Spintex Saiten

[pirce1]

danke Fritz und Howy - ich treff mich am Montag mit Tennisman
Dort bekomm ich dann soviele Sets ich will

[pirce1]

ich hab mein Set schon - und ihr?

[Spin_Fan]

Kurze Frage: Was kostet die Saite so für euch? Gute Saite, um mal Darm auszuprobieren?

[Field]

The Spintex people are claiming this natural gut is made of cow but I do have the feeling it is made of sheep intestines.

The first racket (Völkl Tour 9) strung at 26kg (+ 10% pre-stretch) snapped at the fourth main while stringing but the second attempt at 25/25 (without pre-stretching) did the trick. Seems to me this string isn’t able to handle higher tensions.

Whilst stringing, a lot of coating was coming off during the pulling process and after stringing I had to clean my machine, especially the gripper and the clamps. Right after stringing DT was 39 (ERT 300) and within the next 6 hours DT dropped till 37. The next 18 hours, DT stayed at 37.

Yesterday I had a hit for around one hour with this setup (indoor). The string is playing crispier and is less powerful than other natural guts. Also, the strings started to move after 10 minutes playing with topspin. I had to adjust my grip and started to play more old school. Nevertheless I noticed the crosses are already fraying (not that much but it’s noticeble) and I’m wondering how long it will take before they snap. DT dropped till 36 which is only a tension loss of appr. 0,5kg after one hour of hitting.

[fritzhimself]

Hört sich nicht gerade begeistert an , kann im Moment noch nicht sagen, wann der Kuhdarm ins Racket gezimmert wird.
Bericht folgt........

[pirce1]

meiner wurde vorgestern bei terrier bespannt - vielleicht spiel ich am Samstag das erste mal

das mit dem Coating kann ich bestätigen - sie ist extrem eingeölt und beim durchziehen der Saiten löst sich sehr viel davon

[Field]

Had my second hit with this setup yesterday. Some pros and cons:
This string is providing a lot of dwell time, and at the same time, a very smooth ball acceleration. Shots are staying lower and are more difficult to handle for the opponent. As expected, touch and feel are outstanding. Volleys are easy to put away but I was suffering to keep the ball in with my first service. My second serve wasn't as spiny as usual and was much easier to attack. As I said before, the mains are moving a lot and after each point you really have to put them back in place, which is indeed annoying. Tension stability seems to be ok (minus 2 DT after 2 hrs of hitting) but premium natural guts are holding tension much better.
IMHO this string would be a nice cross string to soften up the stringbed and to add some extra touch and feel.

[Loradon]

Had my second hit with this setup yesterday. Some pros and cons:
This string is providing a lot of dwell time, and at the same time, a very smooth ball acceleration. Shots are staying lower and are more difficult to handle for the opponent. As expected, touch and feel are outstanding. Volleys are easy to put away but I was suffering to keep the ball in with my first service. My second serve wasn't as spiny as usual and was much easier to attack. As I said before, the mains are moving a lot and after each point you really have to put them back in place, which is indeed annoying. Tension stability seems to be ok (minus 2 DT after 2 hrs of hitting) but premium natural guts are holding tension much better.
IMHO this string would be a nice cross string to soften up the stringbed and to add some extra touch and feel.

Mit so einem Statement lässt sich was anfangen.
Danke!
Würd die dann wohl mal in ner Hybrid probieren.

[pirce1]

ich hab sie gestern wie angekündigt gespielt - 3 Stunden Schlagtraining - da ist sie ganz schön drangekommen

nach dem Bespannen hatte das Setup (Polystar Turbo 1,25/Spintex: 23/22 dynamisch ala Fritzhimself) 39 DT, 48 Stunden später noch 35 DT - und jetzt kommt der Hammer: nach 3 Stunden Training kein Verlust 35 DT

Die Ölung vom Coating ist weg - sie sieht nun aus wie jede andere Darmsaite.
Spielerisch gefällt mir diese Kombi auch - es ist alles vorhanden, eigentlich fast ident mit meiner Standardkombi (Hex 1,10/Bow Brand Championship)
sie spielt sich nur weicher - das kann aber auch die Polystar sein.

Ich werd die zweite Hälfte wahrscheinlich mit der Hex einziehen, damit ich den direkten Vergleich hab - aber vielleicht gibts damit aber auch eine neue Längssaite für meine Hybriden.

Mehr nach dem nächsten mal

[Shukkeh]

@field und pierce: Danke für die Berichte. Hört sich echt interesant an. Würde die wohl auch gerne testen, als Hybrid.

[DralliaufsBalli]

32/22 dynamisch ala Fritzhimself)

[fritzhimself]

na.........is a Tippfehler.

[Field]

@ pirce1:
Are your crosses also fraying?
And what about your mains? Do they stay in place the way a normal co-poly setup is performing?
With my full natural gut setup it was really horrible and in fact the reason why I cut them out of my racket today. I'm going to test drive this string in a hybrid next week.

[pirce1]

@Field: neither crosses, nor mains move - they stay, where they should be
maybe its the Polystar Turbe - it has a "rough" structure

look here: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1

[pirce1]

ja - war ein Fehler. Blind tippen ist nicht so leicht