we'll get our hands on the new Ezones but as soon as we do the review will be out!
Wow, I was thinking of deciding between this racquet and the Extreme Tour. I LOVE your honest opinions! New subscriber!!
Thank you very much! We really appreciate your feetback and subscription! We hope our review helped!!
@@gladiatorstribe It did! I just hope you guys don't sell out and become shills for the various manufacturers. Getting free racquets isn't worth losing your credibility.
@@ayokay123 We'll try our best to not fall into that trap 😂😂
the banter between them is great, ill prob trust their reviews more than others because looks no bs lol. keep growing!
Thank you very much!! Just sharing what we feel hahahah Appreciate your trust!
You guys should review the 2022 Dunlop SX 300 tour and if possible the standard Dunlop SX 300 as well. Both are very good rackets in their respective classes in my opinion.
We want to review Dunlop rackets but they're just not that widely available in Spain 😬
@@gladiatorstribe I hear you. If you ever do get the chance I'd say they're well worth a hit. The CX and FX ranges too.
@@sjjapp Thanks! We'll definitely take your advice!
I just saw what i need to see.I big BRAVO for just saying your thoughts even if they re no good for brands sales.
Thank you very much!! Being honest isn't hard 😉
Any experience with the 98 Blade Pro directly from Wilson? A review would be great!
Yes, a pretty extensive one. We're planning a video on that as well!!
Glad to see some pre-release reviews. Not surprised to hear Grish say more nice things about Yonex ... it's only a matter of time ...
Hahahhh OMG 😂😂 Still holding myself back 😂😂
Love your videos!
I am planning on buying a new racket:
Would you go for Boom Pro 119 USD or Wilson Blade V8 16x19 179 USD.
I am afraid the Blade V8 might be underpowered. Would love your thoughts ( I have been playing tennis for 10 years and use lots of spin, however I feel like my forehand it somewhat underpowered compared to my backhand)
Hey
If you have to choose between the new speed mp and the boom mp/pro which one you keep and why
We'd both go for the Speed MP. It's a better racket for advanced players overall. More powerful, better spin and better penetration.
Honesty 💯. Thanks guys 🙏
You're welcome!! Thank youuu!!
Any chance you can get hold of the Tecnifibre TF40 305 to test?
Very high chance but not sure when. Hopefully next month 🤭
Do you guys acutally buy these rackets for the review on your own or do you get them sponsored?
Btw nice review!
We don't buy them but we aren't sponsored either 🤭
Any chance the racket came in under spec especially on swing weight? I use the extreme tour(with 6 grams of lead in the hoop) but found the boom pro to have much more power. My boom pro came in a little heavier than the estimated spec which also might help. Love your reviews btw.
Wouldn't be able to answer that. We would have to check. Though I highly doubt it. Thank you so much!! Really appreciate it!!
@@gladiatorstribe I’ve hit had 2 different Boom Pro demos. One had a static unstrung weight of 303 grams and the other measured at 311 grams. They swung totally different. Is there any chance you guys can start checking the unstrung static weight and balance before you hit the courts? It’s not expensive like checking swingweight would be, and with quality control being such a pervasive problem with most racquet manufacturers, it would help add to your already great reviews.
@@erikmazursky8623 Thank you for sharing and for the cool feetback. Measuring it wouldn't actually be that big of a problem. Might start doing it.
@@gladiatorstribe Thank you! You guys are providing great content, and I wish you both tons of success!
@@erikmazursky8623 Thank you so much! Your support is greatly appreciated!!
Once again another great video.
Thank you very much!!
Hi guys how are you?
you are very nice and full of life congratulations.
Regarding the Boom pro (I have 2) I confirm that it is unstable and has no penetration on the ball. Now I have customized them - complete with everything they have a total weight of 347 grams and a balance of 32 with a SW of 337 (2 grams on the stems and the rest of the lead at 12 o'clock) and monofilament strings at 18 Kg. ...now I want to see if it is they are still unstable and if finally it has a good push. Without this modification, the ball just doesn't come out of the stringbed and tastes like nothing.
If you want, I'll let you know after I try them.
Congratulations keep it up.
Pls do a review of the new Head Prestige Pro. I love your content!
Thank you so much!! We'd love to but we don't have it in stock yet 😬☹️
Hm heard a lot of positive stuff, therefore I ordered myself a test racket. I was hoping to find a more controlled pure aero tour with this one...
