Tennis Warehouse Playtest: Yonex Poly Tour Pro (blue) 1.25 & 1.15

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Yonex Poly Tour Pro (blue) 1.25 & 1.15 PLAYTEST

Application period closed. We will notify the remaining playtesters by the end of the day Monday.

** Your reviews are due by May 31 **
If you are unable to play sufficiently before the deadline, than no worries. Safety first.

Include the following in your review:

No hybrids.
  • Which gauge did you test?
  • Tension(s) used for playtest
  • Regular string set up & tension
  • Racquet used for test
  • Power/Control of test string
  • Feel (Stiff? Mushy? Muted? Crisp? Comfortable?)
  • Spin
  • Durability
  • Playability Duration
  • Tension Recommendations (would you string it differently next time? Explain answer)
  • List any additional thoughts (optional)
 
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jangotango

jangotango

Semi-Pro
Accidentally sent the email without listing gauge or email, sent another correct one. Hope this doesn't eliminate me from consideration... The blue looks dope on Kudlas stick
 
taydbear7

taydbear7

Professional
I thought the blue strings would look good on this racquet :D

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mhkeuns

mhkeuns

Hall of Fame
Received the 1.25mm gauge. Nice blue color. I'm thinking of stringing this in my Blade V7 18x20, or the Angell K7 Lime. My only experience with the Yonex strings is the Poly Tour Strike, which had a bouncy/springy feel to it. Any advice on the recommended tension? I'm mostly a baseliner.
 
haqq777

haqq777

Legend
mhkeuns said:
Received the 1.25mm gauge. Nice blue color. I'm thinking of stringing this in my Blade V7 18x20, or the Angell K7 Lime. My only experience with the Yonex strings is the Poly Tour Strike, which had a bouncy/springy feel to it. Any advice on the recommended tension? I'm mostly a baseliner.
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If you like relatively low powered, more deader feedback sort of strings which help you take big swings/cut then you will like the Poly Tour Pro. It is very comfortable as well. The yellow version which I have used many times, was slick to touch too which helped with snapback (although I feel shaped and textured strings provide a tad bit better spin compared to this).

Keep in mind though that this is a very different string than Poly Tour Strike which you mentioned you have used. The biggest difference being power and liveliness. YPTP is much lower powered comparatively. And way more control oriented. I don't know what tension you prefer normally in your 18x20 patterns but I would recommend using the same normal tension so you can gauge better for yourself.

Good luck!

P.S:
I actually used the YPTP yellow in my K7 Lime coincidently. Told myself to use it in a more powerful frame next time so strings and racquet complement each other. Thought YPTP would have been better suited to a more powerful, tweener style frame. But then I play with Babolats a lot myself so your mileage may vary :)
 
tennisgurl

tennisgurl

Semi-Pro
haqq777 said:
If you like relatively low powered, more deader feedback sort of strings which help you take big swings/cut then you will like the Poly Tour Pro. It is very comfortable as well. The yellow version which I have used many times, was slick to touch too which helped with snapback (although I feel shaped and textured strings provide a tad bit better spin compared to this).

Keep in mind though that this is a very different string than Poly Tour Strike which you mentioned you have used. The biggest difference being power and liveliness. YPTP is much lower powered comparatively. And way more control oriented. I don't know what tension you prefer normally in your 18x20 patterns but I would recommend using the same normal tension so you can gauge better for yourself.

Good luck!

P.S:
I actually used the YPTP yellow in my K7 Lime coincidently. Told myself to use it in a more powerful frame next time so strings and racquet complement each other. Thought YPTP would have been better suited to a more powerful, tweener style frame. But then I play with Babolats a lot myself so your mileage may vary :)
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I echo the same thoughts having used yellow color poly tour pro as well. I didn't find the spin too great but I'm a normally flat hitter anyway. Overall comfortable string with great pin point sort of control for me. Didn't give me ball pocketing and ball bite like I normally get from Hyper G but still very good. One of our tennis pro who competes in open tournaments uses the yellow poly tour pro in a hybrid setup in his racquets and really whacks the ball.
 
