playability duration

Hi all - first time poster, long time reader of these threads. Thanks in advance for patience and input. I’ve searched high and low, but can’t seem to find much discussion on blends / hybrids with a view to getting more life out of ALU strings. I’m several months into a string deep dive and am...

I've been trying to find a way to represent the "playable life" of a string bed numerically. I can't seem to find any calculators on the internet, so I wanted to see if you all had any tips. The three major factors in the algorithm I think should be: time (since last restring), hours played...

Hello, dear fellow tennis players and fans of ther sport! I am new to the forum but I follow it since long time ago! Nice to meet Ya! I ve decided to star posting here, because I haven't found a thread about the strings I am intending to use. I play tennis casually since ten year old and...

My first criteria for choosing strings is playability duration and then spin. This criteria led me to a full bed of Ashaway Kevlar 18g @40lbs in terms of feel and spin; I love seeing the fuzz in the air after ripping a forehand. But yeah had wrist and elbow discomfort and cut it out. Went back...

We all know and love to hate the strings that start out as world-beaters right from the start just to turn into unplayable mush/re-bar a few short (and expensive) hours later. Some (in)famous examples are the Alu Power and the RPM Blast; admittedly I've only tried the Alu Power and the...