as you can see, theres almsot zero damage to the bg66, while the lilac bg85 is all torn up. if the image does not work, try downloading the image from here. http://rapidshare.de/files/5196792/bg85bg66fraying.jpg.html it is 1.4mb in size.
I'm against this because strings stretch at different rates after its strung. Some strings don't stretch out THAT much more eg. BG85, and some strings stretch until they feel like mush eg. BG65/Ti. For this reason, I would do two different strings. However if you like to mix colours, that's cool.
so after reading all this , i would conclude that hybrid stringing is all about durability and has no additional effects on feel/power/special effects.
Using two different strings on same racket I've looked into BC about this topic, and luckily stumbled into what chickenpoodle once mentioned: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=245464&postcount=39 Mayhap others have tried using different strings on cross/mains? Are there any noticable differences?
The only experience of mixed stringing I have had is following a quick repair, 4 mains restrung with a thicker string (probably at too low a tension too) on my old Carbonex10 between two matches, I lost the following game and had the racquet restrung later that month.
On the contrary, I had some wonderful results with mixed strings. I had an 0.80 for mains at 24lbs and a 0.65 for cross at 25lbs. It was strung on my Monsoon 4000Ti. I felt more power in my game and the racquet soon became my main racquet. I find clears and smashes more thundering and smoother. The thinner string goes much faster compared to the thicker main of course. That's when I started to mix strings of different diameters. However I am yet to try a thick on the cross and the thin on the main. This works for me but perhaps its more of a personal preference. I did a hybrid because I have some spare string left behind. No harm trying I'd say.
I have an old Cab20. About 3 months ago, just for fun, I strung it with BG85 on the mains and BG65 on the cross, at 27 lbs. It plays and sounds great, it has that sharp, clear ping you get with thinner strings that you don't get with strings thicker than 0.70mm. Not sure if it will last any longer because of the thicker cross strings, as I don't really use it for games, it was just a stringing experiment.
Tried it once when i was looking for power. Now I don't need more power and don't see the point of it. I think using the right string and tension is still the most efficient and simplest way to get to where you want to go.
from what i know, tennis players use different main and cross strings. becos the mains are always the ones that break first, they use a durable string for the mains and a more playable string for the crosses. maybe someone can ty bg65 on the mains and bg85 or bg66 for the crosses.
i have strung my friend's ns7000's with a "hybrid" stringing pattern, i used bg80 for mains and bg85 for the crosses. he is quite a frequent string breaker and these have lasted him over 2 months and he doesn't have any complaints about them. i havn't tried any other "hybrid" stringing on badminton rackets but the shop i string at has many customers getting tennis rackets strung with durable mains and performance crosses; just as mentioned in theabove post.
Hybrid Strings??! I heard that you can get 2 types of badminton strings and put string it to one racquet? Is that any good? Because it'll cost quite of bit for 2 strings. Thanks.
Sounds like a silly idea to do that IMO. Maybe not as silly if it is the same string, but two different colors, but still.
You can do a search on "hybrid stringing" and get quite a bit of info. FWIW, it's a common thing to do in tennis, but not so in badminton. IMHO, it doesn't provide a noticeable benefit, if any at all.
I got a friend that replaced 2 main strings with an Ashaway something string, while his main was a blue yonex bg 65 i guess. But if you want to string half one/half one (string) then I dont know what will happen.. sometimes it will hit red, sometimes blue
or you can just do what i do... precut the 10 meters into two 5 meter halves and recoil it and twist-tie it before bringing it to your stringer. or even simpler, just get even number of racquets strung at the same time!
