8th Gen 2025 Ezone 98 Strings

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Opening a thread dedicated to the new 2025 Ezone 98 (blue 8th gen) and everyone's preferred string setups. I'll share my own trials thus far:

Racket: 8th Gen Ezone 98 with about 2 grams at 12, slightly built up grip. Overall feels more powerful and less boardy that last gen Ezone.

Strings:
PTP yellow 1.25 50lbs: Felt too bouncy, new ezone is pretty powerful and I didn't feel like I had enough control with PTP at 50.
PTS black 1.25 50lbs: Pretty great all around, my current setup, good spin, good control, controls the power well.
Strike/Rev(white) 1.25 52/50: Felt a little bit stiff off the getgo but actually a nice hybrid that I wasn't expecting. Rev is nice and slippery (treat it like a round string) and I like how strike feels.

Haven't tried too many strings so far, currently sharing my racket with a Chinese player (~ATP 500 or so peak) and strike isn't lasting too long, wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations. I've been thinking about prestretching strike 5% and stringing at 48, has anyone tried that?
 
KungfuTennis said:
Opening a thread dedicated to the new 2025 Ezone 98 (blue 8th gen) and everyone's preferred string setups. I'll share my own trials thus far:

Racket: 8th Gen Ezone 98 with about 2 grams at 12, slightly built up grip. Overall feels more powerful and less boardy that last gen Ezone.

Strings:
PTP yellow 1.25 50lbs: Felt too bouncy, new ezone is pretty powerful and I didn't feel like I had enough control with PTP at 50.
PTS black 1.25 50lbs: Pretty great all around, my current setup, good spin, good control, controls the power well.
Strike/Rev(white) 1.25 52/50: Felt a little bit stiff off the getgo but actually a nice hybrid that I wasn't expecting. Rev is nice and slippery (treat it like a round string) and I like how strike feels.

Haven't tried too many strings so far, currently sharing my racket with a Chinese player (~ATP 500 or so peak) and strike isn't lasting too long, wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations. I've been thinking about prestretching strike 5% and stringing at 48, has anyone tried that?
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I started pre stretching poly 5% and will never go back to not doing it.

I recommend stringing 5% lower than the tension you want. I wanted 41; so I strung at 39 with 5% pre stretch.

This is too low for the new ez98. I’m going to go up a few pounds as I restring. It’s still very playable. Just I have to work a little harder to control the ball than I’d like.
 
my score card so far:

Mint Rev 1.25 @52: Wonderfully controlled and predictable, decent spin (less that I would have though), good comfort, moderate to low power.
Mint Rev 1.25 @52 / Blue Strike @52: I felt was inferior to the full bed rev. A bit more power, but ess control, stiffer, less feel
Hyper G 1.2 @53 / Hyper G round @52: feels really good in this racket. Less feel than rev, but more power without significant loss of control
Toroline K-pop @ 53/52: spin is out of this world, but this is far too stiff and underpowered for me. May be with a lot less tension..

So hyperG and Rev are my faves so far. I want to try rev 1.2 next..
 
sfpatrice said:
my score card so far:

Mint Rev 1.25 @52: Wonderfully controlled and predictable, decent spin (less that I would have though), good comfort, moderate to low power.
Mint Rev 1.25 @52 / Blue Strike @52: I felt was inferior to the full bed rev. A bit more power, but ess control, stiffer, less feel
Hyper G 1.2 @53 / Hyper G round @52: feels really good in this racket. Less feel than rev, but more power without significant loss of control
Toroline K-pop @ 53/52: spin is out of this world, but this is far too stiff and underpowered for me. May be with a lot less tension..

So hyperG and Rev are my faves so far. I want to try rev 1.2 next..
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You did rev mains strike crosses?
 
sfpatrice said:
Yep
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If you flip those I want to know your thoughts!

I decided to try the reverse first and liked it a ton.

Had never been a fan of full rev in other rackets. Will eventually try full rev in this one but maybe you save me the time? …. Or hurry me into it :)
 
sfpatrice said:
Which gauge/tension did you try?

Right now my thought it to go Rev 17 to get just a little more pop and liveliness
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125.

Rev in a full bed in other rackets always had this weird empty feeling to me. In a hybrid I’ve really liked it. It plays well with other strings.

I like stiffer mains softer crosses though. Hence why I have the orientation I have.
 
Just tried Confidential mains and Rev crosses @19/18kg. Great combo compared to my usual confidential/strike setup. Not sure how long it’ll last as it was already losing a bit of control after the first hour but that first hour was great.

Can the @admins combine the two ez98 string threads into one
 
Torps said:
Just tried Confidential mains and Rev crosses @19/18kg. Great combo compared to my usual confidential/strike setup. Not sure how long it’ll last as it was already losing a bit of control after the first hour but that first hour was great.

Can the @admins combine the two ez98 string threads into one
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Yeah I really goofed I searched but didn't see the other thread :cry:
 
ryohazuki222 said:
If you flip those I want to know your thoughts!

I decided to try the reverse first and liked it a ton.

Had never been a fan of full rev in other rackets. Will eventually try full rev in this one but maybe you save me the time? …. Or hurry me into it :)
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Definitely prefer Rev in the cross with Strike as a main, much much much better than rev mains
 
After playing with Hyper-G 1.25, I’ve tried Poly Tour Rev Mint 1.25 in the EZ98. Felt too muted for me that I had to take off the dampener to get some ball feel. I definitely prefer Hyper-G over Rev. The only thing I really liked about Rev was the color that matched part of the frame.
 
Full bed of Rev(purple) at 52lbs, decent spin and feel but I felt I had more spin on the demo I tried with PTP.
I will try the O-toro full bed next and feel that might work better on this.
 
