Ashaway Dynamite Soft, IsoSpeed Axon Multi, and Gosen Nanoblend

[aggietex08]

Maybe it is because they are newer strings but I was hoping to get some feedback from people that have used them. I tried searching and very little is said. I am trying to find the softest strings I possibly can without breaking the bank, <$15. From the TW database this is what I am looking at (with the three in the title being the top contenders). Strings that I deemed too expensive or ones I have tried have been removed.

Ultra soft
Ashaway Dynamite Soft 18, 108.0 $11.50

Very soft
Ashaway Dynamite Soft 17, 120.0 $11.50

Quite Soft
IsoSpeed Axon Multi 16L, Nylon/Polyolefin, 126.3 $11.99
Ashaway Dynamite 17, 127.4 $8.50

Soft
Gosen Nanoblend 17, Nylon , 132.0 $10.95
IsoSpeed Professional Classic 17, Polyolefin, 133.7 $9.99
IsoSpeed Control Classic 16, Polyolefin, 136.0 $9.99

Moderately Soft
Pacific PMX 17, Nylon, 140.0 $13.95
Tecnifibre E-Matrix 17, Nylon, 143.4 $4.99
Tecnifibre E-Matrix 16, Nylon/Polyurethane, 143.4 $4.99

Medium
Pacific PMX 16L, Nylon, 146.3 $13.95
Mantis Comfort Synthetic 16, Nylon, 149.2 $9.00
Gamma Asterisk Spin 16, Nylon, 149.7 $12.95
IsoSpeed Control 16, Nylon/Polyolefin, 149.7 $10.99
Polyfibre Poly Hightec 18, Polyester, 150.3 $7.90
Wilson Hollow Core 16, Nylon, 150.3 $12.95
Wilson Hollow Core Pro 17, Nylon , 150.3 $12.95
Gosen TecGut Remplir 16, Nylon/Polyurethane, 150.9 $9.99
Weiss Cannon Explosiv 1.30, Nylon, 150.9 $13.50

 

[mikeler]

Don't go only by stiffness ratings. I just hit with the Mantis Comfort Synthetic and it feels softer than Pro Supex Maxim Touch and Isospeed Control.

 

[Agent Orynge]

*sniff* *sniff*

I smell index data...

 

[mikeler]

*sniff* *sniff*

I smell index data...

I know, that is the feeling I got too. Maybe we are wrong.

 

[aggietex08]

Don't go only by stiffness ratings. I just hit with the Mantis Comfort Synthetic and it feels softer than Pro Supex Maxim Touch and Isospeed Control.

Don't worry I am not attempting to go only by the stiffness ratings, but thank you for the warning. If this were the case I would have already bought the strings named without asking for people opinions on how they played. I use the ratings as a bases for how they should feel. Going over the list I was very surprised on several occasions.

 

[mikeler]

Don't worry I am not attempting to go only by the stiffness ratings, but thank you for the warning. If this were the case I would have already bought the strings named without asking for people opinions on how they played. I use the ratings as a bases for how they should feel. Going over the list I was very surprised on several occasions.

The ratings are a good place to start, but I've just found too many cases where what I feel does not correlate well with the stiffness ratings. I have a thread started where I'm testing out Isospeed Control 16, Mantis Comfort Synthetic 16, Tourna Quasi Gut 16 and Head RIP Control 16. My string before the tests was Maxim Touch 17. I was getting about 12 sets out of that. Not sure what kind of durability you are looking for, but for a multi that is pretty good.