First Iso-speed/Legend hybrid w/new Yonex RDS 001

[AmericanTemplar]

So I just received 3 Yonex RDS 001's, a pack of Babolat Fibertour, a pack of Klip Legend 16, and a pack of Iso-speed energetic 17 from TW yesterday. Last night I strung one of them up with the Fibertour for wet days with the mains at mid-tension(60 lbs), and the crosses 5% lower(57 lbs). Tonight I plan to string at least one of them up with Klip mains and Iso-Speed crosses. Although I know that this isn't the exact set-up that NoBadMojo and others on this forum have raved about--TW being out of Iso-speed Pro--I do hope to get maximum enjoyment out of the hybrid. So I was hoping that people may have some tips for how to go about stringing it. My plans were as follows:

-Klip Legend Mains/Iso-speed crosses (I believe that is how everyone else has done it)

-Pre-stretching the gut.

-Since Yonex suggests stringing the crosses at a 5% lower tension than the mains and Iso-speed suggest stringing their strings at a 10% higher tension than what you desire, I was going to string the crosses at a 5% higher tension than the mains.

-Use Krazy glue on the tips of the gut to keep them from expanding while pushing them through.

Possible considerations:

-Waxing the gut before stringing. Would you suggest parafin wax?

-Prestringing a couple of the crosses.

Is there anything that I've listed that I shouldn't do, and anything else that I should do? When I strung my Ncode with all Babolat VS Tonic I found that it provided too much power for the amount of spin that it suppliedm, for my liking. I was hitting long balls like mad. I normally strung the ncode at mid-tension. I strung the Yonex at mid-tension as I still am not sure what tension works best for them, since I am new to playing with them. Would you suggest going higher than mid tension w/the gut, which would mean going an additional 5% higher in tension w/the Iso-speed?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Grant

 

[kirbster123]

I would go a bit higher with the gut, but it wouldnt mean you have to string the iso higher too. Iso just requires to string 10% higher than normal, but you could string the gut 10% higher as well.

Also, did you do 2-piece stringing with the other racquet? Yonex racquets should always be done with 2-piece stringing.

 

[AmericanTemplar]

Yes, I did do two piece stringing. Thanks for the info.

 

[NoBadMojo]

So I just received 3 Yonex RDS 001's, a pack of Babolat Fibertour, a pack of Klip Legend 16, and a pack of Iso-speed energetic 17 from TW yesterday. Last night I strung one of them up with the Fibertour for wet days with the mains at mid-tension(60 lbs), and the crosses 5% lower(57 lbs). Tonight I plan to string at least one of them up with Klip mains and Iso-Speed crosses. Although I know that this isn't the exact set-up that NoBadMojo and others on this forum have raved about--TW being out of Iso-speed Pro--I do hope to get maximum enjoyment out of the hybrid. So I was hoping that people may have some tips for how to go about stringing it. My plans were as follows:

-Klip Legend Mains/Iso-speed crosses (I believe that is how everyone else has done it)

-Pre-stretching the gut.

-Since Yonex suggests stringing the crosses at a 5% lower tension than the mains and Iso-speed suggest stringing their strings at a 10% higher tension than what you desire, I was going to string the crosses at a 5% higher tension than the mains.

-Use Krazy glue on the tips of the gut to keep them from expanding while pushing them through.

Possible considerations:

-Waxing the gut before stringing. Would you suggest parafin wax?

-Prestringing a couple of the crosses.

Is there anything that I've listed that I shouldn't do, and anything else that I should do? When I strung my Ncode with all Babolat VS Tonic I found that it provided too much power for the amount of spin that it suppliedm, for my liking. I was hitting long balls like mad. I normally strung the ncode at mid-tension. I strung the Yonex at mid-tension as I still am not sure what tension works best for them, since I am new to playing with them. Would you suggest going higher than mid tension w/the gut, which would mean going an additional 5% higher in tension w/the Iso-speed?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Grant

yo..you';ve got many variable there, and it would be a real surprise if you got it all just right the first time.

i have no experience at all with that iso string so cant help you there

the klip legend likes only a gentle prestretch and better to not prestretch it at all than to stretch it too hard for most

waxing the gut mains before doing the x's is a good idea if the Iso string you are using is as 'grabby' as the iso pro.

i havent felt the need to super glue string tips

cant really help you with the tension as that's a very personal pref. the standard rule is to string at your normal tension so you know what diff the strings are making, but you've got yonex saying to string the x's looser and Iso says to string 10% tighter (on the IsoPro anyway)....

as a guess I would string the crosses 3 pounds tighter than the m's and string the m's 2 pounds over mid and see what that does for you. good luck..always glad to help a Templar..thought they were instinct in the 13th century or something ;O

 

[AmericanTemplar]

good luck..always glad to help a Templar..thought they were instinct in the 13th century or something ;O

Well, the death of the order of the Knights Templar is still being debated--some theorize that a group of them sailed to Nova Scotia with the Holy Grail among their treasures. There are still people who go up there and search for it. There is also still a masonic order called the Templars, although I have no part in that. I'm just a fan of the samurai's Western counterpart, and also a band called The Templars.

