How often you change your grip??

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  1. Jinky

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    I just wonder how often do you change ur grip

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    In what condition of your grip you only change it
     
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    When the grip start to change color or lost it's shine. Also, I change it when I start to play bad too.
     
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    When it gets really yucky and smelly, tearing of the grip, loses performance, and umm when there's too much bacteria on the grip.
     
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    about once a month,or more..
     
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    when so much bacteria grow on it that it feels like sponge.

    which is like 2 weeks of good play? a month or 1.5 of less play?

    If you want your grips to last, wash your hands before playing.
     
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    i use bright yellow grips. whenever it show signs of gray, i change it.
     
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    I change my grips once every 3 weeks . As i choose to have bright and coloured grips and i have training 3 times a wekk , i have to change it very often.
     
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    Depends on what type of grips I use but nowadays I prefer using towel grips.

    I change normally change them after every 4-6 sessions. Towel grips are pretty pretty cheap anyway (abt S$0.50 per piece) since I can get them from friends who go to Indonesia or Thailand.

    Using a towel wristband will help prolong the grip usability as well.
     
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    About once every 7 to 10 days assuming a durable grip.
     
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    You must be mercifully free of acid sweat... I'd have to change mine every two days after I get a new one, heh!
     
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    That's why I switched to darker coloured grips. I found I was changing them way before they needed to be just because of the dirt.

    I change every 2-3 months or when the grip starts fraying.
     
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    Between 1 to 2 weeks depending on how warm and how much I play. I really like tackiness so I'm picky about my grip.
     
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    i change my grip every two months or so and i play 5 times a week. my favourite are karakal pu grips. i h8 the feeling of towel grips.
    my favourite colour is white becoz they go with all rackets but they go dirty so quickly
     

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