Comments: Due to my tennis elbow I had to adjust my game 100% and try the Babolat natural gut touch. What a string! It helped my elbow and also improved my game all around. It holds very nice and it keep the pop on the ball. Thanks to Tennis Warehouse for recommending this string to me, I am very please with it!
From: Juan Carlos, 11/11

Comments: I strung this string in a racquet by mistake and initially it felt a little stiff. The gut, however, was better than any of the other strings that I tried. I have been using it for several months now and the strings perform better than ever, despite its somewhat frayed appearance.
From: AC, 10/11

Comments: This is a very good string. It is comfortable on the arms and great playability. I recommend stinging this in a hybrid on the mains and putting a poly on the crosses.
From: Bob, 10/11

Comments: This is string is not as good as expected. It feels little dull strung at 57 lbs. Some good multifilament strings have better feels than this one.
From: Anon, 10/11

Comments: I have never used natural gut string before and I have only used Poly once. I decided to give this a try. I have a Babolat Aero Pro Drive GT Plus strung with Babolat Hurricane Feel 16 in my mains at 57 pounds with Babolat VS Natural Gut 17 in my crosses at 60 pounds. This set up is incredible. I get so much control and power it is unreal. The feel of each shot is amazing. No arm issues, no elbow issues, just plain awesome. If you have not tried this hybrid combination, I highly recommend it. As far as durability goes, I will let you know as I have only played with it for 3 hours so far.
From: Dan, 9/11

Comments: I agree with Tim also. But it's not the black color that makes this string different. It is the BT7 technology that does this. I installed 16 gauge VS Touch BT7 in the natural color, and it went in about 15 percent tighter (dynamic tension) than normal gut. To be specific, I installed the new BT7 version of VS Touch 16 in a Pure Drive at 51 M by 48.5 C, and I did this proportionately, which makes it go in softer, and the DT was 36 immediately after stringing. (In normal, typical gut the DT would have been about 29.) It is still a nice string, but maybe it was designed primarily for poly hybrids.
From: Kendra, 8/11

Comments: I totally agree with Tim, the Black VS Touch string plays much stiffer than the earlier Touch product. Make sure you inquire with your stringer as to what "type" of VS Touch will be used in your racquet the next time you restring with Touch. I didn't, and now have a frame that plays quite a bit different than what I was expecting. The durability has been better, but the loss of playability isn't worth it; for a flat hitter like myself, anyway.
From: blb. 6/11

Comments: Babolat has changed their manufacturing process. VS Black uses BT7 which supposedly makes the string more durable but it definitely makes it play far stiffer than original, non-BT7 VS. Heads up: if you're used to original VS or want a soft gut with great pocketing, Black BT7 VS is stiff and not nearly as plush as original VS.
From: Tim, Dunwoody, GA, USA. 4/11