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Solinco Tour Bite Review

A subtle grey string that promises real spin on the ball. does it play like heaven or hell.

Solinco was a brand I had only recently heard of, and it was refreshing to try something different apart from the mainstream options of Head, Yonex and Wilson I had become so accustomed to.

Voted “poly of the year” and “number 1 spin” product on StringForum, Solinco’s Tour Bite appears to have good credentials when it comes to spin and power.

It is also used by several ATP Pro’s, including Prajnesh Gunneswaran, a top 150 ATP singles player. Does the string live up to expectations?

Solinco Tour Bite Specification

Utilises an innovative high-powered co-polyester monofilament fibre designed and shaped to generate maximum power while amplifying the spin and intensity of the ball. Solinco’s Tour Bite Sales Pitch

String specs:

• Co-poly monofilament
• Square cross-section
• Gauges – 1.05 mm, 1.10 mm, 1.15 mm, 1.20 mm, 1.25 mm, 1.30 mm, 1.35 mm
• Colour – Light grey

Racquet Setup for Testing

I play with a Head Prestige S from 2018. Prestige racquets are Head’s series for precision and control and typically come with a smaller head size as a result. Mine has a 95 square-inch head with a 295 g unstrung weight.

It also has a 16×19 string pattern and is 0.66 points head-light. Tour Bite was strung at 55 lb with a 1.25 mm gauge, on which I also placed Head’s medium-level dampener – Pro Damp.

Solinco Tour Bite Playtest

So how did Tour Bite Rev play? Let’s take a look with a full playtest and review.

Initial Thoughts and How It Felt

I stepped onto the court with a friend to warm up in the service boxes. Even at close range, the ball had a great shape and arc over the net. My wrist relaxed, and my mind steadied as I enjoyed the easy access to topspin, hypnotically watching the gentle rise and fall.

Coincidentally the sports shop in town had run out of the white Head grip I usually bought, only having the grey version to hand, which matched nicely with the string colour.

It didn’t seem as slick as the other strings I had tested and was considerably more matt and grainy in appearance and touch.

However, stepping back onto the baseline, I noticed a lack of power.

At first, I thought it was the balls my opponent had brought. But after testing with my fresher ones, I realised the string was missing speed in a normal rally situation.

As much as I tried to swing faster or hit flatter, the impact on power was limited. The string also felt slightly stiff, and I found it more difficult to pull off delicate strokes like a soft drop-shot or pickups around the net.

It wasn’t uncomfortable, but I noticed a distinct lack in responsiveness, and at times it had the sensation of hitting with a plastic board.

Resultantly with the minimal feedback, I didn’t feel a strong connection between body and racket. The accuracy in my groundstrokes diminished as I couldn’t sense too well which part of the racket the ball had struck.

The topspin remained, though, and I was able to hit with good net clearance behind the baseline, with a satisfyingly high bounce afterwards.

Another thing I was impressed by was the amount of backspin the string generated. The ball dug into the ground and stayed low.

It made for a piercing shot, using the backhand slice to go deep into my opponent’s side of the court, whereas before the stroke would have been used more in a defensive scenario.

How It Played

On the forehand side, the extra topspin was useful in defensive and neutral scenarios. It bided me time if I was fatigued to send a higher shot over the net and gather myself for the next shot.

The taller bounce also made it difficult for my opponent to rally and build momentum. The weaker responses from the high topspin enabled me to come forward and volley the ball away or step inside the baseline and take the ball on the rise for an aggressive play.

I rarely found myself making an error by hitting the ball beyond the baseline, as the spin kept my shots in nicely.

However, if I wanted to hit a flat ball or create a sharper angle with less topspin, the lack of power meant that my opponent could instead come forward and attack.

The extra effort I put in trying to add more speed to the ball sometimes tired me out and made me make unforced errors out-wide, with power overcoming accuracy.

Essentially, I only had one rally speed to play at. It was not impossible to hit a hard, flat shot, but it was nowhere near as fast with other strings and occasionally did not end the point; my opponent had time to make a get and extend the rally.

