CX200 18version review

Due to the bargain and the rarity of the racquet, I decided to bought another CX 200 Tour but in 18x20 string pattern. It came with a Yonex poly strung at 47lbs. Since I want to try it over the weekend, I changed the string and restrung it with SynGut 17g at 53lbs. Tested it over the weekend and the results were good. Played 4 doubles game over period of 2 days, winning only one game. Compare to the 16version which I have not restrung it, still has the multi it came. The 18version with freshly string played well, spin was good, serve was good, volley was low powered (same as 16version). They, the 18v and 16v basically played slightly the same, as tennisnerd mentioned. I originally, was seeking Wilson Ultra Tour that a friend offered about a year ago but I had no arm problem at that time, so I skipped the offer. As summary, the 18v with new string felt good, spin, slice, overhead, vibration. Compare to PS97, CX200 is more comfortable given the overhead of lobs since I mostly played with slicers dicers and lobbers. The only problem with CX 200 is the low powered volley, other than that, no complain here.

Racquet list

Here is list of racquets I have with review given same categories:

	Power	Control	Stiffness	Plow Through	Remark
Pro Staff 97 (2014)	Med	High	Firm	High	Power, control, and firm
CX 200 Tour 18x20	Low	High	Soft	Med-High	Control and plush, leaded
CX 200 Tour 16x19	Low	High	Soft	Med-High	Control and plush, leaded
Six One Team	Med	Med	Firm	Med	Small sweetspot, leaded
Radical Youtek OS	High	Med	Soft	Med	Soft oversize
Textreme Warrior 107	High	Med	Firm	Low	Midplus+
Textreme Tour 100L	Low	Med	Firm	Low	Light racquet, leaded
Hot Melt 200G*	Low	High	Soft	High	Classic
Aerogel 300*	Med	Med	Firm	Med	All around, leaded

* added Feb 2021

Picture below is not my collection:

Dunlop CX 200 vs Pro Staff 97

Just got myself a used Dunlop CX 20016x19 and got a chance to play singles and doubles games with it. In comparison with my regular frame, the PS97 (2014), I have concluded that the CX 200 in comparison with PS97 are as follow:

Power: definitely low compare to PS97

Spin: the spin are there given my old-school forehand

Comfort: definitely plush, played 3 single games in a row and no issue

Forehand: low powered, should aim higher 

Backhand: low powered, should aim higher

Slice: low powered, should aim higher

Serve: low powered, need propel forward

Volley: plush, can touch volley

Both by chance use same multi string. On doubles game where you need to attack, it is best to used low powered racquet so your strokes do not sail through. There was this closely doubles match that i started with the CX then PS because a nephew need a lighter racquet then change back to CX to close the game with a win. Never before I switch from PS for the better game. The CX 200 is definitely a nice controlled plush racquet. At first I thought this would replace PS97, but no, each serves different purposes.

Note: changed leather grip and lead to the CX