Features

• ZyWeaVe core prevents tension loss.
• Braided surface for superior control.
• Maximum durability at high tensions.
• Excellent feedback and sound.
• Colour : White.
• Gauge : 21 / 0.70mm.

ZyMax 70 features Ashaway’s unique ZyWeaVe core which prevents tension loss and provides superior control. Brand new for 2009 this is going to be one of the most popular strings on the market today.

Recommended tension up to 35lbs.

This pack contains one set of string which is allows you to string one racket.

A great rival to Yonex’s BG65Ti string. Superb feel and control with excellent durability. Recommended for all kinds of players including recreational, club, amateur and professional. An excellent all round string.

Ashaway ZyMax 67 – 22 / 0.67mm – White

Features

• ZyWeaVe core prevents tension loss.
• Braided surface for superior control.
• Maintains tension for entire string life.
• Unrivalled repulsion and durability.
• Colour : White.
• Gauge : 22 / 0.67mm.

ZyMax 67 Ashaway’s unique ZyWeaVe core which prevents tension loss and provides superior control. Brand new for 2009 this is going to be one of the most popular strings on the market today.

Recommended tension up to 30lbs.

This pack contains one set of string which is allows you to string one racket.

Due to this being a 22 gauge string it offers excellent playability and the ZyWeaVe technology really does hold the tension. It offers excellent feel and control with added durability. Recommended for amateur players and professionals. Ashaway describe this as ‘the best all round badminton string in the world’.

Ashaway ZyMax 62 – 22 / 0.62mm – Optic Yellow

Features

• ZyWeaVe core prevents tension loss.
• Braided surface for superior control.
• Maintains tension for entire string life.
• Micro gauge for maximum repulsion.
• Colour : Optic yellow.
• Gauge : 22 / 0.62mm.

Ashaway’s ZyMax 62 is the thinnest badminton string in the world. It features Ashaway’s unique ZyWeaVe core which prevents tension loss and provides superior control.

This pack contains one set of string which is allows you to string one racket.

Due to this being a 22 gauge string it offers excellent playability and the ZyWeaVe technology really does hold the tension. It offers superb feel and control. Recommended for advanced amateur players and professionals. Ashaway describe this as ‘the best badminton string in the world’ !

Features

• Multifilament gut-like performance.
• Textured surface for optimum control.
• Excellent resiliency in all rackets.
• Softer playability.
• Colour : White / red and blue crosses.
• Gauge : 17 / 1.25mm

SuperNick XL is a nylon multifament string that Ashaway claim to be the best selling squash string in the world.

A string for those who want ultimate playability and are looking to improve both feel and control of the ball. It is used by professionals and amateur players and is an extremely popular string.

Ashaway grades this string as :

Playability : 100%
Durability : 95%

This pack contains one set of string which is allows you to string one racket.

This is a multicore with a single wrap string construction. As the name suggests, this string consists of a smaller multifilament core with an outer multifilament wrap. It gives enhanced playability and elasticity, with added durability and is proving a popular construction for many of the latest strings on the market.

Ashaway PowerNick 18 – Red

Features

• Tremendous power.
• Excellent tension stability all tensions.
• Superior durability and playability.
• Colour : Red.
• Gauge : 18 / 1.15mm

Ashaway’s PowerNick 18 is used by many of the worlds top professional players, including David Palmer, Nick Matthew, Lee Beechill and Ong Beng Hee. It is construction from a multi-stranded central core of Zyex filaments. The outer spiral braid provides a good gripping surface to enhance spin.

Although used by many of the top professionals, it is a string that can be used by players wanting to maximise power in their game. Offers excellent control from a firm string bed and allows for good spin generation. Due to the strenght of the Zyex fibres, PoweNick 18 must be strung 2lbs less tension than equivalent nylon strings.

Ashaway grades this string as :

Playability : 100%
Durability : 95%

This pack contains one set of string which is allows you to string one racket.

Ashaway Ultranick 18 – 1.15 – Power Blue

UltraNick still offers a fine, powerful, lightweight and durable string, just like PowerNick, but it also offers a soft feel.

This is possible due to recent advances that have produced finer Zyex filaments in the string core. According to Ashaway’s Steve Crandall, the company has begun using these to produce new multifilament core packages with increased linear density and more cross-sectional strength. The results, he said, are thinner, stronger, lighter-weight UltraNick strings which provide softer feel, more power, and improved ball control, yet still offer the well-known Zyex playing characteristics and tension holding properties.