On the backhand side, it was a similar story, where a topspin shot bounced high and kept me in the rally, but a flatter shot sucked the power out and put me at a disadvantage.

One pleasant surprise was the impact of the extra backhand spin on tactical variation. Whereas before, I had only used the slice for mostly defence, the spin on the backhand side was so aggressive I felt more confident to really go for the shot, landing the ball deep in my opponent’s side and keeping low, making for an attacking play.

This gave me additional opportunities to win the point outright or make further trips to the net and end with a volley.

With volleying itself, I found no significant advantage or disadvantage that noticeably impacted the game. Slice volleys were perhaps slightly more effective than their punch counterparts, again due to the low bounce.

Though there was a problem with accuracy from the baseline, it did not arise at the net because the targets were closer and more open to hit at.

Despite the boost in spin, the lack of feel made drop-shots and softer volleys a risky play – either landing on my side of the net or overshooting and sitting up for my opponent to attack.

A flat serve was decent, though if there were a slight error in technique, it would result in a short, soft ball that immediately put me on the defensive.

When it came to serving, a slice or a kick out-wide were rewarded again with the extra spin and are probably your best bet when playing with this string.

Durability and Price

The string’s snapback was slightly below average – the absence of slickness meant I had to move the strings back into position at times but not frequently so despite a small diminishment in snapback, the square cross-section appears to have maintained and boosted topspin.

I noticed no loss of tension, and it was consistent in its play over the two days. The cost of the string is $11.99 (£8.95) for a 12 m set which is great value to an advanced player looking for more spin and reasonably affordable for an intermediate or beginner player seeking a hybrid setup.

Beginners or intermediates with a non-hybrid setup may find the string is not worth purchasing unless bought out of curiosity.

Who Is This String For?

The easy access to spin, diminishment in power and loss of accuracy all point to the same conclusion – this string is really meant for professional or advanced players.

While the technology of the string provides extra bite, the deficiencies are made up by the features of an advanced player’s game. Strength and conditioning, heavier racquets and looser tensions supply the speed, while practice, training and raw talent provide the accuracy.

This helps to explain why Tour Bite has been well received in the past but has been found difficult to play with by an intermediate club player like myself.

That is not to say that club players should be afraid of trying out the string. If you are of a big build and play frequently, you may well have the power and accuracy to make this string an effective way to increase spin without limiting other parts of your game.

Intermediate or beginner players might benefit from having a hybrid setup by putting Tour Bite in the crosses and having an all-around string in the mains for balance.

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Final Thoughts

Though most string packets have “power” as a feature for marketability, this string does not deliver on that promise.

It is really meant for advanced players as Solinco Tour Bite can add a great amount of spin to your game as long as power and accuracy can be found elsewhere.

This string also looks to be an interesting option when considering hybrid setups for all levels.

• Great spin on both wings, useful for defence and tactical variation
• Price is very reasonable
• Underpowered
• Loss of accuracy
• Feedback is minimal

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Have you tried Solinco Tour Bite? Have any questions about it? Let me know in the comments below.

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So it’s rather a warning “don’t buy or you are a brand collector? The article tells much about your player’s competence, so I would rely on your experience and never buy Solinco. I guess, you just bought it out of curiosity and to have a material for an article, right?

Solinco is the brand, they make some great strings. Confidential is one of my favourites.

Tour Bite is a pretty stiff poly so I wouldn’t recommend it for most players in a full bed, tbh I don’t think many players should use polyester, it’s just been a trend.

They do a Tour Bite Soft which is more arm friendly…

@Jonathan Some news about Fed’s surgery? Who will play Fed’s role at RLC? I heard recently, Medvedev will play RLC, but who else? And will Medvedev be the team leader? No Fed. No Rafa. No Thiem. Who will follow the tournament in Europe?

SRF published an article today, he is just rehabbing and says the worst is behind him…

Europe is Medvedev, Ruud, Tsistipas, Zverev, Rublev and Berrettini.

