Someone give me a persuasive argument advocating their BUDGET setup vs a full TONIC+ 15L job
MAX BUDGET: 25 bucks + 10 bucks labor (+/- 5 bucks)
MIN REQUIRE: 2 months of play @ 3 times a week for 3 hours @ 4.0 NTRP
RACKET: YONEX RDS001 mp
READ FURTHER IF YOU NEED MORE INFO:
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I used Prince Syn Gut @ 16 guage til it gave me Tennis elbow (I was serving incorrectly also, but I fixed that) but also the harshness of the string near the end of it's life hurt me. I then went to Gosen Polylon Comfort 17 which plays great at first but after 20 hours or so, they feel like I'm hitting with a wooden bat BUT it's still comfortable for me to hit with (or so I think right?)
Here's some perferences (prioritized from first to last)
1) COMFORT! I don't want TE ever again and I don't like the feeling of dead strings.
2) CHEAP - I don't cut out strings even if they are dead. That's how cheap I am. I don't mind that TONIC costs 25 bucks + 10 labor if it lasts me 2 months.
3) FEEL - I love the feeling of FRESH polylon comfort 17 or Prince Syn gut
4) DURABILTY - Now here's where I can contradict myself because I'm also cheap. I'll give you an example first of my string breaking prowess: I can use 1 set of prince syn gut 16 for OVER 2 months @ 3 times a week for 3 hours per day. Of course, I have progressed from a 2.0 to about a 3.5 - 4 player in the course of a year and it's been that long since I've used Prince Syn gut. I have NEVER broken a set of Polylon Comf 17. My RDX500 got a crack in it before my last set of polylon broke. I strung my NEW RDS001 mp with polylon 17 @ the end of june, doesn't even look notched yet.
ANYWAY, first thank you for reading.
I have recently seen the light about "feel" since playing with the TW demos that have NXT 16 strung in them. Thing is, NXT costs just about as much as Tonic at S***t Ch**** (the closest place to string around my parts) .. Also, I don't like the way NXT just shreds like no other WAY before breaking. It just looks terrible in some of the TW demos. I'm a INTJ (in case anyone has taken those personality tests before) and basically, I like neatness and order, so I thought the polylon was GREAT because it doesn't move, doesn't hold ball fur and looks fresh all the time. I don't mind maintaining the string as long as I can get it back into good looking shape. I find straightening string okay, but I find those NXTs move like no other and that pisses me off!
Alright, if you've read this far, you're a good person, please help me =**(
PS: This quote from another nat gut thread really got me thinking about it
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=113513
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Another vote for natural gut.
A- Easiest on the arm.
B- Any other string + physical therapy costs less than gut.
C- Best tension maintenance of all string types.
D- Players using gut are much better looking than players using other strings. (This is a known fact!)
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MAX BUDGET: 25 bucks + 10 bucks labor (+/- 5 bucks)
MIN REQUIRE: 2 months of play @ 3 times a week for 3 hours @ 4.0 NTRP
RACKET: YONEX RDS001 mp
READ FURTHER IF YOU NEED MORE INFO:
/****************************
I used Prince Syn Gut @ 16 guage til it gave me Tennis elbow (I was serving incorrectly also, but I fixed that) but also the harshness of the string near the end of it's life hurt me. I then went to Gosen Polylon Comfort 17 which plays great at first but after 20 hours or so, they feel like I'm hitting with a wooden bat BUT it's still comfortable for me to hit with (or so I think right?)
Here's some perferences (prioritized from first to last)
1) COMFORT! I don't want TE ever again and I don't like the feeling of dead strings.
2) CHEAP - I don't cut out strings even if they are dead. That's how cheap I am. I don't mind that TONIC costs 25 bucks + 10 labor if it lasts me 2 months.
3) FEEL - I love the feeling of FRESH polylon comfort 17 or Prince Syn gut
4) DURABILTY - Now here's where I can contradict myself because I'm also cheap. I'll give you an example first of my string breaking prowess: I can use 1 set of prince syn gut 16 for OVER 2 months @ 3 times a week for 3 hours per day. Of course, I have progressed from a 2.0 to about a 3.5 - 4 player in the course of a year and it's been that long since I've used Prince Syn gut. I have NEVER broken a set of Polylon Comf 17. My RDX500 got a crack in it before my last set of polylon broke. I strung my NEW RDS001 mp with polylon 17 @ the end of june, doesn't even look notched yet.
ANYWAY, first thank you for reading.
I have recently seen the light about "feel" since playing with the TW demos that have NXT 16 strung in them. Thing is, NXT costs just about as much as Tonic at S***t Ch**** (the closest place to string around my parts) .. Also, I don't like the way NXT just shreds like no other WAY before breaking. It just looks terrible in some of the TW demos. I'm a INTJ (in case anyone has taken those personality tests before) and basically, I like neatness and order, so I thought the polylon was GREAT because it doesn't move, doesn't hold ball fur and looks fresh all the time. I don't mind maintaining the string as long as I can get it back into good looking shape. I find straightening string okay, but I find those NXTs move like no other and that pisses me off!
Alright, if you've read this far, you're a good person, please help me =**(
PS: This quote from another nat gut thread really got me thinking about it
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=113513
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Another vote for natural gut.
A- Easiest on the arm.
B- Any other string + physical therapy costs less than gut.
C- Best tension maintenance of all string types.
D- Players using gut are much better looking than players using other strings. (This is a known fact!)
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