Help picking a new string!!

max8176

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I have been using just cheap 15G nylon strings (less than $1 per string job) strung at very hard tension (78main/ 60 cross) on my RD-7 for years. I like the set up because it very affordable and I have a lot of power, feel and crispness from the string as well as good control because I strung it at high tension. However, because it's nylon it tends to loose tension very quick and I am a very tension senstive player. Therefore I feel like I have to restring quite often. Lately I have been trying out different strings; more specially poly strings.

I have tried Cyberflash, Cyberpower, Signum Pro Plasma, Gosen Polylon.weiss cannon silverstring, Laser fibre laser supreme.

Any other strings I should try that play similar to my old setup? Any feedback to the strings I mentioned above? Thanks.
 
I have been using just cheap 15G nylon strings (less than $1 per string job) strung at very hard tension (78main/ 60 cross) on my RD-7 for years. I like the set up because it very affordable and I have a lot of power, feel and crispness from the string as well as good control because I strung it at high tension. However, because it's nylon it tends to loose tension very quick and I am a very tension senstive player. Therefore I feel like I have to restring quite often. Lately I have been trying out different strings; more specially poly strings.

I have tried Cyberflash, Cyberpower, Signum Pro Plasma, Gosen Polylon.weiss cannon silverstring, Laser fibre laser supreme.

Any other strings I should try that play similar to my old setup? Any feedback to the strings I mentioned above? Thanks.
Most poly strings don't hold tension well at all so try using multifiliments.
 
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Valjean

Hall of Fame
If tension maintenance is now your "holy grail," you assuredly chose the worst possible solution for it. Basic nylon is certainly cheap enough, but the trade-off is its very rapid and early tension loss, as you have discovered. And the best polys still lose tension at approximately twice the average rate of nylon, according to the USRSA.

Poly strings were introduced merely to help ****** breakage for those who break string frequently, whatever else they are touted for now. Tour players who use them must get them restrung every few days as it is, but, given the damage they can do too, it's hard to imagine these strings would even be available if the open-stance forehand hadn't come along. Given the cost involved, I still have a hard time grasping now how the string manufacturers could have been caught so flat-footed.

If tension maintenance is to be your next objective, try out natural gut.
 
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max8176

Rookie
Really...I have no idea that Poly loses tension very quick as well. From the one that I have tried they seemed pretty well in holding tension. Also, string movement is a minimum which is good because when I used nylon it just keep moving when the strings are getting beat up.
 

miniRafa386

Hall of Fame
78?!?!?! thats sooooo friggin tight!!

yeah polys have terrible tension maintainence. I would try a 15g multi, like biphase, touch multifibre, iso control, excellerator, or xcel
 

lethalfang

Professional
Multifilament doesn't have good tension maintenance, either.
A better synthetic gut string (e.g., Gosen Micro) would be a better bet (while cost is still quite low).
 

Princegod

Rookie
Your going to be better off using a solid core synthetic if tension maintenance is your goal. Forget polyester (the worst) or a multifilament (not good).

Gosen Jim Courier 16 holds tension very well and is a crisp string. LaserFibre LaserTour 16 is another you might check out for tension maintenance. PSGD 16 is a cheaper alternative, the optic yellow being the stiffest for some reason (gold is less stiff).
 

max8176

Rookie
Actually I like the stiffness feeling of the string bed. However I find a lot of the poly strings out there while they give me that feeling they are also too mushy.
 

max8176

Rookie
Any other strings or setup people can recommend? I have been using SPPP for last month or so but not doing very good with it. Should I keep looking?
 
Poly strings are a bad start as far as testing goes IMO. Start with some nice synthetic guts and multifilments, maybe some real gut if you want to spend the cash. After that you can decide whether polys are right for you or not.
 

Stan

Professional
I'd go with the LF Supreme. Holds tension well and designed to play stiffer than traditional multis.
 
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