M

mogo

Semi-Pro
tennisgurl said:
I echo the same thoughts having used yellow color poly tour pro as well. I didn't find the spin too great but I'm a normally flat hitter anyway. Overall comfortable string with great pin point sort of control for me. Didn't give me ball pocketing and ball bite like I normally get from Hyper G but still very good. One of our tennis pro who competes in open tournaments uses the yellow poly tour pro in a hybrid setup in his racquets and really whacks the ball.
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Maybe a good string to use on a Clash tour 100 or 98. This string could help settle the launch angle. I have Clash tour 100 so that maybe an option to string. Thanks to @haqq777 and @tennisgurl for the string info.
 
joah310

joah310

Professional
Got mine! its the 1.15 version and is a very nice blue color. looks like a perfect fit for the ezones. Unfortunately I dont have any, so gotta go find out what racket im going to use it on.
 
djNEiGht

djNEiGht

Legend
joah310 said:
Got mine! its the 1.15 version and is a very nice blue color. looks like a perfect fit for the ezones. Unfortunately I dont have any, so gotta go find out what racket im going to use it on.
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Do you have any 18x20 sticks to see how a thin gauge works with a dense pattern?
 
McLovin

McLovin

Legend
I'm in! But, sadly, it won't arrive until Friday. I don't know which gauge yet, but if its 1.25mm, I may take the time to string up my other frames w/ yellow & black YPTP and try to do a 'blind taste test'.
 
taydbear7

taydbear7

Professional
I got the email this morning. Better late than never. :) Thanks TW for the opportunity. I'm going to put them in my Diadem racquet at 52 or 53.
 
I

Injured Again

Hall of Fame
I received my sample of Yonex Poly Tour Pro Blue this afternoon and strung it up tonight. I asked for and received the 1.15 thickness as I'm using an 18X19 frame. I typically use shaped poly strings as a full bed because when I want to create heavy spin, I want the strings to be able to accommodate that, and I put up with the downsides of that kind of string for the benefits it gives me. My previous racquet was a 16X19 and I got spoiled by the easier spin capability that pattern gives compared to my current Blade SW104. I haven't ever used a thin gauge round string in my current racquet to see how it compares with a slightly thicker shaped string.

My current string of choice is 17 gauge Tourna Silver 7 Tour. I string it using a form of proportional stringing, with the center eight mains at 51 pounds decreasing to 39 pounds at the outer mains, and the center five crosses at 46 pounds with the top and bottom crosses at 32 pounds. That creates a higher launch angle over a same-tension stringbed and also is much more forgiving when missing the sweetspot, yet still gives me the levels of control I need when I do hit it cleanly. I strung up the Yonex PTP Blue at the exact same tensions.

The Yonex PTP came in clear packaging, and my sample was exactly 40 feet long. PTP has a slick and hard feeling surface. I put a one foot section under 50 pounds of tension and let it sit for a minute. Repulling 50 pounds of tension required an extra 4-5 mm. Coil memory was minimal and stringing was easy, with low inter-string friction. The 1.15 PTP is much more elastic than normal when pulling tension, and I had an extra two inches of length on the short side and almost four inches of extra length on the long side. My racquet with the PTP is two grams lighter than with a 1.25 mm worn poly that was in there prior to this string.

uc


The color and feel reminds me a bit of Kirschbaum Pro Line Evolution, which I tested earlier last year.

uc


The racquet swings easier. Some of it is probably placebo effect, some of it is the reduction in swingweight, and some of it is that the thin strings have less aerodynamic drag. I'm playing very early tomorrow morning so will give first impressions after I'm done.

Thanks to Yonex and Tennis Warehouse for allowing me to participate in this test.
 
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Injured Again

Hall of Fame
Got back from a tough and hard hitting 60 minute session with three others, including two 20-somethings who are 4.5/5.0 and play a modern, big topspin game.

