HELP - string tension???

[axbige]

I ordered new strings and here's what I'm looking to do:

One of my Head LM Radical MP will be strung with Luxilon BB TiMO 17 for the mains and Forten Sweet 17 for the crosses.

My other Head LM Radical MP will be strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane 17 for the mains and Forten Sweet 17 for the crosses.

I'm totally lost as to what tension to string these two setups with. FYI: I'm a 4.5 player. I hit pretty hard with normal spin. I have a one-handed backhand. My serve is my strength.

I normally string these rackets at 62 lbs. Recently I've strung a 3rd Radical with Ashaway Monogut 17 - mains (@ 58lbs.) and Ashaway Syn. Gut 17 - crosses (@ 62 lbs.). I do like this setup but wanted to try the Luxilon and Babolat strings.

I've heard and read about stringing certain Poly's at a lower tension, etc. I'm wondering if either the Luxilon or Babolat I ordered apply to this tension rule.

So what tension does everyone recommend?

Please Help.

-Erik

 

[Jerry Seinfeld]

I would suggest going with your normal tension, 62 lbs, for the crosses. For the Luxilon set-up I would suggest dropping tension 10% as Luxilon suggests. This would have your mains at 56lbs. For the Hurricane, because it is not as stiff as the Lux, I would probably drop it 7 - 8% instead of 10%. This would make the mains 57lbs.

 

[moosryan]

i'm trying the pro hurricane forten soon too in my lm rad mp

 

[axbige]

I would suggest going with your normal tension, 62 lbs, for the crosses. For the Luxilon set-up I would suggest dropping tension 10% as Luxilon suggests. This would have your mains at 56lbs. For the Hurricane, because it is not as stiff as the Lux, I would probably drop it 7 - 8% instead of 10%. This would make the mains 57lbs.

Here's another question though: You're saying 10% of 62, but 62 is what I string my Crosses at. 58 is what I string my Mains at. When Luxilon says 10% lower than what you normally string at wouldn't that be 10% of 58 and not 62? I'm confused because I would normally be string Mains at 58 and Crosses at 62, but with your suggestion for Luxilon of 56 for the Mains and 62 for Crosses, that's not much of a difference considering on the string package it says 10% lower than normal. HELP, I'm still confused.


Thanks,
Erik

 

[Jerry Seinfeld]

Did not mean to confuse you. I had assumed you dropped the tension on the Monogut since it was a poly. Since that is not the case, then I would suggest dropping the tension of the mains 10% with the Luxilon and 8% with the Hurricane. Syn Gut crosses would remain the same.

 

[axbige]

Thanks, yeah I should have explained that. Sorry, but now I completely understand.

Thanks again.