Tourna big hitter silver 7 tour string breaking constantly... on the machine and merely getting 2 hours of play before breaking

adista4

adista4

Semi-Pro
So, I ordered a reel of the mentioned string above based on the good reviews, but I can merely string a racket with this string because it breaks while stringing almost every time. They break at the grommets, I managed to string it on a LM Radical Os, and it lasted me 2-3 hours, before breaking at the grommets near the throat of the racket. I never had a string break on me while stringing before, and in that particular area in play. I have to mention that I strung it 55 pounds, 53, then 50. Every time, breaking at the grommet, in the throat area. It’s driving me insane, is the string that bad, am I doing something wrong, stringing it to tight, should I just throw away the reel?
I want to know opinions about this string’s durability from other users. Thanks a lot!


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Louis33

Semi-Pro
Have you tried to string other rackets with the silver 7? If you haven’t already I would check your grommets out to see if they are contributing to the problem. If the string is breaking while stringing other rackets then you know it’s the string and most likely you received a defective reel and should inquire about a refund.
 
esgee48

esgee48

G.O.A.T.
Is it the same grommet that is breaking the string? Is it the same series of grommets where the string breaks?

You might try tubing those grommets because they may be damaged internally. If this prevents the strings from breaking, then you have a solution. You can then order a set of new grommets for the frame or buy some FITTEX tubes for a more permanent fix.

Regarding trying the string on another frame, that is a good way to check if the reel is bad. I personally would not do it since tubing is easier. Your way means you have to string 2 frames. My way means you only have to string 1 frame. Make sure your clamps are clean.
 
Holdfast44ID

Holdfast44ID

Semi-Pro
I strung the 17g version on three V7 Blade 98 16x19 sticks. I hit for several hours with two frames and no breakage so far. I strung up one frame and broke a string at the upper middle grommets in less than 20 minutes. These are new frames. I may have deformed the mains by clamping them too many times as I had to restart the string job after realizing my clamps needed to be adjusted. This could have made the string weaker I suppose.

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1HBHfanatic

1HBHfanatic

Legend
my 2 cents,
clean your clamps!,,
check your clamps on your machine for over pressure
they could be too tight and your damaging the string at "clamp time"
flying clamps and/or base clamps need to be tight enough, but not over-tight!!??

i do like what @esgee48 suggested, you can change that grommet piece very easily
 
Holdfast44ID

Holdfast44ID

Semi-Pro
1HBHfanatic said:
my 2 cents,
clean your clamps!,,
check your clamps on your machine for over pressure
they could be too tight and your damaging the string at "clamp time"
flying clamps and/or base clamps need to be tight enough, but not over-tight!!??

i do like what @esgee48 suggested, you can change that grommet piece very easily
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Yes, perhaps the OP did that? I think I did! Too tight on the clamps due to some slippage. Normally, my clamps are dialed in but I had adjusted after stringing Head Velocity (very slippery). Velocity might leave a residue on the clamps too.

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1HBHfanatic

1HBHfanatic

Legend
Holdfast44ID said:
Yes, perhaps the OP did that? I think I did! Too tight on the clamps due to some slippage. Normally, my clamps are dialed in but I had adjusted after stringing Head Velocity (very slippery). Velocity might leave a residue on the clamps too.

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yup agree, some strings do that!
I hate stringing gamma strings for that reason
I sometimes have to wash my hands after, soo greasy,, haaa
 
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blai212

Hall of Fame
ive strung over a dozen frames for other ppl and another dozen times on my own frames with silver 7 tour...never had a problem. Pretty sure string is breaking due to stringer error. I know @Injured Again and @USPTARF97 have also had absolutely no trouble stringing silver 7 tour


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adista4

adista4

Semi-Pro
Thank you all for your replies, looks like I am gonna clean my clamps and reajust them, I think they are a little too tight. Hopefully this works. Thanks a lot!


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1HBHfanatic

1HBHfanatic

Legend
adista4 said:
Thank you all for your replies, looks like I am gonna clean my clamps and reajust them, I think they are a little too tight. Hopefully this works. Thanks a lot!
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rubbing alcohol and toothbrush time!!
let us know what happens
 
McLovin

McLovin

Legend
To add to the conversation, @downs_chris had issues w/ BHS7T breaking prematurely as well. He’s an experienced stringer (has a pristine condition Babolat machine...forgot which one), so I doubt it had anything to do with the stringing process, and the frames (DR100s) are well worn in, and hadn’t had any issues using YPTP.

Maybe it was a bad batch of string? It happened years ago w/ Pacific Classic.
 
