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Prince Poly Spin 3D 16L review

Prince Poly Spin 3D 16l tennis string review
Prince Poly Spin 3D 16l

Add this Prince Poly Spin 3D into the “textured tennis string” pile, and that’s the reason why I wanted to playtest this particular polyester tennis string. Like many of you, I too strive for more spin off my groundstrokes; which is why I tend to review tennis string with some shape (other than round) to them – because they offer “more access to spin.”

Prince Poly Spin 3D tennis string review

In any event, I thought the idea that Prince had with this string was pretty genius; take a normal round string and attaching three thinner gauged strings equally distanced from each other around the “core” string. You follow? As much as I enjoy the theory of what Prince was trying to do, I think the execution was a but under par, the Prince Poly Spin 3D was a pain to string, the coils held much longer than I like. At times, I found that I was getting kinks in the string. I strung the Poly Spin at about 10% less tension than I would normally – 54lbs for those of you who want to know.

Actually hitting balls with this string in my tennis racquet was quite fun for the first hour and a half; my heavy hitting tennis partner said on a couple of shots that the ball would jump up really quickly and away from his body – that’s always a good sign. I did notice, within that first hour of play, the string moved around quite a lot.

One of the better characteristics I noticed with the Poly Spin 3D, was the amount of ball pocketing, I found that the harder I made contact with the tennis ball, the better pocket I would get from the string. I felt the ball ‘sitting’ on the stringbed longer than some of the other shaped strings I’ve playtested. However, when I would slow my swing down to get a little extra control, I notice the Prince Poly Spin 3D would feel extremely stiff and it seemed like the ball was ricocheting off the stringbed. So this is clearly a more suitable polyester tennis string for big hitters and those with fast swings.

I also noticed that in the third hour of playtesting the Poly Spin 3D, the 3D or ‘shape’ of the strings became worn down where I make most contact. So that pretty much throws durability of the main attraction of this string out the window. So instead of having a raised edge, it became rounded and smooth, I was not expecting that at all. The effect of the rounding was very noticeable, I was unable to get the spin that I got in the first couple of hours, and the strings became increasingly stiffer, I wasn’t happy with the Prince Poly Spin 3D at this point.

Prince Poly Spin 3D 16l conclusions

Now, don’t take my Prince Poly Spin 3D string review as all bad! Like I said, I liked the string for the first couple of hours, but after the two hour mark, these strings were virtually unusable. I do love the way the strings look in my tennis racket…it’s like they have a glassy coating which looks pretty clean. Again, this is perfect tennis string for a serious tournament player who uses strings for an hour or two then cuts them out or a player who is willing to sacrifice their arm for a quite powerful poly with good spin…at first.

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G.O.A.T
Based in sunny Southern California, raised in Argentina & USA; lover of all things tennis, USRSA Master Racquet Technician (MRT), ATP/WTA Pro Level Stringer; reviewer of tennis strings, tennis racquets, and any interesting tennis gadgets I come across. Plays NTRP 4.5 singles and some doubles. Singled handed backhand with a wicked affection for cured meats and Asado.
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Summary
Reviewer
GOAT
Review Date
2012-01-05
Reviewed Item
Prince Poly Spin 3D
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