Best Badminton String: What to choose
Hello dear readers!
Its been a long time since my last post but it was because i am a student and had exams.
Well my personal details apart, I am today, discussing, a difficulty that i first experienced, when i started playing badminton.
Background
I started playing badminton when i was 12 years old. At that time i played with local made rackets and local strings. For 4 years i played like that but in college when i was selected for college team, i decided to go professional. I bought my racket that was Yonex Armortec 700 and strung it with yonex bg66 ultimax. I was overjoyed to play with it. Despite having low coaching and low skills i was able to beat the top seeded players in "All college's badminton tournament" and reached semi final but lost to a 10th seeded player.
Now i when analyzed myself today, i got a point that bg66 ultimax was a power string and have optimum repulsion plus hitting sound but durability was low. i even snapped strings within singles even 10 times(my tension was 27lbs at that time).
Now when i again started playing after my admission in Medical College, i researched for best strings available. but every website stated that this and that etc. Therefore, i decided to write something about this issue.
Review:
After various testing, what i experienced was that Yonex BG66ultimax is for power players but it snaps easily. I tested Li-Ning strings and except NS95, none dazzled me. Testing Ashaway proved really difficult with lot of strings that could compete with one another but i chose Zymax 62, zymax65, zymax70, Microlegend xl and felx 21 for testing. Yonex is a top brand so i chose all that were available. and i considered Victor VS850 for testing also.
Test Conditions:
Test phase contained all strings used on single racket that was APACS TANTRUM 200(all-round racket to give none advantage). Further i kept tension equal for all that was 26lbs(main/cross) and stringer as well(my friend). observation period for each string was 2 weeks with 4 hrs/day games.
Testing:
During test my observations were as under:
Power String:
Real power strings were Ashaway Zymax 62, Zymax 65, Victor vs850, flex21, yonex bg66ultimax, bg80+bg80p and li-Ning NS95.
Why? because the hitting sound was excellent and repulsion was brilliant. However i favoured BG80P, Zymax 62 and Victor VS850. Although i have to admit that durability was a bigger problem. also tension drop was worrying thing but zymax62 and zymax 65 did well.
Durability:
Durability was a problem but i found something amazing. Ashaway zymax65, zymax70, microlegend xl, Li-Ning Ns95, flex21 and Yonex ti series strings were durable.
Editors choice:
My choice based on my testing is as under:
1)Ashaway Zymax65
2)Yonex Bg80
3)Li-Ning Ns95
4)Ashaway Flex21
5)Victor VS850
Its been a long time since my last post but it was because i am a student and had exams.
Well my personal details apart, I am today, discussing, a difficulty that i first experienced, when i started playing badminton.
Background
I started playing badminton when i was 12 years old. At that time i played with local made rackets and local strings. For 4 years i played like that but in college when i was selected for college team, i decided to go professional. I bought my racket that was Yonex Armortec 700 and strung it with yonex bg66 ultimax. I was overjoyed to play with it. Despite having low coaching and low skills i was able to beat the top seeded players in "All college's badminton tournament" and reached semi final but lost to a 10th seeded player.
Now i when analyzed myself today, i got a point that bg66 ultimax was a power string and have optimum repulsion plus hitting sound but durability was low. i even snapped strings within singles even 10 times(my tension was 27lbs at that time).
Now when i again started playing after my admission in Medical College, i researched for best strings available. but every website stated that this and that etc. Therefore, i decided to write something about this issue.
Review:
After various testing, what i experienced was that Yonex BG66ultimax is for power players but it snaps easily. I tested Li-Ning strings and except NS95, none dazzled me. Testing Ashaway proved really difficult with lot of strings that could compete with one another but i chose Zymax 62, zymax65, zymax70, Microlegend xl and felx 21 for testing. Yonex is a top brand so i chose all that were available. and i considered Victor VS850 for testing also.
Test Conditions:
Test phase contained all strings used on single racket that was APACS TANTRUM 200(all-round racket to give none advantage). Further i kept tension equal for all that was 26lbs(main/cross) and stringer as well(my friend). observation period for each string was 2 weeks with 4 hrs/day games.
Testing:
During test my observations were as under:
Power String:
Real power strings were Ashaway Zymax 62, Zymax 65, Victor vs850, flex21, yonex bg66ultimax, bg80+bg80p and li-Ning NS95.
Why? because the hitting sound was excellent and repulsion was brilliant. However i favoured BG80P, Zymax 62 and Victor VS850. Although i have to admit that durability was a bigger problem. also tension drop was worrying thing but zymax62 and zymax 65 did well.
Durability:
Durability was a problem but i found something amazing. Ashaway zymax65, zymax70, microlegend xl, Li-Ning Ns95, flex21 and Yonex ti series strings were durable.
Editors choice:
My choice based on my testing is as under:
1)Ashaway Zymax65
2)Yonex Bg80
3)Li-Ning Ns95
4)Ashaway Flex21
5)Victor VS850
Putting durability aside, which would be your pick? Zymax 62 or Zymax 65?
ReplyDeleteNice review. Goin for bg66 ultimax but chg'ed my mind now.
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