I only used GW 1.22 and 1.18. I would say stiff diff of GW 1.18 and Swift 1.25 are not significant, so I would guess GW 1.10 is softer.
Do you guys think Wasabi X is stiffer than Wasabi?
They feel mostly the same to me. I often struggle to determine if subtle differences in stiffness are caused by my inconsistencies as a stringer or if they are the string. I can't say I notice a huge different between Wasabi's but I also don't play them back to back. I prefer the darker colours (red/grey) as I feel they offer more pocketing and a more solid feel in my Whiteouts, but it's marginal for sure.
I find Wasabi X to be the slickest of the few.
I just strung up X as a cross with gut and it feels quite stiff. Sync is closer to Revolve in stiffness?
It's not silicone oil coating or impregnation, it's UHMW (ultra-high molecular weight) cross-link ester, that is part of the base formulation, so it doesn't wear off as the string ages. Toroline basically elects to use a higher percentage of that than most any other maker, often at the expenses of some crispness and feel, but at the benefit of hyper levels of slickness. Depending on what you're looking for, the trade-off can often be worth it (ie. when using Was-X as a cross with a crisp-but-slick main like gut or Triax/HDMX).
Good info, thank you. I asked them yesterday about their coating and they said (though certainly with not as much detail as you) "nope our slickness is infused into the string"
I haven't (yet), but going to ping @dr. godmode on this, as think he's tried OTT/Was-X recently enough.
Yes. Both as crosses (Was-X and Sync 1.25) in a non-poly/poly hybrid, with TF Multifeel Black 1.30 mains (in a '21 Dunlop CX 200, at 53 / 48 lbs). Was-X was more controlled per unit tension and offered slightly more vicious snapback and kicking spin (quite nasty, actually), but it cut through MFB faster. Sync pocketed a bit better as had ever-so-slightly better feel, but performance-wise wasn't as good in combination, as I think I've come to know that I prefer my crosses pretty firm when it comes to non-poly/poly hybrids, and Sync falls just a bit below that threshold, even at higher tensions, where Was-X makes the cut on firmness, but is just a little lackluster on feel (a bit more plasticky/muted than I prefer). That's why I wish Toroline could somehow come up with a Wasabi-X Silver, with a more metallic, crisp feel, but the same slickness, and I've communicated this to them on multiple occasions.
