What's the lifespan of gut main/poly cross?

[marosmith]

Originally Posted by pvaudio

I am not filthy rich and it's not a practice that I would ever do. If I can't afford to replace my stringbed, then I won't use those strings. Honestly, is that half set of gut worth the risk of damaging your frame? I'm not saying it will happen, I'm simply saying that it's far more likely than if you restring the entire racquet as it was meant to be.

It won't damage the frame especially if minted on a 6 pt stringer. Further, poly goes dead in as quick as 6 hours while gut can last months. So I think it is extremely wasteful to cut out perfectly good gut for no good reason.