Silent Partner e-stringer

[Silke1c]

I have been pricing stringing machines and trying to do a pro/con between electronic and drop weight machines. As far as I can tell this is the best deal for an electronic stringing being competitively priced with some drop weight systems like the Gamma X-2. Is this as good a deal as I think it is? Anyone with any experience with Silent Partner or especially this machine please help me out!!

http://www.sptennis.com/stringer.asp#eStringer

 

[BurghKing]

I would be leery of the motor on a lower priced machine like that. Although I don't have direct experience with the machine, I would be cautious about how accurate it is and it's life span. Keep in mind, a dropweight "motor" never goes bad...

 

[theace21]

I also would recommend a drop weight vs a low priced electric machine. Do a search, this has been talked to death...

 

[kirbster123]

SP E.stringer is an awful machine IMO. Horrible mounting, awful rotational tensioners. Pulls can be way off from one to another.

I would go with the X-2 anyday. You should really spend a little more and go with something like a Laserfibre machine.

 

[Deano]

SP E.stringer is an awful machine IMO. Horrible mounting, awful rotational tensioners. Pulls can be way off from one to another.

I would go with the X-2 anyday. You should really spend a little more and go with something like a Laserfibre machine.

Do you speak from experience with the e-stringer machine? Because I have one and every time that I have checked the calibration on it is has been right on. I am sure that it is not the best machine in the world but it does its job very well for its price point.

 

[dufferok]

I have had a Silent Partner e.Stringer for 3 years and have always achieved good quality string jobs. I re-calibrate my stringer once a month and I verify all my string job's tension's using a handy little program I downloaded off the net for free:
http://marc.roettig.org/tennis/freqmess.php

I think a lot of folks that talk negative about the e.stringer are simply riding the wave of nonsense talk started a couple years ago. Anyway, as an actual long time user of the e.stringer, I have not experienced any negative results.

Looking on Silent Partner's website, I saw they have introduced a new machine called "JIVE". It looks really nice and would be a nice upgrade route if you are looking for a fixed clamp electronic machine.

 

[LttlElvis]

SP E.stringer is an awful machine IMO. Horrible mounting, awful rotational tensioners. Pulls can be way off from one to another.

I would go with the X-2 anyday. You should really spend a little more and go with something like a Laserfibre machine.

I've used it a couple of times. I wouldn't say it was awful. It's a pretty good value for that price point, but I wouldn't buy it for myself.

Disadvantages are all relative to more expensive machines, i.e. rotational gripper, flying clamps, mounting takes some time. Advantages are the customer service and price.

 

[BurghKing]

I have not visited the SP lately, but they used to offer a 30-day, Money Back Guarantee. If that is still true, buy the machine and give it a try. If you like it, great!, you made a good decision. If not, all you are out is the $25 to ship it back. Just an idea...

 

[Silke1c]

Thanks for all the input, I think I'll give it a try. I've been using a really old klip drop weight that I don't really like and I don't really see the difference between that and an X-2 which is near the same price as this one. I talked to the people at silent partner and they were very helpful and suggested a tension calibrator and said that if the machine ever got really out of whack to just send the motor in and they would recalibrate, fix or replace for reasonable rates.

 

[kirbster123]

Do you speak from experience with the e-stringer machine? Because I have one and every time that I have checked the calibration on it is has been right on. I am sure that it is not the best machine in the world but it does its job very well for its price point.

Yes, I do speak with experience. I've strung hundreds of racquets, and the E.stringer IMO is awful. The 6-pt mounting isnt truly 6 pt mounting. The motor requires 5 minutes of warmup before starting, and the brake dosent actually brake at all. Pulls have been off between racquets aswell.