Quick tip for getting accurate tension readings from Stringmeter

[E46luver]

Tourna Stringmeter | Tennis Warehouse

www.tennis-warehouse.com

I have a racket strung at 40lbs reference tension using VCT 16.

String meter read 44 after stringing when dialed into 16ga
I just moved the dial to 15ga so that it would read 40 lbs.
Basically, just adjust the dial to match the known tension, and then just take future measurements at that setting.

 

[Shroud]

Tourna Stringmeter | Tennis Warehouse

www.tennis-warehouse.com

I have a racket strung at 40lbs reference tension using VCT 16.

String meter read 44 after stringing when dialed into 16ga
I just moved the dial to 15ga so that it would read 40 lbs.
Basically, just adjust the dial to match the known tension, and then just take future measurements at that setting.

How can you get things wrong wrong wrong ALL the time. It clearly says: Please note that the stringmeter does not measure reference tension - the tension set on the machine when strung - and that actual tension and reference tension will rarely be the same.

Given your history with lame stringing technics your assumption that you actually strung it at the correct tension and that setting the SM to what you set the machine to will now and forever read accurately is just a pipe dream.

 

[esm]

Huh? VCT 16 is 16 gauge and you are measuring using 15 gauge....?

You may as well just turn the SM dial to your desired number next time instead. Lol

 

[E46luver]

Yes, that's exactly what I did.
It's all about relative tension loss.
But, now, my StringMeter reading matches my machine.
Not everyone is smart enough to think of this hack.

 

[esm]

Gees. You have just wasted 24 dollars. Should have just eye ball it and be done with, you will get any number you want, every time. That’d be the smartest thing to do.

 

[Slowtwitcher]

Not everyone is smart enough to think of this hack.

 

[LOBALOT]

Natural Gut is awful.... Setting up a different gauge on the StringMeter....

I wonder if we will next see a post of... "It is absolutely impossible to restring a racquet in under an hour"

 

[Shroud]

Yes, that's exactly what I did.
It's all about relative tension loss.
But, now, my StringMeter reading matches my machine.
Not everyone is smart enough to think of this hack.

For some one so smart you are missing the fact that the racquet probably doesnt match the machine due to tension loss and stringing technique

 

[E46luver]

I know it's not supposed to match the machine.
I could spin the dial to measure 240lbs or 25 lbs. Who gives a damn?
I spun it to 40, so I don't have to remember two different starting numbers.
Do you not understand that it's relative tension loss that matters?

Machine said 40 lbs.
StringMeter (set at 16) measured 44 lbs.
After 90 minutes of hitting, StringMeter (16) measured 40 lbs.
LOSS of about 10%

Machine said 40 lbs.
StringMeter (set at 15) measured 40 lbs.
After 90 minutes of hitting, StringMeter (15) measured 35 lbs.
LOSS of about 10%

Doesn't matter what the actual numbers are.
I just like to know that, after 2 sets, my racket is playing as if it were strung at 35 lbs

 

[Crazy Finn]

You can measure tension loss without messing around with the StringMeter. You just have to remember what it originally measured at.

 

[esm]

Lol - try this next time. Much easier and no more guessing required.

 

[E46luver]

I have exact readings from StringMeter.
Sorry this thread is too complicated for you to understand

 

[Slowtwitcher]

I have exact readings from StringMeter.
Sorry this thread is too complicated for you to understand

First rule of D-K club...

 

[Shroud]

I know it's not supposed to match the machine.
I could spin the dial to measure 240lbs or 25 lbs. Who gives a damn?
I spun it to 40, so I don't have to remember two different starting numbers.
Do you not understand that it's relative tension loss that matters?

This makes zero sense. You are preaching about relative tension loss but fudging the measurements so it reads the same as the machine so you "don't have to remember two different starting numbers". Its relative. You just have to remember one number. You are the one saying its relative yet some how concluding you need 2 numbers. The whole point of the stringmeter is that it shows you relative tension loss...the relative part is in regards to the last measurement so you can see how much tension has been lost since the last measurement. You are mistaken if you believe your cheat is some kind of accuracy hack. Its totally not. And people point that out and suddenly you deviate from accuracy like in your title to relative...sad

Doesn't matter what the actual numbers are.
I just like to know that, after 2 sets, my racket is playing as if it were strung at 35 lbs

Weird you said actual numbers don't matter but you just like to know "my racquet is playing as if it were strung at 35lbs" How do you know that? The tool said you were at 40lbs from your own admission. You fudged it to say 35lbs and some how claim you have "exact readings".

Next you will be saying you hit harder than Nadal or some other idiocy.

 

[LOBALOT]

This makes zero sense. You are preaching about relative tension loss but fudging the measurements so it reads the same as the machine so you "don't have to remember two different starting numbers". Its relative. You just have to remember one number. You are the one saying its relative yet some how concluding you need 2 numbers. The whole point of the stringmeter is that it shows you relative tension loss...the relative part is in regards to the last measurement so you can see how much tension has been lost since the last measurement. You are mistaken if you believe your cheat is some kind of accuracy hack. Its totally not. And people point that out and suddenly you deviate from accuracy like in your title to relative...sad




Weird you said actual numbers don't matter but you just like to know "my racquet is playing as if it were strung at 35lbs" How do you know that? The tool said you were at 40lbs from your own admission. You fudged it to say 35lbs and some how claim you have "exact readings".

