Durability no longer an issue

[exhaleexplode]

Ive been using x-1 with string savers for two months without any fraying at all. No movement either. Tension is starting to deteriorate. Anyways I am new to string savers and very impressed. So the new question is, what holds tension best?? Gut?

 

[shojun25]

You just answered your own question

 

[YULitle]

Gut = Worst (If not close to worst) for tension maintenance.

 

[Noisy Ninja]

Gut = Worst (If not close to worst) for tension maintenance.

Are you serious!?!

 

[YULitle]

Are you serious!?!

When not pre-stretched..... yes, I am.

 

[shojun25]

Gut = Worst (If not close to worst) for tension maintenance.

Just wondering... what kind of gut are you using? Synthetic gut or natural gut?

 

[Noisy Ninja]

When not pre-stretched..... yes, I am.

Pre-stretching MAY reduce some initial string tension loss but many stringers (including myself) utilize it mainly to reduce coil memory.
The problem with pre-stretching is that the process isn't a uniformly repeatable process if done manually. Do too much pre-stretching and you take away some of the inherent resiliency in the string.
I use a constant pull machine and only pre-stretch if requested by my clients; natural gut is by far the best string at maintaining tension from client feedback.
All strings undergo some initial tension loss at the beginning but I find it hard to believe that anyone would believe that natural gut would have the worst tension maintenance when comparing string setups utilized over the same period and under same conditions.
Now if you were to say that natural gut has the worst tension maintenance with the caveat that you use crappy natural gut and/or play in the rain...I can find that believable...but then...why not add that caveat in the first place instead of being prompted to explain yourself further? It's just not helpful to the OP when make you outrageous statements without elaboration.

 

[YULitle]

It is my understanding that the poor tension maintenance in natural gut is common knowledge. And while pre-stretching IS to get rid of coil-memory, it is also to help curb the loss of tension that occurs immediately after stringing. Being one of the most elastic strings out there, gut is inherently poor at maintaining tension. What it doesn't do, under normal conditions, is become "dead" as quickly as other strings, but this is not the same as maintaining tension. This is where the positive feedback comes from. The tension has been lost but the string still plays well because it has not become "dead" like most synethics become over time.

 

[JavierLW]

It is my understanding that the poor tension maintenance in natural gut is common knowledge. And while pre-stretching IS to get rid of coil-memory, it is also to help curb the loss of tension that occurs immediately after stringing. Being one of the most elastic strings out there, gut is inherently poor at maintaining tension. What it doesn't do, under normal conditions, is become "dead" as quickly as other strings, but this is not the same as maintaining tension. This is where the positive feedback comes from. The tension has been lost but the string still plays well because it has not become "dead" like most synethics become over time.

I dont know, check out the string selector on USRSA and the natural gut strings are rated the best for tension loss. Nothing else even comes close.

(that's not considering weather though)

 

[Old_Crow]

From the latest RSI article, here's the overall Stringer Sector map in the USRSA Stringer's Digest. Gut are the red circles in the bottom left, Nylon, Zyex & Polyolefin are the blue clump, Polyester is the green and Kevlar,Technora, Vectran is the brown.

 

[pow]

From personal experience, my stringer measures my stringbed for tension loss... we take an initial reading and one later and gut has dropped the most tension over time. I think the previous poster was correct in saying that gut has bad tension maintenance if not pre-stretched.

 

[YULitle]

Noted.