String similar to Luxilon Alu Power but cheaper? (2023)
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I'm always curious why people recommend Max Power as an Alu replacement as it's a much stiffer/dead string and Alu plays quite lively.
3loudboys
G.O.A.T.
I guess it’s subjective - I think they play very similar and the feel is real close. Interesting that you thought Alu was lively - what sort of tension and racket did you have it in?
Me too.
loosegroove
Hall of Fame
Checkout Prince Tour XR. I’m not claiming it’s a dead ringer for Alu Power. But at $5 a set it’s definitely worth a try.
I really liked the feel of Silver 7, but it only lasted me about 5 hours of hitting. Big hitter Silver lasts longer imo
I find that some people display high levels of snobbery.
for players from 5.0 to 6.0, many accept changing frames, with differences of 5 to 10 RA points, a difference in balance of 1cm, string pattern with +/- 2 or 3 strings, but , regarding the stringing find such small variations.
let's not forget that alu power is a very old string, which certainly has a lot of its own characteristics, but it remains an old string!
since then, many have done better, or at least as well.
when we start with assertions such as it is not aluminum, it is as if we were saying, in computing, that an intel i9 was not a pentium 200! well yes, luckily! no processor in the last 20 years runs like a Pentium 200! does that mean pentium 200 is better than anything since? No!
as if we were saying that a 2023 Porsche is not a 1974 911, obviously, you know the rest of my reasoning!
for me, having played with alu power in FB and cross, I still believe that signum poly megaforce, like kirsch max power, or silverstring from weiss or cyber flash from topspin and big hitter from tourna are also good and very often good better than aluminum power! in practically all areas, and especially depending on the price!
for players from 5.0 to 6.0, many accept changing frames, with differences of 5 to 10 RA points, a difference in balance of 1cm, string pattern with +/- 2 or 3 strings, but , regarding the stringing find such small variations.
let's not forget that alu power is a very old string, which certainly has a lot of its own characteristics, but it remains an old string!
since then, many have done better, or at least as well.
when we start with assertions such as it is not aluminum, it is as if we were saying, in computing, that an intel i9 was not a pentium 200! well yes, luckily! no processor in the last 20 years runs like a Pentium 200! does that mean pentium 200 is better than anything since? No!
as if we were saying that a 2023 Porsche is not a 1974 911, obviously, you know the rest of my reasoning!
for me, having played with alu power in FB and cross, I still believe that signum poly megaforce, like kirsch max power, or silverstring from weiss or cyber flash from topspin and big hitter from tourna are also good and very often good better than aluminum power! in practically all areas, and especially depending on the price!
Happi
Hall of Fame
It has nothing at all to do with snobbery....... some players like myself are very sensitive to strings, others to racquet stiffness, SW or string pattern.
Alu has a very special feeling, too rough on my arm so I can't play FB Alu. I found a good alternative in Topspin Cyber Flash 17L, soft and still have some of that alu feeling, bit bonus is that it is very cost and arm friendly.
Happi
Hall of Fame
I am going to try the WC, and also Topspin Cyber Blue - I like that crispy feeling of alu, but my arm does not agree, so looking for alternatives and hybrids.
Right now I have CF strung up in FB and with Isospeed prof Classic as cross. I also one with Alu 1.15 / OGSM 1.23 in black (looks cool too) but not played it yet.
Happi
Hall of Fame
Silver 7 Tour was much too stiff for me, and it had some strange breaks. I gave my roll away.
LOBALOT
Legend
Tourna Silver 7 Tour and Tourna Big Hitter Silver (referenced above as similar to ALU) are not the same string. Big Hitter Silver is an option/alternative to ALU Power. Silver 7 Tour as you note is not for the reasons you note.
Try Silver 7 and you will see it is a potential alternative.
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badmice2
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Well the same can be said about racket tech too, no? But yet many morns the death of yesteryear rackets, so can you definitively say older tech can’t survive the test of time?
Or another view to look at it…is it about the technology or is it about material and quality? Many said the same about rackets with the need to change the composite of the graphite, but is basalt, hyper carbon, youtek, nano carbon, or any other additive or substitute really a valid replacement of good quality graphite?
Net net unless raw materials become scares, there should be be any need to mess with it.
WYK
Legend
It is a more comfortable and more powerful version of ALU with better 'pocketing'. I am rather fond of it myself.
for me,
they are just two different marketing axes.
for the luxilon alu power, they are trying to sell an "old" string that has already paid for itself a thousand times over in terms of research and development, banking on the fact that "pros" play with it. yes, but what makes the price of these luxilons and others is precisely the sponsorship!
afterward, the luxilon alu power problems have been the same for a long time! absurd duration of tension, in 2023, maybe in 2006 it was great, but not today, and trying to say that alu power is the best of the best because it is alu power.. in short!
note that the price of alu power has not really fallen in years!
for snowshoes, I think it's the opposite.
technology is abusive, and the goal of these companies is just to sell new rackets every year, making people believe that new technologies are always better year after year.
but what are the real innovations in terms of rackets? Really? babolat pure drive? and the absurd rigidity of these frames above 70RA kills your arm? for me, not really.
for me, I would say, clash, pro kennex (the black ace?) prince phantom strangely, we return to flexible frames (like the pros?) which last!
I took out my old radical tour 1993 (bumblebee), my old pro tour 690 (from the same year), or even more recently my old instinct liquidmetal or gold youteck..
The only thing that makes me go towards "recent" frames is my age, and my difficulty playing with heavy frames.
So I played with gravity, with clash and in the black ace week. but these are “old-fashioned” frames.
I use 4 universal configurations.
velocity*max power
synthetic gut * soft poly
natural gut * megaforce
isospeed control * isospeed cream.
on full control frames (none of my frames exceed RA61), these hybrids are more than perfect!