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UPDATE: I have played approximately 10 hours actual on-court time with the Titan hybrid. Most of that has been non stop singles hitting. The Titan feels great and plays great, irrespective of its price. It is less firm than my reference gut, Bow Brand 17g but not springy like the budget Emerson natural gut. Not as stiff as the current Babolat VS Team. It shows normal wear, no unusual or premature fraying.
I have since strung up another hybrid with the same results as described in my original post. I am guessing the few negative reviews about this breaking during stringing is due to operator error, or the lemming effect of posters who have not actually used the string. After all, any yutz with a couple of hundred dollars to spare and most of their digits is a "stringer" these days.
This is a high quality natural gut whether using the eyeball test, tactile inspection or on-court evaluation. It is a steal for the $$. In addition to my post, take a look at other user actual TW user reviews for this string for other opinions.
I've used Titan many times as a cross, but not as a main. For years I had no issues with it, even when they were punching the peg-hole in the packaging right through the sealed part (idiots).
However, of the last 10 sets ordered from TW, I've had a 33% breakage rate on the machine (happened just last night). Note that this happens in the 1st or 2nd pull, and there is no kinking. I'm not a USRSA certified stringer, but I've been stringing for over 20 years, 15+ of that w/ Gut. I can tell you that it is most certainly NOT me.
Tension is 55lbs, pre-stretch option on my WISE.
When they snap, I put them aside & use on my wife's racquet, where I can drop the tension to 50 or 52.
I will say, though, for the ones that do make it, it plays great. The big issues are (1) stringing, and (2) gauge consistency, although that has improved over the years.