String Reviews

I listen to you, dear readers. Many of you have asked for a video about tennis string basics. And here it is! Time to learn about tennis strings. I have dealt with tennis string basics in my previous posts about string gauges and string tensions, but I wanted to put it all together into one video. This video deals with string gauges, tensions, types, and shapes. If you have more …

If you are a player looking for some extra spin on your shots, you should check out my top 3 spin strings. Spin-friendly polyester strings. A word of warning before I dive into my top 3 spin strings, if you are suffering from elbow or wrist pain, these strings might be too stiff for you. You can then choose to use them in a hybrid setup with a softer string …

If you are an advanced player, you are probably looking for a control-oriented poly string. Here are my current top 3 control strings. A word of warning before I dive into my top 3 control strings, if you are not an advanced player who can generate a lot of power from your technique, these strings are probably not the best choice for you. One way to tell is if you …

You might not have heard of the Sergetti stringing method, but it has its fair share of fans around the world. What is it? Read this review to find out. I have known about the Sergetti stringing method for a few years but never got the chance to try it until now. It is a method where each string is tensioned differently to optimize the sweet spot size, but the …

HEAD recently released a new polyester string that has been in the works for a long time. Here is my HEAD Lynx Tour string review. The new champagne-colored string HEAD Lynx Tour was previously called HEAD Experimental Tour. It is supposed to fill in the gap between the softer HEAD Lynx string and the stiffer HEAD Hawk. It comes in two gauges, 1.25 and 1.30. I would say the playability …

Babolat releases another string in the RPM family. RPM Power is a lively poly string in electric brown color. Here is my Babolat RPM Power String Review. I was only able to test this string in one racquet for this Babolat RPM Power string review. The reason being that I only got one test set. But I think I got enough time with this string to understand how it plays. …

Solinco has been hard at work for a few years on a new string, and it has finally been released. Here is my Solinco Confidential string review. Solinco is an American company behind some highly popular polyester strings. They are more known for their control-oriented and spin-friendly poly strings such as Solinco Tour Bite and Solinco Hyper-G (click for my review), but they also make tennis racquets and multifilament strings. You can check out Solinco …

I wanted to get another take on Mayami strings and invited fellow tennis nerd Ferenc to test Mayami Hit Pro and Big Spin. Here is his Mayami Big Spin string review. During 2019 I mostly played with different strings to gain experience and find the best fitting one to my play. Because I’m not totally satisfied with my current go-to string, naturally I said yes to testing the interesting new …

I have been testing a couple of Mayami strings: Tour Hex and Magic Twist. I call this the Mayami Tour Hex String Review but will write about both. If you want to read more about the different Mayami strings on offer, read this post. Mayami strings have been getting some good review on Stringforum and that is why I was very curious to test them. And I can already say my …