Pro's Pro Intense Heat 1.25mm

[THESEXPISTOL]

I need opinions from people who played it.
I've found a old review on it but i would like to know more. I don't usually rely on stringforum(.net) opinions.

Thank you

 

[BigT]

I will be testing it out as soon as I am done with Nano Cyber Power.

 

[*breaksracquet]

I wrote a review on this some time ago. Do a search on pro's pro... Or intense heat...

 

[THESEXPISTOL]

I had already read your review. To what string would you compare Intense Heat? The comfort is good for a poly, once again to which string would you compare in terms of comfort?

Thank you.

 

[BigT]

I had my first hitting session with Intense Heat 1.25 today, strung @46 lbs. It was only for an hour, but it was with the #2 singles player from UCLA from last year, so we hit plenty of balls.

Initial observations are: Plenty of power for a poly at this gauge, no string movement, good volleys, and comfortable.

If I were to compare it to another string for now, I would say Topspin Cyber Blue, because of the power and comfort. I'll see if that holds up.

 

[BigT]

Once these settled, power was a bit less and control became better and better. Less like Cyber Blue and more like Cyber Flash, without the spring. An interesting string.

 

[Imago]

This string deserves more focused attention as it seems to be the only poly that feels remarkably comfortable at high tensions, say, 27 kg on 6.1 95 or 28 kg on Juice PD. The natural one is the winner in the comfort cum control contest against the blue one. I have also bought a silver reel for the sake of completeness.

 

[SpinToWin]

This string deserves more focused attention as it seems to be the only poly that feels remarkably comfortable at high tensions, say, 27 kg on 6.1 95 or 28 kg on Juice PD. The natural one is the winner in the comfort cum control contest against the blue one. I have also bought a silver reel for the sake of completeness.

So what is your assessment on the different colors? How do they compare in spin, control, power, comfort and playability duration?

 

[Imago]

Before drawing to conclusions, I've got the creeping suspicion that the natural IH 1.25 is actually 1.30, because I don't see the natural colour among the 1.25 strings at the PP site. The calliper also says, blue and natural are different by half a gauge.

 

[princemidplus]

Anyone else play with intense heat from pp?

I have used 1.25mm in full bed strung at 21kg. Very comfortable and plenty of spin and control. Not very powerful.

I have also tried both 1.25mm and 1.30mm in hybrid with syn gut mains at 26kg. More powerful. Still very controlled but sacrifice a bit of pain. Kick serves dont jump as much off the court but the added depth on ground strokes more than makes up for it

 

[zipplock]

I use Intense Heat 1.25 as my "free string" for the High School tennis team I string for. It is comfortable and soft, has good snap back and slides easily. Have had zero complaints.

 

[princemidplus]

I use Intense Heat 1.25 as my "free string" for the High School tennis team I string for. It is comfortable and soft, has good snap back and slides easily. Have had zero complaints.

What tension do you string at generally that you find it soft? I normally string poly around 25kg /55lbs but found with intense heat it was extremely stiff at this tension and I only enjoyed it when strung at 21kg/46lbs. It was soft at lower tensions but compared to other polys I have used I would have said it is stiffer at the same reference tension

 

[zipplock]

What tension do you string at generally that you find it soft? I normally string poly around 25kg /55lbs but found with intense heat it was extremely stiff at this tension and I only enjoyed it when strung at 21kg/46lbs. It was soft at lower tensions but compared to other polys I have used I would have said it is stiffer at the same reference tension

45-50 pounds depending on the player, not more than that.

 

[BallsOfFire]

45-50 pounds depending on the player, not more than that.

Do you find that PP Intense Heat Is comparable to MSV CO Focus?

 

[kevonian]

Do you find that PP Intense Heat Is comparable to MSV CO Focus?

Play similar enough to me both decent softness round poly. And both are made it Taiwan so that helps with the similarity

 

[BallsOfFire]

Play similar enough to me both decent softness round poly. And both are made it Taiwan so that helps with the similarity

New batches of Intense Heat are all made in Germany. According to Pros Pro website. but only 1.25 .
now im looking to Zarsia for a 1.20 . Also made in Taiwan and looks same packaging as MSV reels.