I’m starting a period of testing new strings and today I had my first hit with the Luxilon Alu Power Ice Blue and I wanted to give you my first impressions.
I’ve played plenty with the traditional Luxilon Alu Power
and although I think it’s slightly overpriced, I can see why a lot of pros use it. It offers great performance and feel and plays especially great those first few hours. Similar to Babolat RPM Blast
.
The Luxilon Alu Power Ice Blue
instantly felt slightly softer and livelier than the original Alu Power. It had good ball pocketing, but I didn’t get the same spin I do with my go-to-string Solinco Hyper-G
(read my review of Solinco Hyper-G here). I also feel I get slightly more spin with the traditional Alu Power and I did miss a little bit of that crisp feel. This is of course a personal taste.
I will play with it some more before I make any judgements either or. I can already say it’s a great poly string and definitely worth a try. Will be interesting to see how long it maintains its playability, which is factor that will make a difference for a lot of recreational players. Especially since this string is more expensive than a lot of other decent poly strings.
Here’s a video from my first hitting session with it.
What do you think of the Luxilon strings? Have you tried the Ice Blue? Please comment below.
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Interested how it compares to Lux Element or RS Lyon strings.
I haven’t tried Luxilon Element, but it plays quite close to RS Lyon. I would say it has a little more bite perhaps.
Hey mate,
lookin through the tw forum and one was about fed wearing the azv X, apparently theyre on sale on this website (https://www.zalando.co.uk/nike-performance-air-zoom-vapor-x-hc-multicourt-shoes-whiteblack-vastgrey-summit-white-n1242a1do-a11.html) can you do a post on your opinions on them? (people think these are a stepback)
Have you tried the purple Lux? the 20th anniversary ones.
I have not! But I would believe it’s pretty much exactly the same as normal Alu Power and that’s just a great string. Cheers / J
Hi Aaron,
I will try if I can get a hold of them. I do like the design and comfort of the Vapor Tour series, but they’re sadly not very durable…
Cheers / Jonas
I recently tried alu power spin g17 in my friend’s pure drive tour for a couple of hits and it felt great… ball pocketing was very noticeable. Any advice on a decent poly which might offer close to the same ball pocketing and feel of alu power? Would like to try alu power but its too expensive…. currently i play hyper g g17 in my rf97. Thank you in advance
Hi Dj,
If you like Alu Power but want a cheaper option, I’d go either with RS Lyon or Weiss Cannon Silverstring (slightly softer than RS). I like both myself. They’re a bit softer than Alu Power but good strings. I also enjoy Hyper-G and like it in the Pure Drive Tour. Good luck on finding the right setup for you!
Cheers / J