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i always read about mains notching into the crosses and see that one important aspect of the wear on the crosses is mostly overlooked - that is string to ball friction. this friction, with me as a heavily topspincentered player, wears down crosses, and i'm talking here poly crosses, far more...

some are correct but some are definitely not, for instance: claycourt plus - tecnifibre x-one biphase hexaspin twist - solinco barbwire ichiban spin - babolat pro hurricane tour intense heat - msv cofocus lethal 5 - solinco tour bite lethal 8 - alu power rough the dynapower syngut is quite...

msv soft control 1,30 power / control: the soft control is a stiffer representativ of this species, the term "soft" might only be appropriate in regard to polys. taken from this perspective it does come with rather low power but scores quite good in terms of control. if your feet allow you to...

my current set-up comes in at €3,40, approx. $4 being one set of helix mains and two sets of pro's pro hitech multifibre crosses and lasts me roughly 4hrs, meaning that each hour of hitting factors in with roughly 1 buck in regard to strings. the combo i plan to be moving to would cost even...

strings depend very much on the playing style of the respective person as well as the stick he/she uses and tensions employed. for an indication of what i find to be good strings, obviously for my heavily topspincentered game, look at my "structured/shaped polys playtest"-thread. in regard to...

it is somewhat softer than the strings i usually play, but strung slightly higher it displays FOR ME!!! the same crispiness and liveliness i get from the helix 1,20. i only played the 1,24mm version of the lethal 5, the lethal 8 1,24 apparently spins the ball less for me and i have a little bit...

first - i wouldn't use shaped/textured strings in my crosses with natty mains. of course, if you have enough cash to spill out, then it certainly is an option, but it will decrease durability and only with textured strings like the alu power you might eventually increase a little bit on the...

some players look at spin in terms of the balls bouncing higher after impact, which is basically not wrong but in my opinion it is only one part of the equation. there are strings out there which do produce good spin but on a flatter trajectory (meaning also lower launch angle from the...

the only synthetic worthwile is dynapower, but it comes in almost at the same price as the multis. it is definitely more durable, that is it lasts some 3hrs for me to breakage as opposed to the multis which get to 2hrs. but it notches the mains more and they also only last roughly 3hrs. the...

i used for the last year and a half as my reference set-up (i do play competitional in my age bracket obviously) the kirschbaum helix 1.20 mains at 21,5kg with the mantis comfort synthetic / pro's pro hitech multifibre 1,30 also at 21,5kg. crosses regularly broke after 2 hours as stated already...

the kblade is a 18mains stick. if you have a topspincentered game, a poly/syngut combo would provide a match in durability in regard to the two strings. either the poly breaks first but the syngut would be already very thinned out in the hitting area, or you go through the syngut crosses first...

what stick? what tensions? what kind of game? what kind of hybrid are you thinking of? why would you consider hybrids?

looking at the "recent" arm issues of raonic, ferrer and kyrgios one must assume that they might have to seriously consider working on their technique. :) on the other hand, i have seen plenty getting te/ge playing with natty - so there surely is a point there regarding proper technique. but...

i recently tried monogut zx pro as a cross with my "reference" poly mains, the kirschbaum helix 1,20 and i got through the mains in slightly more than one hour of hitting!!! the combo played nice but with my "reference" multi i get the mains to provide some 3,5-4hrs and in a recent playtest with...

@ torpantennis give the pro's pro black force 1.20 a try. i think it should be possible to buy a set first and see how it goes. my son recently played a combo consisting of blackout 1.24 mains and blackforce 1.20 crosses and it did really work out pretty fine - durability with him was 6hrs for...

i recently playtested this combo and the crosses broke at the end of the first session, that is 2 hours - just like the vast majority of multis i used/tested as crosses. i went on to recross the stick and the mains lasted for another session, just in line with the durability i usually get from...

thicker mains strung some 2lbs less than the thinner gauge previously played would give about the same touch and playability but increase durability. you will get slightly less action on the ball though compared to thinner mains.

i did quite a lot of playtests with poly mains and syngut crosses and basically found that for my topspincentered game i got about the same durability from mains as from the crosses - meaning that if the crosses broke first the mains were also quite heavily notched and would have broken most...

syngut produces heavy notching on poly mains and only extends the lifetime of the poly main by just a little bit compared to poly crosses. the least notching and longest lifetime you would get for poly mains is multis, but then you have to find one that doesn't break long before the poly is...

tecnifibre black code 1.28 having rather recently playtested the black code 4s 1,25 and quite a while ago the regular 1,24, i decided to give the regular black code 1,28 a run for the money too, hoping to find in the slightly thicker diameter a little bit of the missed crispiness of the other...

as the regular natural coloured monogut zx lasted me a rather lomg time as a mains with multi crosses and i really liked the way it played, i decided to give the thinner monogut zx pro a ride. as many reported that they have been using them as crosses i did first string it up as a cross to my...

rpm blast 1.25 lasted me 3,5hrs until it broke so i assume i'm hitting hard enough but still could not find any "superior" snapback after the initial 30mins - that is until the coating has worn off. tour bite gives me consistent spin over it's entire lifetime, which is only slightly better, that...

pro's pro hot stuff 1,30 power / control: this string comes with a really good ration of power and control. while a little bit more powerful than either the mcs/htmf or the gutex ultra, it still sports a very high level of control. height and depth can be quite easily dialled in, shortangled...

head gravity a white triangularly shaped mains which should be 1.25 but is rather tight through the grommets and a grey cross, also poly, apparently 1.20, much more true to size. the triangular shape might do for the larger dimensions while it is rather realistic that from the cross section it...

thank you muppet. as a matter of fact i already have the pearl and it looks and feels exactly like the kingut, which also needed a more tender hand. if it will play the same we will see, but rarely do you hold in the hands two strings which look the same, feel the same but then play different.

pro's pro lethal weapon 1,30 for whatever reason it seems that the thicker gauge of kingut is called lethal weapon and comes instead of white in a very pale yellow. it stretches about the same when stringing but plays stiff once you take it to the courts. power / control: low on power, as...

at 30kg i would probably break it in 30mins, at 21,5 it breaks as a cross in 2hrs. ccp strung at 20,5 broke in 2,5hrs.

pro's pro claycourt + 1,29 power / control: this one is from the stiffer variety which brings along less power and apparently better control. while from my point of view a tad better than the previously played offering, the "pioneer", there simply are still too many situations when i tend to...

zoolander, thank you very much for your kind appreciation. the best spin i do get is also from natty mains (@23kg) but with poly crosses (@21kg). but 1,30 natty only lasts me 3-3,5hrs and that is something i simply can't afford. any sponsors welcome:). so far (after 100+ strings shaped and...

low powered and soft would be hitec multifibre and hotstuff, the clay court plus is on the stiffer side of things but adding a little bit on durability.