Carlton string The string that comes with the mid- to high-end Carltons is OK, but not great. It's a multi-filament string (at least it was on all my racquets) and it has decent feel but it breaks real fast. I think it's actually because of the thick paint, which almost glues cross and main strings together, making the strings stretch unnaturally when you hit the shuttle hard. Two of my factory stringings broke during the first session... which must be more than just bad luck. I string my Carltons with BG-80. I've tried several others, but this is what I always return to. It suits me the best. I've tried some of the new Ti-coated strings, Ashaway Rally 22Ti and BG68-Ti, and they perform great but the strings tend to move around a lot, and I find it quite irritating to have to "groom" my racquet between every rally.
Re: Carlton string I also prefer BG80 to the new BG68-TI. Probably I strung both at 24lbs. The TI seems to have more elasticity, probably should have tried a little bit higher tension. Well I'll leave it for the next stringing. About the colors, it occured to me now, I any of you noticed any difference between same strings but with different colors? Say elasticity (propulsion?) of BG65 white color not same as BG65 black color, strung by same stringer, same machine, same tension and same brand racquet? (say YY Carbonex 15)
Re: Carlton string Are you serious??? I haven't noticed unfortunately, as now I only use white strings, to disguise my shots better
Re: Carlton string viver, i have the similar conception ( black vs white string) too but I dont have enough hard data to prove that theory. One other possibility that could caused the string difference is string freshness. Many stringers has batches of strings bought at different time interval and can yield different repulsion characteristic. Kelvin, my string are fresh and stored properly (trade secret)
Re: Carlton string That's hard to tell Cooler since the strings were purchased at same time from same person. At that time we usually buy by batch that is at least 100 sets of 1 model. But noticed pattern frequently though the seller said he got the strings directly from the distributor.
Re: Carlton string if the bg65 were bot at the same time, geez, that eliminate one more variable of this puzzle. So maybe color does has influence on string charactistic of the same string type(bg65) as we first thought.
Re: Carlton string Now that's very interesting... then which one of the string colors, offer the best control/power if you can characterize it this way, over all? I still stick with white. I dont want to lose that deceptive edge.
Re: Carlton string Stick to white. It appears to me that the black strings that I used had less propulsion.
Re: Carlton string Actually I meant... what color string provides the better qualities... I'm not that sneaky.
string color Somebody recently told me that the white strings last longer than the colored ones maybe because of the dye? Can anyone corroborate this from experience?
I've heard comments like this, too. However, I think hard hitter will change their string quite often anyway. For players who don't do hard hit, or don't play on a regular basis, they need to change string when it lose tension or become dead (say, 1 yr). Therefore, I never really care whether this rumor is true or not. I just pick color base on the paint of my rackets.
Actually shouldn't the opposite be true, the dye should help keep the string together no matter how little that factor may be, unless the dye was eating the string in which case string manufacturers are stupid.
I think the color may "shorten" the life of string, due to possible chemical reactions. However, just a matter of how serious that will be. If just a small percentage, I don't see the point that should be even consider as a factor when we pick string. If quite serious (which I don't think so), then, white all the way lor...
perhaps if the paint is hard and ridgit, it may break during a smash, and act like microscopic knives that cut up the string, much like freezing something weakens it because the microscopic ice shards cut the food?
Hmm, I can't really tell, cuz most of the racquets I use are white stringed. Only have one that's grey, but I rarely use that.
I remember reading another thread about painting logo on the string might decrease the lifespan of the string. the same reason there might apply to this case as well. actually, how do we know that strings are naturally white? maybe they are painted white too.
I wouldn't know though since I've never used any other color other than white. Jwu's right, how do we know that the strings are naturally white? What color is cow or whatever gut anyway?
