If you hybrid, do you

[TheLambsheadrep]

And please list the general conception of what doing it your way does (since there are the other options), and what it does for you personally.

I ask because I've seen a lot of either thinner/thicker string hybrids or vice versa on various string company's hybrid packs and don't know what they are intending that hybrid in particular to accomplish.

For background, I am using Forten thin blend which is 18g kevlar in the mains and 17g syn gut in the crosses. I like this setup, but obviously don't know what reversing the gauges would make different. I bought a reel of 16g nylon to use as a cross in the future with either 16g or 17g kevlar mains. And I may also dabble with kevlar/poly hybrids, so the same question is still relevant.

And since some people use different strings (most using different materials ex. kev/syn gut, poly/multi) in the crosses/mains, is keeping the same gauge for most different-materialed string hybrids generally preferred or not?

 

[fortun8son]

You can't compare a Kevlar hybrid to normal strings.
It is an exception.
I'd string kevler 15-20% lower,
Don't worry about warping, the kevlar does not elongate as it loses tension, the syngut does.
Let it sit for 24hrs.

 

[TheLambsheadrep]

im not worried about warping since id keep the crosses and mains at the same tension. I just want to know what the difference(s) would be when one would be thinner than the other.

Like I mentioned, this may possibly be for 3 scenarios; a kevlar/syn gut, a kevlar/poly, and a poly/syn gut. I recently read that string tension may have more to do with control/spin then gauge, but Im not 100% sure about that yet. I def liked 17g poly more then 16g, but 17g is less stiff than 16g and won't hold the tension as well (haven't noticed/felt this affect yet, though). Right now, I have 16g nylon for crosses, so if I'm leaning toward keeping poly or kevlar mains at 17g, that means a kevlar/poly hybrid would have the same gauge and the other 2 hybrids would have thinner mains than crosses.

I just honestly don't know if this is better than a hybrid with thinner crosses, but im certainly not getting 15g kelvar or poly. And I don't know if having the gauges the same or the mains thinner will be a better option

 

[sepidoel]

Since I use multi mains I like it thicker.

 

[flume]

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=431834

This was discussed recently, a few were talking about the preference for 17g poly mains and 16g syn gut or multi crosses.