Poly Tour Drive vs Poly Tour Spin

[SupahMan5000]

anyone use both? seemingly the Poly Tour Spin would be an upgrade but I haven't used Drive and I imagine if you like firmer strings you might prefer Drive?

Spin is also 5 sided while Drive is 8 sided. curious, I have a student that uses Drive but I can offer Spin for same price she was paying for Drive but price of string isn't necessarily upgrading

 

[Chairman3]

Currently comparing drive and strike.
Not entirely what you're asking, but nonetheless.
After 3 hours drive has good spin and isn't uncomfortable. I don't think it possesses as much control as strike but definitely has nice lift.
I've read complaints about tension maintenance with drive, but I only have 3 hours of play time so far.

One interesting note is that drive is made in Taiwan vs strike (and other yonex strings) which are made in Japan.
One could argue drive is cheaper or made with cheaper materials? Hard to say for sure.

 

[SupahMan5000]

Currently comparing drive and strike.
Not entirely what you're asking, but nonetheless.
After 3 hours drive has good spin and isn't uncomfortable. I don't think it possesses as much control as strike but definitely has nice lift.
I've read complaints about tension maintenance with drive, but I only have 3 hours of play time so far.

One interesting note is that drive is made in Taiwan vs strike (and other yonex strings) which are made in Japan.
One could argue drive is cheaper or made with cheaper materials? Hard to say for sure.

Strike is their premium offering and stiffer than PTP (which i think Spin is as well) so it is still a good baseline in comparing the budget offering from Yonex with their premium.

Yes Drive is supposed to be a lower tier string so no surprise it is manufactured outside of Japan. wholesale on Drive is alarmingly affordable...cheaper than s gut

thanks for your input!

 

[mad dog1]

anyone use both? seemingly the Poly Tour Spin would be an upgrade but I haven't used Drive and I imagine if you like firmer strings you might prefer Drive?

Spin is also 5 sided while Drive is 8 sided. curious, I have a student that uses Drive but I can offer Spin for same price she was paying for Drive but price of string isn't necessarily upgrading

Both have awful tension maintenance. Spin notches really quickly which only results in more tension loss.

 

[SupahMan5000]

Both have awful tension maintenance. Spin notches really quickly which only results in more tension loss.

My student breaks the strings pretty quickly. She’s using 16L in an extreme MP a pretty open string pattern. Tension maintenance isn’t a concern

And personally I use solinco which notch quick too. I like it when it notches so I’m an outlier maybe.

 

[mad dog1]

My student breaks the strings pretty quickly. She’s using 16L in an extreme MP a pretty open string pattern. Tension maintenance isn’t a concern

And personally I use solinco which notch quick too. I like it when it notches so I’m an outlier maybe.

Spin breaks much faster than drive. None of the Yonex strings I’ve tried last long. They tend to notch quickly and snap.

 

[SupahMan5000]

Spin breaks much faster than drive. None of the Yonex strings I’ve tried last long. They tend to notch quickly and snap.

how about feel wise or playability when fresh? between the two

 

[mad dog1]

how about feel wise or playability when fresh? between the two

Drive is more muted than Spin. Drive is similar in feel to Tier One Durafluxx with far worse tension maintenance. Spin has a little more “feedback”. Both are rather firm and stiff.