Looking for Equivalent Shaft

[daisuket114 0]

I am currently using Lousiville TPS Red Lite CS2 Kevlar shaft.

(Extra Lite/ 275 GMS (GMS=grams??), colour of the shaft is Greenish-Brown)

I think the stiff is 120 LBS

Is this number equalt to Easton or Bauer Stiff #???

Can some one tell me equivalent shaft is?

[fatwabbit 93]

275 grams?

[daisuket114 0]

Yes, the shaft says 275 GMS.

[Scotty 8]

That particular RedLite version was basically TPS' version of Easton's UltraLite shaft. Simply a standard shaft with a non-engineered mid kickpoint that had graphite construction with an overlying kevlar aramid layer on top. Despite the 275 gram claimed weight, they were around the 330+ range (back when every manufacturer was claiming 275-285 grams for every shaft).

Pick any standard (non-tapered) shaft now and you have pretty much the same thing. Because TPS was bought out, their products are quite hard to find now, but you can still occasionally find UltraLites on Ebay and Craigslist. More modern shafts that have nearly the same exact design are the Easton M5 shafts or Bauer's Total One shaft. Shafts no longer in production, but that still be found sometimes are Easton's ST shaft, Bauer's One95 shaft, or Warrior's AK27 shaft.

As for the flex rating, TPS used non-standard ratings that didn't directly compare to other companies' 85/100/110 flexes of that time. Their Stiff flex was roughly a 105, so look into 100 flexes from other companies.

[daisuket114 0]

Scotty, your comment is exact answer that I was looking for.

Thank you so much.

I will try Easton standard shaft around 100 Stiff.

[sickwilly 37]

Scotty's dead-on, as usual. I'm a big fan of the older TPS stuff. The Red Lite XN10 is my favorite standard shaft ever. When I wasn't able to find any for a while, I used Warrior AK27 shafts and liked them a lot.

[daisuket114 0]

I double checked my shaft and it says 145 lbs, insted of 120...

Is it stil ok to go with 100 flexes from other companies??

[Chadd 916]

I believe the 145 was actually a regular flex but I'm not 100% positive on that.

[chippa13 1844]

Back in my younger days, I used the 145 flex on the Tricore and Rubber shafts and I'm pretty sure that was their "Stiff" flex. I just did a google search and somebody was selling a Tricore at 145 flex and billing it as Stiff.

[Chadd 916]

I haven't seen those flex ratings in years, so I could be wrong.

[chippa13 1844]

That was why I did the search. After having a guy skate thru my chin last month and then going forehead into the elbow of the net on Tuesday, I needed to be sure my memory was correct. Now if I could only remember my address.

[daisuket114 0]

Thanks for all info.

It seems like the stick I used is stiff.

I am thiking to by Warrior's AK27 (100 flex)