JBH

JBH

Rookie
The TennisIndustry test had an instance of breakage during stringing. Silver7, like several other newer strings, is heat treated. This treatment is intended to make the string resistant to stretching. It will also be more brittle than a standard string. While your reel may may be out of standard tolerance, it’s at least as likely that it generically requires handling that doesn’t create sharp/abrupt angles that result in fracturing.
 
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Injured Again

Hall of Fame
blai212 said:
ive strung over a dozen frames for other ppl and another dozen times on my own frames with silver 7 tour...never had a problem. Pretty sure string is breaking due to stringer error. I know @Injured Again and @USPTARF97 have also had absolutely no trouble stringing silver 7 tour
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True. Have strung over 20 racquets with S7T, topping out at 53 pounds of tension, and never a problem. I'm actually not that careful with the string since it seems pretty tolerant of just normal handling. I've never kinked it, but also haven't had any of them break in my racquet other than from notching. The required clamp pressure to prevent slipping seems typical of a poly, which is lower than I would use for a synthetic gut or multifilament string.
 
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USPTARF97

Hall of Fame
Sounds like the clamps are too tight and deforming the string. I have never broken a string with BHS7T. Just cut them out after 10-12hrs of play.
 
downs_chris

downs_chris

Professional
McLovin said:
To add to the conversation, @downs_chris had issues w/ BHS7T breaking prematurely as well. He’s an experienced stringer (has a pristine condition Babolat machine...forgot which one), so I doubt it had anything to do with the stringing process, and the frames (DR100s) are well worn in, and hadn’t had any issues using YPTP.

Maybe it was a bad batch of string? It happened years ago w/ Pacific Classic.
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Babolat Sensor...

And yes...i've had many issues of premature breakeage with tourna strings...
 
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USPTARF97

Hall of Fame
downs_chris said:
Babolat Sensor...

And yes...i've had many issues of premature breakeage with tourna strings...
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Very strange..I am leaving the BHS7T in my
PS97’s to see just how long it takes to break them or lose playability. Not there yet. They have been strung for months.
Are you pre-stretching the poly?
 
downs_chris

downs_chris

Professional
USPTARF97 said:
Very strange..I am leaving the BHS7T in my
PS97’s to see just how long it takes to break them or lose playability. Not there yet. They have been strung for months.
Are you pre-stretching the poly?
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i'm not pre-stretching or kinking the strings either - i'll get weird snappage while stringing - or even weird breakage on mishits on the grommets too...that's happened a few times recently with the BHS7T...

with that said...i enjoy the string...
 
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USPTARF97

Hall of Fame
downs_chris said:
i'm not pre-stretching or kinking the strings either - i'll get weird snappage while stringing - or even weird breakage on mishits on the grommets too...that's happened a few times recently with the BHS7T...

with that said...i enjoy the string...
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must be a bad batch of string
 
Dansan

Dansan

Semi-Pro
Just strung my K7 Lime up with BHS7T today at 49lbs, no issues whatsoever. Played today and it's an awesome string.
 
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Injured Again

Hall of Fame
1HBHfanatic said:

Tourna Big Hitter Silver 7 Tour 16/1.30 String | Tennis Warehouse

www.tennis-warehouse.com www.tennis-warehouse.com

soo this string is being compared to solinco.tour.bite
is this string similar? hard,, I hate TB for that reason
is this string noticeably softer??
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There's an initial softness to S7T that Tour Bite doesn't have. S7T does firm up but never as much as Tour Bite, so while S7T is still crisp feeling on harder shots, it's not going to give you that same great pocketing feel and hard, firm response off the stringbed as Tour Bite.

I was a string tester for S7T, and here are my two initial posts in that thread, which includes some close-up pictures of both Tour Bite 1.20 and the 17 gauge S7T:



If you don't like Tour Bite because it's too harsh, but otherwise like what Tour Bite does for your swing and to the ball, S7T is a great alternate.
 
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FIRETennis

Professional
I used BHS7T in 17 gauge and I've actually experienced the same thing with breaking at the top on about 4 string jobs out of ~20. No issues during stringing were mentioned to me. I thought it was the grommets or the stringer but it was just my mishitting and the strings not being as forgiving as other ones. It was always on a hard hit high on the racquet head or on a big first serve. When I focused on hitting more in the sweet spot, the issue naturally went away. Now they break in the sweet spot after about 8-10h of hitting. These strings are not as durable as other strings I have tried but but the price, spin, comfort and tension stability (which is insane), I'll guess that's the compromise. There is no perfect string.
 
