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| The King of Clay |
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 1978-10-16 |
male tournament player national level
hard strokes with heavy spin, offensive baseline game |
 Head Radical Twintube (OS, 18/19) |
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| Date |
2013-03-11 |
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Babolat RPM Dual 1.25 |
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| 47/47 lbs |
Head Radical Twintube (OS, 18/19) |
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Very positive test of this string. Very soft feel. Good control, even at lower tension, and good spin and power.
Played indoors on both carpet and hardcourt with Wilson US Open balls.
Another note is the cool design of this string. Its twisted in black and light grey/silver and turns into a very cool design. Hard to get a visible logo on the strings though. Only color that will work is yellow. |
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| Compared to:MSV Focus-HEX 1.23 |
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| Much more comfortable string compared to Focus Hex. Only downside is the spin compared to the ruff Focus Hex that bites the ball better then RPM Dual. |
| Similar string(s): |
n/a |
| StringAdjectives |
soft, comfortable, innovative, unique |
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| Date |
2013-02-12 |
| String |
Gamma Moto 16 |
| Test Conditions |
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| 48/48 lbs |
Head TGK 238.1 XL (MP, 18/20) |
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Played indoors on hard court with Wilson US Open and Dunlop Fort Elite balls.
Good string! Very nice spin potential and power level.
Thanks to Stringforum/Saitenforum and Jens for the possibility to test this string! |
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| Compared to:MSV Focus-HEX 1.23 |
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n/a |
| StringAdjectives |
comfortable, elastic |
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| Date |
2013-02-12 |
| String |
Gamma iO 16 |
| Test Conditions |
Tension |
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| 48/48 lbs |
Head TGK 238.1 XL (MP, 18/20) |
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Played indoors on hard court with Wilson US Open and Dunlop Fort Elite balls.
Thanks for the possibility to test this string!
Nice string with good control but I felt it lacked a tad spin potential. Try a thinner gauge in this string if you have tighter string pattern. |
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| Compared to:MSV Focus-HEX 1.23 |
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| Similar string(s): |
n/a |
| StringAdjectives |
innovative |
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| Date |
2013-02-12 |
| String |
Gamma Poly-Z 17 |
| Test Conditions |
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| 48/48 lbs |
Head TGK 238.1 XL (MP, 18/20) |
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Thanks for the possibility to try this string!
String broke after 3 hours of play on a mishit... The string was performing pretty nice up until that point though with good control and decent power. Did not get a good groove with the spin though and I felt it was a tad hard on the arm. |
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| Compared to:MSV Focus-HEX 1.23 |
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| Similar string(s): |
Tecnifibre Pro RedCode |
| StringAdjectives |
stiff |
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| Date |
2013-02-12 |
| String |
Solinco Tour Bite 17 |
| Test Conditions |
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| 48/48 lbs |
Head TGK 238.1 XL (MP, 18/20) |
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I am very satisfied with this string, but it was not all the time like that. It took a couple of sessions before I got into this string and now I am fully used to the unique feeling of it.
It has very nice power yet very much control. The string bites the ball and throws it back with amazing spin.
Durability is like all other of this string category, no subject because it hardly ever breaks in a 18/20 racquet.
I now use this string full time and it is amazing how superior this string is to the rest of the strings on the market right now. |
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| Compared to:Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 16L |
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A totally unique string. Have not found a string similar to it.
This string feels much more comfortable than Alu Power. It also has more spin and feel but not quite the same power potential (in a good way) that the Alu Power has.
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| Similar string(s): |
n/a |
| StringAdjectives |
soft, comfortable, lively, precise, innovative, unique |
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| Date |
2013-01-08 |
| String |
Signum Pro Firestorm® 1.20 |
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| 48/48 lbs |
Head TGK 238.1 XL (MP, 18/20) |
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Very smooth and nice to string. No coil memory to talk about. Very easy to string the crosses.
Played indoors on hardcourt with Wilson US Open and Tretorn Series balls.
I tried this string in both a Babolat Pure Storm Tour Gt and a Head pro-stock frame (TGK238.1 XL) and the string performs really well in both frames.
