Solinco strings to replace Head lynx tour

Tythox

New User
Hi guys, the head lynx tour is sold out in my store of choice and won't be available until next year, the thing is that buying the reel in the official store costs around 220 dollars (I'm from South America). On the other hand the solinco reels varies between 105 and 115 dollars. I'm a G360+ Radical MP user, so... what string do you recommend me between the hyper g, tour bite, revolution and confidential, and how would you compare them in terms of:

Control
Spin
Tension maintenance
Feel
 

happyandbob

Legend
if it helps, here is what the TWU db says about those

StringMaterialGaugeStiffnessTension Loss PctEnergy Return PctStS CoFSpin Potential
Head Lynx Tour 16 (1.30)Polyester1.3228.630.587.60.0856.1
Solinco Hyper-G 16Polyester1.3219.526.389.30.097
Solinco Tour Bite 16Polyester1.3202.947.1850.0856.7
Solinco Revolution 16Polyester1.3215.547.484.30.076.4
Solinco Confidential 16 (1.30)Polyester1.3222.322.289.50.16.4
Head Lynx Tour 17 (1.25)Polyester1.25217.724.689.70.0797.1
Solinco Hyper-G 16L (1.25)Polyester1.25218.324.789.50.096.1
Solinco Tour Bite 16L (1.25)Polyester1.25237.725.288.40.0855.9
Solinco Revolution 16L (1.25)Polyester1.25212.628.488.50.0688
 

Tythox

New User
if it helps, here is what the TWU db says about those

StringMaterialGaugeStiffnessTension Loss PctEnergy Return PctStS CoFSpin Potential
Head Lynx Tour 16 (1.30)Polyester1.3228.630.587.60.0856.1
Solinco Hyper-G 16Polyester1.3219.526.389.30.097
Solinco Tour Bite 16Polyester1.3202.947.1850.0856.7
Solinco Revolution 16Polyester1.3215.547.484.30.076.4
Solinco Confidential 16 (1.30)Polyester1.3222.322.289.50.16.4
Head Lynx Tour 17 (1.25)Polyester1.25217.724.689.70.0797.1
Solinco Hyper-G 16L (1.25)Polyester1.25218.324.789.50.096.1
Solinco Tour Bite 16L (1.25)Polyester1.25237.725.288.40.0855.9
Solinco Revolution 16L (1.25)Polyester1.25212.628.488.50.0688

I appreciate it a lot! I was about to choose revolution 1.25, but the increase in tension loss going to 1.30 gauge is confusing to me, so my confidense in the database went down. I would like to read some comments on playability too
 

happyandbob

Legend
there are definitely anomalies in the database, but it's usually a decent directional indicator.

FWIW - i've played a lot with hyper-g and some with tour bite and tour bite was harsher on my elbow than hyper-g. both offered plenty of spin.
 

AceyMan

Professional
Hyper-G 1.25 is the most comparable but it's not as good a string imho.

But if you are forced to change it probably plays most similarly in terms of power & spin & tension maintenance, while Confidential may have more similar feel (=> dead vs lively continuum), but I can't speak to that, seeing that I haven't played Confidential myself, only strung it for clients.
 
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the_ghost

New User
I'll 2nd, 3rd or whatever for Hyper G; it's a great string for the $$.

The decision is 1.20 or 1.25 size... hmm.. I use the 1.20 for the 93P so I'd probably try 1.20 for the Radical MP as well. For some reason 1.25 shaped polys seem to change the racquet balance and makes it more sluggish.
 

CosmosMpower

Hall of Fame
Lynx tour feels quite dead to me, I guess the Solinco equivalent would be something like Tour Bite or Tour Bite soft
 

yessir

Semi-Pro
Hi guys, the head lynx tour is sold out in my store of choice and won't be available until next year, the thing is that buying the reel in the official store costs around 220 dollars (I'm from South America). On the other hand the solinco reels varies between 105 and 115 dollars. I'm a G360+ Radical MP user, so... what string do you recommend me between the hyper g, tour bite, revolution and confidential, and how would you compare them in terms of:

Control
Spin
Tension maintenance
Feel
Hyper g is just better in radical mp! I ve tried all the others and hyper g lasts the longest of them all playability wise.
 

Tythox

New User
Hyper g is just better in radical mp! I ve tried all the others and hyper g lasts the longest of them all playability wise.
If the radical wasn't loud enough, I hope the neon green/orange combination doesn't hurt too many eyes out there in the court
 

WickiNKiwi

New User
Play-wisely lynx tour was really firm to me with tons of spin potential. Tour bite is a close match. Hyper g was much softer than lynx tour.
 

Obnavox

Rookie
Confidential plays nearly identical. I couldn't discern a difference between lynx tour 16g in champagne and 16g confidential. Both required no break in.
 
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