For anyone wondering how it feels like to play now that I have gone down in tension to 25 lbs, my gameplay is generally less tense and more enjoyabe. I am using less energy in the rally when I am under pressure and have found that I am winning more matches because of this. It has really been enough to take some of that fatigue off me which is almost unbelievable as I felt that it suffocated me. This little difference has increased my stamina and allowed me to persist in the rallies allowing me to score more points. Makes me wonder if increasing it even further would compound the benefit...
Tried Aerosonic for the first time yesterday and today. Strung at 25-27 on Arcsaber 10. Oh my does it smash well. Leaves a litle to desire on the feel and grip at the net but for smashes it is the best I have tried. Sound is amazing also.
The string seems to be pretty rare. i am able to get pink color in thailand, but i am looking for the purple one. best would be a 200m roll. any suggestions? I played with my Nanoflare 800lt for about 2 month ( twice a week) until i had to change it. Now i am playing with LN1, but i prefer the Aerosonic way more. Next week i ll get the Astrox 88D Pro with 27x29lbs AS . i am curious how it will go.
I play AS at 30 lb, and personally, I think the performance of the strings are best right after the rest period. I did a rough test of the strings recently to get an idea of how much I'd expect to spend per hour just on the strings. Stringing was done by someone on the Yonex stringing team in Australia, 30 lb (I usually ask for pre-stretch but didn't get one this time), on DZS racquet. Had my first play session approx 16 hours after stringing (not ideal, but close enough). Stringster app registered 29.7lb before the play session. Warm up felt dull, but feeling came to me after 1 warm up game. After around 3 hours of pretty intense social, I noticed small amounts of flaying in the strings. To my surprise, the strings lasted for another 2 full sessions of 2.5 and 2 hrs each, though they weren't as intense. After the first hour of the 4th session, cross went. So for me, the strings lasted 10 hours of play time with the first 3 hours feeling the best. What I find the most annoying is how different the strings feel fresh and after it drops a bit of tension. Certainly if the strings goes through a single hot day, even indoors, the next session felt like the shuttle would stay on the string bed for so long, though I think I am better at managing it now than before. Certainly not the economical strings out there, but once you get on it, the other strings just doesn't measure up.