Yonex PTP is definitely a lower power, control oriented string. That feeling of pop and liveliness is fairly minimal with even the thin 1.15 thickness string. It does have good but not great pocketing sensation, and is about average in terms of crispness of impact.

Launch angle is a bit lower than with a shaped poly string. Spin capability is good but not great, as good as any round string I've used but without any of that strong feeling of bite on the ball. Looping topspin shots require hitting more through the ball. On the flip side, volleys are very easy to direct and are minimally affected by incoming ball spin. Comfort levels are better than average for poly strings. It's cushioned without being mushy.

Inter-string friction feels low, and there were times when I hit harder shots with heavier topspin that I almost could feel the strings sliding against each other. Notching was the result, and it is already fairly significant for just having hit 60 minutes. My timing was good today and I had to hit hard to keep up with the younger players, and that resulted in what seems to be significant damage to the surface/surface coating of the string where it looks like the strings sliding against each other scraped chunks of material from the notch and deposited it next the depression in the string.

uc



uc


I think I got the string tension just about perfect. Any looser and I get the sensation that the lack of pop and liveliness would make the string feel more dead, and that tighter would lower the already modest power levels and reduce the comfort without gaining much more control.

Overall, PTP is a very easy string to get comfortable with. The control is very good and the string behaves consistently throughout my range of swing speeds. It doesn't provide huge spin capability but is also relatively insensitive to incoming spin. It's relatively comfortable for a poly string. My main worry at this point is longevity considering how much notching, and the manner of the notching, that has occurred.
 
ezekiel114

ezekiel114

Semi-Pro
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Just received mine. Bit bummed I got 1.15. Was planning stringing this in my PA+ but with the thin gauge I don’t think it’ll last a session of hitting.

All is not lost. I’ll string this up on my v7 blade 18M in the next week and see how it goes!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
chinny562

chinny562

New User
I received my strings today! When I have time, I'll get it strung and hopefully it doesn't rain here in SoCal.
Will be testing it on my Wilson V7 Blade 18x20.Here's some pictures in the mean time.

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djNEiGht

djNEiGht

Legend
chinny562 said:
Yes sir!
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Nice. Well there are a number of Talk Tennis members in LA that got together awhile back in Glendale for the @J011yroger Head Radical Bumblebee Brotherhood . We have been chatting about another get together again for some Live Ball & Doubles along with another themed event

Enjoy the string test. Curious how it plays especially against the yellow version.
 
sanister

sanister

Professional
Injured Again said:
Got back from a tough and hard hitting 60 minute session with three others, including two 20-somethings who are 4.5/5.0 and play a modern, big topspin game.

Yonex PTP is definitely a lower power, control oriented string. That feeling of pop and liveliness is fairly minimal with even the thin 1.15 thickness string. It does have good but not great pocketing sensation, and is about average in terms of crispness of impact.

Launch angle is a bit lower than with a shaped poly string. Spin capability is good but not great, as good as any round string I've used but without any of that strong feeling of bite on the ball. Looping topspin shots require hitting more through the ball. On the flip side, volleys are very easy to direct and are minimally affected by incoming ball spin. Comfort levels are better than average for poly strings. It's cushioned without being mushy.

Inter-string friction feels low, and there were times when I hit harder shots with heavier topspin that I almost could feel the strings sliding against each other. Notching was the result, and it is already fairly significant for just having hit 60 minutes. My timing was good today and I had to hit hard to keep up with the younger players, and that resulted in what seems to be significant damage to the surface/surface coating of the string where it looks like the strings sliding against each other scraped chunks of material from the notch and deposited it next the depression in the string.

uc



uc


I think I got the string tension just about perfect. Any looser and I get the sensation that the lack of pop and liveliness would make the string feel more dead, and that tighter would lower the already modest power levels and reduce the comfort without gaining much more control.

