ADV Tennis Dampener with Custom Feel - 3 Pack - Racket Shock Absorber to Reduce Vibration, Relieve Symptoms of Injury and Stay on The Racket - Engineered Poly-Silicone Tennis Racket Dampener

Best dampener I ever had! It doesn’t fall off!

At a certain point in your growth as a tennis player, the feel of the racquet becomes important - especially if you are prone to soreness in your arm from overuse, like I used to be. Eventually, I bought some standard dampeners with the assumption that they are all pretty much the same.When a friend introduced me to these dampeners by ADV Tennis, however, I was extremely impressed with the variability in feel that these provide. I rotate between two types of racquets that vary widely in the absorption that they provide, which can throw me off when switching between them. The ADV dampeners have helped to reduce this variability and allow me to play consistently in the event that I need to change racquets in the middle of a match/lesson.Here are the racquets that I currently use and the dampeners that work best for them:WILSON BURN 100 (circa 2015/2016):This is my favorite racquet to play with. I can get some solid hits on the ball with a lot of top spin, but this iteration of the Burn series has low-to-medium shock absorption. I have been using the 1 Sorb (the "medium" dampener) with this racquet, and it has been working out really well. If I were to upgrade to the newer line of Wilson Burns, however, I would probably go with a dampener of a lower absorption as the new racquets do pretty well in this regard.HEAD GRAPHENE XT RADICAL PRO (newest model):I typically use this as a back-up, although it is, by all accounts, a very good racquet. The good thing about the Graphene racquet is that it absorbs shock pretty well. I find that when I am in good form and hitting my shots hard with a lot of top spin, however, I need some extra absorption with this racquet to make sure that I do not end up with an overuse injury. For the Graphene Radical Pro, I use the 1 Touch (the "lowest" dampener) to provide the small adjustment in shock absorption that I need.Overall, I am very happy with these dampeners. My only issue with them so far is that they are difficult to insert into the Graphene Pro's 16x19 string pattern, but I would rather put a little extra effort into inserting the dampener into a tight space than having a dampener that could fall off at any moment. (So far, none of the ADV dampeners have come close to falling off - unlike my old "standard" dampeners.)

I have put one of the three square damps on each of two racquets, a Prince and a Babolat, which both have 100 sq.in. heads (midplus). The damps push the two center mains apart on both racquets, so I can only conclude that these are made for oversize racquets specifically with open string patterns, which would have a little more space between the mains.I'm sure ADV is a good brand that means well, but I can't reconcile their lack of brand presence and neglect of indicating that this product is catered to a specific racquet class. For that in addition to the fact that they don’t fit well on a mid plus racquet with 16 mains (read: most common racquet form factor), I knock off a star. But in brief use with the Babolat, it performed just fine.If you are a beginning player or on the smaller/weaker side of human variation, you probably want to be using an oversize racquet with an open pattern anyway, for added power. These dampeners will work well for you, and I really must recommend them for the channel-locking structure that clamps around the string—you won't have to worry much about the damp falling off during games.

No more searching for my dampeners in the ground after they get hit by a ball: these dampeners are super stable and always stay in my racket. The dampening also adds great comfort. I use a Babolat Pure Drive which is a not so arm-friendly racket, and this dampener really helps muting the vibrations. The color is not as vivid as in the pictures (I ordered the green one), but still looks decent on my strings.

Works great and they do not fall out. I love this damper.

Not exactly the "game-changer" they claim to be in the promos. I wasn't sure which one to get so I went for the midsize. I find the feel to be about the same as my trusty old Tourna Sampras go-to option but this one tends to move around quite a bit. I am constantly re-centering it on my pretty standard 16 gauge strings and it was also a bit more of a pain to install but having said all of that, it hasn't fallen off yet, which does sometimes happen with the standard donut shaped ones. Still, when you total all of this meh up and then add a price tag that is close to three times what more standard issue dampeners cost, it leaves a lot to be desired in the end. I may try the wider, full-size version at some point if I catch it on sale, just to see if there's a drastic difference but this mid-tier one is just okay, making it not worth the premium price, imho.

Excellent dampener and absorbs a lot of vibration

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