Ashaway Ultranick 17 – 1.25 – Power Green

UltraNick still offers a fine, powerful, lightweight and durable string, just like PowerNick, but it also offers a soft feel.

This is possible due to recent advances that have produced finer Zyex filaments in the string core. According to Ashaways Steve Crandall, the company has begun using these to produce new multifilament core packages with increased linear density and more cross-sectional strength. The results, he said, are thinner, stronger, lighter-weight UltraNick strings which provide softer feel, more power, and improved ball control, yet still offer the well-known Zyex playing characteristics and tension holding properties.

Features

• Used by Rafael Nadal.
• Combination of power & durability.
• Excellent spin generation.
• Colour : Yellow.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm.

Babolat’s Pro Hurricane Tour tennis string is used by some of the world’s top tennis professionals, including Rafael Nadal. This polyester string provides the player with a combination of power, durability and enhanced spin due to its octagonal structure.

An extremely popular string and is often used as part of a hybrid set. Not recommended for people with tennis elbow.

This pack contains one set of string which is allows you to string one racket.

Babolat grade this string in the following way.

Power : 4/5
Comfort : 3/5
Durability : 4/5

Features

• The String for String Killers.
• Combines power, durability & control.
• Colour : Natural.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm.

Luxilon brand this string as ‘The String For String Killers’. It is Luxilon’s most successful string and provides the player with extreme power and durability due to the strings construction of poly-ether-ether mixed with flourocarbon.

Luxilon Big Banger Original is still used by many professionals on the tour today.

Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power

Features

• The String of the Champions.
• Combination of power and control.
• Colour : Silver.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.25mm.

Branded by Luxilon as ‘The String of the Champions’ this is the most in demand synthetic string on the professional tour.

Alu Power provides a combination of power & control unequalled by any other synthetic string. It is the professionals choice that is also available in an identical formulation to the amateur player.

A poly-ether-ether mixed with aluminium fibres, it is for players who wish to combine power & control.

Luxilon grade their string in four categories – Power, Control, Comfort and Durability

Durability : 8/10
Power : 10/10
Control : 10/10
Comfort : 9/10

Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough

Features

• Colour : Silver.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.25mm.
• The String of the Champions.
• Combination of power and control.
• Textured surface for extra spin.

Branded by Luxilon as ‘The String of the Champions’ this is the most in demand synthetic string on the professional tour. Alu Power Rough features a textured surface for players who want more grip and bite on the ball.

Alu Power Rough provides a combination of power & control unequalled by any other synthetic string. It is the professionals choice that is also available in an identical formulation to the amateur player. A poly-ether-ether mixed with aluminium fibres, it is for players who wish to combine power & control.
Textured surface for extra spin and control.

Luxilon grade their string in four categories – Power, Control, Comfort and Durability

Durability : 8/10
Power : 10/10
Control : 10/10
Comfort : 9/10

An extremely popular string amougst both the professional and amateur player. Alu Power Rough is a very durable string that shows little movement when in the racket and is impervious to atmospheric conditions. It is an ideal string for string breakers and has the added benefit of generating more spin than the standard Alu Power. This string is commonly used as the main strings as part of a hybrid string set and is used by none other than Roger Federer, along with other professional players.

Features

• Colour : Gold.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm.
• World’s most popular synthetic gut.
• Combination of durability and control.
• Part of Prince’s All Around range.

Prince Syn Gut is a great all round value for money synthetic gut / nylon string.

Prince’s synthetic gut string is a fantastic all round string and ideal for club players of all standards. It is a durable string aswell as giving the player a good level of control. Very popular.

This is one of the most commonly used constructions and consists of a thin monofilament core with a single layer of fibres twisted around the outside. The solid core gives durability and reduces tension loss, whilst the outer single wrap protects the core and improves playability of the standard monofilament string.

Prince Topspin w/Duraflex 1.38mm / 15L

Features

• Gauge : 15L / 1.38mm
• World’s most popular synthetic gut.
• Combination of durability, feel and spin.
• Textured wrap for extra spin.
• Colour : White.

Prince Topspin is a synthetic gut string with a textured wrap to help a player generate extra spin on the ball.

Prince’s synthetic gut string is a fantastic all round string and ideal for club players of all standards. It is a durable string aswell as giving the player a good level of control. Very popular. This string is for players who want to add more spin into their game.

