Recommend stringing machine

[Dr. Perry]

Irvin, the OP's budget can afford a gamma 6004, what would be your recommendation, given he was a home stringer?

Originally Posted by Irvin

At one point in the article it says, "Frank is playing at 19.8kg, while Milos is playing 19.5kg mains and 20.5kg crosses. Both players ask for two-piece stringing." The stringer stays up from 11PM to 7AM stringing 16 rackets and you want him to go through 32 tension changes to withing 0.1 kg on a drop weight knowing at least one of them is going to check his work?

It will never happen. I agree the drop weight stringers are great low cost home stringers but the best of the best wont consider them.

[Irvin]

That will depend on how many rackets he is going to string. If I did not have a machine and I wanted an affordable stringer for low use it would surely be a drop weight.

If I were going to be stringing 3 or 4 rackets a day very often it sure would not be on an X2 or KM. to me that would be miserable. If I want a good travel stringer to string several rackets a weekend every once in a while then an X2 or KM would fit the bill nicely though.

There is a place and market for all kinds of stringers.

[AlfaAce]

Originally Posted by Irvin

...If you are going to open a pro shop and will have different people using the same machine and want consistent results in a short period of time cranks and drop weights ahold not be on your list.

FWIW... TW strings all their racquets on Neos 1000s (not even the 1500).

[kkm]

For all the MRTs on the TW staff, I've had people bring me TW demos for restringing, and the TW stringing didn't look so good. Then again, they have a little MRT factory churning out MRTs there, and the MRT qualification only means so much.

[Dr. Perry]

When it comes to mass production, it is hard to retain discipline. The result would be compromised.

Originally Posted by kkm

For all the MRTs on the TW staff, I've had people bring me TW demos for restringing, and the TW stringing didn't look so good. Then again, they have a little MRT factory churning out MRTs there, and the MRT qualification only means so much.