Poly mains and syn gut crosses..

[activentures]

...vs syn gut mains and poly crosses.

A few queries. I was considering going for poly mains and syn gut crosses having previously been a full syn gut man and not used poly before. Any thoughts/experiences on this combo?

Secondly, i heard someone recently suggest doing it the other way round (syn gut mains). Further thoughts?

And lastly, is there such thing as a terrible poly? I've seen some dirt cheap reels about. Whats the biggest pitfall of going for this? tension loss??

Thanks.

 

[Nikeman0092]

You will get most of the play from that mains so maybe use the syn gut for the mains. And yes there are bad polys. They lose tension very quickly. Babolat Hurricane seems to hold it's tension very well.

 

[Masamusou]

I might have been the one to suggest the poly in the crosses, and that's because I like it better. The feel is just a little bit softer, the crisp sound is still there and I feel like I'm able to control the ball better. Some polys are fairly slick so they don't grip as well as some of the synthetic guts, so that seems to help my control. It could be completely mental, but I play better with the poly in the crosses for one reason or another. My favorite poly to use in crosses is Kirschbaum Competition with a fairly standard synthetic gut main in a thin gauge. Not exactly the best durability, but I can get away with that a little with an 18x20 pattern 90" racquet. You will probably have to try both, but if you have been using full synthetic, I would suggest trying the poly in the crosses first. A side note is that I don't notice tension loss as much with the poly in the crosses. A lot of poly will lose its elasticity before synthetic guts, but since the crosses end up so much lower in tension off the machine, it doesn't seem to have as much of a drastic effect. These are just the things I noticed in a side-by-side test of both setups.

 

[Gaines Hillix]

I am using Signum Pro Poly 1.23mm in the mains and OG Micro 17g in the crosses in one of my racquets and I like the way it plays. Durability and lack of string movement have been good too. It depends on which string you want to emphasize the feel of when making the decision on how to do a hybrid.