This is one of the most commonly used constructions and consists of a thin monofilament core with a single layer of fibres twisted around the outside. The solid core gives durability and reduces tension loss, whilst the outer single wrap protects the core and improves playability of the standard monofilament string.

Pro’s Pro Synthetic 130

Features

• Great playability and durability.
• Ideal for club / recreational players.
• Excellent value for money.
• Colour : Gold.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm.

Synthetic 130 is a perfect all round tennis string for the club and recreational player. It offers a great combination of playability and durability as well as being excellent value for money. A very popular string in the Pro’s Pro range.

Brand New! The 305+ string falls directly in the middle of the 305 and X-One in all aspects of its playability.

Tecnifibre 305 Premium 16 / 1.30mm or 17 / 1.20mm

Features

• 400% elasticity for performance.
• Anti abrasion coating for durability.
• Mulitfilament construction for power.
• Colour : Green.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm : 17 / 1.20mm : 18 / 1.10mm

Tecnifibre 305 is one of the best squash strings on the market today. It is used by many of the worlds top professional players including Ramy Ashour and Alistar Walker. 305 is of multifilament construction and is combined with the highest percentage of PU (45%) for maximum comfort.

The fact that this string is used by many of the professional players on tour today speaks for itself. It is also very popular amougst high standard club players due to its great feel and control. An excellent all round string and an alternative to Ashaway’s Powernick and Supernick XL.

This is a multifilament string. This string has no centre core, but instead is made up from multifibres which are then coated for added protection. Multifilament strings are very similar in construction to Natural Gut, therefore they offer both excellent playability and shock absorption, making them a good choice with players with tennis elbow. They do however tend to lose tension more quickly than a string with a centre core.

Tecnifibre X-One Biphase 1.18mm

Features

• Used by professional players.
• Elastyl and Biphase technologies.
• Ultimate performance string.
• Colour : Red.
• Gauge : 18 / 1.18mm

Tecnifibre’s X-One Biphase is a multifilament squash string that is used by many of world’s best players including Thierry Lincou and Wael El Hindi.

This string combines both Tecnifibre’s Elastyl and Biphase technologies. Elastyl is a technology that gives the player 12% more elasticity that a standard polyamide, resulting in more power for the player and more string resistance.

The Biphase process results in the string being ‘pre-stretched’ which allows for a 20% increase in durability.

A superb squash string that, combined with Tecnifibre’s ‘PU 400 Inside’, results in a string that provides the player with ulimtate all round performance.

Features

• High quality copolymer monofilaments.
• Produces power and holds tension.
• Pentagonal structure produces spin.
• Colour : Black.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.28mm or 17 / 1.24mm

Black Code is an excellent new string from Tecnifibre’s Polyester Range.
It features a 3rd generation polyester with a pentagonal cross-section and a co-polyester core for ultimate durability.

Its key benefits are :-

Flexibility –  less shock on impact compared to 2nd generation polyesters.
Tolerant – less risk of premature breakages from off center hits due to wider sweetspot.
Spin - more spin is generated due to pentagonal structure

This string is an ideal string for hard hitters and chronic string breakers. It offers a more flexible feel than many other polyester strings on the market, producing less shock to the player. It is also an ideal string to be used as the mains in a Hybrid set.

This is a monofilament string which is a solid one piece construction of extruded polyester. Polyester strings are very durable, however they offer less feel and power to the player than other strings. A racket strung with Polyester generally loses tension more quickly, therefore many players have them strung at a higher initial tension.

Tecnifibre Pro RedCode 16 (1.30mm) / 17 (1.25mm)

Features

• Increased durability.
• High quality copolymer monofilaments.
• Excellent power and holds tension.
• Limited shock from over tension.
• Colour : Red.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm or 17 / 1.25mm.

Tecnifibre Pro RedCode is a monofilament string featuring a co-polyester core giving ultimate durability. An extra polyester coating gives increased durability over standard polyester strings and makes it easy to string. Due to a soft feel it allows for added control and holds tension well.

This string is an ideal string for hard hitters and chronic string breakers. It offers a softer feel than many other polyester strings on the market, allowing for more control to compliment the power that can be generated from the string.

