Hybrid suggestions with Prince Premier Attack

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ArliHawk

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I have started burning through Prince Premier Attack in a full bed, but have 8 sets left. Am looking for co ploys to hybrid with it. One obvious choice is Prince Beast 17. Would love any other suggestions you might have. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
 
Are you only seeking to increase the longevity or do you wish to change the performance as well?
Hybriding with any poly, mains or crosses, will indeed slow down breakage but the everything else will change to allow that.

Prince Premier Attack is one of the best multis to come out in years.
If you like the way it plays, I think you will be disappointed with a 'durability' hybrid.

You might want to look at Pro's Pro GutPower 1.30 or Claycourt16. Pretty tough and plays nice, too.
 
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I would like to increase durability a bit, but also maintain some feel amd comfort. After researching a bit, I am thinking about Solinco Tour Bite Soft, Babolat RPM Blast, MSV co-focus, Dunlop Black Widow, and Gamma rzr rx.

Any thoughts on those and further suggestions would be appreciated.
 
ArliHawk said:
I have started burning through Prince Premier Attack in a full bed, but have 8 sets left. Am looking for co ploys to hybrid with it. One obvious choice is Prince Beast 17. Would love any other suggestions you might have. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
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Try a smooth poly in the mains. Tension it in the range of 50 to 55 lbs, with the PPA crosses 4 lbs tighter.

1. Solinco Outlast
2. Tourna Big Hitter Silver
3. Isospeed Pulse
 
One of the pros at my club recommended Tecnifibre Red Code. Any thoughts on this? Looking for poly to use in the mains, with Premier attack as a cross.
 
Red Code's nice. It's got okay spin potential, holds tension pretty well for a poly, and has average, although not great pop. I thought that it lacked a bit in durability, but it might actually last a while with a soft cross like PPA.
 
I just did PPA with a cheap smooth poly cross at 59/55. Played great, better than full PPA for me. I don't know if it lasted any longer though.
 
If you like the way PPA plays, then Ashaway Monogut ZX mains with PPA crosses doesn't play much differently from full bed PPA and is more durable. It's a good combo for me because I can't use poly.

If you're arm is fine with using poly, then go with the other suggestions.
 
keithfival said:
I just did PPA with a cheap smooth poly cross at 59/55. Played great, better than full PPA for me. I don't know if it lasted any longer though.
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You strung the multi cross lower than the poly mains? Do me a favor: measure the length and width of the hoop of your frame with that exact string composition. when those strings are dead and you cut them out, measure the length and width of the hoop again. Twenty bucks says the length of the hoop is significantly longer with the strings cut out.

I recommend stringing the nylon crosses 4 lbs tighter. This ensures a uniform string bed and maintains the original shape of the hoop (without strings in it).
 
Has anyone used Luxilon Alu Power in the mains with PPA in crosses? If yes, in what tension and how did it play? I am thinking of trying this combination in my APD13 ( I am using YPTP currently) because I like alu very much but I want to enhance its playability time and make it a bit softer.

I am a 3.5 baseliner who is trying to start volleying more.
 
^I'd play Luxilon ALU alone. Just for those 3 hours of paradise before it dies... :lol: Why not trying the Beast Attack pre-packaged hybrid?
 
I absolutely love alu, but it is too expensive for 3-5 hours playability before it dies. I haven't considered the prepacked priince hybrid because i want to keep all the pros of alu in a hybrid.
 
absinthe said:
I absolutely love alu, but it is too expensive for 3-5 hours playability before it dies. I haven't considered the prepacked priince hybrid because i want to keep all the pros of alu in a hybrid.
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Not gonna happen. ALU is ALU after all. It's be a waste of ALU, it's not gonna improve its playability duration. Hybrids with multis mostly improve power and comfort (depending of the multi), not playability duration. Playability duration will always be limited by the string that holds the least its characteristics over time, which is the co-poly. You maybe won't feel it as soon as you do in full-bed co-poly because of the increased comfort from the multi, but it does happen at roughly the same rate.
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I think that a shaped poiy like cyclone is not a good idea, since it will tear ppa apart. Am i wrong?
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PPA is more solid than most multis, so it won't be shredded that fast. Now of course it ain't co-poly/kevlar, but it's a good string to hybrid with since it's really solid for a multi. Just don't shank, PPA hates shanks big time.
 
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Lukhas, arlihawk, thanks for your answers.

So, bottomline, it isn't a good idea to hybrid alu since there is no added value at the string bed (apart from some comfort).
 
absinthe said:
Lukhas, arlihawk, thanks for your answers.

So, bottomline, it isn't a good idea to hybrid alu since there is no added value at the string bed (apart from some comfort).
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Comfort is the reason I hybrid in the first place. Scared of a bed of full poly, but that is up to you.
 
Arlihawk, before hybriding cyclone with ppa, have you played with cyclone in full bed? If yes, what are the main difference between the two setups (probably, comfort) and do you prefer the hybrid setup from full bed cyclone?
 
No, I never tried a full bed of cyclone.

At one point, I found myself breaking the attack too quickly and had a lot of sets left. So my regular stringer suggested a hybrid of cyclone and Premier Attack, and it's now my go to setup. Can't tell you what it's strung at, because I defer to him.
 
Hmm, ok, thanks for your answer, Arlihawk.

Now I am considering of hybriding ppa with solinco tour bite at mains. Has anyone tried it? Any thoughts?
 
absinthe said:
Hmm, ok, thanks for your answer, Arlihawk.

Now I am considering of hybriding ppa with solinco tour bite at mains. Has anyone tried it? Any thoughts?
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Just do it man! As stated previously, the Tour Bite will probably saw through PPA right around the time you should be cutting out the poly anyways.
 
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