Yonex Poly Tour Pro 120 -only 9 hours play?

[Mavericks]

Firstly, I'm new on here, so go easy! I'm struggling to get a reasonable amount of playing time from my strings. I'm a 5.0, hard hitter, mix of flat and heavy top spin shots. Play with Yonex RQIS2 Tour strung at 60lbs. I love everything about the Yonex strings but on average, they only last around 9 hours playing time. Previously, I used Luxilon Savage - same thing.

Do you think it's the tension that's causing the strings to break quickly? My stringer informs me that 9 hours is about normal for my style of play. Then again at cost of re-stringing I'm not surprised he is saying this - I think I'm funding his Caribbean Cruise.

I might try lowering the tension with the Yonex strings but I found that when i did this with the Savage the tension drop after 8-9 hours was ridiculous and they played dead (to the point where you wished they would break).

Any help / suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[mikeler]

Buy a stringing machine.

 

[Mavericks]

Well that would be one solution.

 

[NLBwell]

That's the problem with polys. A stringing machine would probably be in order unless you have a friend who will string them cheap.

 

[Mavericks]

Thanks - my friend let me use his machine but to be honest it took me ages and it was boring as hell to do! Maybe I should persevere with it. Sounds like this is a Poly problem.
Cheers dude.

 

[mikeler]

You could try going up a gauge in thickness.

 

[Mavericks]

thanks, I'm not too keen on how the thicker gauge feels. Looks like I will have to get over my self stringing issues.

 

[jonestim]

Stringing gets less boring as you become more efficient. For the first few string jobs it took me more than an hour. Now I can do 30 or under on a $170 drop-weight machine, and I'm not spectacularly efficient compared to a lot of guys on here. I paid to have someone string my racquet twice, then did the math and bought a machine.

 

[mikeler]

thanks, I'm not too keen on how the thicker gauge feels. Looks like I will have to get over my self stringing issues.

You'll get faster with time.

 

[Mavericks]

thanks guys, looks like stringer it is!

 

[Tennis Fanatic 070]

Firstly, I'm new on here, so go easy! I'm struggling to get a reasonable amount of playing time from my strings. I'm a 5.0, hard hitter, mix of flat and heavy top spin shots. Play with Yonex RQIS2 Tour strung at 60lbs. I love everything about the Yonex strings but on average, they only last around 9 hours playing time. Previously, I used Luxilon Savage - same thing.

Do you think it's the tension that's causing the strings to break quickly? My stringer informs me that 9 hours is about normal for my style of play. Then again at cost of re-stringing I'm not surprised he is saying this - I think I'm funding his Caribbean Cruise.

I might try lowering the tension with the Yonex strings but I found that when i did this with the Savage the tension drop after 8-9 hours was ridiculous and they played dead (to the point where you wished they would break).

Any help / suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Your stringer is right btw, 9 hours is plenty with the yptp 120.

 

[mad dog1]

9 hrs is about right. i'm sure if you switched to syn gut you'd probably be breaking strings every 2 hours if not more frequently given the thin gauge you prefer. as others have mentioned, you have a few options.

- switch to a thicker gauge poly
- switch to kevlar mains
- buy a stringing machine and do it yourself

 

[parasailing]

Most polys last about 9 to 12 hours before they go stiff, lose way too much tension, or become tinny or too powerful.

I would suggest what others have mentioned, get a stringing machine even if it's the cheapest one. You will definitely get your moneys worth.