I'd self-rate myself at about the 3.5 level. I'm just starting to get serious about playing, and figured it's time to learn a bit more about strings. I need to make a switch because what I'm using now isn't working.
Recently the guy who has been stringing my racquets has been stringing it with Head RIP Perfect Control 16 string. Right now I'm hitting with a Head FP radical, and with my borderline SW/Western grip and topspin I am busting these strings like crazy. I busted strings on 2 of my racquets today - both had *maybe* 10 hours or less of hitting on them. Both of them I busted a main right in the middle of the stringbed.
So my first question is, at what point does it make sense to expirement with different strings? At the 3.5ish level, am I not good enough to notice or take advantage of any differences? I'm actually thinking of getting a machine and learning to string my own racquets so I can expirement with different strings, tensions, etc. more easily.
I don't want to go with 15s, so I'm thinking I need something more durable. Someone recommended the Prince Synthetic Gut Duraflex ... but will it feel a lot different to a player like me? With so many different strings, how do I know which to expirement with or what direction to go? I'm even considering the Prince Problend with duraflex crosses and kevlar mains. But how does it play?? I've read reviews of all these strings but they all seem so mixed/contradictory.
This head fp radical doesn't even have an open string pattern, and I'm thinking of switching to a babolat APD with a more open string pattern so I'm extra worried I will just keep busting strings. I'm mostly a baseliner though ...
Recently the guy who has been stringing my racquets has been stringing it with Head RIP Perfect Control 16 string. Right now I'm hitting with a Head FP radical, and with my borderline SW/Western grip and topspin I am busting these strings like crazy. I busted strings on 2 of my racquets today - both had *maybe* 10 hours or less of hitting on them. Both of them I busted a main right in the middle of the stringbed.
So my first question is, at what point does it make sense to expirement with different strings? At the 3.5ish level, am I not good enough to notice or take advantage of any differences? I'm actually thinking of getting a machine and learning to string my own racquets so I can expirement with different strings, tensions, etc. more easily.
I don't want to go with 15s, so I'm thinking I need something more durable. Someone recommended the Prince Synthetic Gut Duraflex ... but will it feel a lot different to a player like me? With so many different strings, how do I know which to expirement with or what direction to go? I'm even considering the Prince Problend with duraflex crosses and kevlar mains. But how does it play?? I've read reviews of all these strings but they all seem so mixed/contradictory.
This head fp radical doesn't even have an open string pattern, and I'm thinking of switching to a babolat APD with a more open string pattern so I'm extra worried I will just keep busting strings. I'm mostly a baseliner though ...