I've been playing Firewire on and off in various frames for several months now, usually in 17 and 18 gauge, and I really like the gummy, responsive feel with excellent tension maintenance, but what I don't like is how the edges can wear down in just a few hours and how erratic the string can be, even when strung in a hybrid with a round cross. So I'm looking into other options for equivalent spin, rebound characteristics and tension maintenance, but just more predictability and longer lasting spin. Ideally something that comes in 1.20 and/or 1.15 so I can use it in tighter patterns. A red color would be a bonus.
So far, I've tried everything else from Tier One; Mayami Tour Hex, Big Spin; Solinco Confidential, Hyper-G (and Soft), Tour Bite (and Soft); Volkl Cyclone; Weiss Canon Ultra Cable; Red Ghost; YTEX Square-X, Quadro Twist. Tour Bite Soft and Cyclone were probably the closest, but tension maintenance wasn't as good in either.
I know this is a tall ask. Perhaps I'm looking for a string that just doesn't exist (yet). I do string for myself, so perhaps I just go with something like Volk V-Square and just resign myself to re-stringing every 5-8 hours? What say you guys?
Update - Took me a while, but I found the answer in Mayami Big Spin (with a close second being Genesis Twisted Razor, not quite as sharp as Big Spin). Both are twisted triangular shape, which minimizes the launch randomness to all-but-zero, even when played full bed.
So far, I've tried everything else from Tier One; Mayami Tour Hex, Big Spin; Solinco Confidential, Hyper-G (and Soft), Tour Bite (and Soft); Volkl Cyclone; Weiss Canon Ultra Cable; Red Ghost; YTEX Square-X, Quadro Twist. Tour Bite Soft and Cyclone were probably the closest, but tension maintenance wasn't as good in either.
I know this is a tall ask. Perhaps I'm looking for a string that just doesn't exist (yet). I do string for myself, so perhaps I just go with something like Volk V-Square and just resign myself to re-stringing every 5-8 hours? What say you guys?
Update - Took me a while, but I found the answer in Mayami Big Spin (with a close second being Genesis Twisted Razor, not quite as sharp as Big Spin). Both are twisted triangular shape, which minimizes the launch randomness to all-but-zero, even when played full bed.
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