It's Time to Think Differently About String Tension 

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@alexsweeta Jan 15th?! :P

Congratulations bro.

Thanks for watching! London... what a visit hahaha!

Aloha Albert!

I'd be honoured to post your link in the comments and sticky it in the description!

dang, I'm reading all of you saying that stringing 50 or lower is great, and I just bought a Head Boom Pro at TW with a string tension of 54 hahahaa

Aloha, With Beckett's permission, I'm happy to address your question and share a video link. I've tested the RacquetTune app alongside the ERT(700 & 300) and the Stringmeter. The one thing I've noticed about the RacquetTune, is that it doesn't always read certain hybrid string setups, especially strung at low tensions. The RacquetTune app is still a good device to measure tension loss. The best way to measure tension loss is to take your initial reading right after the racquet comes off the stringing machine. You'll be surprised how tension loss occurs overnight. 🤨 Here are a couple of my videos where I compare and track tension loss using different string tension devices. Part 1 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Ux5eBzXrCY.html Part 2 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LzCXrTgMPLE.html I hope this helps. 🤙

@@AMstringing oh very cool, I've seen some of your videos about stringing natural gut... thanks for the message.

I believe they just approximate reference tension based on the pitch of the vibration but I'm not sure since I don't use those products.

Aloha, With Beckett's permission, I'm happy to address your question and share a video link. I'm not sure about the Stringster app, but RacquetTune does measure the pitch frequency similar to a tuning musical instrument. If you'd like to learn about the RacquetTune, I created a video that compares different string tension devices. 🤙 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Ux5eBzXrCY.html

@@AMstringing Thank you Albert!

great point! The Wise doesn't pull super fast either so I'm probably being a bit impatient with my clamping.

Thanks! I would recommend dropping down to 50lbs. I used 52lbs in my ET360+ which plays stiffer and more controlled than the Auxetic version, then dropped to 49/46lbs on my WO. Confidential feels relatively normal in the WO, but Tour Sniper can feel quite boardy off centre if its too tight.

@@TennCom Thanks dude! You’re goated in the tennis equipment space imo🤩

You have more patience than I lol. For me its "did I like that today?" "no" *cutting noises*

​@@TennComme too. I feel like playing with a less than optimal stringbed is a waste of a tennis session.

The longer you take, the greater the opportunity for tension loss. Often taking a long time mean you might have made an error and had to go back, another instance of tension loss, and with lock-out machines (crank) the system starts losing tension as soon as you stop physically cranking the machine

Aloha, With Beckett's permission, I'm happy to address your question and share a video link. The amount of time it takes to string a racquet can influence the overall string tension, dynamic tension, and string bed deflection. The main thing is that the stringer is consistent in stringing time to ensure consistent tension. Here's a video where I purposely took a lunch break in the middle of stringing a racquet. 🤭 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kgYifylMABs.html

@@AMstringing crazy coincidence but I was watching your video on the topic as you replied to my comment! I found your channel through this video and really appreciate all the information you share. Your videos have answered a lot of questions I’ve had as a new stringer 🤙

@@pbpwn Thanks for checking out the video and glad you found it helpful!

I just tried 40 lbs on my Regna 100 and it was very launchy without control, do you have tips in stringing low?

@@tophersuwita Don't give up use the right strings and practice with a ball machine you will be amazed at the amount of power and spin you will get. Every time I play doubles my opponents switch to Australian on me to no avail😁

I'd personally start at 48lbs with that frame. Maybe even lower if you like the thicker gauge.

the one you tried as a prototype

I'm unsure. After my experience with the Labs version, I have zero interest in revisiting. Might be a good question for the nerds of the TW forums.

Tourna string meter is more likely to be influence by the friction between strings if I understand how it works

Aloha, With Beckett's permission, I'm happy to address your question and share a video link. Here's a video where I compare the Stringmeter to other string tension devices. 🤙 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Ux5eBzXrCY.html

The wheel this is more of an estimator. It's better to just take DT at face value. I wouldn't say its springyness, as it only has to do with the compression of the stringbed, not the rebound.

@@TennCom I think that its great to know a value of a string or stringbed so there is something comparable in order to dial in racquet and string. But as I havent used one of these yet and only slowing growing as a stringer ( for myself and others) My guess is that you cant cross ref different strings and raquets with this on DT Value but only for one particular string and racquet at a time... as the DT doesnt alone say much about springyness, tramboline effect, return of energy, feel, vibration etc. I guess using some different lead weights in the middle of the sweetspot can do the same as it will change over time how much the stringbed compresses and thus gives different values in cm/inch and how far the weight will sink in the string bed..... now only need to find a weight that is right for the job, maybe 1 kg and attach a cut string of cotton and use a ruler to meassure the change vertically. maybe that will be as exact as something can be

both... though i see where the confusing comes from. The up arrow was meant to suggest great string spacing, yielding lower DT, but I said tighter strings spacing gets you a higher DT. So I said the opposite of what I wrote but both are still correct.

the never ending loop of spending money intensifies

definitely, softer strings tend to come out with lower DTs

damn right

when i become less lazy

we all knew it was coming eventually, what we didn't know, was that even after 20+ year careers, that time would come too soon

Roger Federer however is only 50% Swiss made! 😄 Yeah, I also caught myself yesterday thinking if he could surprise appear for grass season only.. 🤷‍♂

Federer is not 100% Swiss. His mum is South African 😅

it would also be nice if stores included the demo's specs... nothing worse than something that's completely off without your knowledge.

Aloha, Yes, agree 100%! The proper demo experience should be all about, "TRY the racquet the right way before you BUY, then BUY the racquet the same way you TRY!" 👍

wet courts help with hydration, easy to grab a drink from the nearest puddle

electronic machine + a few summers stringing full time sure helps

I just checked how much it might cost to ship 1 kg parcel from Canada to Germany. ~27$. Unmanageable for a giveaway 😅 btw how much cheaper should it be to ship locally in Canada that ERT could afford it, $20 cheaper? 😂 oh, and they offer free shipping on their website for EU and US 🙃

We are covering the shipping for this giveaway. Sorry you feel so entitled.

@@TennCom I totally understand this and that’s fine. What I don’t understand is how come company that sponsors the video can’t pay for the shipment. Nonsense. It’s not that I want to participate so badly, most likely I wouldn’t anyway. But it doesn’t feel right when someone says you “you don’t fit here” for any reason they have. People don’t like to be excluded. Imagine yourself watching 10 min video that promised you something. And in the end they tell you it’s only for residents of Monaco.

@@villiam7941 I understand. Coordinating giveaways is never easy. We’ve tried doing it before, been given wrong address and then the item gets returned to Canada and we pay international shipping twice. We have to look at our budget for videos are say, ok, we can do a giveaway where one person benefits, or we can save that money for another racquet review for thousands of people can benefit. A lot of these tennis companies are operating on pretty small marketing budgets anyways, at least on RU-vid scale. At this point I just look forward to the future where we are bigger, offering more value to larger tennis companies so we can larger scale giveaways. But for now, we barely have 11k subs and our reach remains small.

@@TennCom I totally understand this, thanks for your time and clarification. I don’t realize that the giveaway is fully on you. You’re doing amazing considering how challenging financially it might be to run tennis related channel. I only wish luck to you as I like your content!

Assembled in Switzerland from Swiss-German and Afrikaner components.

I told him and he kick served me in the face

the conversion is just supposed to be an indicator to help people correlate DT to something they understand better. to properly use this tool, you have to use the units it provides. Writing it off because of that sole factor is missing the point entirely.