Overall, PTP is a very easy string to get comfortable with. The control is very good and the string behaves consistently throughout my range of swing speeds. It doesn't provide huge spin capability but is also relatively insensitive to incoming spin. It's relatively comfortable for a poly string. My main worry at this point is longevity considering how much notching, and the manner of the notching, that has occurred.
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My friend, you just described how the yellow YPTP plays for me. To the dot.
 
R

red rook

Guest
I only want to know how this color compares to yellow or black (granted in 1.25), which I have used reels in each, so I know exactly what’s it’s about. Particularly in power and crispness. Will probably have to spring for a few sets.
 
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red rook

Guest
Call me silly but I prefer the poly tour pro to the strike. Hit them side by side, freshly strung, back and forth for five to ten minutes each for a couple of hours. The strike is nice but just not my jam.
 
I

Injured Again

Hall of Fame
sanister said:
My friend, you just described how the yellow YPTP plays for me. To the dot.
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Good to know I'm not out in left field all by myself! I'd say it's an overall good string that isn't spectacularly good at anything, but also doesn't do anything poorly.

Did you have isues with durability and/or notching?
 
sanister

sanister

Professional
Injured Again said:
Good to know I'm not out in left field all by myself! I'd say it's an overall good string that isn't spectacularly good at anything, but also doesn't do anything poorly.

Did you have isues with durability and/or notching?
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Yeah I agree about the string being generally good at everything but not being spectacular at anything. Overall good string. As for durability, I don't hit the ball as hard as you, it would definitely last me a bit longer :) No breaking issues for me. Just some slight notching.
 
1HBHfanatic

1HBHfanatic

Legend
red rook said:
I only want to know how this color compares to yellow or black (granted in 1.25), which I have used reels in each, so I know exactly what’s it’s about. Particularly in power and crispness. Will probably have to spring for a few sets.
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-my experience with color polys is that the darker colors are crisper, generally..
-i liked the yellow yptp, and this blue is provably gonna be slightly crisper
-im hesistant to say for sure since ive tried the 1.25 yellow and the 1.20 blue
-did you like the black or the yellow best?

-btw, I also tried the ypt.strikeFIRE,, to me, it is a bit mushy after the tension loss

-oops i meant to say, yptFIRE is soft, too soft, (soo many strings, sorry
-ypt.STRIKE is crisp, crisper than yptp
 
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red rook

Guest
The strike felt very similar to tour bite to me, which I’ve also had two reels of. Come to think of it I have used a lot of string the last five years lol.

I wanted to like the yellow ptp cause all the pros use that color (I know - I figured they must know something), but turns out in my situation in my blade I prefer the slightly crisper black.
In a different racquet, I’ve hit with the yonex Vcore pro and really liked the yellow ptp in that. So I guess it depends what racquet and preferences one has.
 
1HBHfanatic

1HBHfanatic

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red rook said:
The strike felt very similar to tour bite to me, which I’ve also had two reels of. Come to think of it I have used a lot of string the last five years lol.

I wanted to like the yellow ptp cause all the pros use that color (I know - I figured they must know something), but turns out in my situation in my blade I prefer the slightly crisper black.
In a different racquet, I’ve hit with the yonex Vcore pro and really liked the yellow ptp in that. So I guess it depends what racquet and preferences one has.
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-btw, I also tried the ypt.strikeFIRE,, to me, it is a bit mushy after the tension loss

-oops i meant to say, yptFIRE (RED) is soft, too soft, (soo many strings, sorry)
-ypt.STRIKE is crisp, crisper than yptp

-agree, black strings tend to be a bit crisper,

-the blue YPTP might be what your looking for!!
 
McLovin

McLovin

Legend
red rook said:
I only want to know how this color compares to yellow or black (granted in 1.25), which I have used reels in each, so I know exactly what’s it’s about. Particularly in power and crispness. Will probably have to spring for a few sets.
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Well, if I receive the 1.25 (scheduled for delivery tomorrow), I will be in a good position to let you know. As I stated above, I too have reels of yellow & black, and will try a 'blind taste test' in my 3 frames if the gauge is the same. If its the 1.15, I'll just do a normal playtest.
 
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