Ultimate String Weight Thread!

[Mircat]

Hyper G 17 took the SW for my blade from 291 unstrung to 315 strung ( w/ dampener).

Lynx Tour 17 brings the SW to 325. 10 point difference!

Does that sound about right?

 

[tele]

Hyper G 17 took the SW for my blade from 291 unstrung to 315 strung ( w/ dampener).

Lynx Tour 17 brings the SW to 325. 10 point difference!

Does that sound about right?

no, unless lynx tour is around 5g heavier

 

[Mircat]

no, unless lynx tour is around 5g heavier

It’s around 3 grams heavier.

 

[tele]

It’s around 3 grams heavier.

hmm, 10 sw points sounds a little steep to me (I would expect around 6 points based on what you get from adding the equivalent amount to the center of the average stringbed(which may not be a sufficiently accurate method). Did you measure both on the same machine?

 

[Mircat]

hmm, 10 sw points sounds a little steep to me (I would expect around 6 points based on what you get from adding the equivalent amount to the center of the average stringbed(which may not be a sufficiently accurate method). Did you measure both on the same machine?

Nope. 1 is ancient. Good point as the 3 grams is jot equal to 3 grams at 12.

But does 291 to 315 with hyper G 17 and dampener make sense? That was the latest greatest Wilson machine.

 

[tele]

Nope. 1 is ancient. Good point as the 3 grams is jot equal to 3 grams at 12.

But does 291 to 315 with hyper G 17 and dampener make sense? That was the latest greatest Wilson machine.

24 points sounds low to me, but i have never used hyper g, unfortunately. did you weigh the racquet before and after？

 

[Mircat]

24 points sounds low to me, but i have never used hyper g, unfortunately. did you weigh the racquet before and after？

No but I used another SW machine and it came in at 315 again (blade 98 16x19).

 

[useframesavestrings]

I don’t know if it’s been posted before but I measured the empty plastic reel:
200m is 50grams
100m is 40grams

And 2 strings:
Prince Premier Control 1.30 12m (just string, no zip tie) is 18grams
Prince Premier Power 1.25 12m is 16grams

That’s the most accurate my scale can do

If you don't mind, could you try a re-measure on the PPP 1.25?

I just strung my Prince Phantom 93P 14x18 with PPP 18ga (1.20) on the mains and OGSM 18ga (1.15) on the crosses.

I split a fresh pack of PPP 18ga in half and weighed each side (should have been 6M unless Prince randomly gave me extra) for 8.1g - if your measurement of 12M of PPP 1.25 being 16g holds up, that would be quite the variance.

fwiw the racket ended up taking exactly 5.1g of PPP18 on the mains and 5.2g of OGSM18 on the crosses