Doing an actual play test review on a string can be long and difficult. Plus, it can be very hard to get accurate results because you’re relying on a player to test the tension every time they play and in my experience that happens about 2 out of 10 times. This should give you a [see more]
Is This Reel?
Yeah, I know what you are thinking…John can’t spell! Well, you are partially right! The “reel” I am talking about is the one that most racquet strings come on for those that prefer that format. More specifically I am talking about “bogus” string on reels! We don’t buy anything from unknown or unverified suppliers, period. But I recognize [see more]
How Much Influence Do You Have?
Steve Crandall of Ashaway Strings recently posted about “Advise and Consent.” I believe he said we should “advise more and consent less”! I agree with Steve! Let’s expand the subject a bit and think about the “realities” of racquet work. Racquet Quest, LLC, and I suspect many others, are in a position that allows us to “advise but [see more]
The string breaker!
We all face this dilemma sooner or later. A young player who blows through string faster than lightning and a parent who is beside themselves wondering why and what can be done about it. I have a young high school player who was previously using a frame with a 16×19 pattern and breaking strings in [see more]
MonoGut ZX + ZX Pro
If you have been around Racquet Quest for a while, you know we talk a lot about Ashaway MonoGut ZX and ZX Pro, with ZX Pro being the 17 gauge version. During this post when I use MonoGut ZX it will include the ZX Pro Version, to save pixels! A few questions need to be [see more]
Yonex Rexis String Added
Yonex continues to build on its series of multi-filament strings made in Japan with the introduction of Rexis 125 and Rexis 130 both incorporating Fortimo High Modulus polyurethane (PU) as a bonding agent and comfort component. If you like Yonex Tour 850 or 850 Pro you will want to try this! You can see all the [see more]
New Toalson String Added!
Toa Strings Company has been around for a long, long time and many of us started playing tennis using Leoina 66 in our racquets! We still do some hybrids with it even today! This Japanese company makes other tennis related products but our focus today is their string. All of the strings tested for this review came in packages [see more]
What Do You Expect?
I see a lot of tennis racquets that come from any number of shops, online outlets, home stringers and others and I need to know what you, the customer, expect from the person you use for stringing and/or buy your racquets from. I see racquets that are not correctly, professionally strung and I wonder “what [see more]
Will Poor Stringing Save the Life of Polyester?
OK, here’s the deal. I have written about this several times and each time I decided that it was a waste of time, so it goes back into a file somewhere! The time is now that we really need to understand more about stringing as a consumer and what we can do as racquet technicians to [see more]
Where to Tie Off
Stringing a tennis racquet using a hybrid format will require four (4) tie offs. So where are are they going to be? When using a hybrid format, two different strings are involved, and one of those may be natural gut. We are going to concentrate on trying off when natural gut is used. Simply stated only tie off [see more]
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