I will also try the ezone 98, the vcore 98, the head extreme tour, the babolat pure aero vs and the dunlop cx300 tour (the yellow one).
I know, that I will need to customize all of them, but it seems there just isn't a 98 racket with my anticipated specs. Perhaps The boom will be awesome with about 6g of lead at 3 and 9 & 4g in the grip. (I am opting for about 330g swingweight)
It's definitely less powerful than the PA Tour. Customizing it can definitely make it a way better racket. I (Grisha) would start with something similar to what you've mentioned in terms of weight distribution.
@@gladiatorstribe Yeah, according to your descriptions, I thought that this distribution could be good.
Buuut, I don't want to make a shitty racket somewhat good. I know fo granted, that the Babolat Pure Aero VS, the Vcore 98 and the Head Extreme Tour are great, so I would definitely prefer to make a great racket fit me pefectly, instead of making an okay racket good.
The thing that got me into the Head Boom Pro was actually the Tennis-Warehouse review.Not because the scores where that awesome (which they were), but the scores were the most evenly distributed I have ever seen. I thought this must be the most well-rounded racket ever. I thought that it performs equally well in every department, and therefore consistency is its biggest strength.
Sorry for the long essay
@@Gamertaaag Hahahah no problem for writing an essay 😂 Yeap you're definitely right on that first paragraph😂 In terms of the equally distributed scores, well in our case it definitely wasn't so hahaha
Just ordered it and now watching this...
same but ill hav to stick to it lmao
boom mp or boom pro and why?
I think there is just really bad quality control for head rackets (albeit I may have just gotten unlucky a few times in a row). My friend demoed this racket 3 weeks ago, and warned me that his was 8 grams underneath what it said it should be. I got mine in, and it was 339 grams, 10 grams heavier! In comparison, my yonex ezone 98 and 100 were to the exact gram of what they were supposed to Be!
Not sure if you got an underspec racket as I didn't find any instability in my shots. I actually really like the racket. This will replace my radical pro 360+
It's great that the racket satisfied you! Congrats on your new frame!
@@gladiatorstribe actually you were right. There was a bit of instability. I need to add a bit of lead tape
@@enan1468 😂😂 What's good is that you can fix it!!
Totally agreed with the review that the racquet lacks penetration tho I am sure it could be fixed by adding weight but I think the racquet is a little too stiff. MP with added weight might be a better racquet but I still went with this one 😂😂.
For sure, lead can definitely fix many problems. That's why I said that I'd want to try it with some weight on it. Didn't feel stiff to us but we'll see when we compare it to the MP 😉
@@gladiatorstribe You already know who's a Head fan here haha.😅😅 Definitely down to see the results for round 2 (if there will be one), and the play test for the MP as well. Yeah coming from the Gravity, the stiffness really bothers me, just came back from a session and my forearm is low key hurting. Not sure what happened with the magic and/or tech there, the 310g felt great but the swing really made it feel like a junior racquet. With that said tho, its super forgiving and really easy for intermediate bums like me to play and I actually kinda like it. 😢😨And yeah I got it and a speed pro so I did cheated on the gravity pro although it's still my true love. 😏
@@hijikatakun000 I pretty much agree with you on everything you've said. The fact that you liked it isn't something to worry about hahahaha Dont get too carried away with cheating tho 🤪
@@gladiatorstribe As Nikki said before, the lower swing weight helped me last longer…. in a match of course😅🤪, but yeah it definitely needed some extra weight, feeling an extreme lack of penetration though its great that I can have more control on the adjustments or maybe I don’t need it all. Dont worry, Gravity will always remain as true love (until the newest paint job of course😏).
@@hijikatakun000 Understandable, hahahaha got you 😉 That wouldn't be considered cheating would it? 😂😂
Can you guys maybe do the wilson clash v2 in a future video?
We absolutely will!!
Test a heysil racquets because anything South Australian is the best.
