Tag: Prince

My Prince ™ tennis racquet is old. Do I need to replace it? It’s a question we hear every week from customers with racquets that are sometimes older than our staff.

In more than half of the cases the answer is no. An old racquet is not necessarily a bad racquet just as a new racquet is not necessarily a good racquet.

If you are comfortable with a racquet and you play well with it, why change it? As long as the strings are replaced and the grip is maintained, the racquet can stay in service for years.

All of that starts to change when one of two things happens: either the bumper guard is damaged or grommets start breaking off. When either of these two things happen, the racquet will start to damage its own strings. Eventually, this can turn a trusted old friend into a nasty old string eater that costs a fortune to maintain.

At this point, your best course of action is either to replace the worn out parts or to replace the racquet. And since it is impossible to get parts for old Prince tennis racquets, the only realistic option is to replace the racquet.

Fortunately, we offer a Try One Before You Buy One program that allows customers to test drive a variety of racquets for a month. At the end of the month, they can choose a new racquet that they feel comfortable with.

So when the time comes to retire an old friend, come into our southwest Calgary store and talk to an expert. We can help you find a friendly new racquet that will be with you for the next two decades.

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Prince Tennis Racquets

For a full list of racquets in this category, please check out our ONLINE RACQUET SELECTOR. You can sort by sport, gender, brand, size, weight, balance and more.

Most Prince ™ fans fell in love with their Prince tennis racquets in the late 80s or early 90s. They have a long term relationship with Prince and aren’t interested in changing now. Unfortunately, this also means that a lot of Prince fans are playing with tennis racquets that are more than 20 years old.

The decision to upgrade is sometimes a painful one. Sometimes, it is the realization that replacement parts are just not available for racquets made this long ago.

In other instances, it’s just time for a change. Players love their old racquets, but the frames are older than their adult children. So it’s time for an upgrade. It’s time for something new.

Regardless of your reason for buying a new Prince tennis racquet, our in-store experts can help. Simply bring your old racquet into the store for a consultation with one of our experts. We will look at the specifications of the new frames and tell you which of the current models is most like the one you have.

We can’t recommend a specific racquet for you because have a firm company policy in place that prohibits our experts from recommending specific brands or specific models. However, our experts can answer questions about specifications and other details that will help you make an informed decision.

In-store customers also have the option of test driving Prince racquets in our Try One Before You Buy One program. Once they sign up, they have a month to try a variety of racquets for up to one week at a time. At the end of the month, they can choose the racquet that they are most comfortable playing with.

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Prince Tennis Racquets

For a full list of racquets in this category, please check out our ONLINE RACQUET SELECTOR. You can sort by sport, gender, brand, size, weight, balance and more.

Most Prince ™ fans have been Prince fans for a very long time. Many of them bought their first Prince tennis racquets in the late 80s or early 90s. They have a long term relationship with the brand and aren’t interested in changing.

Eventually, however, the time comes to upgrade. Often, this decision is forced on a customer when either the bumper guard wears through or enough grommets break off that their Prince racquet becomes a string eater that is too costly to maintain.

Sometimes, though, it’s a pride issue. Players love their Prince racquets, but they become self conscious about carrying around a racquet that is older than their adult children. They may not need a new racquet for practical reasons, but they want a new one for appearance’s sake.

Regardless of your reason, our experts can help. Simply drop us an email with the specs of your current Prince tennis racquet. We will look at the specifications of the new frames and tell you which of the current models is most like the one you have.

We can’t recommend a specific racquet for you because have a firm company policy in place that prohibits our experts from recommending specific brands or specific models. However, our experts can answer questions about specifications and other details that will help you make an informed decision.

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Prince Tennis Racquets

For a full list of racquets in this category, please check out our ONLINE RACQUET SELECTOR. You can sort by sport, gender, brand, size, weight, balance and more.

There are two ways to figure out which Prince ™ tennis racquet is best for you.

The best way is to actually test drive the racquet. That way you get a sense of how it feels and how it performs when it is in your own hands.

If, however, you can’t test drive a racquet, you may have to rely on reading some online reviews. This is clearly not as good as an actual test drive, but it does give you some information to work from.

Our website contains two kinds of reviews. One set of reviews come from customers who have purchased racquets online and have submitted a product review within 30 days in order to get a discount on a future purchase.

These reviews appear under the customer’s name and are generally fairly descriptive.

The other set of racquet reviews you will see on our website appear under the name “Racquet Network” and look something like this:

★★★★★
“John Doe. Demo Card Feedback. 1 JAN 2018.”

This second set of reviews comes from cards that customers fill out after test driving a racquet in our southwest Calgary store. On each of these cards, customers rate each of the racquets they test drive on a scale of one to five stars.

Racquet Network does not alter reviews nor do we care how many stars customers give these racquets. We simply present the information as it is given to us.

When a Prince tennis racquet consistently gets high ratings from many people, it tells you that it is probably a racquet that is easy to get along with.

When a Prince tennis racquet gets inconsistent results, it means that the racquet appeals to players with particular tastes or needs.

When a Prince tennis racquet gets consistently low ratings, it’s probably best to avoid it.

Racquet Network customers test drive more than a thousand racquets a year. So it doesn’t take long for good racquets to emerge as highly popular demos.

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Prince Tennis Racquets

For a full list of racquets in this category, please check out our ONLINE RACQUET SELECTOR. You can sort by sport, gender, brand, size, weight, balance and more.

Figuring out which Prince ™ tennis racquet is best for you can be difficult.

Like every major tennis brand, Prince makes racquets for a wide variety of games and playing styles.

Some racquets are designed for singles, some for doubles, and some for both. There are racquets for hard hitting base-liners and racquets for defensive doubles placers.

Racquet Network picks four to six of the best racquets from each brand, including Prince, and makes them available for players to test drive. In doing this, we make sure that we have at least one racquet to cover every player and playing style.

Our test drive program is called Try One Before You Buy One. It gives customers a month to try a variety of racquets before deciding which racquet they want to buy.

Come into our southwest Calgary store and let our experts set you up with a Prince racquet to test drive. Our staff can help you find a racquet that works well for you.

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Prince Tennis Racquets

For a full list of racquets in this category, please check out our ONLINE RACQUET SELECTOR. You can sort by sport, gender, brand, size, weight, balance and more.