Fake Luxilon Alu Power strings?

[maxcpa]

Regret I didn't know then what I know now. Anyway, here is the story.

My son plays in junior tournaments almost every week, and he breaks more than one strings weekly.
I was looking for a used stringing machine on FB marketplace, and found this Luxilon Alu Power 200m reel that is sold at $140.
Since it is sold by a local coach, I did not suspect it can be a fake product. Actually, I didn't even know that there are fake strings on the market.
Bought it without any hesitation, and it was brought to my string guy, who has been stringing rackets over 30 years.
I was shocked because immediately after he saw the reel, he confirmed me it's fake.
I came home and compared it with my other luxilon reels bought from authorized dealers, and here is what I found.

- No texts printed on the string
- The label printing is a bit blurry compared to the original one.
- No batch number sticker on the packaging
- The stringer says the color is off too.
- I cannot find identical products anywhere on the web.

I reached out to the seller for a refund, and he is very reluctant to take it back.
He is not willing to tell me where he bought it from, and he says that the same string is used by himself and his son.
He is trying to convince me that it is not fake and that I will know the authenticity if I use it.
Since it was bought for my son, I am not willing to take the risk putting it on.

My conclusion is that you should buy strings from authorized dealers... A lesson is learned with $140.

Here is the picture of the product.

https://imgur.com/a/ZydShC0

 

[RNBABOLAT]

If you used Lux before you can clearly see the color is really off and also compared with the ones you have. Unfortunately that looks really cheap, sorry for this

 

[Mischko]

Yep, that really looks like a fake. Alu 1.25 is sold in 220m reels not 200m. Alu is semi transparent agains the sun/good light, fakes aren't

 

[jimmy8]

Once you get your stringing machine you can string for people and sell them string from that reel at $8 per set and say it's tourna big hitter silver (because it probably is) and make back all your $140.

 

[lidoazndiabloboi]

Once you get your stringing machine you can string for people and sell them string from that reel at $8 per set and say it's tourna big hitter silver (because it probably is) and make back all your $140.

And what will he say when the string breaks on the first hitting session?

 

[jimmy8]

And what will he say when the string breaks on the first hitting session?

Big hitter silver should last longer than that usually, depends on the player.

 

[Deleted member 775108]

Big hitter silver should last longer than that usually, depends on the player.

Lets just assume the fake string is actually Big Hitter Silver and not some low buck Chinese string instead just like those fake 290g RF97s than sell for $35 or whatever

 

[Kafel69]

i would just send it. what's the worst that will happen? he breaks them in a week, like he normally does? (that sounds very strange, btw) lol

 

[tjanev]

It's yours now, why not try it out. there's many different varieties of strings out there in different price ranges, and they all play differently to everyone and every racquet at every tension. Lower your expectations and have fun with them. you never know.

Also, why not let your son play with them? you afraid the strings will bite him? whats the worst that can happen? he doesn't like them? then cut thm out and restring. you lost 140 on the reel if you will never try them, but you may save 60 + if he likes them ( cost of a real alu reel )

I've tried a lot of strings from zarsia, pro's pro, tournas, kirschbaum, tier 1, head, wilson, prince, babolat and solinco's, and one of my favourites is the kirschbaum SS orange and the pro's pro eruption and they're under 100 per reel. Heck, i got 2 different zarsia reels off aliexpress for 50 each just for fun and even they play fine. a little to launchy for my liking (as they are a very stretchy string when pulling ), but they are a good string for novice players that need a little extra power from the strings. I string them up for some customers and only charge them 5 dollars for the string. Even at that price i can pay off the reel with 10 stringings ( labour extra ).