You can string this string about 10 % less tension compared to your regular co-poly tension. It performs really well and has a great feel when strung in low tension. |
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| Compared to:Signum Pro Poly Plasma 1.23 |
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More comfortable and lively compared to Poly Plasma. Not same control but better feel and power. Not the same stiffness as Poly Plasma and a really good option for players that want a softer Signum Pro string.
Performs really well in low tension! |
| Similar string(s): |
n/a |
| StringAdjectives |
comfortable, lively |
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| Date |
2012-12-04 |
| String |
Völkl Cyclone 17 |
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| 52/52 lbs |
Babolat Pure Storm Tour GT 2011 (MP, 16/20) |
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Played indoors on hardcourt with Tretorn Series+ balls.
A very stiff co-poly string. This string should be strung at least 5 lbs lower than your normal tension when stringing co-poly strings.
Was not satisfied at all with this string. Feels pretty overrated in my opinion. |
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| Compared to:Signum Pro Tornado |
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| Similar string(s): |
MSV Focus-Hex |
| StringAdjectives |
stiff |
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| Date |
2011-12-09 |
| String |
Blindtest String15 1.25  |
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| 51/51 lbs |
Babolat Aero Pro Drive GT (MP, 16/19) |
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Played indoors. Hardcourt. Balls used was Wilson US Open, Tretorn Series and Slazenger Wimbledon.
A very positive test. This string was really really good the first 5 hours of play and the tension was solid kept throughout the entire stringlife.
The profiled surface was good in the beginning, but was worn out after about 2 hours of play
Overall a very nice string! |
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| Compared to:Babolat RPM Blast |
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Tecnifibre Ruff Code |
| StringAdjectives |
soft, comfortable, rough, unique |
| Tension Diagram |
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| Date |
2011-11-08 |
| String |
Babolat RPM Blast 1.30 |
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| 51/51 lbs |
Babolat Aero Pro Drive GT (MP, 16/19) |
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Tested on both indoor hardcourt and carpet and outdoors on clay. Tested both in hot and humid and cold and windy conditions, mainly with Wilson US Open and Tretorn Series balls.
I have tried both 1,25 and 1,30 gauge version, and with this string i prefer the thicker 1,30 version due to the solid feel.
The rough surface of the string wears out in a couple of hours and in the end it plays like a normal, smooth co-poly string. |
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| Compared to:Signum Pro Tornado |
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| A very durable string! It plays fantastic the first hours but then the string gets softer and softer in a not so positive way and the control is pretty low. I use the 1,30 string because it feels more solid compared to the thinner strings, and this thicker gauge makes the string very very durable. One of the most durable co-poly strings on the market. To benefit the most from this string I have to, when playing indoors, cut it out after 5-7 hours of use. On clay, the strings break after this time so it's no problem on clay, but indoors, when the control is needed, I recommend frequent restringing of this string |
| Similar string(s): |
n/a |
| StringAdjectives |
explosive, rough |
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| Date |
2011-06-01 |
| String |
Kirschbaum Pro Line No. II 1.20 |
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| 52/52 lbs |
Babolat Pure Storm Tour GT (MP, 16/20) |
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Tested the string outdoors, on heavy, wet Swedish clay courts with Wilson US Open balls, Babolat Roland Garros balls and Tretorn Stockholm Open balls.
This string helped me to win a doubles tournament =) |
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| Compared to:Signum Pro Poly Plasma 1.23 |
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I played with Kirschbaum Super Smash Spiky for a long time but changed like 8 years ago to other, more modern co-polys. I alwyas felt in tests lately that Kirschbaum makes a tad too stiff strings. Now with the black Pro Line II, Kirschbaum scores a homerun! The feel is amazing, the power is like a racquet-launcher and the durability is amazing for such a thin string. I got out 5 hours on clay in an open 16/19 string pattern. Amazing! Compared to Signum Pro Tornado in same frame, 1.5 hours.
Only concern was the dip in tension a short while after I strung the frame. Right after I strung it , the DT was 36. After 4 days (with 3 hours of play) the DT was down at 27. After this dip the DT was stable until the string snapped.
The last hour of the string life, the string moved quite bad in the frame and I could feel that the string was about to snap. |
| Similar string(s): |
WeissCannon Mosquito Bite |
| StringAdjectives |
soft, comfortable, elastic, lively, explosive, innovative |
| Tension Diagram |
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