Looser = Better?

[Simon_the_furry]

Normally I like low 50s tension.
But I hit with a friend's Wilson Juice 100 strung very loosely with what I believe to be a full bed of Luxilon Adrenaline, and I may have to rethink tension a bit.
I think the tension on this Juice is in the low 30s.
It was impressively comfortable, had easy power, lots of spin, and surprising control.
I was quite impressed.
Should I give it a try in my much flexier, less powerful Yonex?

 

[CopolyX]

basically..

 

[ohiostate124]

I think my PS85’s played best when they were in the low 40s.

 

[QuadCam]

I just tried 38# and loved it! I found it doesn't work well with a really stiff, inelastic poly though. It worked great with a stretchier poly though. Hyper G and AluPower both worked well at 38#.

The stringbed was soft, really opened up the sweet spot too. Control was outstanding from the baseline, too. I've never played better at return of serve, actually. It was like the ball sink into the racquet and then went exactly where I wanted it. Touch volleys were ok.... Not great though. I felt I lost a little speed on my serve too. I still had plenty of speed and action though.

The one thing I didn't like was the sound or lack thereof. There was no thwack coming off my stringbed, just silence.

 

[QuadCam]

I just tried 38# and loved it! I found it doesn't work well with a really stiff, inelastic poly though. It worked great with a stretchier poly though. Hyper G and AluPower both worked well at 38#.

The stringbed was soft, really opened up the sweet spot too. Control was outstanding from the baseline, too. I've never played better at return of serve, actually. It was like the ball sink into the racquet and then went exactly where I wanted it. Touch volleys were ok.... Not great though. I felt I lost a little speed on my serve too. I still had plenty of speed and action though.

The one thing I didn't like was the sound or lack thereof. There was no thwack coming off my stringbed, just silence.

I think I'll experiment more with tensions in the 30s.

Btw, my racquet is an aerostorm weighted up to 350g, 340 SW, 8pts Headlight

 

[QuadCam]

I just tried 38# and loved it! I found it doesn't work well with a really stiff, inelastic poly though. It worked great with a stretchier poly though. Hyper G and AluPower both worked well at 38#.

The stringbed was soft, really opened up the sweet spot too. Control was outstanding from the baseline, too. I've never played better at return of serve, actually. It was like the ball sink into the racquet and then went exactly where I wanted it. Touch volleys were ok.... Not great though. I felt I lost a little speed on my serve too. I still had plenty of speed and action though.

The one thing I didn't like was the sound or lack thereof. There was no thwack coming off my stringbed, just silence.

I think I'll experiment more with tensions in the 30s.

Btw, my racquet is an aerostorm weighted up to 350g, 340 SW, 8pts Headlight