Snap Back with String Savers

DavidNERODease · Mar 18, 2011

I'm a full poly user but would like to start using a gut main/poly cross setup. In order to extend the life of the gut, I want to use string savers but I'm worried the "snap back" I love so much will be affected and I'll lose spin. I'd like to hear some feed back from anyone who uses string savers (what ever brand) on gut main/poly cross setups. Thanks.

SoCal10s · Mar 18, 2011

DavidNERODease said:
I'm a full poly user but would like to start using a gut main/poly cross setup. In order to extend the life of the gut, I want to use string savers but I'm worried the "snap back" I love so much will be affected and I'll lose spin. I'd like to hear some feed back from anyone who uses string savers (what ever brand) on gut main/poly cross setups. Thanks.

Roger Federer uses this setup for more feel .. he cuts all the strings out after every match.. do a search..

DavidNERODease · Mar 18, 2011

We are all well aware of Fed's setup and that answer's my question how?

JT_2eighty · Mar 18, 2011

Babolat string savers, I've heard, use a low friction teflon-like finish. In my experience, having used those savers before, strings do snap back just fine.

mikeler · Mar 18, 2011

JT_2eighty said:
Babolat string savers, I've heard, use a low friction teflon-like finish. In my experience, having used those savers before, strings do snap back just fine.

Babolat Elastocross are the easiest to install and the least intrusive to the feel of the string bed.

DavidNERODease · Mar 18, 2011

JT_2eighty said:
Babolat string savers, I've heard, use a low friction teflon-like finish. In my experience, having used those savers before, strings do snap back just fine.

Thank you

DavidNERODease · Mar 18, 2011

mikeler said:
Babolat Elastocross are the easiest to install and the least intrusive to the feel of the string bed.

It's that word Elastocross that really had me worried - sounds like they are made of a rubber like material.

mikeler · Mar 18, 2011

DavidNERODease said:
It's that word Elastocross that really had me worried - sounds like they are made of a rubber like material.

It's the elasticity that makes them so much easier to install than other brands. They also are much flatter than the other brands so they don't separate the cross and main string as much.

ricardo · Mar 18, 2011

Babolat Elastocross string savers increases snap-back..

Babolat Elastocross string savers increases snap-back..

i have ng mains/head rip control crosses (feels like very soft poly) and i can tell that i am getting more spin with the string savers.

Experiment. buy a pack ($6.00). Put about 9 ss on #1 main vertically. move the string sideway and let go. do the same thing on the other #1 main w/o ss and decide if you can tell any difference in the snap back between the two. I can on my setup.

DavidNERODease · Mar 20, 2011

Yep, time to try it. Thanks everyone.

Hershel · Aug 9, 2021

One reason strings lose spin as they wear is that they notch, and therefore do not move and snap back. PTFE Elastocross string savers prevent notching and are also slippery so should prolong the ability of strings to move and snap back.

Shroud · Aug 13, 2021

I used a full pack on my full kevlar string job...def helped the snap back there.

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