It will be interesting to see if it does well with crowds and tv ratings. It’s a good lineup but none of the big three. Maybe Fed fans will watch out of loyalty/fear of it flopping because he’s not there.

I think I will watch some of it, bit of a time difference which means night sessions are not possible. It is not clashing with anything though.

Who is SRF??? 😉 Sir Roger Federer? Well, just hit the right day to ask 🙂 Re RLC Strong team Europe. The leader in terms in terms of relation with Fed and own carisma should be Zverev, no? If exciting matches are to be expected, depends more on who will play for World. If Fed is just rehabbing, he could somehow appear there to play his usual master role 🙂 Crutches don’t make his appearance impossible. Could even use crutches to hold discipline in the team 😉

Damn! Who is “Jio´nathan”??? Can’t you add the very very small plugin to give the author of the comment to edit his/her crazy spelling errors???

Cheers for the review Alex.

I put Tour Bite on the crosses with a Gamma string on the mains in the Blade 98 v8 I demoed recently .

I think it will work ok in a hybrid setup, not my favourite as Luxilon ALU Power just feels nicer. Maybe I should have put it on the mains though.

Absolutely – I think for the price, if a player was looking for a bit more spin, Tour Bite would be a no-brainer in a hybrid.

And my pleasure! 🙂

@PRF – https://twitter.com/ThiemDomi/status/1441402070188367872

What does Thiem mean about the media here?

One thing is official. Alex Stober does not work for Thiem anymore. I’m rather cautious with news coming from media known from publishing gossips. One of such gossips was just published of late, allegedly coming from interview given by Stober to tennis.com about unfair way of splitting. But … I could not find this interview on tennis.com. So actually only secondary information about the issue. What I can guess only is, there was something weird during Thiem’s recovery, as he was allowed to take off the splint and start to hit. In few days after next news was, he felt pain and after consultation with doctors it was decided to wear splint over many weeks more , surgery not excluded. This was a huge setback, making him end the season. And this could eventually be a matter of conflict with Stober, because probably he was just expected to decide, if Thiem can start hitting or not. Right now only insiders could tell, what’s going on, but you know how many call themselves “insiders”, while only speculating. I can may speculate but would never present myself as an insider. I don’t have a source for such information. As this resulted in secondary comments even in rather serious Austrian media, Thiem decided, he will explain the whole thing to the media (after wanting to keep the thing private), so maybe we will get this explanation. It was similar with Bresnik split. Lots of speculative comments, presented like they had a hard background. But nobody knows, maybe even Bresnik and Thiem, what actually happened. Thiem is a strong family man. And Bresnik wrote in his book himself, the main factor of Thiem’s starting pro career, were just parents, not him. Thiem’s family seems to be a good one and in case of doubts Thiem would always stay with the family. We will never know deepest details, because Thiem is not eager for the world to know his privacy. IMO Thiem has outstanding integrity, but nobody i perfect. That’s all I know so far and m only trouble is, who will replace Stober. Because it seemed to be a very good and deep relation and Stober is meant to be one of the best physios worldwide. In the meantime Thiem also replaced Mike Reinprecht by Jez Green as a fitness conditioner. It’s all additionally complicated by pandemic travelling restrictions, because actually Thiem’s favorite fitness coach is Duglas Cordero (friend of Massú). That’s quite all I can speculate. I’m not very excited about the thing. More important is, if and when he would have the surgery, but I hope, this is in the hands of independent doctors 🙂

As I expected, Federer came to Boston and makes the atmosphere in Team Europe. Not sure it still using crutches, probably no more 🙂 So a kind of good news! Do you know who streams RLC in Europe?

Well, just found, it’s available on Eurosport. So I will watch later a bit from replies to see Federer there 🙂

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A newly developed, high-performance and versatile co-polyester string designed to generate extreme power and intense spin and bite.

Utilizes an innovative, high-powered co-polyester monofilament fiber designed and shaped to generate maximum power while amplifying the spin and bite intensity of the ball.

