I managed to try out the racket on Wednesday night and was pleasantly surprised! As I expected not as fast as my Victor JS or BS rackets but it felt nice and not as much flex as I was expecting which was good. I left the 2g weight strip on but I may try it without the strip next time. I had the racket strung with black BG80 at 26lbs which looked really good and seemed to work well with the frame. I now need to compare it to all my other rackets this weekend because I seem to have far too many again!!!