Prince Tour -poor throat piece design (broken)

[JohnJohn]

I was stringing my Prince Tour 100T 18x16 racquet for the second time when I noticed that the throat piece had been damaged and can't hold strings anymore.
I can't believe they designed it this way. There is only a thin plastic wall separating the strings.
I'm used to stringing O3 racquets so I may have strung it wrong and put the string through one hole and then
accidentally through the large gap (like you do with o3 racquets). But I doubt I did this several times as several parts are damaged.
Luckily the exo3 grommets seem to fit the Tour 100 or else I'd have to buy a new racquet.
I'm wondering if others made similar experiences and whether newer Prince racquets have the same
poor throat piece design. Not sure how you insert pictures.....

 

[loosegroove]

You must have strung it wrong, as the throat piece is quite durable when strung correctly, but easily broken like pictured if strung incorrectly. Do you have a spare?

And you can still string the racket and use the current throat piece for a while, since the broken area doesn't really support the string in any way.

 

[Anton]

lol - you jusy didn't string it right - those plastic holes are not meant to support tension.

 

[BlueB]

Stringing mistake. The string should cross over the solid piece, not over the port.

 

[JohnJohn]

You guys are right. I can still string the racquet and it's not supposed to hold tension either. My bad and apologies to Prince. I like your racquets.
Kids that's what happens when you string your racquet and you are not quite sober............