I just tried Flex with after 3 months it snapped... I'm buying new racket with new string(prob BG 80) and i hope to have if for at least 2 months
Since i always use NBG95,so i guess it'll last long!2/3 months maybe? While i used BG66,26lbs,n it lasts around a month or 2.My BG85,25lbs is begun to worn out.So does my BG65ti,but a lil bit better. My NBG95,28lbs,26/25lbs,26/24lbs still looks perfect,no sign of wearing.It really takes some time to break this string..really.
My BG65 lasted for almost 5 months... i have now switched to Ashway Micropower and found it better than BG 65
hmmm.... bin breaking string more regularly atm i use BG85s now which is probably the main problem, but i break strings lik every 2 weeks, iv snapped 7 sets of string in the last 3 months. get them strung at 26pounds. but i think the main problem is when i try to smash and i miss hit it....can feel it everytime!!damn annoying!! ah well...
have had my BG65's strung on my 3 main racquets at 26lbs for 3 weeks now and nothing has broken yet but i see alot of fraying, i was hopping maby just maby i would break my habbit of breaking strings in 3-4 weeks but well we shall see what happens with that one.
Nothing beats BG65 strung on Ti-3 at 23pds - which now enters its 3rd year of service without breaking thank the Lord.
Frankly, I don't think the string will play well. After 3 years the string's elasticity is gone. Just imagine a 10m string that was stretched from 10m to 12m 3 years ago would now probably measure 11m if the string is let loose, a loss of 1m elasticity. BG65 is a notorious string that needs more frequent restringing, because it doesn't have the long-life elasticity of natural gut or the 3,000 to 5,000 filaments of longer-life strings.
How odd Eddex. I also have a Ti-3 Bg-65 strung for around 3 years. The string has also never popped ever since I strung it for the first time after the stock one popped. Usually the racket is just for girls to use. XD
Depends though, kids... Well, like I said it kind of depends on how long you play as well... If you play like once a year, and you voted for 2 years, that's like ...!! But string-wise, I think BG66 is easier to break due to the thinness of the string gauge... Compared to BG85, I think BG85 still holds even though there are grooves from wear on the strings, usually in the middle. However, BG66 would break easier because there are not as many layers to hold the friction that the grooves have to resist. Am I right?
so ..im a girl now ...... lmao! what kingkiller48 said is prolly right too cos it does depend how long you been playing with that racket - tbh, i only used the racket for practicing and not for proper games etc. so maybe The string still played well imo, it just feels normal ...well it mightve lost a few pounds already but who knows, it still plays like a racket, more control, less power
I string all my rackets at 24lbs. I train 3-4 times a week. Coach twice a week. and play roster Div 1. And 9 tournaments a year. I re string once every 3-4 weeks. And always before a tournament. Helps when you re string your own rackets!!
I nv break any string before except for 1 brandless racket which had factory strung strings , threw that junk away after it string break My string usually lose tension over the years and i cut them up myself if that consider breaking
I broke a factory string on a cheap basic yonex racket after doing baseline strokes. Thats the only string that I have broken I think. My BG66 on my AT500 lasts about 3 weeks before I have to go restring again. (tension loose) Can't rotate my racket as I only have two rackets. AT150 for doubles and AT500 for singles. =)
i've broken the strings on a freshly strung racquet whilst warming up doing clears, less than 10 hits. painful ....
How wasteful.. I found a victor powerwaves racquet with broken strings yesterday in a rubbish bin.. how wasteful.. the user should have just got it restrung.. I just gave it to one of the staffs at the shop there just in case he/she wants to redeem it. Here's an off-topic question tho.. If I pick up racquets from the rubbish bin, does that mean I can have it, or is that considered as 'stealing' ?? :S
i reckon anything in the rubbish bin is fair game. look at it this way, you're effectively recycling, which can only be good! was it a highend PW? was it not worth restringing, or did the person just not know it could be restrung? maybe it's cursed!
