Dunlop Fx START vs Nox At10 Genius 18K Alum By Agustin Tapia

“The FX Start scores as its name suggests: a 365 g starter teardrop with a gentle 68/66 split, civil terms (comfort 71, tolerance 71), prompt handling (72), and value 84 doing the persuading. Brand documentation is incomplete, so the demo carries the record. The card is a genuinely kind first-racket profile at arithmetic that competes with the Lok and Nox entry benchmarks. If the specimen demos cleanly, new players get a lot of patience per euro; the unbadged-listing caveat is the only asterisk worth writing.”

“Tapia's AT10 Genius 18K Alum is the rare frame that hits like an attacker's racket but doesn't fall apart when you defend. The 18K carbon face over a black EVA core gives a dense, springy strike: drives carry pace (power 88), yet the teardrop shape and even balance keep the head obedient on bandejas and blocks (control 84). It sits at the top of our table because it asks fewer sacrifices than a pure diamond. The compromises are familiar: comfort 70 means the stiffness reaches your elbow eventually, and tolerance 68 still wants near-middle contact.”

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