Anyway, thanks for your advice. BTW, the reason that I had planned on putting krazy glue on the tips of the gut is because in my last experience with gut, I had trouble with the tips expanding when I was pushing them through the holes that contained two strings. I saw that some other people on here put glue on the tips to keep them from unraveling, and I thought that it also might be a good way of reinforcing the strings so that they don't bunch up and expand when I push them through the grommets.

 

[NoBadMojo]

Well, the death of the order of the Knights Templar is still being debated--some theorize that a group of them sailed to Nova Scotia with the Holy Grail among their treasures. There are still people who go up there and search for it. There is also still a masonic order called the Templars, although I have no part in that. I'm just a fan of the samurai's Western counterpart, and also a band called The Templars.

Anyway, thanks for your advice. BTW, the reason that I had planned on putting krazy glue on the tips of the gut is because in my last experience with gut, I had trouble with the tips expanding when I was pushing them through the holes that contained two strings. I saw that some other people on here put glue on the tips to keep them from unraveling, and I thought that it also might be a good way of reinforcing the strings so that they don't bunch up and expand when I push them through the grommets.

as long as the latest iteration of the Templars has nothing to do w. the Bonesmen from Yale I'm ok w. dat

 

[AmericanTemplar]

So I strung another one of these last night with the Klip/Iso-speed hybrid. Took me way too long, since I was being extra careful with the gut. Regardless of the extreme care that I used while handeling the gut, I still managed to somehow burn them in one spot and I have no idea how, as it happened before I started weaving them. I'm guessing that I may have damaged them while pulling off the zip-tie. Does anyone have any suggestions for a safer way of removing the zip-ties than pulling them off with plyers?

Hopefully I will still be able to get some playing time out of this job, and I think that I will wait to string the last one until I figure out what I think of the tensions that I used on this job.

 

[BounceHitBounceHit]

So I strung another one of these last night with the Klip/Iso-speed hybrid. Took me way too long, since I was being extra careful with the gut. Regardless of the extreme care that I used while handeling the gut, I still managed to somehow burn them in one spot and I have no idea how, as it happened before I started weaving them. I'm guessing that I may have damaged them while pulling off the zip-tie. Does anyone have any suggestions for a safer way of removing the zip-ties than pulling them off with plyers?

Hopefully I will still be able to get some playing time out of this job, and I think that I will wait to string the last one until I figure out what I think of the tensions that I used on this job.

Let us know. I am curious about this 'other' Isospeed! CC

 

[AmericanTemplar]

Let us know. I am curious about this 'other' Isospeed! CC

Well, I can't say how the energetic compares to the pro, since I have never played with it. Really, I can't even say how the energetic plays, since it's part of a hybrid and I haven't tried it by itself. What I can say is that this set-up plays very well right off the bat. The tension at 60/63 ended up being just right, and I had no trouble at all stringing the last one. I will probably stick with this set-up for a while, although I am interested in trying it out with the pro just to see the difference. I feel as though I have the perfect ratio of power to spin, which allows me to hit that ball hard and still keep it in. I've still had a little trouble perfecting my timing with my topspin backhand with this racquet, but that has nothing to do with the strings. It's too bad that TW is no longer going to carry the Iso-speed Pro, especially with the number of fans that it has on TW's own forums.

I'm pretty sure that I mentioned earlier that I strung the first racquet with Babolat Fibertour for wet days. The reason that I chose this string is that it was on the RDS 001 MP that I demoed, and I really liked it. I strung it at 60/57, but I think that next time around I will string it at 58/55 to soften up the string bed a little bit.

 

[NoBadMojo]

Well, I can't say how the energetic compares to the pro, since I have never played with it. Really, I can't even say how the energetic plays, since it's part of a hybrid and I haven't tried it by itself. What I can say is that this set-up plays very well right off the bat. The tension at 60/63 ended up being just right, and I had no trouble at all stringing the last one. I will probably stick with this set-up for a while, although I am interested in trying it out with the pro just to see the difference. I feel as though I have the perfect ratio of power to spin, which allows me to hit that ball hard and still keep it in. I've still had a little trouble perfecting my timing with my topspin backhand with this racquet, but that has nothing to do with the strings. It's too bad that TW is no longer going to carry the Iso-speed Pro, especially with the number of fans that it has on TW's own forums.

I'm pretty sure that I mentioned earlier that I strung the first racquet with Babolat Fibertour for wet days. The reason that I chose this string is that it was on the RDS 001 MP that I demoed, and I really liked it. I strung it at 60/57, but I think that next time around I will string it at 58/55 to soften up the string bed a little bit.

good feedback. i'm pretty sure TW will continue to carry the iso Speed pro..maybe they are back in stock on it now..check w. them if you like

do you find that the strings really lock with this setup and did you find this setup to be powerful?

 

[AmericanTemplar]

I don't find it to be overly powerful like I did with all gut at my normal tension on my ncode 6.1 95. However, it is more powerful than the racquet that I have strung with the Fibertour. Although there is very little string movement with the hybrid, there is still more movement with this set-up than there is with Fibertour alone.

I spoke with somebody with TW when I ordered everything else and he said that their system made it appear as though they will no longer be carrying Iso-speed Pro.