what will be benefit (tension poly vs gut)

[kimguroo]

currently I use poly at 53lbs.
I like power at 53LBS (poly) but if I string gut/poly hybrid at 53LBS, I think it will be too powerful so I am thinking about stringing gut and poly hybrid at 58/55 Lbs My question is if I string gut/poly hybrid at 58/55 Lbs, what is pro and con?
I assume that control might be better but what else?

 

[eaglesburg]

currently I use poly at 53lbs.
I like power at 53LBS (poly) but if I string gut/poly hybrid at 53LBS, I think it will be too powerful so I am thinking about stringing gut and poly hybrid at 58/55 Lbs My question is if I string gut/poly hybrid at 58/55 Lbs, what is pro and con?
I assume that control might be better but what else?

That's it. At least if u string higher if u don't like it u can wait for the tension to drop.

 

[Racer41c]

A buddy of mine recently (against my recommendation) had an RF97 strung with VS in the mains at 58 and lux alu rough in the x's at 54. The result was an un-playable string bed. The balls would just launch off uncontrollably. We asked the Babolat rep what the reason would be and he basically said that the differential should never be more than 2 lbs and that we should always start at even tension. In the past this buddy would string his K90's with even tension (gut/gut as well as gut/poly) and never had a problem.

The other point is why does everyone think poly's are lower power than gut? There are so many polys that have super high power. To me you have to think though what your doing with the string and with tension. Example: I picked up a PS97 with x-code in the mains. X-code is poly that's constructed like a multi. On first hit the racquet felt like a 112" oversize, I mean wow! everything, was 20' long. I immediately cut it out and strung it up with some 'normal' copoly and it's right on.

 

[SpinToWin]

A buddy of mine recently (against my recommendation) had an RF97 strung with VS in the mains at 58 and lux alu rough in the x's at 54. The result was an un-playable string bed. The balls would just launch off uncontrollably. We asked the Babolat rep what the reason would be and he basically said that the differential should never be more than 2 lbs and that we should always start at even tension. In the past this buddy would string his K90's with even tension (gut/gut as well as gut/poly) and never had a problem.

The other point is why does everyone think poly's are lower power than gut? There are so many polys that have super high power. To me you have to think though what your doing with the string and with tension. Example: I picked up a PS97 with x-code in the mains. X-code is poly that's constructed like a multi. On first hit the racquet felt like a 112" oversize, I mean wow! everything, was 20' long. I immediately cut it out and strung it up with some 'normal' copoly and it's right on.

Alrighty then! Seems you've got it figured it all out!… :roll:

As to the OP, too little information to give you any sort of good suggestion as to what pros and cons might be.

 

[spinovic]

A buddy of mine recently (against my recommendation) had an RF97 strung with VS in the mains at 58 and lux alu rough in the x's at 54. The result was an un-playable string bed. The balls would just launch off uncontrollably. We asked the Babolat rep what the reason would be and he basically said that the differential should never be more than 2 lbs and that we should always start at even tension. In the past this buddy would string his K90's with even tension (gut/gut as well as gut/poly) and never had a problem.

The other point is why does everyone think poly's are lower power than gut? There are so many polys that have super high power. To me you have to think though what your doing with the string and with tension. Example: I picked up a PS97 with x-code in the mains. X-code is poly that's constructed like a multi. On first hit the racquet felt like a 112" oversize, I mean wow! everything, was 20' long. I immediately cut it out and strung it up with some 'normal' copoly and it's right on.

X.Code is a terrible example. It is a poly in name only. Other than that, it exhibits no other characteristics of a normal polyester string and has far more in common with a multifilament.

I'm not critiquing or praising X.Code, but if someone wants to try a poly/co-poly string, it is not representative of what should be expected.

 

[BlueB]

You can string gut/poly at as high of a differential as 20 lbs without any problems. The hop might shorten by 1/16 to 1/8" but that's about it.