Is Luxilon overpriced?

[ionutzakis]

I played several times with BB Original, Alu Power and Ace.

I didn't liked BB Original, too stiff, too thick. Alu Power lost tension a lot faster than Ace. Ace was the best of the bunch, but it is also expensive.

In your opinion, is Luxilon overpriced / way overpriced compared with other newer generation poly's?

I mean, why is a reel of Alu power 4 times the price of a similar category string?

4 times??

 

[ericsson]

Yes it is overpriced! if you search and test you find alternatives...

 

[J011yroger]

Nope, I would pay anything for it.

J

 

[onkystomper]

overpriced, topspin poly polar is far better and cheaper

 

[lioneldude]

Good price of US$14.50 on TW, but in Singapore it costs S$38 = US$25 approx!!! Very expensive in this part of the world sadly. But it lasts long and its almost very hard to break Luxilons!

 

[nickb]

I would never buy luxilon again...there are better polys for half the price.

 

[Bogie]

considering the price that a lot of other very good polys such as kirschbaum, signum pro, tecnifibre, and babolat carry, yes it is overpriced, but a great product none-the-less. i have been using luxilon bb original for about 5 years now and cant imagine using anything else at this point.

 

[karl conner]

If you guys knew what this stuff sold for at wholesale and then what it cost to make you would really have a fit. Let me put it this way - Luxilon (and all Poly brands) make the string for less than $20 for a reel. Not a bad profit margin if you can get people to buy it...

 

[wyutani]

if i wanna play well, i dun mind paying double....seriously...

 

[Fedace]

considering the price that a lot of other very good polys such as kirschbaum, signum pro, tecnifibre, and babolat carry, yes it is overpriced, but a great product none-the-less. i have been using luxilon bb original for about 5 years now and cant imagine using anything else at this point.

What is the best poly in your opinion ? for both Spin, control and power ?? I prefer thin strings

 

[ollinger]

Have you noticed that lots of people on this board use Luxilon? Maybe the company knows something about marketing and merchandising.

 

[ChocolatePie]

Technifibre Pro Redcode, PHT, and SPPP are my favorites. Screw Luxilon.

 

[10nisDude~]

i thought some of the luxilon strings technically not a poly but more of a composite or something...idk but i think its a little over price even if u do order them it isnt at a reasonable price...but a great string none the less

 

[mark rodgers]

Lux is definitely overpriced. What's worse is that if you buy a reel of it, there's no savings at all. If you buy from brands such as Signum and Weiss Canon there is a substantial cost saving in buying a reel. Individual sets go for about $9 but if you purchase a reel, the cost goes down to about $5 a set. These string are the newest copolys are great strings. I think Lux is just in a dilema of having to pay all those pros for promoting their product. Otherwise I think it would less.

 

[goober]

Way overpriced. Gosen, Kirschbaum and Topspin strings are what I like to use now and much cheaper.

 

[meh]

Nope. Luxilon understands how much weight their name has amongst pros and susceptible juniors and have done well at pushing their product. Regardless of the price, people still buy Luxilon for Luxilon, and Luxilon knows how to push every penny out of its string.

 

[tbini87]

with all the great alternatives i think it is overpriced. if it was head and shoulders above the rest of the field it would be priced right, but it is not THAT much better than many others.

 

[goosala]

Given the number of polys out there, I would say yes. There are so many alternatives to Luxilon such as Signum Pro, Kirschbaum, Topspin, etc.

 

[goober]

if i wanna play well, i dun mind paying double....seriously...

I got this kller set of Ionic Magnetic bracelet, necklace and headband that will make you have an awesome serve. I am marketing the set and calling it the "kinetic chain". Yours for only $299.95 + S&H.

 

[tbini87]

I got this kller set of Ionic Magnetic bracelet, necklace and headband that will make you have an awesome serve. I am marketing the set and calling it the "kinetic chain". Yours for only $299.95 + S&H.

you could probably make some money off of this knowing what some people would pay to improve their game haha! they might even give their right arm...