Wasabi/Wasabi X - 50lbs

Probably 90% close with this one for me. Feels a tad stiff but for the most part liking how it feels and plays. I'll probably lower it to 47 or 48 next time.
 
can someone suggest for thiss racket the best possible combos out of these strings along with the best performance string colours?

Yonex Polytour Strike 1.25
Yonex Polytour Pro 1.25
Yonex Polytour REV 1.25
Yonex Polytour Spin 1.25
Yonex Polytour Fire 1.25
 
Head Lynx Tour 1.20

I have a fairly similar setup: 1g @12. Leather grip + OG

Feels great! Was using a slightly softer shaped poly before and it was too "mushy".
 
It’s a pretty dense pattern. 1.20 poly has been really good for me.

Currently enjoying 1.20 toroline caviar but have some different offerings in route. I had a good experience with hyper g 17g (1.20) in previous gen
 
Just re-tried full-PTP setup at 52, plays incredibly well, far better than at 50. It feels much more "crisp" while maintaining high amounts of pocketing and comfort. 50lbs was too mushy and uncontrolled for me. I think I may try 53 next time, but this seems to be the sweet spot for me and this racket with PTP.
 
I've tried a few different set ups in my Ezone's, here's the list in order:

1) Mach 10 16L @52lbs, Caviar 1.24 crosses @50lbs

2) Caviar 1.24 Full bed/Grapplesnake Alpha 1.25 Full bed
3) Grapplesnake Tour M8 1.25 full bed
4) Toroline o-toro tour Full bed
5) O Toro (normal, green), Tour mains/enso pro crosses

A little about my playstyle for context: ~UTR 5 with an attacking, power-focused, net-rushing game; big serves. Strokes are generally flatter.

With Mach 10/Caviar, the ball has an almost L shaped trajectory; missile speed and flatter trajectory, when it spontaneously decides "I'm going to spin down now." Feel is good enough with the caviar crosses, durability/playability has also been very good, handling hitting with my hard hitting partners (wayyyy better than me), easily, with minimal notching and no drop in playability at the 10 hour mark. I think Tenncom said it best when he said Mach 10 is a great, "more accessible," string.

2-4 were all fine, and felt like normal strings to me. Good spin, normal arc on the ball, pretty good/great durability. Solid strings that would serve me well if I wasn't a big ****in nerd or Wow'd by the Mach10/Caviar.

O-toro hybrid is last for me because I don't think I'm good enough to get the most out of those strings. I hit to flat, and can't consistently swing fast and loose enough to get the appropriate response out of O-toro. When I perfectly hit the ball, I got massive pace and spin, but I just don't think I'm good enough to use those strings quite yet, the response is just too variable.
 
I tried O-toro tour in this frame today at 48lbs. Very firm feeling string and it seems to compliment the softness of the frame quite well.
I need to play with it a bit more, but recommend people give it a shot!
 
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KungfuTennis said:
Opening a thread dedicated to the new 2025 Ezone 98 (blue 8th gen) and everyone's preferred string setups. I'll share my own trials thus far:

Racket: 8th Gen Ezone 98 with about 2 grams at 12, slightly built up grip. Overall feels more powerful and less boardy that last gen Ezone.

Strings:
PTP yellow 1.25 50lbs: Felt too bouncy, new ezone is pretty powerful and I didn't feel like I had enough control with PTP at 50.
PTS black 1.25 50lbs: Pretty great all around, my current setup, good spin, good control, controls the power well.
Strike/Rev(white) 1.25 52/50: Felt a little bit stiff off the getgo but actually a nice hybrid that I wasn't expecting. Rev is nice and slippery (treat it like a round string) and I like how strike feels.

Haven't tried too many strings so far, currently sharing my racket with a Chinese player (~ATP 500 or so peak) and strike isn't lasting too long, wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations. I've been thinking about prestretching strike 5% and stringing at 48, has anyone tried that?
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cocktail 1
Mains : Grapple snake 's gamechanger (green) (49)
Cross : head normal hawk 1.20 (grey/silver) (47)
This tension combo is based on what you have tried
Cocktail 2
Mains : Grapple snake' s Aspera Triplum (51)
Cross : pro supex big ace revo 1.19 (50)
This tension combo is based on what you have tried

I tried both cocktail mix for ezone 98 Tour 2025(at a higher tension than what I have recommended) , quite fun, haha. Take the ball on the rise to flatten it out. Haha
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I tried Orange Rev 125 full bed @53. The spin is below expectations. It is firm as expected. it has some power.
My rating for each factor out of 10:
Power: 7/10
Control: 7/10
Spin: 6/10
Comfort: 6/10
Do you think I should lower the tension to get a good spin, or do I have to change the setup? I prefer Yonex strings because they are cheap where I live.
 
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Just tried

Mach 10 16g mains @48
Hyper G round 17g x’s @50

4 hours in and I’m very happy with the feel. Launch is a little high. Maybe increasing the mains tension next time.
 
Sadek9 said:
I tried Orange Rev 125 full bed @53. The spin is below expectations. It is firm as expected. it has some power.
My rating for each factor out of 10:
Power: 7/10
Control: 7/10
Spin: 6/10
Comfort: 6/10
Do you think I should lower the tension to get a good spin, or do I have to change the setup? I prefer Yonex strings because they are cheap where I live.
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I have had a lot of success with PT Rev at slightly lower tensions (48lbs) I use 1.15.
 
I played yesterday with the Solinco Outlast at 21 kg and I really liked the string, no pain in my shoulder or elbow, serve coming out very powerful, FH too.
 
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