I just purchased a reel of Luxilon ALU power but I have a couple concerns. For starters, its only a 200m reel. Secondly, the text on the strings just says Luxilon ALU Power 16 and then the string of letters. Are there any dead giveaways to tell whether or not its fake? What should a proper barcode look like or the text on the strings? Thanks in advance.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
If it holds tension well beyond the first hour, that’s a dead giveaway that it is fake.
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Deleted member 768841
Guest
Good one.
) I think only the 16L comes in the longer 726' reels. most of their reels are the 220m/660' lengths.
rafa_prestige89
Professional
It‘s legit, the reel has the batch number sticker and it comes in 200m because it’s the 1.30mm. version newly released.
Now that is funny! No matter how much anyone likes that string.
FIRETennis
Professional
This is my experience with fake ALU Rough 1.25mm.
I think yours looks legit. How does it play?
The fake one had a very stiff crappy feel and lost very little tension. Was difficult to string.
I find ALU loses ~10-12% tension in the first hour but then actually stabilizes for the next 4-5 hours until it starts to get stiff.
I've measured this with RacquetTune with multiple ALU / ALU Rough / ALU Soft string jobs and the pattern is the same.
For me it's more of a power loss that I experience which causes me to have to hit harder/higher to get depth.
I think yours looks legit. How does it play?
The fake one had a very stiff crappy feel and lost very little tension. Was difficult to string.
I find ALU loses ~10-12% tension in the first hour but then actually stabilizes for the next 4-5 hours until it starts to get stiff.
I've measured this with RacquetTune with multiple ALU / ALU Rough / ALU Soft string jobs and the pattern is the same.
For me it's more of a power loss that I experience which causes me to have to hit harder/higher to get depth.
A friend bought a fake Alu Power from Wish for fun. He said it breaks after 1-2 hours.
The packaging looks EXACTLY the same as the real thing but the color of the string is slightly different. Maybe go to a store, compare it with a string that you know is genuine and you will be able to tell right away (based on color).
The packaging looks EXACTLY the same as the real thing but the color of the string is slightly different. Maybe go to a store, compare it with a string that you know is genuine and you will be able to tell right away (based on color).
