:crying::crying::crying:I just strung my LF Ti500 racket with bg 85 at 24/26 on Thursday and I was playing with it today. I did around 45 mins smash drills, pleasently liking the feeling of the racket. Then, I did some drives, and as I went on to clears, my strings went POP and i went :crying:,20 bucks down the drain. After cutting the strings, I ran back onto the court with my trusty old Tisp SX to return to drills. Thne I hear another pop, and my other friend's racket string snapped as well! Bg 65 this was, not at a high tension though. Then, ANOTHER friend snapped his strings bg65ti. As you can see, I doubt it is the stringer's or the player's problem, for all three rackets were strung at different places, and it definitely is not the tension or the gauge problem (maybe a bit for me ). I suspect that due to the sudden temperature drop and the dry air we are experiencing (my lips are cracked as I typed this), the srings and shuttles are suffering. I also broke 3 more shuttles today with my racket, a bad sign. Anyways, I want to warn those stringers and stringees to not string at such a high tension during these cold, dry times. I hope you won't have to make the mistake I made and waste money on restrining!!
I saw these things happen before. Did you not use thermal bag like the YY origional bag between your car and gym?
you might want to check out this thread by bigredlemon: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8998 explains how temperature affects string tension.
I put my rackets in the full length bags given otu with each racket, and then i put them into another thinner bag (La fleche one). Anyways, I did not feel the need for a big bag to keep my rackets in, because I leave it in my locker at school, so there really isnt any freezing effects on my strings. I think the dryign effect is much more apparent in this situation
Yeah, I read that thread before, but I did not expect such a drastic change!! 24/26 is a pretty normal tension, so even if theres a 20 degree C change (which I highly doubt since I stroe my racket inside the school and also play inside), the tension would go up 0.75 lbs, according to bigredlemon's theory. I think the dryness of the air is the main cause in string snapages. Maybe our school is extra dry? I don't think 3 string snapping incidents at the same place at the same time is a coincidence. Bllehhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
Absolutely horrible day I would say. Today I went out to get the mail, and I found a key in my mail box that allows me to get my packages form the bigger box on the side of the letter box. And guess what? either the lock froze or the key doesnt work. I even used my lighter to heat up the lock, but with no luck. I know my guitar strap is in there, hopefully it wont warp in this extreme cold. It'll be stuck there until monday :crying:
yea, i think its just a bad day too. 24/26 isn't exactly crazy high tension, even with bg85. theres a few of us here in alberta that use bg66 and bg85 with 24+ tensions, and we don't see such problems... and some of us take public transportation to and from school. so the weather is something it has to deal with. we just give it time to warm up to ambient temperatures before we start using it.
yeah, i broke 4 rackets within 40 mins one time..... 3 cab21's and a mp99 strung at 26 pounds. I'm really glad i have a stringing machine. it helps!!!
I went to Lee's badminton today to get my racket strung again, and I saw in the bucket where they put the racket ready to be strung FILLED with rackets. Literally, it was a trash can sized bin filled to the brim with rackets and rackets were lying all over the place as well. The lady was like "So many broken strings!! most of our coaches have broken their strings as well". Stupid canadian weather
Ahh, my raquet actually broke, frame and all, because of the cold weather (At-700 WAAAH!!!!). I strung it at around 26, and put it directly in my bag afterwards. The next day, I find that the frame snapped and I cried...
Oh when I went for my lesson on Tues there wasn't a lot of to-be-strung rackets in the shop. Maybe it's the extreme temperature drop these few days.
My record is 3 rackets in one night. Broke 2 of my own and borrowed 1 from my partner. Broke the string on that one too so I stopped smashing after that LOL.:crying:
Well, I broke the strings on my mp99 strung at 23lbs bg68ti. The weather was like -20c that day. Silly question but is bg68ti vectran? Do you guys think -10 c is too cold for a racquet?
I think the racket can handle -10C just fine, even if it's directly exposed to it. The strings might tension up quite a bit, so smashing would kill yoru strings in seconds.
uhhh....... if you guys play in -10*C ambient temperatures, your facility is garbage. as for exposure to such temperatures during transportation? that is totally fine. i carry mines still, even when it hit -40*C those few days. just give it time to warm back up to room temperature before using. if not.... 1 million dollars says the strings will snap within a minute.
