Polyfibre Panthera

[pvaudio]

Originally Posted by Automatix

And as stated previously, it doesn't give you any useful info.

Red, Black? Please! ...

Other examples Signum Pro Poly Plasma, MSV Co-Focus, Babolat Revenge, Gosen Super Tec AK Pro. Just to name a few.

Names of numerous strings regardless of manufacturer don't give info. They're a name which in the marketing view needs to attract attention.
The name should be catchy etc.

The sad part is that this thread is getting derailed by nonsense... rate the string, not its name.

You're misunderstanding the point. With the exception of Hexablade, all Polyfibre strings are round +- some orange-peel coating. Other companies who are not even prominent on the radar market strings with pointless names because they're completely different. Solinco makes Tour Bite, Barb Wire and Revolution. One is a square, one is twisted, one is round. Incredibly easy to tell apart and they are given completely different descriptions. Signum Pro makes a huge amount of poly strings, but again, they're different. SPPP is their best known, made for control and is bright orange. SPPPure is the uncolored version of that. Tornado is twisted to hell and back for spin. Hyperion is marketed as the smooth variant of Tornado (both in the "Blackline" series). SPPHex is a hexagonal version of SPPP. They make some other ones, but I honestly can't remember what they are because they just market them generically. Polyfibre does that with all of their strings. I want to try PF poly strings, but since they make too many all with the exact same bumf, I have no idea where to even begin so I don't bother.

[fgs]

pvaudio,

regarding solinco products may i inform you that in spite of being marketed as square, the tour bite practically sports five edges which in my take would make it pentagonal. the revolution is not round but hexagonal, the round one is called outlast.
don't ask me why they call the tour bite square, but i can tell you for sure it has five edges. i had a minor dispute about this with a friend and i was claiming it is square, so we took out some thinner markers and did mark all the surfaces and surprise, surprise, there were five marks to make to complete a revolution.

[pvaudio]

Thank you for the info! Regardless, they are all different which was the sole point of what I was trying to say

[fgs]

pvaudio,

yes of course, but then two round poly strings from the same producer don't have to be the same, they can be quite very different. of course this marketing thing with weird names is more than questionable because you are not even in most of the cases try to associate some characteristics of the name (panther, viper, venom, firestorm etc.) with the string.

but on the other hand i was thinking about what data suppliers should be supplying on the package regarding the strings capabilities and i basically stopped pretty soon as i realized that most of the data supplied would vary to a certain, and sometimes considerable, extend depending on the tension, the framesize, the stringpattern etc. you can devise some figures but they would not really be telling much i guess to the regular consumer.

i am pretty sure that you or i, which have dedicated quite some time to not only this sport but obviously also to the hobby of stringtesting, could issue some recommendations to a player we know (i mean playstyle and level, stick he uses etc.) based on some general data published, be it for instance as tw-university does it, but for the regular consumer, i think such information would only confuse him even more. it would be difficult to explain why a soft string does not neccessarily have to be more powerful or even armfriendly, or that a stiff string can eventually be less fatiguing by having a higher energy return. all these aspects change with batspeed and more often than not they do not change in a linear way.
stroking technique does really have a huge impact on the behaviour of the string - when i play competitively i do apply huge amounts of spin. when i just fool around a little bit i play flat like johnny mac and all strokes with the continental grip - the ball feels completely different, there is not only a different batspeed but also a different angle of impact.
the more i know the less i know.

[scotus]

Originally Posted by Automatix

I don't like polys with crisp feel. I prefer a really soft, cushy almost mushy feel from strings. And Panthera is a crisp feeling poly, although not uncomfortable it's just not up my alley.

Although Panthera is a control oriented string it still offers ample power.
A full Panthera setup is for bigger hitters who want to retain control but have a bit of a boost in the power department.


As for Black Venom, it is one of my favourite polys.
Dynamic, comfortable, soft, nice spin but I hit flat so not the best to judge.
My go to poly, so to speak.

Many thanks for the review.

So I take it that Black Venom is soft and mushy, not crisp at all, right?

I like the type of strings that are soft as in comfortable but crisp. So Panthera would more likely be my cup of tea?

[parasailing]

Originally Posted by pvaudio

Good lord, I was exaggerating, but they do make 10:

1.Panthera
2. Viper
3. Black Venom
4. Black Venom Rough
5. Cobra
6. TCS
7. TCS Rapid
8. Hexablade
9. Poly Hitec
10. Hitec Premium

I tried 6 of those listed and my favorite of the bunch is TCS due to ample amounts of power and spin versus Venom which is has more spin but tension maintenance is poor on these strings. I think I will pass on Polyfibre brand from now on.

Thundercats ROAR !!!

[tistrapukcipeht]

Cool package, probably the best out there.

[Crisp]

Alot of the Aussiekids in the national academy program are using panthera. Especially the girls.

[Automatix]

Originally Posted by scotus

So I take it that Black Venom is soft and mushy, not crisp at all, right?

IMHO yes.

Originally Posted by scotus

I like the type of strings that are soft as in comfortable but crisp. So Panthera would more likely be my cup of tea?

I think so, yes. There's no better way than just play with it really.

Different technique, different racquets etc.
All of these things make a difference.