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Solinco Tour Bite String Review

Solinco has become one of the most popular brands on the string market and their best-seller is the square-shaped spin machine, Solinco Tour Bite. Here is my Solinco Tour Bite string review that deals with both Tour Bite and Tour Bite Soft strings.

For this review, I tested Solinco Tour Bite in both a HEAD pro stock TGT 293.2 (IG Prestige MP mold) and the Wilson Clash Tour . In a more control-oriented string bed, I string it at 22 kg and in the 100 sq inches of the Clash, I went for 25 kg for better control. I have tested Solinco Tour Bite Soft in several different racquets, but prefer it in a slightly tighter string bed. It played great in my HEAD Graphene 360 Radical Pro for example.

Solinco Tour Bite String Review – How does it play?

Solinco Tour Bite is a firm poly for players looking for control and spin. If you struggle to generate your own pace or suffer from some kind of elbow/wrist concern, it is not the string for you. But if you are an advanced player who likes to swing hard but still retain good control, the Solinco Tour Bite is one of the best strings on the market .

Personally, I like firm and controlled strings so the Tour Bite works great for me. I liked it both in the Clash Tour and the HEAD pro stock I was testing it in. The low stiffness of the Clash and the firmness of the Tour Bite string is simply an excellent combo that makes you feel connected on every shot. Also, Tour Bite has above average durability for shaped poly strings and with a string-breaker such as the Clash racquet, it still played okay after the 8-hour mark.

In the more controlled Prestige racquet, you definitely need to string it lower to open up better power and feel. At 22 kg, I felt like I could place the ball on a dime and I could see why the pro player I was hitting with uses it as his go-to setup. Even with the tighter 18×20 pattern, the ball gets some decent spin thanks to the shape of the Tour Bite string.

Durability is slightly above average for a poly string. Stiffer strings tend to last longer and Solinco Tour Bite is definitely crisp enough to remain playable in your racquet for around 10-12 hours. This all depends on how hard you hit, how much spin you put on the ball and how open the string pattern on your racquet is.

Solinco Tour Bite String Review – Solinco Tour Bite Soft

If you think that the regular Solinco Tour Bite might be too firm for you, you can always try Solinco Tour Bite Soft, which is a far more comfortable and slightly more powerful string. It does not have quite the durability of the original Tour Bite, but it gives you good spin and control and a far more comfortable response.

Solinco Tour Bite Soft is a perfect string in a crisper, control-oriented racquet such as the HEAD Graphene 360 Radical Pro I reviewed last week. It gave the racquet some extra pop and comfort that I thought it needed and still retained the control that I really appreciated about the racquet. I could string it low and get a nice arch on the ball with consistent delivery.

I think the Solinco Tour Bite Soft is a great choice for players looking for a control-oriented string that is more gentle on the arm than firmer polys.

The durability depends on the racquet, the conditions, how hard and with how much spin you hit. I would say Solinco Tour Bite Soft is not the most durable and plays kind of like a multifilament string when it comes to tension maintenance.

Solinco Tour Bite String Review – Summary

Solinco create some of my favorite strings. I previously reviewed Solinco Hyper-G very positively and this time I am happy to have written about both Solinco Tour Bite and Solinco Tour Bite Soft. Tour Bite is a great choice for the more advanced player looking for spin and control, while Tour Bite Soft is the more comfortable but less durable option. I would say Tour Bite Soft has a large audience from intermediate to advanced players.

My choice of string depends a lot on the racquet, but in the Wilson Clash Tour I really appreciated the control and spin that Solinco Tour Bite gave me. Simply a top string!

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Hi Jonas, between Solinco tour bite soft and Volkl Cyclone tour, would yo say they are similar?

Hi Lucas, I think you get more control with the Tour Bite and that is why I prefer it. But you do get more power with the Cyclone Tour.

