REVIEW: Our Top 5 Tennis Strings 2023

Tennis strings make a huge difference to the way your racket plays so we've reviewed the top 5 (available in 2023).
Everything you need to know if you want to generate more spin, more power or gain more control.

00:00 - Intro
00:34 - The Top 5
04:52 - Honourable Mentions
07:08 - Natural Gut
08:05 - The Winner
09:50 - Outtake

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[movdqa]

I had used ALU Power since 2005 and switched to Hyper-G last fall. I tried lower tensions and have come to the conclusion that higher tensions are better. There is a moderate tension loss after a few hours and then it holds tension for a long time. I hit with one for 20 hours and it was fine. Some say that it lasts 15, 20, 30 hours. I actually don't really know but the tension loss after 20 hours makes it unplayable outside of a practice session or feeding balls to someone. I'd say that it loses spin potential after 10 hours as it loses the shaped aspect of the string. The thing is that stiff polys like ALU Power go dead after about 8 hours and I think that should have been mentioned if you're going to ding Hyper-G for rec players not knowing when it goes dead.

Benefits of Hyper-G are: comfort, tension maintenance (after initial loss), price (my stringer charges half of ALU Power for Hyper-G), spin. The major downside is lack of feel.

[julianmansell]

Re string 0 and Toroline wasabi X are better than all the strings mentioned. Try the restring 0 in the mains and the wasabi X in the crosses. Incredible spin and incredible maintenance and cheaper than the others. Hands down the best strings out there.

[johnnyguitar]

I like 4G Soft a lot. It's my go to string for open string patterns, as it helps tame the launch angle. Not overly stiff, great tension maintenance, and very good spin for a round string. Only downside is the price.

[JLKV]

Hey guys, nice video. Triax or Babolat Xalt cost "almost" like the natural gut...
I'd rather choose Head RIP Control. Old but gold, pretty friendly with my arm and way more control and durability than regular multifilaments.

[tennispunk]

NRG2 is a multifilament not a natural gut.
Have you tried any of the polyether etherketone strings? Now there is your holy grail of string. Monofilament with natural gut like qualities(very resilient) as well as great tension maintenance. And it has "snap back" characteristics of a Poly.

[ivanjo]

What’s your recommended string tension when using full bed multifilament string? I put Yonex Rexis Speed on 55 lbs full bed and it’s freaking stiff and hard to hit with spin. It’s great for flat hitter but I’m so struggling to produce spin. I still have another pack of the rexis speed for my ezone 100 and I’m thinking to hybrid it with something else, maybe a nice poly. What’s your recommendation for the hybrid pair and tension?

[Rodman]

Curious about your take on Poly Tour Strike and Poly Tour Rev.

[googlereviewer]

4G Soft is a low powered control string. It's not actually that soft...more like medium stiff. Alot of the strings in the video are mainstream heavily marketed strings from the last 5-10 years. The string market has changed alot in that time - there are many, many more string options out there for players now.

[applesforakbar]

Holy moly my friends... NRG2 isn't a nat gut string, it's a multifilament. Also Red Code and 4G have some of the highest stiffness ratings of any polyesters in the market — people have blown through their elbows using those strings. I'd consider a revision of this video, esp if your target demo is an average club player

[griffinmpc]

Alu Power is durable? If you mean it lasts for a while before breaking - sure. If you mean it remains playable? LMAO. You've lost my trust.

[joeeagle]

great video🏆please review and compare HEAD LYNX TOUR 1.25 against your WINNER 4Gsoft ❔☑❗📶

[Lucian]

Durability doesn't matter that much. Tension maintenance does

[lucasmastelarocunha]

Alu power has much worse tension maintenance than hyper g, alu power goes dead in 3 hours

[caioscofield]

I feel the list overbiased on overpriced strings. There's a key reason solinco is winning, it's 40% cheaper and arguably just as good.

[juanantoniocanohidalgo]

Nice video I prefer Head Hawk 130 white, top control, tension mantenaince and the most soft poly I have tried

[TheodorosKolokotronis]

After testing confidential and lynx tour i came back to my trusty 4G on my blade 98s 18x16 v5 2015. Best blade ever easily. 4G soft felt a little bit more mushy compared to 4G. They play very similar. Have you tried a hybrid of 4G / Sensation ? Have you tried lowering your 4G tension at around 20kg ? 4G has an almost 1 month durability of around 20 hours of play…..4G soft felt different after 10 hours ? What’s your take on softs durability ?

[jessetaylor]

ALU power…don’t see how the durability is a factor cause you’ll be cutting them out after 1-2 hours. Unless you’re pro, these strings are absolutely pointless.
Know your audience…🤔

[JovanniG]

What are your favorite hybrids?? I’m assuming these strings would be on the list and, if so, which would you pair together?

[craigviner]

Hey guys - to me its the perfect string for a coach!! As a 4G soft user in my Blade 98 v8 16x19 I love it - I also coach and find it perfect for long days of court - as you guys know throughout a day you play with a range of abilities and this string cuts it at all levels. For example - I find using a stiff (stiffer) string is great whilst thrashing the ball around the back of the court for 2 hours - whilst playing indoors with new balls! But realistically thats not always the case. And a soft string, although great comfort can lack the control and tension maintance a coach needs when playing at a higher level but also to keep them from having to restring a racquet every month. So to me 4G soft is great - I find it does fall off a cliff though. I used Element too but was breaking too many strings but another softish string to try. Some players even hybrid the 4G with the Element to get best of both worlds.

[WE-vdux]

Confidential in1.20 feels so much better than 1.25. Don´t know why the difference is so massive, maybe due to its preditable and dead feel even in thinner gauges. Durability is still great and because of the strings are not moving as much as with rpm blast the thin gauge still doesn´t feel mushy even in lower tensions, but a lot of livelier than 1.25.