[Review Experience] Bonny 1982 B142

Jayce September 6, 2024 2 0

The South Village group of kids bullied me into old age and powerlessness.

I thought I had been on the upswing with my equipment, but after a long period of time with 4u and below spec racquets, I was knocked back by a racquet I’ve used quite a bit of its brethren.

It was okay, it just took a little longer to get used to. However, this trial has confirmed the truth of “buy new, not old”.

Parameters: 3UG4, with bottom, total weight 96.6g in used condition, balance point 297mm, 6.8mm center bar, material 40T, length 218mm, hardness on the high side, boxed racket frame, 76-hole wire bed, 9-3 point wire groove, warranty 30lbs, threading 25-27lbs vbs66n.

As soon as I saw the 142, I knew the 1982L sample originated from the 143 back in the day. The color palette says it’s typical Bonny varnish style, and you can see the woven carbon fiber texture of the frame and middle shaft through the paint. The racket uses no filler clay technology, and there are few stickers on the paint, mainly dark blue, graffiti samples, consistent with the 1982L, and pretty good looking in the 1982 series. For the author who has adapted to the old Bonny’s face value, the 142 is really okay.

When weighed in the hand it was clearly the heaviest of the recent batch of rackets, consistent with the feel the 129 gave me at the time. Swinging the racket, you can still feel that the 1982 is very neat, and the hardness of the mid-range is not low. I think this kind of heavy and hard texture should be used by advanced players who have some basic knowledge.

Good and bad are relative, after using so many of the same generation or even a new product of the year, although the 142 still has a full sense of power in the overhand ball, so that every shot of the long ball is easy and with obvious power, but from the feedback will be a little bit on the wooden side. I didn’t think so when I wrote about the 129, but after several years of experience, I have to admit that the racket did have some material or tuning deficiencies.

Of course, I think it’s possible that the 142’s improvement over the 129 could come from damage resistance; after all, the latter perished in a less-than-serious slam, but this time around it was so peaceful that there’s no way to verify it.

Similar force transfer also makes it quite violent in the backcourt. For players with good launching skills and plenty of power, the 142 is a fairly crisp racket that can see high and press down to save a bit of energy. This situation will be better when encountering the defense has shortcomings or mixed doubles confrontation, just stare at the weak attack, with a slap with a sense of blasting heavy kill, in a similar level of confrontation opponents will not have too much to do, and to adjust the configuration of the wire can still increase the output ceiling of the 142.

However, like the 129 at the time, its body was relatively bulky, and it would not be able to turn around when encountering incoming balls from a chasing or underarm position. Not only that, but the combination of a stiff shaft and a soft cable resulted in an uncoordinated power delivery on fast-paced flat blocks, and the already inflexible frame was dragged down by the slow response to the ball, which made it a better choice for a more flexible cable.

Surprisingly, the 151 and 153, which are even more demanding on paper, were not as hard to use, so it seems that the change in specification has weakened the flexibility quite significantly.

The 142’s elasticity is superior, but when dealing with passive transition shots the slightly higher swing weight can make the power stroke incomplete in a hurry, not lending the elasticity of the center stick. For example, in a sudden shot of the backhand area of the fast push, in the already to the body to catch when it is difficult to go to the backcourt, often only transition to the net. In doubles, it is recommended to communicate with your partner to help block the diagonal ball path more when guarding the net, to avoid being hit with a shot to the split side, and it is not good to get rid of it.

However, the ball out of the steady, hanging and net small ball feel as solid as ever, do not want to just play down the pressure of the ball path, if the use of flat high also have good returns.

The 1982 is still the same 1982, and in going back and reusing some of the older equipment it is possible to clearly perceive the change in the development of the racket.

It’s no wonder that the advice is to buy new and not old.