BG-80 at 20lbs?

what racquet? what type of player?
... try to ask questions with more specifics...

 

Hi Joh,

Well I wouldn't consider using the BG-80 because it breaks easily and then the guage is not .68 which it's streched, it's actually thinner. I would use Gosen Roots B505 string which is equivalent and better than the BG-80 in terms of perforamcne and durability. This string is made with synthetic gut. In this case, I would recommend you to increase the tention of 20lb to about 22.75 because Gosen stretches a bit more and this will compensate for it and will be like 20lbs using a BG-80. The Roots string has a .68 guage when it's stretched so it last quite long before it breaks, and you won't see any kinds of "nicks" and stuff before it breaks, it just breaks, unlike the BG-80 where you see nicks.

 

go BG-80 22lbs , most players i know go with 22lb but some play at higher tensions

 

Hi,

I'm sorry, yeah that message was suppose to be for you but I forgot who the original poster was since I was reading Jon's message and thought he was the original poster. Well I don't know about Ashaway since I have not tried their string before so I cannot comment about it but I can only comment about Gosen and Yonex. Maybe try the Gosen string I recommended, I think you will like it. It's actually still the top of the line string for Gosen even thou Gosen is trying to market their Roots Aeromets and stuff like that.

 

After 75+ hours of play, my BG80 strung at 24lb on TiSP-SS broke. Not bad. I enjoy every hour of play. Good power and great sound. Control is not as great as other strings that I used before. BG80 doesn’t cost that much more than anything else. I was surprised that it lasted 75+ hours. I will put BG80 on my reacket again.

Cheers!