Forten Nylon 15L breaking

OHBH · 10-14-2012, 08:56 PM

Just got a reel of Forten Competition Nylon 15L in black and tried to string my prostaff but the string broke on the machine three times in a row while i was doing the mains at different points. Tension was only 50lb and the grommets seem fine. Had no problem when I put in my usual isospeed professional 17 after giving up on the forten for the day. I know the stuff is dirt cheap and I can't expect much but I ought to at least be able to get it on the racket for a few hours. Has anyone else had a similar experience with this string?

pvaudio · 10-14-2012, 08:58 PM

My friend. You just bought a reel of string for the price of one set of the string you normally use, and you are surprised about it being cheap? That said, I have strung a fair bit of Forten Nylon without any premature breakage, but it's simply terrible, TERRIBLE string.

pvaudio · 10-14-2012, 08:59 PM

Regardless, the only time I've broken string while stringing that isn't normally likely to (i.e. no cheap natural gut) was with NRG2 18 a few years ago because I had the pull speed set to max. How quickly are you tensioning the string?

Larrysümmers · 10-14-2012, 09:29 PM

ive strung multiple frames at 60+with the white version

OHBH · 10-14-2012, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pvaudio

Regardless, the only time I've broken string while stringing that isn't normally likely to (i.e. no cheap natural gut) was with NRG2 18 a few years ago because I had the pull speed set to max. How quickly are you tensioning the string?

I wasn't going any more quickly than i typically do (I have a crank machine) but I will try going even slower than usual next time.

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Originally Posted by pvaudio

My friend. You just bought a reel of string for the price of one set of the string you normally use, and you are surprised about it being cheap? That said, I have strung a fair bit of Forten Nylon without any premature breakage, but it's simply terrible, TERRIBLE string.

What didn't you like about the playability?

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Originally Posted by Larrysümmers

ive strung multiple frames at 60+with the white version

Do you think the color has anything to do with it? Have you tried both? I suppose whatever dye they use could be to blame. I would try white or natural but I doubt I will be buying this stuff again.

fortun8son · 10-14-2012, 09:54 PM

OK, so why are we using 15L nylon on a ProStaff?
A HyperHammer maybe.
I'd probably still use Sweet16.

PBODY99 · 10-14-2012, 10:52 PM

Check your clamps. I use it for a player and he loves the old school feel.and I have had any problems.

robbo1970 · 10-15-2012, 05:56 AM

I actually like a standard 15L nylon. Ive always found the feel quite nice. Never used Forten though, only Prince.

zapvor · 10-15-2012, 08:24 AM

i know. switch to infinity 15L

tball · 10-15-2012, 01:41 PM

I have a reel of this, also black, and used about 5 pieces from it so far. No breakage. The tensions I used were in the 45-51 lbs. range.

Ronaldo · 10-15-2012, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by OHBH

Just got a reel of Forten Competition Nylon 15L in black and tried to string my prostaff but the string broke on the machine three times in a row while i was doing the mains at different points. Tension was only 50lb and the grommets seem fine. Had no problem when I put in my usual isospeed professional 17 after giving up on the forten for the day. I know the stuff is dirt cheap and I can't expect much but I ought to at least be able to get it on the racket for a few hours. Has anyone else had a similar experience with this string?

Contact the store you purchased the reel from and complain. May be a bad batch.

OHBH · 10-15-2012, 02:17 PM

Well I tried stringing up my yonex this time as carefully as I could but it has snapped again. Perhaps I got a bad batch as it appears most everyone else had not had such problems with it.

pvaudio · 10-15-2012, 02:23 PM

^^^Yep, time to call.

Ronaldo · 10-15-2012, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pvaudio

^^^Yep, time to call.

Gutbusters

fortun8son · 10-15-2012, 03:00 PM

What kind of machine is it?
Perhaps the tension head grippers are damaging the string.
Can you adjust for the fatter string?

10-14-2012, 08:56 PM	#1
OHBH Semi-Pro Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 589	Forten Nylon 15L breaking Just got a reel of Forten Competition Nylon 15L in black and tried to string my prostaff but the string broke on the machine three times in a row while i was doing the mains at different points. Tension was only 50lb and the grommets seem fine. Had no problem when I put in my usual isospeed professional 17 after giving up on the forten for the day. I know the stuff is dirt cheap and I can't expect much but I ought to at least be able to get it on the racket for a few hours. Has anyone else had a similar experience with this string?

10-14-2012, 09:54 PM	#6
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robbo1970 Professional Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 994	I actually like a standard 15L nylon. Ive always found the feel quite nice. Never used Forten though, only Prince. __________________ X2 Dunlop Biomimetic 300 / X2 Prince Exo3 93

10-15-2012, 08:24 AM	#9
zapvor Legend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: tennis courts Posts: 7,969	i know. switch to infinity 15L __________________ Member of TW MAC. yes, we are better than you. and we bout to hop on a court to make another 'mil