 

[Steve Huff]

Properties have nothing to do with price. Price is set by the market. Believe me, if no one was willing to pay the price for a certain string (any string), the price would drop. As long as enough people are willing to pay a certain price for a string, the price will stay there or go higher (to test the market). If the same number of people are willing to pay $a for a string and the price is increase to $b, and the number of people buying it remain the same, believe me, the price will stay $b. A good marketing study is one of Turtle Wax Car Wax. When it was first introduced, it had some advanced properties that made it the best, easiest to use product of it's kind available. It was introduced at a price lower than it's competitors. It didn't sell. People "perceived" it to be cheap (since it was priced low). Johnson took Turtle Wax off the market for a year, reintroduced it priced about twice as high as it's competitors. People perceived it as the best, and it became the top selling car wax in the nation. The formula was not changed.

 

[goober]

Properties have nothing to do with price. Price is set by the market. Believe me, if no one was willing to pay the price for a certain string (any string), the price would drop. As long as enough people are willing to pay a certain price for a string, the price will stay there or go higher (to test the market). If the same number of people are willing to pay $a for a string and the price is increase to $b, and the number of people buying it remain the same, believe me, the price will stay $b. A good marketing study is one of Turtle Wax Car Wax. When it was first introduced, it had some advanced properties that made it the best, easiest to use product of it's kind available. It was introduced at a price lower than it's competitors. It didn't sell. People "perceived" it to be cheap (since it was priced low). Johnson took Turtle Wax off the market for a year, reintroduced it priced about twice as high as it's competitors. People perceived it as the best, and it became the top selling car wax in the nation. The formula was not changed.

Of course you are completely right. That is why we as consumers should be buying Gosen and Topspin strings (and the like) to force a downward trend in pricing. Luxilon is not making any club level players play better. It's all in their head

 

[jonline]

Everything is overpriced these days :-o

 

[Steve Huff]

Believe me, nothing YOU buy is too expensive. If it was, you wouldn't be willing to pay the asking price for it. You may not like paying the asking price, but ultimately, if you buy it, their marketing has succeeded in convincing you that it was priced correctly. In commerce, the seller tries to get as much as possible for his product. The consumer tries to pay as little as possible for the product. Where they meet is where the price is set by the market.

 

[Bogie]

What is the best poly in your opinion ? for both Spin, control and power ?? I prefer thin strings

out of all the polys that i have tried (and that's more than a few lol) i think that the best in terms of spin, control, and price most of all would be signum pro poly plasma. one of my friends has been using if for the past several months in his mfil 300 and it plays absolutely phenominally. it is soft, extremely durable, inexpensive, and very spin friendly. all those "hexagonal" strings such as pro hurricane tour and signum hextreme are quite spin friends, but in my opinion, feel pretty crappy compared to such strings as sppp and kirschbaum pro line II which i like very much as well.

bottom line; personally i love my luxilon bb original, but if you prefer thin strings you won't like the feel of it at all. in terms of thin strings, i strongly recommend sppp, but i also think that the latest kirschbaum, pro line II, is also very much worth a try. i sampled it several months ago and thought it felt awesome. it is very soft, pockets well, is quite durable, and has a great mix of power and control. you also cant beat sppp's price at $8.90 and kirschbaum is worth every penny of the 12 dollar price tag that it carries. just my 2 cents. hope this helps.

 

[fastdunn]

Believe me, nothing YOU buy is too expensive. If it was, you wouldn't be willing to pay the asking price for it. You may not like paying the asking price, but ultimately, if you buy it, their marketing has succeeded in convincing you that it was priced correctly. In commerce, the seller tries to get as much as possible for his product. The consumer tries to pay as little as possible for the product. Where they meet is where the price is set by the market.

I'm sure the price is set by market. But one can always ponder about
true value of product.

10 years ago, people couldn't get enough of Sony products.
Well, theprice was right at that time.
Financial analysts have been saying Sony is indeed over-priced.
Since then Sony's relative pricing went down 50%.
Analysts are still saying they are still 50% over priced.

