Two machines, hold down vs suspension and electric vs spring

[markinjapan]

Hi,

i'm looking at my first machine. In the past i've used an old gosen four point as well as a ekelton two point, both drop weight.
The machines i'm looking at are the Hawk 600 http://www.eagnas.com/japan/hawk600.html

and the flex 722e
http://www.eagnas.com/japan/fl722e.html

I've read the eagnas horror stories, but being in japan, everything else is a bit pricy and i hope that if i do have any trouble, i wouldn't have to deal with the crazy guy everyone says is running the show in the USA.

two questions come up. the hawk 600 is spring tension with hold down mounting while the 722e is electric tension with suspension mounting.
So can anyone give me a pros and cons for hold down mounting vs suspension?
Also, how is the head on the 722e? Any major problems with it? It seems not many people have bad things to say about the eagnas spring tensioner, so at this point i'm taking it as reliable.

I only string squash and badminton and only for myself and friends, although I wouldn't turn down friends of friends. Or friends of friends of friends. So i could see myself stringing maybe 10 rackets a month TOPS.

Well, there's my first post. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu or please be kind to me in japanese :)

[Jens]

@markinjapan
Why not buy a drop weight machine?
To me the mounting system of the Hawk 600 looks really cheap. I've had a similar one on my first machine and it was really bad quality.
The mounting system of the Flex 722e is standard but not really suspension because the racquet is held down on the 6 supports as well. However, I don't know about the quality of the electric motor.
With a volume of around 10 frames per month, you'll be happy with a drop weight stringer, which will also cost you less money and which will produce more consistent results than a spring tension machine.

[Gaines Hillix]

I agree with Joe. Also, another point on the 722e, it has a spring actuated cutoff in the tensioning mechanism. The tell tale sign of this is the adjustment knob on the outside of the lower right hand side of the tensioner's case. The amount of tension drop that must be detected before this type of tensioner will repull is a high as 15 lbs. according to some sources. This really means that this type of tensioner is really nothing more than an electric lockout machine.