Hahahahah that sounds like a pretty unbiased opinion over here 😂😂
This racquet is kinda disappointing. All the hype for a racquet that in my opinion, isn’t even as good as the Micro-gel Radicals 🤣 Though very cool video! I love the color scheme of the Boom, but playability wise it’s just not it. But keep up the good work guys and get more racquets reviewed! You guys never fail to deliver and I can’t wait to see what you guys have coming up!🙌🏻👏🏻 Also you guys gonna review the Cl🔺sh Pro v2? I want to get it but I don’t know what it’s like. Knowing you guys somehow get racquet right after they release, we would love to see a review on Wilson’s new stick!🤩🤩 Also sorry that I missed this again, I really need to have my UA-cam checked out 😂 😅
Hahahhah thank you so much! Always love reading your comments! You're right, the paintjob is great but playability ehh. It's a bit harder to get Wilson rackets on release for us unfortunately 😬 We would love to review it though!
Agree with everything that you guys said. Nothing special about this racquet. The boom mp is even worse since Head changed the weight distribution to be more head heavy. Check out the new Tecnifibre TF40 range or maybe the new Auxetic Prestige range.
Also very curious about the new Tecnifibre TF40 and also the Solinco Whiteout
Those are definitely very interesting rackets to review. Trust me they're gonna be reviewed soon!
Guy you need to do a review on clash 2.0
Clash V2? For sure!
I have to disagree w some of your criticisms. I made the switch from a Prestige Pro & Gravity Pro because of the easy power in my base shots from the baseline. My shot is more loopie and balls dip inside baseline with ease. Perhaps it’s my swing pattern vs yours. My serve is putting more pressure on 4.5 level players and along with a more aggressive play style, it’s giving me good success. For my level and play style, it’s a match.
It's always awesome when you find a racket that meets your play style. It just turned out to not meet ours.
@@gladiatorstribe I totally get that. Even if it’s temporary since peoples game develop over time. And honestly, like a car - who drives the same car over the course of their life?
Speed or boom?
Speed 🤭
just got the boom mp and its much better than the pro i tested. The pro was very unstable
Awesome, excited to try it out then!!
Honestly sounds like the racket is lacking some swingweight, quite possible you got an under specced version which leads to a lack of power and stability.
I'd be careful using TW specs because they're averages so not representative of what you might actually get. You could end up with a racquet 8g lighter or with a much lower swingweight for example as the manufacturing tolerances for most racquets, particularly Head are pretty poor. I bought 2 Head Prestige's once - one had a swingweight of 340 and the other 322!
Yeah, though we just put the official specs for people to understand what the racket is supposed to offer.
How about your top choice for college woman playing flat from baseline?
Would you say you play as flat as me (Grisha) or do you play flatter? Depending on that it might be one or another.
@@gladiatorstribe Playing is not flatter than you, kind of like Sharapova. Also hitting the ball is not as fast or strong as you.
@@bosonicon1109 Got you 😂 I would recommend you try the yonex Ezone 100 or Babolat Pure Drive if you want power. If you prefer the racket to be more controlled, consider the Head Gravity (the one I play with) or maybe the head extreme Tour. Hope it helps, although a bit late 😬😂 Sharapova, woohoo!
Have you ever tried head speed 360 pro (not the 360+, but the previous model). I m intersted in that and Troy (from TW ) said in the 360+ video review that the previous model (360 ) was better.So i have to ask you too , i trust your opinion too , thats all!
I actually played with the 360. Used it as my racket of choice and I did like it better.
Boom or Bust ? ;)
lol :))) Bust.
😂🤭
I love how you guys rate "Sexiness" of a racquet. Should you choose a racquet based on how sexy it is? No. But we'd all be lying if we said it wasn't a factor. I bet most of us have bought a racquet based on how it looks at least once in our lives.
We're just acting like we care about how the racket feels. We choose ours solely based on the design 😂😂 (jk) It's definitely a very important factor and we really consider it when picking a frame. Honestly, Areg maybe has looks a little too high in his priorities 😬😂
🌎🌎🌎🇷🇺 vamos
Vamoooss
first view and like!!!
Awesome! We saw it!
Boom not too much boom
😂😬🤭
i like how grisha crying about forehand while blasting winners all over the court
😂😂😂
poor Boom:) you buried it alive. It must be difficult to make a racquet that will play on its own :)).....this must be for rec players only cause they don't go to the net, and if they do, they cant spot the difference lol
We just had to say the truth 😬 The thing didn't feel too bad at the net 😂 It is a good choice for intermediate players tho.
Грииищщщаааа!!🤣🌺🤣
😂😮🎾
Head trying to be like Yonex with that head shape but not getting the benefits that Yonnex do.
It's good they're trying new things tho 🤭
@@gladiatorstribe yeah