String Reviews

I have been enjoying two strings from the new Italian brand String Project. A multifilament called Gold and a monofilament called Magic. Here is my review. I did write about these strings briefly before, but since I have been enjoying them so much, I wanted to create a more in-depth review. This also includes a video review that you can watch below. There are a lot of new string brands …

I have been testing a new string from HEAD called HEAD Experimental Tour. It will be released in January as “Lynx Tour” (as far as I know). HEAD Experimental Tour is a champagne-colored string with a hexagonal profile. It plays with a nice blend of control and spin. Some players who have tested this string have called it quite soft and powerful, while I think it is more crisp and …

I have been suffering from both wrist and elbow pain lately. Not sure what caused it, but it has made me test more arm-friendly strings. Arm-friendly strings The most popular string these days are stiff poly strings that offer good control, durability, and spin. They only have one real downside – they are not arm-friendly strings. And this is in part why we are seeing an increase of tennis elbow, …

String Project is a new brand of arm-friendly tennis strings from Italy. I have been testing their strings and here is my String Project string review. String Project already offers quite a few types of string sets, but the main idea of all of them is to be comfortable for the arm. I think more advanced players would be most interested in their stiffer strings such as Armour or Hexa …

I have been testing a few more budget-friendly strings lately because if you are a string-breaker or generally on a budget, buying a reel of Luxilon can be expensive. Tourna create reasonably priced strings that offer good quality. So here is my Tourna Big Hitter Blue Rough String Review. Tourna Big Hitter Blue Rough is not a new string, but something that landed in my hands for the first time …

The new Tecnifibre Ice Code string got an excellent review from Tennis Warehouse, but I haven’t had time to test it myself yet. Luckily, one of our tennis friends, Damiano, who is a solid player, tested the string for us and here is his Tecnifibre Ice Code String review.  Tecnifibre Ice Code is a control-oriented poly string that is supposed to offer longer than average durability while still retaining a …

MSV was founded in 2000 by Dr. Karl-Eberhard Mauve. They offer strings, grips and more. Let’s have a closer look at MSV strings. MSV Strings In 2018 MSV strings and grips were sold in 48 countries around the globe. The bestseller MSV FOCUS-HEX achieves a satisfaction rating of 90+% (source: stringforum.net, March 2018, 403 ratings). More than 1 million string jobs were done with this string. I have been testing many MSV strings …