Poly/Multi Hybrid and Multi Only Questions

[officerdibble]

So... my string trial continues.

Having loved a softer poly/Prince Premier Attack hybrid for the feel and greater arm friendliness, I lost heart when it broke within a couple of hours. I string my own, but I don't want to be restringing so often if at all possible.

I currently have Prince Beast XP in, because I'm abroad with one racquet and don't want to get the racquet restrung again during the week (I'm playing each day). It's OK, but my arm isn't loving it and it doesn't have the feel I was getting with the hybrid poly/PPA - nothing like it in fact (it's groovy for serves though!).

Here are my questions:
1. What's the most durable multi?
2. Has anyone tried Technifibre Duramix - is this worth considering?
3. What is generally going to be more durable... full multi or hybrid with a soft poly?
4. Is there a super-soft poly that comes close to a multi for feel and arm-friendliness?
5. Would I be better going for a gut hybrid? I've found gut has lasted better than any multi tried to-date... but I'll still need a durable alternative (I play in the UK, so I sometimes play matches in the rain).

Any other suggestions....

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

1) The most durable multifilament I have come across is Head RIP Control. It's also soft as butter.

4) The softest poly I have come across would be 1) Polystar Energy and 2) MSV Co-Focus. But I don't think either come close to multifilament as far as arm-friendliness. Just different materials/constructions. Sort of why multifilament will never touch natural gut.

5) You can make gut (and gut/poly hybrid) more durable by applying string savers. I just started using them, and I'm on 20+ hours with my gut/poly hybrid. As far as weather proofing gut, just wax the hell out of the gut.

 

[mikeler]

So... my string trial continues.

Having loved a softer poly/Prince Premier Attack hybrid for the feel and greater arm friendliness, I lost heart when it broke within a couple of hours. I string my own, but I don't want to be restringing so often if at all possible.

I currently have Prince Beast XP in, because I'm abroad with one racquet and don't want to get the racquet restrung again during the week (I'm playing each day). It's OK, but my arm isn't loving it and it doesn't have the feel I was getting with the hybrid poly/PPA - nothing like it in fact (it's groovy for serves though!).

Here are my questions:
1. What's the most durable multi?
2. Has anyone tried Technifibre Duramix - is this worth considering?
3. What is generally going to be more durable... full multi or hybrid with a soft poly?
4. Is there a super-soft poly that comes close to a multi for feel and arm-friendliness?
5. Would I be better going for a gut hybrid? I've found gut has lasted better than any multi tried to-date... but I'll still need a durable alternative (I play in the UK, so I sometimes play matches in the rain).

Any other suggestions....

1. Head RIP Control, Prince Premiere Attack, Signum Pro Micronite/Discho Multifibre
2. Duramix lasted 4 sets for me. You feel very disconnected from the strings but they seem to do their job pretty well.
3. Poly mains with multi crosses will last longer than full multi. Poly crosses could chew into multi mains and make them less durable than full multi.
4. No
5. Try it at least once.

 

[officerdibble]

1. Head RIP Control, Prince Premiere Attack, Signum Pro Micronite/Discho Multifibre
2. Duramix lasted 4 sets for me. You feel very disconnected from the strings but they seem to do their job pretty well.
3. Poly mains with multi crosses will last longer than full multi. Poly crosses could chew into multi mains and make them less durable than full multi.
4. No
5. Try it at least once.

Thanks, as ever.

Knowing that you've found PPA to be one of the more durable multis saves me a lot of time.

I think I will go with gut and experiment with different poly mains. I have some technifibre black code to try for starters. I'll work from the tension I used with PPA.

I hope I still have some string savers. I just need to check out the wax stuff.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Ramon]

Thanks, as ever.

Knowing that you've found PPA to be one of the more durable multis saves me a lot of time.

I think I will go with gut and experiment with different poly mains. I have some technifibre black code to try for starters. I'll work from the tension I used with PPA.

I hope I still have some string savers. I just need to check out the wax stuff.

Thanks everyone.

I found PPA to be durable for a multi also. I tried RIP Control multiple times, and PPA is in the same league as far as durability. BTW, I'm assuming you have poly mains with muti crosses. If you have multi mains, then I'm not surprised that it only lasted a couple hours.

Poly mains with a mono syngut cross works well because mono synguts don't fray, so it takes longer for the poly to saw through them. If you want to go that route, I would recommend Babolat N.Vy. As for me, having any kind of poly in the bed just doesn't work for my arm. It's ok for the first few hours until the poly starts to die.

I love full gut and gut/poly. I'm probably going to go with full gut myself and have a spare racquet with a multi in my bag in case the weather prohibits me from using gut. My problem with gut/poly is that even though the stringbed stays pretty comfortable, the poly still dies, and even though the gut has a way of masking the effect, my arm still isn't fooled.