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I've been searching for my go-to string as part of a racquet switch I made this past January, and today was my first try with Quadro Twist. This string received very high scores for spin capability during the TW tests, and so I bought a pack to try.
Stringing was about average for a poly. There was moderate coil memory. The feel of the string is very plasticky and slick. It almost has a brittle feel. The square shape is not that noticeable, and the twist kind of looks like the duraflex on the PSGD. The string is very elastic, and double-pulling on my lockout stringer stretches the string a noticeable amount - nearly one-quarter inch on the center mains. After stringing as a full bed and letting it sit overnight, there seemed to be minimal tension loss. I used 50 pounds in the center mains and 48 pounds in the center crosses on an SW104.
I read reviews here and some people found the spin capability to not be as great as indicated in the TW tests. Unfortunately, I'm also one of those. The string really doesn't seem to bite the ball, and the launch angle is noticeably lower than with my current favorite, Solinco Revolution. Picking up a short, low ball and trying to skim it to generate a lot of topspin and to pick it up to get it over the net is very difficult - without hitting through the ball enough to compress it against the strings, the ball just seems to slide off the strings like it's a slick, round poly. It was particularly hard to come over a low, skidding slice and get the ball high enough to clear the net. When I did hit through the ball enough, it does grab the ball and put pretty good spin on it, but noticeably less than Revolution and with a lower launch angle. On the positive side, it's a very powerful string for a poly (probably a bit too powerful for me), and comfortable on mis-hits. The string tension felt right - I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter or looser, and the pocketing feel was very good on flat shots, where it had really good pop on hard swings. However, any significantly spinny swingpath, topspin or underspin, and the drop in ball speed seemed more than it should be. I also couldn't get a lot of hop on my serves, though flat bombs had a lot of ballspeed.
Some users have said the string seems to get better after a couple of hours of hitting. I'm frankly not willing to hit with a racquet for a couple of hours to get the strings to perform well when I get great performance right off the bat with other strings. Just wanted to pass along my impressions in case people were interested in testing this string.
Stringing was about average for a poly. There was moderate coil memory. The feel of the string is very plasticky and slick. It almost has a brittle feel. The square shape is not that noticeable, and the twist kind of looks like the duraflex on the PSGD. The string is very elastic, and double-pulling on my lockout stringer stretches the string a noticeable amount - nearly one-quarter inch on the center mains. After stringing as a full bed and letting it sit overnight, there seemed to be minimal tension loss. I used 50 pounds in the center mains and 48 pounds in the center crosses on an SW104.
I read reviews here and some people found the spin capability to not be as great as indicated in the TW tests. Unfortunately, I'm also one of those. The string really doesn't seem to bite the ball, and the launch angle is noticeably lower than with my current favorite, Solinco Revolution. Picking up a short, low ball and trying to skim it to generate a lot of topspin and to pick it up to get it over the net is very difficult - without hitting through the ball enough to compress it against the strings, the ball just seems to slide off the strings like it's a slick, round poly. It was particularly hard to come over a low, skidding slice and get the ball high enough to clear the net. When I did hit through the ball enough, it does grab the ball and put pretty good spin on it, but noticeably less than Revolution and with a lower launch angle. On the positive side, it's a very powerful string for a poly (probably a bit too powerful for me), and comfortable on mis-hits. The string tension felt right - I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter or looser, and the pocketing feel was very good on flat shots, where it had really good pop on hard swings. However, any significantly spinny swingpath, topspin or underspin, and the drop in ball speed seemed more than it should be. I also couldn't get a lot of hop on my serves, though flat bombs had a lot of ballspeed.
Some users have said the string seems to get better after a couple of hours of hitting. I'm frankly not willing to hit with a racquet for a couple of hours to get the strings to perform well when I get great performance right off the bat with other strings. Just wanted to pass along my impressions in case people were interested in testing this string.