flashfire276
Hall of Fame
For me, it's Wilson Hollow Core.
In your opinion, worst string?
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vandre
Hall of Fame
the worst string i've ever used was gamma challenger 2. i think it was supposed to be like a jacked up synth gut but it turned my racquet into a rocket launcher with no feel. i cut it out long before it went dead! :evil:
back in the day, i had an early version of psgd (i think it was one of their first attempts with adding duraflex) and it was a frayed mess in a week (this is when i was playing for hours every day in college). it was ugly! and it got so frayed the duraflex frayed out of it. you could actually pull the duraflex out of the string.
back in the day, i had an early version of psgd (i think it was one of their first attempts with adding duraflex) and it was a frayed mess in a week (this is when i was playing for hours every day in college). it was ugly! and it got so frayed the duraflex frayed out of it. you could actually pull the duraflex out of the string.
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ClubHoUno
Banned
Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour.
Tried it at different tension levels and just hated it....
I haven't really tried any of the cheaper strings. I cut them out if the racquet comes prestrung with a cheap string.
Have tried Prince Syn Gut Duraflex, and overall I just don't see why It's one of the most sold strings in the world. It plays OK in the mains for 1-2 hours, then turns into mush.
Tried it at different tension levels and just hated it....
I haven't really tried any of the cheaper strings. I cut them out if the racquet comes prestrung with a cheap string.
Have tried Prince Syn Gut Duraflex, and overall I just don't see why It's one of the most sold strings in the world. It plays OK in the mains for 1-2 hours, then turns into mush.
Wilson Stamina is an atrocious string. Probably the worst I've ever felt though was Alu Power strung at normal tension for what I normally string multi's at (63). Felt like a board. Albeit that's partly my fault for not knowing to string Luxilon 10% lower, it's still pretty bad that a 6 pound difference would make a world of difference (I don't know if it does; it's too expensive to try again and there's better string out there for the money anyway).
Ljubicic for number1
Hall of Fame
Pro hurricane tour an recoil spring to mind
tennis4life6965
Rookie
Ashaway Liberty Synthetic Gut 16 String
B
Barricade V
Guest
Wilson hallow core. god awful. also prince xx lightening or whatever thats called
kingdaddy41788
Hall of Fame
Recoil. No question.
Some of the supercheap guts (Titan) are pretty bad as well...
Some of the supercheap guts (Titan) are pretty bad as well...
Worst I have used personally is wilson enduro mono. I'll admit, the string gave a nice bite to the ball, but it's claims of being soft was bull, probably the stiffest string I've ever used, felt like i was hitting the ball with a sledgehammer, and I was stringing at 53 pounds. I'm a young guy too, and it made my arm feel numb.
jasonmiller
Rookie
I swear I was going to say the same exact thing. I haven't really tried that many strings, but those are the two I'll never try again.
Power Player
Bionic Poster
The new soft polys in a full job are all pretty much the same to me. Lifeless and dull. I guess that is why I actually like Wilson Stamina as a cross. I like crisp strings.
The worst though for me was Ashaway poly.
The worst though for me was Ashaway poly.
vincent_tennis
Professional
Technifbre Red Code... Stiff, stiff, and stiff.
philosoraptor
Rookie
people on this board ll hate me for saying this, but an alu and vs gut hybrid, it was just not my cup of tea
bastorm0720
New User
agree completely cannot stand luxilon strings.
Also PHT is starting to get too stiff for me.
flashfire276
Hall of Fame
Gotta agree with you guys.
Pro Hurricane Tour is terrible! It gives no kind of feel! It's like hitting with a board!
Pro Hurricane Tour is terrible! It gives no kind of feel! It's like hitting with a board!
Ambivalent
Hall of Fame
Ahhh, polygut and prince tournament poly in the days when I was just beginning tennis...
I even used tournament poly for a while after they stopped making polygut.
PimpMyGame
Hall of Fame
Really cheap natural gut.
VamosRafa10
Rookie
Recoil just simply awful stuff
drakulie
Talk Tennis Guru
JackB1
G.O.A.T.
Have u tried the newer WIlson Hollow Core Pro? Supposed to be MUCH better.
moronicfreak
New User
MSV focus hex had a dead feeling from when it was strung to the end, uncomfortable and awful and also very stiff
hahha i actually just had a client string his friends racket with it after finding out he LOVED it. his friend came to the garage a couple days later and said she hated it and wanted her PSGD back.
Richie Rich
Legend
babolat polymono
any kevlar
prince dna helix (lucky if it lasted the warm up!)
any kevlar
prince dna helix (lucky if it lasted the warm up!)
flashfire276
Hall of Fame
That's what I heard. But I'm not the kind of guy that has enough money just to "test" out a string and risk liking/disliking it.
But idk. It BETTER be a nice upgrade from the original HC.
Kick Serve 14
Professional
I agree completely, I hated it...
I would be careful with your words, if you mean "noob" as in trying different strings or not being a stringer, then I agree. If you mean "noob" as in tennis player, that might not apply. My girlfriend, for example, was ranked top 5 in our state in 16s and 18s simultaneously back in high school and all she ever uses is Prince Sweet Perfection which isn't even made anymore. She won't let me string with anything else but that, or PSG. The fact that she can get into the M!dwest Closed having only played with PSG her whole life says that it's more about the player and that string ignorance is irrelevant.
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