I am sure Sony is pricing their products to maximize their profits.
But I agree Sony products are still over-priced.

Too bad I can't ponder about Luxilon's value because I tried
polyester grand total of about 8 times and 7 of them are Luxilons...

 

[ionutzakis]

If Luxilon really has the edge over all other poly's co-poly's I don't understand why all the other pro's that play with poly's don't switch to Luxilon if that would mean they'll win more?

We're expected to pay 250 EUR for e reel of Luxilon and a Duralast reel is EUR 45. How come? Nadal beats Federer all the time with that crappy tension losing harsh string.

It's the player or the string?

 

[Bogie]

If Luxilon really has the edge over all other poly's co-poly's I don't understand why all the other pro's that play with poly's don't switch to Luxilon if that would mean they'll win more?

We're expected to pay 250 EUR for e reel of Luxilon and a Duralast reel is EUR 45. How come? Nadal beats Federer all the time with that crappy tension losing harsh string.

It's the player or the string?

its whatever you're used to. if you grew up playing with duralast you would probably feel more comfortable with duralast that anything else. and also don't foget, nadal uses each duralast string job for about a max of 40 minutes so he's not really worried about it losing too much tension.

 

[Mad iX]

It's expensive, but somebody's gotta pay for all the sponsorships and free reels that the pros get.

 

[Ronny]

i switched from luxilon bb alu power to racquetfuel and it saves my $15AUD per stringjob

 

[PBODY99]

I won't recommend it because at its price it doesn't offer the players I know a value for their dollars.

 

[Joga Burito]

i switched from luxilon bb alu power to racquetfuel and it saves my $15AUD per stringjob

Yes, racquetfuel is a wonderful string, i switched from the ace touch to a racquetfuel hybrid and i havent looked back since. its also half the price!

 

[staedtler]

I like the way BB ALU Power plays, but it is a little overpriced. Definitely can't buy it anymore.

 

[Steve Huff]

If a player's number 1 concern is string movement, why not recommend it? It's one of the best at reducing string movement. That's why an experienced stringer is one who can find a string that matches the player's needs. You can always tell them that it's kind of pricy, but it's a good poly, especially if you don't want any string movement.

 

[Gmedlo]

Yes, racquetfuel is a wonderful string, i switched from the ace touch to a racquetfuel hybrid and i havent looked back since. its also half the price!

Too bad it isn't available outside of Australia...

 

[Bubba]

Luxilon is too over priced and over hyped... I use to use both ALU and ALU Power Rough... liked them enough but their ability to retain tension s*cks!

I string my racquets in a hybrid with either NXT Tour or VS Gut crosses... and due to the ALU crappy tension end up wasting good crosses.

Since switched to Dunlop Dynamite... little known but really great tension holding properties. Found it a bit hard, so have now landed with Signum Pro Plasma Hextreme... really great feel and bought 200m reel of the auction site for £59. Not too bad considering the same for ALU Rough would be £170.

 

[tlm]

Luxilon is over priced, i dont think that most of the luxilon strings are that much better than the cheaper alternatives.But the bb ace+ timo are another story, these strings are unmatched by all the other polys out there.

Timo will put the most spin+ whoop ass on the ball, but it is hard on the arm.BB ace is close to timo+ it is easier on the arm.So yes it is over priced but it is worth it.My game improves 20% by using bb ace compared to other polys so it is definitely worth the price.

 

[drpepper4590]

the only problem is it's so hard to find a good alternative to luxilon, it's a great string but i have found an alternative to alu power that works just as well except it's a little softer, i like it more than luxilon. The reason luxilon can price it so high is because the other string companies can't grow because of all the hype around it, but there are cheaper alternatives to every string.

 

[vlad101]

Good price of US$14.50 on TW, but in Singapore it costs S$38 = US$25 approx!!! Very expensive in this part of the world sadly. But it lasts long and its almost very hard to break Luxilons!

How much do you pay for string job in Singapore? In L.A it's $17-$20 at pro shops.

 

[drpepper4590]

ronny, i was just wondering how vantage was working out