Prestige has more control and feel. Percept 100D is closer to 100” frames playability imo.
Ah ok understand. But what would you choose as a starting tension with Solstice Power on Percept 100D? Normally I like to start at 48/51 with anything I haven't played with before, but I also saw feedback that this string performs well at lower tension.
Magical feel.
Feel is good. Not too stiff or soft. I string it around 50. Stiffness reminds me of hawk touch.
Agreee.51-53 range.How is it durable for you?For me on 18x19 superb 3-4 hours.Decent 7,8h and not too bad when dies after.I do not agree that is only for Medvedev.Razor soft gives me very predictable cross court spin on both wings.Medvedev cant generate too much spin on FH cross court.Very limited due to weird wrist and position.Almost zero spin for him.
The only poly I can break is Element. Safe to say I'm not a string breaker. So I can't really comment on durability, however playability duration is really good.
Thanks @galapagos
hey @galapagos just wondering how many hours of play do you get before the tension jumps off the cliff?i found solstice power holding tension great and for a long time then drops significantly. To me the edges of solstice power are even sharper but silver7 is a king of tension maintenance i thinkI like how it gets older. Subtle changes.
But what is your current string of choice? And overall top 3?
lets try something new. i still need to figure out how to be more time-efficient and increase the quality but i am up for the challenge! I plan to catch up with my top picks strings collection as well.
Hello everyone
im in limbo xd currently been plaing the most with tecnifibre razor code 1.25 as it's a very honest string that works in many different frames.
I think I remember you loving original as well!
That’s an interesting group. Good amount of variety.im in limbo xd currently been plaing the most with tecnifibre razor code 1.25 as it's a very honest string that works in many different frames.
I like razor code, mayami tour hex, luxilon original, volkl cyclone, signum pro firestorm, solstice power, solinco tour bite, solinco confidential, tourna silver 7 tour, head lynx tour.
i plan to record a video and review grapplesnake m8 1.25 and the newcomers: restring zero and toroline k-pro.
any suggestions? what is your overall top ?
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Explosive spin, always the same strings since playing for dunlop iirc.is that yellow string that Kechmanovic is using really good poly ? he's playing some insane tennis right now with that string
is it a good string ?? as good as RPM blast or Solinco ?
Probably, never tried it.
I haven't used Grapplesnake strings what would you compare Tour Sniper and M8 too from this thread?
Did you ever end up testing that head hawk power set?im in limbo xd currently been plaing the most with tecnifibre razor code 1.25 as it's a very honest string that works in many different frames.
I like razor code, mayami tour hex, luxilon original, volkl cyclone, signum pro firestorm, solstice power, solinco tour bite, solinco confidential, tourna silver 7 tour, head lynx tour.
i plan to record a video and review grapplesnake m8 1.25 and the newcomers: restring zero and toroline k-pro.
any suggestions? what is your overall top ?
Grapplesnake Tour sniper is like a poor man’s ALU power with longer playability. It honestly is a great string. Good control and consistency of shot. Good spin. Excellent playability. No real downsides.
Interesting to see the correlations you make with other strings. As i just started to test a heavy load of strings, curious the see if i come to same conclusions. Black Code is not on my list tho, but 4S is, as all the other strings you mentioned
I love head hawk power. But I will advise to string it higher than your normal tension. Snap back is great but when I strung it at 48 lbs. in 8-10 hours the mains were moving.
It became stiffer after 4-6 hours of play so stringing it higher at least for me is not an option.
4S felt muted for my taste.
Really ? Very odd
yes i agree and also feel was not very good, feedback from the string bed is also poor. thereby less control over your shots
Post in thread 'Ultimate string of choice !'
It probably is. It's on my test list very soon. For personal use i don't want something overly stiff, nor to muted.
i am trying the blackcode next because 4S was just too muted for me, so muted that it wasn't giving me enough feedback off the string bed leading to poor control. Is blackcode better than 4S in your opinion?
Will do a direct comparison, as one of my hitting partners has Black Code as his string of choice
Black code seem to be very popular in the tour but not so for 4S. i originally thought they were very similar strings but i don't think that is true. Virtually no tour player or college player uses 4S whereas i know several player uses black code and they really like them.
They may be similar in composition but I feel like 3 and 4 sided strings are much more polarizing than 5+ sided strings. The sharp/hard edges of 3/4 sided strings for me create a little less predictability I don't know if the edges create variable coefficient of friction depending on how they rest against each other or what.
I tested all from tecnifibre and to me easily ice code when strung low is my favourite from them. My worst razor soft by far. Second best would say red code and then razor code and black code.
Why did you dislike razor soft so much? I have 2 packs that I was going to use with triax in the crosses. Haven’t tried this setup yet though.
At least for me it excelled only in tension maintenance.
which one of these did you think had the best spin potential ? and power
From best to last:4S,black code,red code,razor soft,razor code,ice code.
Excited for this. I'm currently on the Percept 100D and my existing string setup isn't the most ideal, difficult to place shots wherever I want it to be. There was one setup that I blindly ran into and worked well: Poly Tour Rev Mint 1.20mm at 53/51.
Tried both. I liked the responsiveness and pop on the white a lot better. The carbon gave me shoulder issues.
His idea is get a dead co poly mono and string very low tension.This dude saids #1 poly for amateurs is Kirschbaum super smash Spiky.................is that true ? and he also rated head Hawk as #3 all time
I think it takes lower tensions well but overall tour hex is mayami’s most control oriented string so…
Tour Hex is one of most controlled strings there is. I like it to tame racquets & get more control. If you want more pop definitely go lower or you may need to try a more lively string.
