Pros pro string with good spin and usable for 20 hours?
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gold325
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Which string and gauge do you currently use? Does that one last 20 hours?
Im using rpm blast 17, i get around 10-12h, but its expensive to restring often. Pros pro strings would cost me half the price. The only other option would be babolat pro hurricane (yes it still exists), but im pretty sure that there is a better pros pro out there. The catch is i can only get pros pro in 200m reels, so i have to get it blind.
Tennis And Anime Lover
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Pro's Pro Strings!?
Hi guys... I'm new at this forum and tried to search the forum about this thread but was no lucky...too many threads to go for but no real answer. So to go back to the topic... PRO'S PRO STRINGS... Did anyone use it?If was or is...please tell me about the strings...quality,playability etc...
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Tennis And Anime Lover
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I Guess their may be something that could suite you in those pages.
On top of my head i think something like Black Force or Red Devil would be something to your liking
Tennis And Anime Lover
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No problem, i posted it, so you get a decent idea about the string that could suite you the best.
gold325
Hall of Fame
At 10-12 hours do you break it or does it die out?
It dies out.
boris_graf
New User
interesting...you are a using a premium string that lasts 10-12 for you and now want to switch to a discount brand with the expectation that it should last 20 hours. Good luck!
Thibange
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ImpossiblePro's Pro Strings!?
Hi guys... I'm new at this forum and tried to search the forum about this thread but was no lucky...too many threads to go for but no real answer. So to go back to the topic... PRO'S PRO STRINGS... Did anyone use it?If was or is...please tell me about the strings...quality,playability etc...
Si vous êtes tellement obsédé par les pros. Parcourez ce fil.
Thibange
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Premium is premium but a good alternative for the rpm is msv focus hex soft 125 50% less
@Donmikan - You're probably not going to find the same level of playability from any Pro's Pro string, as most of them have simpler formulations, extrusions and finishing. That said, if you're going to try a Pro's Pro string, the closest to RPMB would be Pro's Pro Strategem 8, as it has the exact same 8-sided "flower petal" type cross-section and silicone coating on it -- clearly meant as PP's RPM clone. However, in looking at all the feedback on PPS8, it seems to experience a larger initial tension drop than RPMB, so you'll probably want to either string it with a 5 or 10% pre-stretch, or if you don't have an electronic machine, simply do double-pulls and/or increase the reference tension by a couple pounds/1kg or so.
Beyond PPS8, I would recommend looking at Gosen G-Tour 1 -- despite being fully round in shape, it has very similar playability to RPMB, including a silicone oil infusion; while I find it doesn't offer quite the same level of wild/crazy spin up initially, the level that is does offer tends to stay more playable for longer, and it's roughly half the price (street price as cheap as $10/set and $97/reel). You may or may not get 20 hours out of it, but IMHO it's definitely worth a try. I'd start with a set or two and give it a shot.
Hope that helps. Any questions, feel free.
Beyond PPS8, I would recommend looking at Gosen G-Tour 1 -- despite being fully round in shape, it has very similar playability to RPMB, including a silicone oil infusion; while I find it doesn't offer quite the same level of wild/crazy spin up initially, the level that is does offer tends to stay more playable for longer, and it's roughly half the price (street price as cheap as $10/set and $97/reel). You may or may not get 20 hours out of it, but IMHO it's definitely worth a try. I'd start with a set or two and give it a shot.
Hope that helps. Any questions, feel free.
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yourtennisfit
Semi-Pro
Pro's Pro Blackout looks like RPM Blast, feels like it for about 4-10 hours depending on your level
but it dies a bit more quickly and then your arm will say good bye to its tendons
On the other hand, a reel of Blackout is about the price of 2 sets of RPM Blast
This forum traditionally hates the brand - but try it for yourself
but it dies a bit more quickly and then your arm will say good bye to its tendons
On the other hand, a reel of Blackout is about the price of 2 sets of RPM Blast
This forum traditionally hates the brand - but try it for yourself
yourtennisfit
Semi-Pro
slick and medium stiff: Intense Heat
Agreed Red Devil is good. Eruption too. All the Pros Pro strings suffer from durability issues though. But I mean when you're getting it so cheap it doesn't matter. For personal use anyway. Oh and their synthetic gut is actually really great too. I get requests for it specifically now. One of my better players goes full bed Pros Pro synthetic.
