Need strings that feels like Head Lynx Tour

[Tythox]

I love Head Lynx Tour, the feel and durability are the qualities that I most value, BUT the Head strings has been sold out in every store in my country for almost 6 months now.
My only options are to (1) Buy the string from other country or (2) Test new strings to replace Lynx Tour

For the option 2 I would like your opinions on which strings are closest to the feel and durability from Lynx Tour, the brands that are most common (in any order) here in Chile are:
- Yonex
- Kirschbaum
- Signum pro
- Solinco
- Luxilon
- Volkl
- Dunlop
- Tecnifibre
- Topspin
- Genesis
- Babolat
- Zons

I really would appreciate if you help me with a few options to begin the testing, thanks!

 

[Fed Kennedy]

Go for Solinco Confidential

 

[RNBABOLAT]

Go for Solinco Confidential

Confidential feels close but! Not so stiff like LT so if you like that feel think about going a bit up in tension, also LT have more control with similar power levels

 

[Honza]

From my experience MSV Focus Hex and TruPro Black Knight are even better than Lynx Tour and they are cheaper, which will compensate for shipping.

 

[SinneGOAT]

Tecnifibre ice code and kirschbaum max power:

 

[dmtree]

Black Code maybe. Confidential is also similar, but deader.

 

[Oldbaby]

I had read a number of times that Lynx Tour was Head's response to Solinco Hyper G

Whether or not true, it doesn't seem like a bad place to start

I know they're just "lab numbers," but they look pretty close:

Property	Head Lynx Tour 17 (1.25)	Solinco Hyper-G 16L (1.25)	Difference %
Material	Polyester	Polyester	NA
Stiffness (lb/in)	218	218	0
Tension Loss (%)	24	25	4
Energy Return (%)	90	89	-1
Spin Potential	7.1	6.1	-14
String to String Friction (COF)	0.079	0.09	14
String to Ball Friction (COF)	0.564	0.55	-2

To me, Confidential didn't feel as similar, even though Hyper G just feels like Hyper G and nothing else feels quite the same.

For me (and I've read others, too), Confidential has a nonlinear aging pattern. It would play crisp for the first couple of hours and then "break in" and play notably more powerful for the rest of its life.

 

[Torps]

I had read a number of times that Lynx Tour was Head's response to Solinco Hyper G

Whether or not true, it doesn't seem like a bad place to start

I know they're just "lab numbers," but they look pretty close:

Property	Head Lynx Tour 17 (1.25)	Solinco Hyper-G 16L (1.25)	Difference %
Material	Polyester	Polyester	NA
Stiffness (lb/in)	218	218	0
Tension Loss (%)	24	25	4
Energy Return (%)	90	89	-1
Spin Potential	7.1	6.1	-14
String to String Friction (COF)	0.079	0.09	14
String to Ball Friction (COF)	0.564	0.55	-2

To me, Confidential didn't feel as similar, even though Hyper G just feels like Hyper G and nothing else feels quite the same.

For me (and I've read others, too), Confidential has a nonlinear aging pattern. It would play crisp for the first couple of hours and then "break in" and play notably more powerful for the rest of its life.

Hyper G.. hexpnic power maybe

 

[fritzhimself]

............BUT the Head strings has been sold out in every store in my country for almost 6 months now.

Wow - what country do you live in?

 

[4-string]

Hyper G doesn't feel anything like Head Lynx Tour IMO.

Neither does Kirschbaum Max Power, but that is an amazing string.

 

[Fighting phoenix]

Lynx Tour is crisper than Hyper G. The strings I think would be similar-ish w/r to a cripser feel would be Solinco Tour Bite, Tour Sniper, and BHS7T

 

[Oldbaby]

Hyper G doesn't feel anything like Head Lynx Tour IMO.

Neither does Kirschbaum Max Power, but that is an amazing string.

Doubt it feels super comparable, but Max Power Rough looks pretty close to Lynx Tour:

Property	Head Lynx Tour 17 (1.25)	Kirschbaum Max Power Rough 17 (1.25)	Difference %
Material	Polyester	Polyester	NA
Stiffness (lb/in)	218	223	2
Tension Loss (%)	24	27	13
Energy Return (%)	90	90	0
Spin Potential	7.1	5.6	-21
String to String Friction (COF)	0.079	0.088	11
String to Ball Friction (COF)	0.564	0.496	-12

At least in the lab...

Do they still make Rough?

Regular Max Power is a lot stiffer.

 

[finalfantasy7]

i would say solinco confidential , grapplesnake tour sniper , TruPro Black Knight,

 

[RNBABOLAT]

What about Yellow Jacket or Firewire? Someone can share some feedback

 

[topspin2000]

What about Yellow Jacket or Firewire? Someone can share some feedback

Never tried Firewire, but I have quite a bit experience with Yellow Jacket. It doesn't feel anything like Lynx Tour. Lynx Tour is more firm and crisp and low power. Yellow Jacket is not crisp, but not mushy, can be a bit plasticky, and a bit more power than Lynx Tour. Overall I much prefer Lynx Tour.

 

[JOSHL]

I’d vote for trupro atomos.

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Wow - what country do you live in?

Had the same problem with Intellistring in Australia. They eventually tried to charge double the recommended retail for a relatively niche string with a dedicated following. No one much kept buying it because it was too overpriced even for our market & then when it disappeared from sale locally we were prohibited from buying from overseas - killer company, especially considering they don’t even make their own strings.

 

[fritzhimself]

Wow - but who banned that?
I can get pretty much all legal strings from worldwide shipping.

But you can make it yourself anyway. Head Rip Control and Isospeed Professional Classic in 1.30 are the two strings used.
They are available from us in Austria on 200m reels.
They last a long time.

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[NattyGut]

There is nothing like Lynx Tour. Confidential is an arm killer. BHS7T is the only other stiffer shaped string that I would recommend. But to each their own

 

[lee.jake]

MSV Focus Hex ultra 1.20 (black)