Most economically practical hybrids... opportunity to flame ;o)

[Ripper]

Since, lately, there's been a lot of questions about this subject, I wanted to make this comment. Unless you're a pro, who has all of his/her raquets, used or not, re-strung, for each tournament (match?), when string hybriding, you really need to take into account the speed at which the tension of the 2 different strings you'll be using is lost. This is specially true if one of the strings is nat. gut, due to it's very high price (when compared to all the other types). The best type of string at retaining tension is nat. gut, followed by syn. gut, followed by multis, followed by polys, at the other end of the spectrum (as per all the info. I've picked up around here). For us mortals, what's the use of using a nat. gut/poly hybrid, for example, if not going to be able to take advantage of the expensive nat. gut's ability to retain tension, because the cheap poly goes dead at a super faster rate? Unless money is not a factor or a special reason exists (like complulsively having to use what your favourite pro's using), nat. gut/poly hybrids should be avoided like the plague. Choice should depend on what needs to be achieved, but the most economically practical hybrids should be:

1) Nat. Gut/Syn. Gut;
2) Syn. Gut/Multi OR
3) Multi/Poly.

Ok, flame the hell out of me ;o)

 

[Stan]

Many polys lose tension quickly, but not all. Some of the newer polys actually hold tension pretty well. These include, but are not limited to...Poly Plasma/Kryptonite, PolyStar Energy, Megaforce and CyberFlash. Therefore I would suggest the most economical hybrid would be a solid core soft synthetic gut with one of the polys that holds tension well.

 

[Kevo]

The gamma zo sweet hybrid got pretty good reviews. It apparently had decent feel, excellent durability, and good tension maintenance as well. It might be worth looking into.

 

[meh]

The best type of string at retaining tension is nat. gut, followed by syn. gut, followed by multis, followed by polys

Multifilament strings hold tension better than single-wrap synthetic guts, because of their more gut-like property.

 

[watch_the_ball]

The cheapest would be to get a reel of gosen polylon and OG micro. It'd be like $1.80 per string job for the string.

I personally use Signum Megaforce mains plus OG micro crosses and it works out really well. I get 15-20 hours of play out of it.

Multi's should not be used with polys because the multi will get shredded.

 

[Stan]

Multifilament strings hold tension better than single-wrap synthetic guts, because of their more gut-like property.

In general this is not a correct statement. In some instances there may be a multis that exceed the tension maintenance of solid cores, but generally the multifiber strings experience a more pronounced tension loss.

 

[ace of spades]

You didnt take durability into account, syn dut is not durable, some multis are more durable that syn gut, poly is most durable. So economically best would be:

A value gut / A les expensive poly that keeps decent tension

What im lookin at for a economical/good plability combo:
BDE Rally ($21) / Ashaway Dynamite- I heard holds tension very good ($9)

that comes to about $15 for a durable and good string job