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Jouke

Professional
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and here is mine. This string is like russian roulette. You can get lucky, but eventually it will get you ;)
 
Happi

Happi

Hall of Fame
I think the key thing with this string is to string it slow, and to treat it like a Ashaway ZX Pro, be very carefull when pulling the knots. I know a lot of stringers can be brutal with poly strings, this string is brittle so be kind to it.

I have yet to experience the string breaks, and I also never had problems with ZX Pro or NG strings - I guess I am a gentle stringer. :)
 
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Jouke

Professional
USPTARF97 said:
That looks like a knot pulled too tight. Just looking at the knot.
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I wish it was. You do know this frame has shared mains/crosses? So the break wasnt on a knot

The knot btw was pulled very slowly. Way slower than normally because of what i read here. Done 8 frames with s7tour before, no problems, was supercareful this time. Breakage
 
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USPTARF97

Hall of Fame
For the string to break at the knot grommet or the grommet before it is normally a knot pulled tight, sharp grommet, bad angle, pinched string etc. Could be a bad design with that frame. For that to break when a ball is never hit there it has to be one of the above. Can use a short piece of plastic tubing at that grommet and solve the issue.
 
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Jouke

Professional
USPTARF97 said:
For the string to break at the knot grommet or the grommet before it is normally a knot pulled tight, sharp grommet, bad angle, pinched string etc. Could be a bad design with that frame. For that to break when a ball is never hit there it has to be one of the above. Can use a short piece of plastic tubing at that grommet and solve the issue.
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It broke after 10 minutes of hitting
 
graycrait

graycrait

Legend
I got two sets of this string in 17g a couple of weeks ago, strung it up in two different rackets just to see what the hullabaloo was about this string. Strung and played fine, ignorance is bliss in this case I guess. I had no idea it was fragile and strung it carefree as any other plastic wire I string.
 
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USPTARF97

Hall of Fame
I’m two reels in and haven’t broken a string on the stringer or playing. Cut it out after 8-10hrs. 5.0 tennis.
 
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Holdfast44ID

Holdfast44ID

Semi-Pro
I screwed up by reclamping the first main too tight and mashing the string a little. It broke right there within 10 min of hitting. Stringer error. Be careful. Lol

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USPTARF97

Hall of Fame
Over tightened clamps may be one of the culprits with this string breaking. String so much with gut that I am probably overly aware of making sure I’m not bruising the string or creating indentions. Clean my clamps monthly with alcohol and q-tips. Only string my racquets on this machine at home. Calibrate it every few months.
Prince Neos type set up. Doesn’t overshoot tension and then settle.
 
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pico

pico

Hall of Fame
I have strung multiple strings on various racquets. I must say that BHS7T is the only one that has also given me this issue. It also appears to be hit or miss. For example. I have a reel of the 1.25mm and a reel of the 1.30mm. I have strung many racquets with both reels. The 1.30mm surprisingly is the one that has broken on the machine for me at least 5 times now with the same reel. I am going to attribute it to a bad reel since I haven't experience this with the 1.25mm reel yet or with any other string for that matter. Really sucks since I like BHS7T but I am losing confidence in the quality.
 
ngoster

ngoster

Semi-Pro
pico said:
I have strung multiple strings on various racquets. I must say that BHS7T is the only one that has also given me this issue. It also appears to be hit or miss. For example. I have a reel of the 1.25mm and a reel of the 1.30mm. I have strung many racquets with both reels. The 1.30mm surprisingly is the one that has broken on the machine for me at least 5 times now with the same reel. I am going to attribute it to a bad reel since I haven't experience this with the 1.25mm reel yet or with any other string for that matter. Really sucks since I like BHS7T but I am losing confidence in the quality.
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Are you experiencing this as a full bed or hybrids as well. How about open vs dense string beds? I had 3 full beds of 1.25 in a row shear early on me then tried it with IsoSpeed Baseline 17 crosses. The last set up lasted much longer.
 
pico

pico

Hall of Fame
ngoster said:
Are you experiencing this as a full bed or hybrids as well. How about open vs dense string beds? I had 3 full beds of 1.25 in a row shear early on me then tried it with IsoSpeed Baseline 17 crosses. The last set up lasted much longer.
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This is on the stringer machine. I just got to my 6th main and it broke lol
 
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superjon027

Rookie
I got through 2 reels of S7T without incident. On the 3rd reel I got a premature break on almost every string job. Reached out to Tourna and they sent a replacement reel. So far so good
 
pico

pico

Hall of Fame
superjon027 said:
I got through 2 reels of S7T without incident. On the 3rd reel I got a premature break on almost every string job. Reached out to Tourna and they sent a replacement reel. So far so good
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Did you just email them? Did you have to show some kind of proof though I dont know what you could show.
 
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