Longest you've played with poly?

[2ndServe]

I have put 40+ string savers (babolat ones are good and slide, tourna ones don't slide really) and so far I'm at about 20+ hours with no notching. I think I could do 40+ hours which is great since I hate stringing.

Stringing lower in the 40s lets the strings retain some elasticity imo after 20+ hours, it's still feels decent I might string a few pounds more next time, or prestretch the poly (is that a thing)

 

[Hawks9451]

I played with a set of RPM for both years of middle school

 

[DropvolleysRhard]

10-12 hours at best. Usually break within 2-3 hours on 1.15 Alu power. Break 1.10 Tour Bite in 1-1.5 hours and tried 1.05 hyper g and broke it during the 15 minute warmup before the first set.

 

[Bambooman]

A couple of years at least.

 

[Znak]

I have put 40+ string savers (babolat ones are good and slide, tourna ones don't slide really) and so far I'm at about 20+ hours with no notching. I think I could do 40+ hours which is great since I hate stringing.

Stringing lower in the 40s lets the strings retain some elasticity imo after 20+ hours, it's still feels decent I might string a few pounds more next time, or prestretch the poly (is that a thing)

String savers in your poly setup?

 

[dr. godmode]

In like 2008 I strung Gosen Polylon in my Drive Z Lite at 55lbs. This was used till 2010 Novemberish when I got my first APDGT's.

 

[Icsa]

Strings savers do nothing to stop a poly from losing its elasticity. Longevity depends on how hard you hit with it, which dictates how quickly that plastic deforms to the point of no return.

 

[Bambooman]

Strings savers do nothing to stop a poly from losing its elasticity. Longevity depends on how hard you hit with it, which dictates how quickly that plastic deforms to the point of no return.

He was referring to notching.

 

[GAS]

I have put 40+ string savers (babolat ones are good and slide, tourna ones don't slide really) and so far I'm at about 20+ hours with no notching. I think I could do 40+ hours which is great since I hate stringing.

Stringing lower in the 40s lets the strings retain some elasticity imo after 20+ hours, it's still feels decent I might string a few pounds more next time, or prestretch the poly (is that a thing)

Delicious

 

[socallefty]

20 hours - mix of singles, practice and doubles.

 

[Icsa]

He was referring to notching.

Maybe but the title of this thread is "longest you've played with poly". For someone that hits the ball hard, preventing a string from notching will not give you any extra life past the dead point.

 

[Bambooman]

Maybe but the title of this thread is "longest you've played with poly". For someone that hits the ball hard, preventing a string from notching will not give you any extra life past the dead point.

Many don't notice when poly is dead. It's mostly learned behavior.

 

[travlerajm]

You can eliminate notching with string savers. And you can eliminate tension loss by pre-stretching.

If you do both of these things, it could last quite a while.

 

[kevin qmto]

12-15 hours or 6 league matches.

 

[TheSlicer]

around 30 years, yeah that john smith racquet with a small head treats string very well

 

[socallefty]

Many don't notice when poly is dead. It's mostly learned behavior.

When the control gets erratic and my wrist/arm is tight/sore, it feels pretty definitive that my poly is dead. Especially when control is the highlight of poly when it is fresh.

 

[Bambooman]

When the control gets erratic and my wrist/-arm is tight/sore, it feels pretty definitive that my poly is dead. Especially when control is the highlight when it is fresh.

That's what I meant.

 

[vdsp]

I re-string every ~6h (i.e., before it breaks)

 

[dyslexical-scope]

Played with a full bed of Volkl Cyclone 17 for most of a year when I first got into tennis.
Easily over 50 hours.
The bout of golfer's elbow was just weakness leaving my frail human body.

As for stringing, I started enjoying stringing a lot more when I went to pull weave technique.

 

[PRS]

Several months before I understood anything about racquets or strings. I also used to string it in the 60's in a stiff racquet.

Thankfully I know better now and try not to exceed 12 hours of play.

 

[travlerajm]

Different poly’s wear differently.

I’ve had good success with pro line evolution thoroughly prestretched manually to remove tension loss.

It wears against itself by notching the mains until they break.

Poly’s that notch on the crosses are no bueno for arm health.

 

[MathieuR]

Notching of mains can be avoided/delayed by using a slick, hard poly in the crosses, and a softer copoly in the mains.
The mains will notch, but that doesn't block sliding of the mains.
I now use zyex in the crosses, Kirschbaum MaxPower in the mains
(and prestretch at ~30kg, ref.tension low at 18kg/16kg mains/crosses).
I can play with it for ~100hrs easily)

 

[codonnell]

I don’t typically break poly. When in high school I did it about 3 times a year. One before spring, one before summer, one start of fall. Now I’d say I go a couple months at a time rotating frames to keep them more fresh. I’d say close to the 15 hours using tourna silver 7. I used to use luxilon ice blue. Much less of a notable drop off with more current polys nowadays.

 

[puppybutts]

I don't remember exact hours, but I had Luxilon Element Rough in my racquet for like 8 months before it finally felt completely bagged out. It's funny I remember it feeling just fine that entire time, then one day it felt like playing with wet noodles all of a sudden.