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Here’s the Dunlop Aerogel 4D Pro GT-X. So many consonants, so little time. This is a head-light racket weighing in at 130 grams, which is on the light side. This is one of the older “4D” Dunlop models, yet strangely I haven’t spotted this one around the courts yet.
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Paul from PDH Sports makes a good point in this review of the Dunlop Blackstorm Titanium: though this is priced as a midrange racket, it still plays nicely and is quality construction. Over and over on the PSA tour we’ll see players preferring to play with older rackets — even (and perhaps especially) world #1 Ramy Ashour — just because they are used to them or who knows why. But the bottom line is you don’t necessarily need to buy the latest and greatest top-of-the line racket to play squash well.
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Here is the Dunlop Aerogel 4D Ultimate. Dunlop has moved on from the “4D” branding / technology but this racket seems to be readily available still. Looks like this is 135 grams so a bit on the light side, and head-light as well.
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Let’s have a look at this Dunlop Biomimetic Pro Lite 140 squash racket:
I first saw this in the photo of Nick Matthew visting the Street Squash kids. Oddly, this racket is not listed on Dunlop’s website, yet it’s widely available around the world. It’s 140 grams so sort of a medium weight. It has the open throat, unlike other Dunlop rackets like the Dunlop GTX 140, which has the same weight and quite similar styling.
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Update: This is probably the latest iteration of the Dunlop Aerogel Max. The head shapes seem identical. Thanks Tjeerd for the tip!
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This is the Dunlop Aerogel Rush squash racket. It’s an older model that’s targeted towards doubles players.
I’m posting about it because I’ve seen it crop up a couple times recently. I first learned about from from Clarke on Twitter.
I’ve also seen from my Amazon reports than a few people have ended up buying this racket after visiting my site, even though I’ve never posted about it. So it must be a popular one or a favorite that people are looking for.
The manufacturer’s description says this is head heavy and weighs in at 167 grams (strung), which makes sense for a doubles racket. Anyway the racket has been discontinued but it is still available on Amazon.
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This is the Dunlop Blackstorm Graphite, Hisham Ashour’s racket from the 2012 US Open.
Here’s Hisham (picture via usopensquash.com). Note the matching yellow and black color combo on his Dunlop Blackstorm Graphite and his Asics Gel Game 3s. Tight.
I only see this guy available right now in the US. And Poland.
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Now there’s also a racket called the Dunlop Blackstorm Graphite 500. What’s the “500″ for, you ask? A good question. I have not been able to find any information anywhere about the difference between the 500 and the non-500. Maybe when you buy the 500, you get 500 style points. To simplify matters, the 500 is only available in Germany.
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The Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 130 squash racquet is top-ranked Nick Matthew’s squash racket of choice.
Racket Specs
Name: Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 130
Colors: Blue/Lime/Black
Manufacturer: Dunlop Squash
Weight: Light (130 grams)
Balance: head-light
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This racket is one of Dunlop’s top-of-the line models and is more suited to the advanced player.
A nice video from PHD Sports of Nick Matthew discussing his new racket:
Here’s Nick Matthew using the racket against James Willstrop in the 2012 Tournament of Champions Finals.
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Here’s a racket called the Dunlop Blackstorm Carbon that Dunlop seems to gear towards intermediate players. I can only find this guy in the UK at the moment.
According to Dunlop, this racket has something called Power Grommets. Whoa.
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This is the Dunlop Pro GTX 140. The slightly heavier brother to my very own Dunlop Pro GTX-130.
Borja Golan uses this racket. Here he is using it against Mathieu Castagnet:
One thing that’s nice about that picture, besides the racket, is how it sort of looks like Mathieu Castagnet is trying to hold Borja Golan’s hand. How sweet.
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Finally, I’m posting about my own squash racket! I started using the Dunlop Pro GTX 130 a couple months ago and so far I’m liking it.
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Prior to this I was using the Dunlop Hotmelt Pro. I had been using that for years. I finally got down to my last Hotmelt and thought it might be a good time to find a new racket. I tried a few at my club’s pro shop and narrowed it down to either the Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 130 or the Pro GTX 130.
I was tempted to go for the Evolution 130, but the sweet spot felt much further up the string bed than I’m used to. I thought that could be pretty handy, after adjusting to it, when having a tight rally up and down the wall.
Still, the sweet spot on the Pro GTX 130 just felt so familiar. The same was true of the weight and balance — it all felt so familiar. I went ahead and bought it.
Later I found out why the racket felt so familiar. I laid it on top of my last Hotmelt Pro and saw they were pretty much identical frame shapes. In fact I couldn’t really tell them apart in terms of frame shape, weight or balance. So I guess it makes sense that I went with this racket in the end.
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