Next you will be saying you hit harder than Nadal or some other idiocy.

I had a big long response written to the OP about how he had indicated the $2.50 RacquetTune app didn't work and then he was fudging his readings on the $25 Stringmeter and perhaps RacquetTune is not perfect but at least it stores the readings so he doesn't have to remember and it can be used for relative tension loss..... etc.

I just figured it wasn't worth it so I deleted it.....

 

[Shroud]

I had a big long response written to the OP about how he had indicated the $2.50 RacquetTune app didn't work and then he was fudging his readings on the $25 Stringmeter and perhaps RacquetTune is not perfect but at least it stores the readings so he doesn't have to remember and it can be used for relative tension loss..... etc.

I just figured it wasn't worth it so I deleted it.....

Yes you are right. I find myself feeding the TTPS troll way tooo much. How lame is that to get banned and then comeback and EVERYONE knows its you....

FWIW the string meter won't work on my racquets. I have the ERT3000 which IMHO is one of the best tools out there. I hardly use it. LIke you can tell when the string bed needs to be restrung...

 

[Crazy Finn]

I'm going to go back to the remembering the numbers thing rather than feeding the .... whatever, since that seems like it might be useful for others reading this thread.

I'm a home stringer - well, I use my buddy's machine. I don't have a fancy label system and I'm not impressed by my current efforts at labeling. Also, another thing is the label doesn't tell you what you strung it up at before. Or your previous strings. So...

I created a quick and easy Google Sheets document and put all my stringing info on there. When I strung it, what tension, what string, what gauge, if there is a hybrid and what I used. I made a sheet for all of my stringing and for each racquet I own or use. I even added my tension checks on the RacquetTune (which is fussy, but works) and my friend's Gamma string meter thing (which, frankly seem pretty much equally accurate fwiw). Then, if I care, I can monitor the tension loss. Sometimes I do it frequently, sometimes I play a lot and realize that I should restring and I didn't check it at all after stringing it up. Whatever, the info is/could be there.

I don't need one of those things to realize when I should put new strings on.

I tend to try out different strings, so now I have a record of what I've used. I even put stringing jobs from before I started to do my own from labels from my racquets. My buddy sometimes doesn't remember what he's used, which is understandable, but now I can go look if I can't remember.

Anyway, just what I do.

 

[LOBALOT]

I'm going to go back to the remembering the numbers thing rather than feeding the .... whatever, since that seems like it might be useful for others reading this thread.

I'm a home stringer - well, I use my buddy's machine. I don't have a fancy label system and I'm not impressed by my current efforts at labeling. Also, another thing is the label doesn't tell you what you strung it up at before. Or your previous strings. So...

I created a quick and easy Google Sheets document and put all my stringing info on there. When I strung it, what tension, what string, what gauge, if there is a hybrid and what I used. I made a sheet for all of my stringing and for each racquet I own or use. I even added my tension checks on the RacquetTune (which is fussy, but works) and my friend's Gamma string meter thing (which, frankly seem pretty much equally accurate fwiw). Then, if I care, I can monitor the tension loss. Sometimes I do it frequently, sometimes I play a lot and realize that I should restring and I didn't check it at all after stringing it up. Whatever, the info is/could be there.

I don't need one of those things to realize when I should put new strings on.

I tend to try out different strings, so now I have a record of what I've used. I even put stringing jobs from before I started to do my own from labels from my racquets. My buddy sometimes doesn't remember what he's used, which is understandable, but now I can go look if I can't remember.

Anyway, just what I do.

I do the same thing. I have a log for each racquet I restring and one of the fields is the RacquetTune reading as the racquet comes off the machine. I then check that for any variance vs. previous readings. I suppose it is redundant as the history is right there in RacquetTune. I have been stringing for several years now but it doesn't hurt to have this type of double check when I am stringing other peoples racquets. I want to know I am giving them consistent results.

Most of the time I don't label racquets as I have a few picky players that complain so I stopped. I do label my racquets so I can rotate them and I label my son's racquets as he has so many of them and we need to understand the tension in each and how old the string job is in the racquet.

I would love to have the ERT machine like Shroud and may someday as I am really into this hobby of stringing I have picked up.

 

[Power Player]

TTPS Pattern:

OP comes up with poorly thought out idea, quickly rushes to internet to share it (for his own ego gratification) before thinking it through

Community reads idea, realizes it is completely idiotic and tells him so.

Faced with the reality of how stupid his idea is, the OP doubles down on it and says that's too complex for most people to understand.

You can see this pattern in almost every thread he makes. Honestly never seen anything like it before. Whats amazing is he is an older guy and still lacks the self-awareness to figure this out.

These are personality traits of a far younger, immature person. It's seriously bizarre.