I've just bought new sticks, the lastest Prestige Pro, which I love, and now I'm trying to work out my string setup. I play big flat first strike tennis and rarely hit heavy spin. I'm in Australia and we have a lot of synthetic grass which plays fast and skidy, a little like carpet apparently, so my game works well on that surface.
I've been dabbling with a full bed of poly, since I've never done that before, but I'm starting to get some arm pain, so I'm thinking I need to steer away. In my previous sticks I was stringing with VS Touch mains and Pro Hurricane Tour crosses. They were together in a hybrid pack and I bought a whole bunch at a pretty discounted price, but I've run out of that now. My natural inclination is to go back to a gut hybrid, but it's very expensive, particularly here, if I'm not buying on sale. So that leaves me a few questions. One other thing to note, I'm not a string breaker. I can't remember the last time I broke a string.
1) What would be an ideal cross for gut that would maintain tension well? My main concerns would be keeping the cost down by not having the cross give out before the gut, and not making the bed too harsh, since I do seem to be sensitive. Secondary concern would be taming the gut a little, and lending some control. I really enjoyed the amount of control the bed of Razorcode lent me. When it wasn't hurting my arm, ball striking felt clean and precise.
2) Given I'm not a string breaker, is there any merit to considering a full bed of multi/multi hybrid? And if so, is there a slightly more control oriented multi out there, or one that fits my needs? My understanding is that multis break fast, so even though they're cheaper than gut they wind up being comparably priced because of that. But if I don't break strings often, I thought maybe it would be a viable option. I've read mixed things on multi's tension maintenance. Am I likely to get at least 15 hours out of them if they don't break?
3) Is there anything else I should be considering? Monogut zx is hard to get here, and I know very little about synthetic gut.
Thanks. I know there's probably an answer to these buried deep on the forums somewhere, but I've been sifting for hours and I just feel like I have information overload.
I've been dabbling with a full bed of poly, since I've never done that before, but I'm starting to get some arm pain, so I'm thinking I need to steer away. In my previous sticks I was stringing with VS Touch mains and Pro Hurricane Tour crosses. They were together in a hybrid pack and I bought a whole bunch at a pretty discounted price, but I've run out of that now. My natural inclination is to go back to a gut hybrid, but it's very expensive, particularly here, if I'm not buying on sale. So that leaves me a few questions. One other thing to note, I'm not a string breaker. I can't remember the last time I broke a string.
1) What would be an ideal cross for gut that would maintain tension well? My main concerns would be keeping the cost down by not having the cross give out before the gut, and not making the bed too harsh, since I do seem to be sensitive. Secondary concern would be taming the gut a little, and lending some control. I really enjoyed the amount of control the bed of Razorcode lent me. When it wasn't hurting my arm, ball striking felt clean and precise.
2) Given I'm not a string breaker, is there any merit to considering a full bed of multi/multi hybrid? And if so, is there a slightly more control oriented multi out there, or one that fits my needs? My understanding is that multis break fast, so even though they're cheaper than gut they wind up being comparably priced because of that. But if I don't break strings often, I thought maybe it would be a viable option. I've read mixed things on multi's tension maintenance. Am I likely to get at least 15 hours out of them if they don't break?
3) Is there anything else I should be considering? Monogut zx is hard to get here, and I know very little about synthetic gut.
Thanks. I know there's probably an answer to these buried deep on the forums somewhere, but I've been sifting for hours and I just feel like I have information overload.