Hi! Could you do a review of angell hallo 2 string? It would be nice! Hugs

I’ve been using Tour bite in the crosses with HDX Tour in the mains on a Wilson Ultra Tour at about 51Lbs. I have to beg the stringer carefully distribute the crosses so as to avoid notching the mains. If Solinco could engineer a hybrid setup with Tour Bite, that would be great.

There is a Tour Bite + Vanquish Hybrid out there! :)

Hi Jonas, I discovered your blog while I was looking for news on the new Radical Pro. I had the chance to test it for 3 days, and it definitely became my racquet! I came from a Speed ??Pro Graphene 360 ??but with Radical I felt more at ease, and I gained in power with less effort, and without losing anything in control.

Curiosity on the strings that you recommend: the Tour Bite Soft with what caliber? 1.20 or 1.25?

Hi Jonas. Love your content! I play with RS Lyon 1.25 in Blade 98 18×20. If I want same feel but more spin, should I try TB Soft 1.25 or TB in thinner gauge?

Hi, Yes, try it in 1.20 and you will feel a difference! Cheers / J

Hi Jonas, I very much appreciate your reviews ? After reading your review I bought the Wilson Ultra Tour. Would you recommend the Tour Bite Soft for the Wilson Ultra Tour?

Hi Stephan, Thanks! Yes, the Tour Bite Soft would be a good choice for the Ultra Tour!

PS. If you feel like my advice is really useful, please consider becoming a patron for $2 or more at patreon.com/tennisnerd DS.

I tried for the first time the Radical Pro with Head Lynx 1.25 strings: excellent feedback, great power (without too much effort as instead the Speed ??Pro required me) combined with control and a good spin. Then try your setup – Solinco Tour Bite Soft – but at 1.25 and not 1.20 as you suggest now. And compared to the Lynx the racquet seemed to me, as it were, more dull, less reactive and less powerful. They are only subjective sensations that depend on my tennis, or instead to go from 1.25 to 1.20 would fill the differences I felt with the Lynx?

PS: it must be said that with the Lynx I felt a little discomfort in my arm, perhaps it made me feel all the rigidity of my racquet …

I think you will feel a difference with a different gauge of string. You have to experiment a bit and see what works for you. The best way to mute vibrations from a racquet is by using a stiff and heavy racquet with a low string tension.

Thanks for the answer … Following the hypothesis of experimenting, how do you see the Solinco Hyper G? Still on the new Radical Pro of course. And possibly what gauge? I am also tempted to try Head Velocity to gain in power and comfort…

Love Hyper-G. Try it in 1.20 gauge.

Jonas, Love your reviews. Thanks for doing them. Just finished testing the Wilson Clash Tour from TW and believe I am ready to go with it. The demo had Luxilon 4G at 51 lb. When I called them yesterday, they recommended the new Technifibre Ice Code White -16g. Do you know anything about this string and how it might compare to the Tourbite and Tourbite Soft?

Thanks a lot! I have heard good things about Ice Code White and one of my tennis friends are doing a review for Tennisnerd as we speak. I haven’t tested it myself so can’t really comment on the playability, but seems like a good string!

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A newly developed, softer high-performance and versatile polyester string designed to offer more control while still generating extreme power and intense spin and bite.

Utilizes a newly developed softening chemical composition with the high-powered polyester monofilament fiber designed and shaped to generate maximum power while amplifying the spin and bite intensity of the ball.

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Solinco Tour Bite utilizes an innovative, high-powered polyester monofilament fiber designed and shaped to generate maximum power while amplifying the spin and bite intensity of the ball.

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Solinco Tour Bite 16L/1.25 Tennis String Reel (Silver)

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Solinco Tour Bite is a co-polyester shaped string with plenty of bite and spin potential. Tour Bite has a monofilament construction and square shape which is what gives players the necessary control and spin to dominate the court. One of the most popular tennis strings in all of college tennis, this string bites into the ball to give you more depth and dive on your shots. Players that want to take big cuts at the ball can really go aft.er their shots thanks to Tour Bite's low power, which comes from its monofilament and polyester construction. Overall, Solinco Tour Bite is a low powered and spin friendly string that lets you go for big shots.

