Is Gosen R4X 110 worth the shot?

Don't heap too much praise on it - it might get back to Gosen and they might jack the price up...

 

Yeah true, like I said this strings OK, but nothing special!

 

Quick update, now played with this string for a week and had quite a few games with it. Played approx. 14games, mixed and doubles, in the Corporate Games in Liverpool over the weekend.

Played Saturday and noticed that the strings were starting to fray, I just presumed it was a pre-cursor to them breaking in the mixed semis and finals on Sunday. But no, played on Sunday, 5 games, and the strings are still intact.

I am now a officially a fan, and will probably try out a range of tensions, just to find the optimum.

 

Icepilot, what tension did you use?

 

27/29 and happy with it. But I am going to try it a couple of pound less next time, then may try it at 30/31 as Mark A suggested.

 

Mark only wants you to go high tension because he's scared to

 

No, your wrong, he dare, he just wants someone else to do it first............

 

Does the repulsion and crispness comparable to NBG98? Or is it more similar towards BG80P?

 

OK - that's a dare if ever I've seen one.

 

I think Paul is on the case now... let's see what he says.

 

I've never seen anything like this

Could you all help me find some strings to try?
I've recently gotten into stringing and would like some advice.

I've been looking into performance strings, because I only have a reel of Yonex BG65Ti (which I very much love). I thought about buying a reel of Zymax 62... no, Zymax 65, for more durability! or Victor VS850! WHAT ABOUT GOSEN R4X 110?

but yes, I've determined that getting a reel of anything would be too big of a jump for someone who hasn't ever tried these strings! I've actually tried Zymax 67 but it's been such a long time and my exposure to strings wasn't that wide back then.

I am a big fan of BG65Ti, BG80, and BG66UM. BG66UM actually can last 2 months for me, and I string rackets, so I guess the cost is less of a problem.

My questions are probably

1) Should I worry about the cost of strings when buying a reel?
2) Which strings should I try? I would look for any power/repulsion string.
My original plan was to get Gosen R4x 110 and Ashaway 65, but let's have fun.

how do you guys test strings for reelability?
sorry for the long post

afraid to buy gosen because I feel like I should support the American brand Ashaway

 

Those are all good thin strings.... just start with a few small packs first... no need for a reel until you've settled on your favourite.

 

Now ya tell me!

 

trying Zymax 67 again
I will try Gosen if I am not thoroughly impressed with Zymax.

 

If that's the only Zymax string you'll ever try, then you'll completely missed out on the Zymax line.

 

I agree. visor was the evil demon which made me addicted to Zymax 62.

 

Exactly. I started with two packs of ZM62 2nd gen yellow...I have already killed two reels and currently have one reel for each color.

 

And that's one expensive habit.

 

Nah, I string myself and Zymax strings are damn cheap @rkep

 

I think i may have to give these gosen's a try based on everyone's opinions. I use Ashaway Zymax 65s at 25 x 27.5lbs on my rackets.

I still have a reel of the version 1 zymax 62 with maybe ~10 string jobs left. I didn't like it for the durability. Yes it played well and i liked it but not enough to string my own rackets frequently. It normally wouldn't survive past one session (3 hours) and the max i had was after 3 sessions in one week.