Luxilon ALU POWER Spin

Conquistador · 11-26-2009, 04:23 AM

Has anybody hit with this> And how is it as far as an upper tier kind of string?

J011yroger · 11-26-2009, 05:42 AM

I love it. Same composition as ALU Power and ALU rough. Bites like heck, less durable than the other two.

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arche3 · 11-26-2009, 06:12 AM

Its my current string as well. I really like the string as it has oodles of control and a lot of power. It only stays great to about 10 hours though. Tension loss is pretty high. Id say from 10-15 hours it is just ok but then blah. Balls just fly everywhere for me as I always take a big cut at the ball. Within the 10 hour window though I can't miss and I just swing away. serves big as well for me. compared to PHT it is just way better all around. (I restring almost every week with this string to keep the playability.)

ClubHoUno · 11-26-2009, 10:43 PM

I used it last year, and didn't like it....

But I don't break Luxilon as fast as the string breakere like Jolly, so Luxilon strings are not for me anyway.

like all other Luxilon strings it played nice for the first 2 hours, then Ok for the next 3 hours, then felt like a Stiff board. Cut it out and changed to other CoPolys with better elasticity and tension maintenance.

Also tried it in a hybrid with nat gut crosses and nat gut mains and didn't find anything special about this string at all. The Luxilon alu spin cut through the gut in 7-8 hours without the use of string savers.

But for a string breaker, that destroys the string within 2 hours anyway, this might feel like a good string. Just not for me

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ambitiousguju8 · 11-26-2009, 11:48 PM

I used this string with X-1 Biphase crosses. I'm not a string breaker but I wanted to try it out, and it did last me quite a while before it got that board-like feel (maybe 15-20 hours). It works really well on kick serves and I found it easier to hit angled shots in, even some shots I have no business hitting. I don't think I am going to continue using this string because I think a full bed of Tecnifibre Black Code (also pentagonally shaped) has more response/touch/feel and tension maintenance. Also, if you string your own racquets, this string kinks pretty easily and is not fun to use while stringing your racquet.

11-26-2009, 04:23 AM	#1
Conquistador Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,194	Luxilon ALU POWER Spin Has anybody hit with this> And how is it as far as an upper tier kind of string?

11-26-2009, 05:42 AM	#2
J011yroger Legend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 9,321	I love it. Same composition as ALU Power and ALU rough. Bites like heck, less durable than the other two. J __________________ 19 [J]-Six-One Tour 90 14.3oz 8phl 405SW; Luxilon ALU Rough 70# http://www.vimeo.com/user929322/videos

11-26-2009, 06:12 AM	#3
arche3 New User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 45	Its my current string as well. I really like the string as it has oodles of control and a lot of power. It only stays great to about 10 hours though. Tension loss is pretty high. Id say from 10-15 hours it is just ok but then blah. Balls just fly everywhere for me as I always take a big cut at the ball. Within the 10 hour window though I can't miss and I just swing away. serves big as well for me. compared to PHT it is just way better all around. (I restring almost every week with this string to keep the playability.) __________________ Babolat AeroProDrive w/ Cortex. Luxilon BB ALU Power Spin strings at 56lbs.

11-26-2009, 10:43 PM	#4
ClubHoUno Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Scandinavia, Europe Posts: 1,985	I used it last year, and didn't like it.... But I don't break Luxilon as fast as the string breakere like Jolly, so Luxilon strings are not for me anyway. like all other Luxilon strings it played nice for the first 2 hours, then Ok for the next 3 hours, then felt like a Stiff board. Cut it out and changed to other CoPolys with better elasticity and tension maintenance. Also tried it in a hybrid with nat gut crosses and nat gut mains and didn't find anything special about this string at all. The Luxilon alu spin cut through the gut in 7-8 hours without the use of string savers. But for a string breaker, that destroys the string within 2 hours anyway, this might feel like a good string. Just not for me I __________________ 4 Wilson BLX 6.1 95 18x20 VS17[M] X Hyperion17[C] & 4 Bab PSGT TOUR Tornado18[M] X XcelPower16[C]

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