Solinco Tour Bite 16L/1.25 Tennis String Reel (Silver) Specs:

• Diameter: 1.25 mm.
• Composition: Co-Polyester
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• Colour: Silver
• Length: 656 ft. / 200 m.
• Product Code: 812753010287

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What is the best gauge for Solinco Tour Bite?

• Thread starter Fyrepower
• Start date Aug 19, 2012
• Aug 19, 2012

I am planning on getting a set of Solinco Tour bite and was wondering what was the best gauge with the best spin and the tension maintenance.  

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An open-ended question... 16g is best for tension maintenance, 18g is best for spin, so you're going to need to compromise somewhere. The real question is what's best for your game and your racquet. A little more info about your playing style and history, your current string setup and what you're looking to improve/change about it might help.  

I cut out tour bite after a week. There was little tension on the string left (meaning the mains at the cut sprung back about 1cm-1.5cm total after the cut). They played satisfactory that way. I was told that thinner strings hold tension better and that they also give more spin. The tradeoff is that the break easier. Tour bite seems to be a durable string IMO. It can play dead after some time like any other poly.  

It is generally accepted that the trend for tension maintenance in regards to gauge of the string is: the thinner the string, the less tension maintenance. Having tried all of the gauges of tour bite multiple times, The 1.30 mm has the most control and is the most durable. It retains its original playing characteristics and tension the longest. The control decreases, as does the tension maintenance, durability, and time before the decline in playability, as the diameter decreases. The spin and power aspects rise while this happens also. It's not very drastic until the 1.15 gauge. Durability was terrible, but spin was incredible, and pretty much everything clicked. Loads of power for a polyester and more than enough spin to make up for the lack of "hit as hard as you want" control in the higher gauges, 1.30 especially. The sad part was that I broke it in just over an hour. I got 8 hours out of the 1.25 and 12 hours from the 1.30. Basically, if you're playing poly, you can't have the best spin and tension maintenance together. To finally answer your question, The 1.25 and 1.30 maintain tension and playing characteristics better than the other two, and spin is nothing to scoff at either. I almost got too much from the thinner gauges, and there was plenty to be had at the thicker gauges.  

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• Aug 20, 2012

i found the 1.25 much stiffer than the 1.30.... bear that in mind  

I agree with Federerkblade. I played with 1.25 for quite a bit and nothing beats TB 1.20. I have since played with 1.20 and I'm not even thinking of going to a thicker gauge. Be warned though, if you hit with a fair amount of pace and top spin, then you'll go thru a full bed of 1.20 in 4 to 6 hours, 8 hours tops (that's what I've found for my game at least) but the playability and feel of the thinner gauge are worth it IMO. Do you string your own or do you rely on a shop?  

the_faceless_player

Their 19G Tour Bite has great feel and spin but seems to lack a bit of power compared to the 17 or 18 I have played before. With the 19, I felt my shots weren't getting as deep into the court as with the thicker gauges.  

DavidNERODease

17g/1.20 for me - but I generally find that 17g is better overall for any poly. The 18g was really good as well but I missed the longer lasting crispness of the 17.  

• Aug 21, 2012

jxrojas said: I agree with Federerkblade. I played with 1.25 for quite a bit and nothing beats TB 1.20. I have since played with 1.20 and I'm not even thinking of going to a thicker gauge. Be warned though, if you hit with a fair amount of pace and top spin, then you'll go thru a full bed of 1.20 in 4 to 6 hours, 8 hours tops (that's what I've found for my game at least) but the playability and feel of the thinner gauge are worth it IMO. Do you string your own or do you rely on a shop? Click to expand...

Federerkblade said: Is the 1.20 better than 1.30 Click to expand...

I never buy polys bigger than 1.25 unless they're no longer available which is a rarity. The reason being is that polys don't "break" but they lose tension, so I think it best to get the thinner string for the better overall perfomance and feel while also being at the same price - no matter what thickness, they all tend to have the same lifeline before they start to lose tension, or that's my experience at least.  

