15x HEAD Badminton Tennis Racket Grip Tape - Non-Slip Sticky Handle Review

Most players buy overgrips one at a time, notice the tack has worn off halfway through a session, then put the job off because a single grip feels like a fiddly little purchase. A pack of fifteen breaks that habit. You wrap a fresh one the moment the old one turns slick, because there are fourteen more waiting in the drawer. That is the argument for this HEAD multi pack, and it holds up well if you play often enough to wear grips out.

What you get for the money

This is a fifteen wrap pack of HEAD sticky handle grip tape, made for tennis and badminton rackets, in a choice of White at £12.29, Black at £12.65, or a mixed pack at £12.66. Spread across fifteen grips that comes to comfortably under a pound each, which is the entire point: an overgrip is a consumable, and buying in bulk pushes the cost per wrap below what a single premium grip usually costs. HEAD describe the tape as non slip and sweat absorbent, with a sticky finish that wraps around a standard racket handle. In plain terms it is a tacky overgrip, the grippier of the two main overgrip types rather than a dry, perforated one.

Sticky or dry, and which suits your hand

Overgrips split into two camps. A tacky grip like this one gives a planted, slightly cushioned hold that many players prefer for control, and it stays grippy in a cool hall. A dry or perforated grip does the opposite job: it is built to soak up moisture and leave a drier surface, which suits heavy sweaters who dislike a sticky feel once their hands get damp. Neither is better outright, it comes down to your hands and the feel you want. If you already get on with a classic tacky overgrip such as Yonex Super Grap, this HEAD tape sits in the same broad family. If you play with very sweaty hands and prefer a bone dry surface, look at the dry options in the grips range instead.

Wrapping one on

Fitting an overgrip takes about two minutes and no tools. Start at the butt end of the handle, peel back the starter strip if the grip has one, and wind the tape upward keeping it under gentle tension so it lies flat. Overlap each turn by two or three millimetres so there are no gaps, then secure the top with the finishing strip if one is included, or a short piece of electrical tape. You can wrap straight over a sound base grip to add tack and a little thickness. If the grip underneath has gone hard, shiny or bulky, strip that back first so the handle does not end up oversized.

Who a fifteen pack is for

The maths favours anyone who gets through grips quickly: a coach with a bag of loan rackets, a club that shares kit, a household with two or three players, or a regular who would rather not reorder every few weeks. If you own one racket and refresh the grip a couple of times a year, fifteen is more than you will use and a smaller pack makes more sense. On colour, white shows grime the fastest, so black or the mixed pack is the easier pick if you would rather not read every training session off the handle.

As a first look at new stock, we would treat HEAD's durability and cushioning claims as exactly that for now, points worth testing over a few sessions rather than facts to bank on. What is not in question is the arithmetic: a tacky overgrip at this price per wrap is a cheap way to keep a fresh, secure surface under your fingers right through the season. You can see the full colour choice on the HEAD 15 pack grip tape page, or browse the rest of the grips collection to compare tacky and dry options side by side.

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