Ashaway Dynamite 18 Soft Blue String Customer feedback
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Comments: For several years, I have used only polyester strings in my Prince Tour Diablo mid-plus
racquets, but, recently, I decided to try to find a multi-filament string that played something like polyester but was
more arm friendly. I think I got lucky with Ashaway Dynamite 18. Although I was skeptical about maintaining control
by stringing a multi at 55 or below, I took the manufacturer's advice and had one of my racquets strung at 53, which is
about where I've been using poly strings. From the first ball I hit, I was well pleased with the feel and the control and
I'm tempted to try 51 pounds the next time around. In short, it works for me.
Comments: I like the feel of this string on a hybrid set up using it as
a main string crossed by a synthetic 17g. It is soft enough to absorb
shots against heavy spinning opponents including big hitters. It is
recommended that you string with this at 20% less than what you are used
to but not to exceed 55 lbs. Unfortunately if you are a big hitter with
heavy topspin this string will not last too long as it moves a lot at
lower tensions. I played with it on an over size frame strung at 42 lbs
and it lasted approximately 30 mins. It felt really good to hit with a
lot of spin and it gave a lot of comfort including control however you
will need to re-string with this one more often if you go with this one.
Comments: I am absolutely in love with this string. The 18 gauge really opens up the string bed on my
Babolat Pure
Storm Ltd (18x20). Hybriding it with Solinco Barb Wire 17g in the mains at 55lbs and the Ashaway as crosses at 53 lbs.
The
braided coating slightly enhances bite. My only complaint is durability, but then again it is an 18g multi string. I play
college level
tennis and am getting max about 6 hours out of them. Overall though one of the best strings I've used in the last 6
years of trying
different hybrids.
Comments: Both my son and I have used this string. My son is a high level player on his highschool
tennis team and
I am a rec level player. I do all of our stringing. My son put this on his Babolat Pure Drive Roddick GT plus racquet
because he
wanted more power from his racquet. While the string played well, it lasted only a few hours of play time before the
mains were
sawed through. He plays with a lot of topspin and almost always breaks the mains first, usually due to notching of the
mains.
Once the outer woven cover was sawed through, the zyex fibers wear very quickly. We were able to extend the life on
the second
stringing by inserting string savers into the center of the string pattern. This time he actually sheared one of the mains
at one of
the crosses, the notching was not a problem using the string savers. At this time he returned to using a hybrid string
bed of
Ashaway 18g kevlar mains and a 17g synthetic gut cross with string savers to help prevent notching of the mains and
to allow the
mains to move more easily on the crosses for greater spin. this combination provides excellent durability and terrific
spin. I am
now using the Ashaway dynamite 18 soft strung at 60 lbs, 5 lbs above the maximum recommended for the string, with
string
savers inserted. It is very soft and forgiving which has helped with elbow pain that I developed while using the same
Ashaway
kevlar string described above. So far, the string has 4 weeks, playing 2 -3 hrs per day about 5 days per week. I really
like this
string, however, unless you use string savers, you will be unhappy with the durability of this string.
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