Tecnifibre Multifeel 16 (1.30mm) or 17 (1.25mm)

• 400% elasticity for ultimate performance.
• Anti abrasion coating for increased durability.
• Mulitfilaments enhances dynamic performance
• Central monofilament increases durability.
• Colour : Pearl Grey.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm or 17 / 1.25mm

Multifeel uses Tecnifibre’s multifilament technology with polyester core fibres and the patented PU400 technology. This gives the player the comfort and power in a more durable string.

This is one of the most commonly used constructions and consists of a thin monofilament core with a single layer of fibres twisted around the outside. The solid core gives durability and reduces tension loss, whilst the outer single wrap protects the core and improves playability of the standard monofilament string.

If you are looking for a string that offers excellent comfort and feel, without the high price, then this would be a string to consider. Due to the comfort it provides, it is popular amougst players who suffer from tennis elbow. It also offers excellent control and durability.

Features

Crisp, comfortable feel in a traditional synthetic gut – Bi-directional X-bands for added performance.

Wilson grade their string in four categories – Power, Control, Comfort and Durability

Power : 5/11
Control : 6/11
Comfort : 6/11
Durability : 7/11

Wilson Sensation 16 (1.30mm) / 15L (1.35mm)

Features

• Wilson’s Dynelastic technology.
• Pre-stretched for tension retention.
• Dynamic elasticity ‘holds’ the ball.
• Feel and appearance of natural gut.
• Colour : Natural.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm or 15L / 1.35mm

Wilson sensation is a multifilament synthetic gut string that has been designed to offer a similar feel and appearance to that of natural gut. It is made with revolutionary dual-wrap multifilament Xycro Micro Fibres.

Supreme sensitivity comes from Wilson’s Dynelastic technology. This is an exclusive wet wrap technique that twists and wraps the fibres at the same time.

Wilson grade their string in four categories – Power, Control, Comfort and Durability

Power : 7/11
Control : 7/11
Comfort : 9/11
Durability : 7/11

If you are looking for a string that offers excellent comfort and feel, without the high price of natural gut, then this would be a string to consider. Due to the comfort it provides, it is popular amougst players who suffer from tennis elbow. It also offers excellent control and durability and is often used as the cross strings in a hybrid set

Wilson Ultra Synthetic Gut 16 / 1.30mm

Features

• Excellent value for money.
• An allround string.
• Very popular with club players.
• Colour : Natural.
• Gauge : 16 / 1.30mm.

Wilson Ultra Synthetic Gut is constructed using a sold core with a single wrap of twisted fibres. An excellent all round string offering excellent value for money.

Wilson grade their string in four categories – Power, Control, Comfort and Durability.
Power : 5/11
Control : 6/11
Comfort : 6/11
Durability : 8/11

This is a very popular all round string for the club player. It is well balanced on control and comfort and offers excellent durability. A fantastic value for money string.

Hard Feel

MULTIFILAMENT/Vectran

The high-modulus Vectran fiber is an advanced material wrapped around a strong multifilament core. Its ultra-thin gauge gives players greater power for smash shots.

Gauge: 0.68mm
Colour: Yellow

This is an extremely popular string and is suitable for all levels of play.

Yonex BG65Ti

Features

• Compound titanium hydride coating.
• Can be strung to higer tensions.
• Traditional best seller.
• Colour : White
• Gauge : 22 / 0.70mm

The Yonex BG65Ti badminton string is one of the most popular badminton strings on the market today.

This badminton string is designed for hard hitters as it is extremely durable, however still gives a comfortable feel on impact.

Repulsion Power : 7/10
Durability : 7/10
Control : 6/10
Shock Absorption : 6/10
Feeling : 9/10

Yonex Multi Filament features a super fine diameter, high durability and soft feel on impact. Multifilament string has no centre core, but instead is made up from multifibres which are then coated for added protection. Multifilament strings offer both excellent playability and shock absorption.

Yonex Nanogy 95 – 0.69mm

Features

• Carbon Nano Fiber construction.
• Can be strung to high tensions.
• Ultimate for hard hitters & control.
• Excellent durability.
• Colour : Gold.
• Gauge : 22 / 0.69mm.

Nanogy 95 is Yonex’s highest quality badminton string featuring their latest technology. This multifilament string features the Yonex Carbon Nano Fiber construction, giving the string four times more elasticity.

A nanofiber coating minimises string notching and adds durability. It is the ultimate string for hard hitters and control players and can be strung to high tensions.