For TW Professor & Stringers: String durability and the S racquets

[ruhil]

Hello Folks;

I've tried to probe this elsewhere on the forum but now it is time to reach out to you maestros

I find a full bed of 16g poly (RPM Blast and Luxilon 4G, in turn) to last no more than 6 hours in my two new Blade 98S. This was also true of the two demo sticks TW shipped (both strung with Lux 4G I believe). Forum members indicate that this all too frequent string breakage is one of the downsides of the "spin" racquets with their open string patterns. Perhaps this is true, I don't know. What I do know is that I can't afford to string every week. So three questions:

1. If the stringer does a two-piece rather than a one-piece string job, how will that influence durability, if at all?
2. Would going a hybrid route make any difference?
3. In your experience, is the Blade 16x19 known (or likely) to yield longer string life?

Thanks for any wisdom you can share.

 

[TW Staff]

ruhil,

I have passed along your question to the TW Professor.

Thanks,
Brittany, TW