jbdbackfan
Semi-Pro
Any suggestions on a good smooth poly (not textured) for pairing with a multi or gut main to try and sustain a little life? I use a 16x18 pattern so would prefer to keep the poly a 16 or 17 gauge.
Best smooth cross poly to pair with multi main
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beltsman
G.O.A.T.
Ghost Wire
HitMoreBHs
Professional
Ghost Wire, Yonex Polytour Air, HEAD Lynx & Isospeed Cream.
All soft, round polys. Great in hybrid with multi or gut and very comfortable, especially if one has elbow concerns.
(Sorry, I have limited experience with firmer round polys for hybrids with gut/multi, so no suggestions for such).
All soft, round polys. Great in hybrid with multi or gut and very comfortable, especially if one has elbow concerns.
(Sorry, I have limited experience with firmer round polys for hybrids with gut/multi, so no suggestions for such).
It's the duck's guts for the first few hours, but if you don't break strings every 5 hours it will disappoint.
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I agree that it's playable for that long, it's just so different. Possibly more because of how good it is for the first few hours than how cr@p it is after 10, but the change is huge.
I actually used it crossed with gut for almost a year. The big problem for me was when I either restrung a racquet or picked up a fresh one, it required such a huge adjustment.
LocNetMonster
Professional
16g Ghost Wire. Better yet Prince XP, it's 15g and my multi setups last the longest with it as a cross.
JustTennis76
Hall of Fame
Although I use Prince XC primarily, I have used Beast XP(now called Tour XP) and it lasts and lasts especially the 16g version. Too bad I had a reel of that and sold it prematurely.
tennisintheeighties
Semi-Pro
Luxilon Element
LocNetMonster
Professional
XP was the Beast that gave me really bad tennis elbow
My own fault really because as a newbie I had no clue back then and the folks at pro shop were just as clueless. That injury led me to buy my first stringer, this forum, and this deep, deep rabbit hole which I'll likely never recover .... LOL You're right XP (and XC) does last and last and last ... until your elbow falls off ... hahahahaha
I’ve experienced short playability duration with wilson revolve...the string just dies after a few hrs :-/
petetennis54
New User
Gut main, 17 ga revolve crosses. Don't notice the revolve going dead before the gut is pretty frayed.
I think revolve is good til it bags out from hard hitting. I hate the noodle sensation of bagged out strings.
McEncock
Professional
Counter-intuitive, I know, but some textured poly cut the mains waaaaay slower. Not all of them, thought.
Solinco Diamond Rough is very smooth yet textured, and it adds by its nature some friction points ; more friction points = less heat per friction points = a little more longevity.
A famous stringer told me that, a few decades ago, a Swiss player was breaking his gut main/LuxBBO cross in 15min. The guy switched his cross to a textured Luxilon string, and gained about 20min of play. It was Roger himself!
Take care
Solinco Diamond Rough is very smooth yet textured, and it adds by its nature some friction points ; more friction points = less heat per friction points = a little more longevity.
A famous stringer told me that, a few decades ago, a Swiss player was breaking his gut main/LuxBBO cross in 15min. The guy switched his cross to a textured Luxilon string, and gained about 20min of play. It was Roger himself!
Take care
HitMoreBHs
Professional
I think it probably relates mostly to how sharp the poly string edges are with regards how quickly it shreds through the multi/gut. Something like Lynx Tour that is a six-sided poly but feels more like a round is much less wearing than say Solinco Confidential whjch can cause micro cuts to fingers when stringing.
Westerwick
Rookie
Add Oehms Alu Pearl Rough to the list. It is an eight lobed clover cross section, slick, soft, comfortable and fairly inexpensive. I’ve been using for a couple months now with VS mains and noticed no notching or cutting on the gut mains.
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
gut mains with Alu power crosses were the best 5 hours of tennis nirvana I’ve experienced. Then it was nothing but literal pain.
After using Alu Power a few more times I agree with you. One warm-up session and a match (roughly 3 hours) and it does play differently.
Yep, that's what I found. For me it's more a function of how good it is when fresh than how bad it is after 3 hours, but the difference was huge.
Kirschbaum Max Power is the best cross string I have found to pair with multi or gut mains. I keep looking for something better but haven’t found it yet.
WYK
Hall of Fame
This is one of the reasons I use Revolve. But I use it in flexy racquets under solinco shaped strings.
Yonex Poly Tour Fire is also a good cross.
What tension do you like? In what racquet head size and string pattern?
48 lbs is the sweet spot cross string tension for me in a Head graphene 360+ prestige mid. Anything higher and the stringbed starts losing feel, locks with mains and they break prematurely, and trajectory is too low. Anything lower and spin increases but consistency is lost due to trajectory being too high after initial tension loss.
Thanks - that’s helpful. I play gut/poly at 50 lbs on both. With Max Power cross, I’m thinking of doing 50/45lbs since Max Power holds tension so well.
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No problem man, something I always do when dialing in tension with cross strings is to first adjust the tension based on the trajectory of my shots.
