The Jolly Rig II.
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Power Player
Bionic Poster
LOTS of guys, besides me, use the LD Rig...
SolincoTourBite16 at 47 lbs for a 16x19 racket with a 98 headsize.
Lasts well over 80 hours of play, seems no one has broken it, and tension maintainance is superb.
Solinco emailed me directly and told me they recommended not to use it past one week, which is on average 10-12 hours of play.
80 hours of play with the same full poly bed is insanity. If you can't break full poly beds in 10-12 hours you would probably want to go with a multi or syn gut. Its cheaper as well.
Yes indeed, someone has a shoulder made out of steel.
That's one cool thing about old age.
I'm 65, play 3 days a week. I have one of my Aero300's with less than 3 hours of total play, while the other is well over 80, but maybe not 100 hours.
They play identical!
Same goes for both my 4.0 buds, about my size, 5'10" and 150 lbs., and all of us are considered really hard hitters.
I'm 65, play 3 days a week. I have one of my Aero300's with less than 3 hours of total play, while the other is well over 80, but maybe not 100 hours.
They play identical!
Same goes for both my 4.0 buds, about my size, 5'10" and 150 lbs., and all of us are considered really hard hitters.
mikeler
Moderator
A really hard hitter would not log 80 hours on a string job.
Power Player
Bionic Poster
Yeah its just not going to happen. Add to that, if they ALL are really hard hitters, than the string would break even faster due to the pace of the incoming ball.
Im going to write that one off as a Leed fantasy as its just not possible to hit hard and have a string last 80 hours.
The conversation got away from my question. How many hours of comfortable performance are people getting out of this set up?
Play doubles, hit flat, don't have shanks -- even if you hit hard, it takes a very long time for poly to wear through and break.
Sometimes, you gotta try to think a little...
If I hit hard, the ball doesn't come back hard. GET IT? It barely floats back, at best.
If I hit soft, the ball comes back hard and to a corner. Since I can't run, it's a winner for the opponent!
See how that shortens points and also allows the strings to last?
Most of us hit way harder than our skill level, so the points last....nil, and the strings last forever.
YOU guys from Florida or whatever, and that doesn't include RobFL, must hit moderately hard, get moderately hard returns back, and do it over and over again.
Out west here, if someone hits hard, the ball doesn't usually even come back at all..:shock::shock::shock:
If I hit hard, the ball doesn't come back hard. GET IT? It barely floats back, at best.
If I hit soft, the ball comes back hard and to a corner. Since I can't run, it's a winner for the opponent!
See how that shortens points and also allows the strings to last?
Most of us hit way harder than our skill level, so the points last....nil, and the strings last forever.
YOU guys from Florida or whatever, and that doesn't include RobFL, must hit moderately hard, get moderately hard returns back, and do it over and over again.
Out west here, if someone hits hard, the ball doesn't usually even come back at all..:shock::shock::shock:
Power Player
Bionic Poster
Ill bet however much you can afford that i hit a lot harder than you. Dont be delusional. we are younger, stronger, faster and get more balls back. I find it laughable that all your rallys are 2-3 shots because of this huge pace you think you generate.
If your stringbed lasts 80 hours - DONT use full poly.
And really, out west? Are you that thick? You think there is no one who hits as hard in FL? Haha. you really are full of it man, or just clueless.
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I hit alot harder if i get a hard ball at me,if someone just lob the ball over net i cant get so much pace out of it, and remain control.
I do agree however that it can be harder to control the hard ones if they place them well, and its easier to aim for a corner if i get more time, but it wont be as fast.
I do agree however that it can be harder to control the hard ones if they place them well, and its easier to aim for a corner if i get more time, but it wont be as fast.
arche3
Banned
This is one of the lamest post ever by leeD. If your usually playing 12 year old girls I guess you can be goat on the kiddy courts but you might want to play adults sometimes.
arche3
Banned
LeeD is both full of it and clueless. As it has been proven on ttw endlessly.
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Lambsscroll
Hall of Fame
Rig II for president!
rafa_prestige89
Professional
Hey Jolly, can you please compare the Jolly Rig II (with Alu smooth) to a full bed of Big Banger Original 16g, in terms of control, spin and power?
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
Jolly breaks strings in 3-5 hrs so I doubt he notices tension loss. Anybody that wants more longevity and tension maintenance should look elsewhere.
This is exactly the experience of players on the ATP and WTA tours with the exception of the Kevlar detour. They are finding that poly’strings especially Lux strings are performing better at the lower tensions. 48-50 range. A number of players are in the 40’s with poly/gut and poly/multi hybrids as well. They are going into the 40’s with Gut/poly as well. Hopefully people will listen to your experience because you have tested more poly strings than anyone else on this forum. Thanks
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J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
Sure, I actually quite like full BBO but it needs to be strung maybe 5# looser than full ALU. JRII and full BBO are nearly identical w/r/t spin and control with perhaps a bit more spin from the JRII and a bit more control from the full BBO. The main difference is that the ALU adds a bit of pop off the stringbed so you are basically paying a little more to gain a bit of juice.
Honestly if you are willing to tinker a bit to find your preferred tension you can't hardly go wrong with either.
I love the feel of ALU and the rig gives me a taste of that too.
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topspn
Legend
He is still loosing a lot of tension before he even hits one single ball and between hits even if he snaps in 4hrs
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
There are a lot of pros that have used these strings fresh off the stringer. I don't think they would do so if they lost so much tension between hits.
topspn
Legend
Yep, they have 40 racquets and string every set played. But first 24hrs unplayed, these strings loose a lot of tension
rafa_prestige89
Professional
I don’t think it looses so much tension unplayed, the biggest drop I feel is after 5h of play, when it’s about to snap...
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
That's what I noticed about ALU Power. Great for 5 hours then lost all controlability and pop. But really nice for those 5 hours.
Never played BBO but heard it was similar.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
rogerroger917
Hall of Fame
I read that rafa snaps rpm 15 under an hour during drilling.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
rogerroger917
Hall of Fame
Do you like rpm 15? How is it compared rpm 16?
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
What racquet are you with now? And do you have 20 of them?
