Knowing when your strings are dead when having great feel before they die?

[keepurpowderdry]

First off I play 2 times a week each session is about 5 hours. I have my racquet strung with big banger original at 56 54. I have a strong arm So Im thinking of going higher in tension?
Ok I use a traditional forehand but recently started using the modern forehand with my index knuckle in between 3 and 4 and would change to 4 for higher balls. So after 2 months of playing really well with my new modern forehand this last session I couldn't even keep it in the court (kept sailing long) So I switched to my traditional forehand and I had to hit it at my contact zone(waist level just to make the ball stay in the court). My traditional forehand really let me know that my strings are dead.. Wiered thing though is the sesion prior to this I had the best feeling with my ground strokes than I ever had with these strings they finally felt broken in (comfort and feel was high !!. Then next session completley dead.. Has anyone had this happen to them with these strings or any poly? Also any ideas with anything I said in this thread ?
Thanks for your time..

 

[Lsmkenpo]

Seems to me the strings lost tension(your comfort and feel went up as a result) than they went dead. Luxilon goes dead very fast. You should string as low of a tension as possible, that still allows you to control the ball, getting the best out of the strings for the 2-4 hours of playing time before they go dead..

 

[LuckyR]

Poly lasts an extremely long time before breaking but is very short lived before they become dead. Gut OTOH breaks quicker, but is of better and better playability until breakage. So probably for a lot of folks gut would be a longer lasting string than poly, go figure.

 

[Lsmkenpo]

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[keepurpowderdry]

thanks everyone..