EasternRocks

• Feb 23, 2015

Federerkblade said: i found the 1.25 much stiffer than the 1.30.... bear that in mind Click to expand...

The Big Kahuna

• Feb 24, 2015

Stringforum.net ranks all Tour Bite strings for OVERALL performance in this order: http://www.stringforum.net/stringsearch.php?start=0&sorttype=Gesamt&limit=30&minbew=10&details=1&search=Tour%20bite 1) 16 2) 18 3) 17  

• Feb 25, 2015

The Big Kahuna said: Stringforum.net ranks all Tour Bite strings for OVERALL performance in this order: http://www.stringforum.net/stringsearch.php?start=0&sorttype=Gesamt&limit=30&minbew=10&details=1&search=Tour%20bite 1) 16 2) 18 3) 17 Click to expand...

16L is my favorite for TB Soft. 16 is too big, 17 has too high of a launch angle.  

anubis said: 16L is my favorite for TB Soft. 16 is too big, 17 has too high of a launch angle. Click to expand...

Bionic Poster

I like 16. Not L, that doesn't last. Not 17, it plays like TIN and needs more tension. Does bite well.  

LeeD said: I like 16. Not L, that doesn't last. Not 17, it plays like TIN and needs more tension. Does bite well. Click to expand...

I have tried 16L & 17G, but 16G works best for me and is my current favorite poly.  

• Feb 26, 2015

I may be inclined to see the differences between 16 and 16L for myself and see if the #'s are correct or not.  

• Mar 10, 2015

16L vs 17 any body?  

• Mar 14, 2015

I can confirm that after speaking with TW on the phone, the lab results are indeed accurate and that the 16L plays the stiffest out of all the gauges. Must be something in the composition of the string versus the thicker 16 that makes it play more board like.  

• Mar 17, 2015

Apparently, TB when in the package is thicker than the gauge listed. For example, according to TWU, the 16 gauge is 1.34 out of the package and then 1.30 after being strung. Similarly, RSI shows that the 17 and 18 gauges are thicker out of the package, and get to the 1.20/1.15 mm range after being strung. Keep this in mind people. Thus, a 17/1.20 TB is basically a 16L or 17 (1.25) string in other companies.  

TobyTopspin

I have a few sets of the new 15L guage coming in soon. It should be a fun hit.  

TobyTopspin said: I have a few sets of the new 15L guage coming in soon. It should be a fun hit. Click to expand...

EasternRocks said: 16L vs 17 any body? Click to expand...

netlets said: I was using 17 for a while and found the tension maintenance to be pretty bad. I would have to cut the strings out too soon - under two weeks. With the 16L I found better tension maintenance and more control with plenty of spin. By far my preference, and I used 17g for about a year until the last 12 months where I switched. Background info since it applies: I have a semi western FH and not as much spin on my BH, but still a good amount of spin. I string at 49lbs with the Babolat Pure Drive Play and am a 5.0 player. Click to expand...

Tennis_monster21

• Mar 18, 2015

Not trying to kill the tour bite vibe, but I've tried almost every gauge and I have just hated every one. Feels like I'm playing with tin of some sort. Not sure why everyone is so big about these strings but whatever floats your boat, right?  

The key to power, resilientcy, and smoothness is not KIND or GAUGE of tourbite, but your string tension. The tension range seems to be somewhere between 35 and 51 lbs, and no more.  

Nostradamus

Lefty78 said: An open-ended question... 16g is best for tension maintenance, 18g is best for spin, so you're going to need to compromise somewhere. The real question is what's best for your game and your racquet. A little more info about your playing style and history, your current string setup and what you're looking to improve/change about it might help. Click to expand...

• Mar 20, 2015

Nostradamus said: i remember trying this long time ago. not sure if i tried 19 G or 18 G. i thought it was little bit too trampoline effect. is this shaped poly ? also i thought it was inferior to Babolat RPM blast.... Click to expand...

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