Alpha - Set

I very rarely jive with soft polys because of the loss of control. But this was really different. Strung it at 50lbs in a speed MP 2026 and it had no problems redirecting big pace (4.5 level) and had nice touch and feel. I did occasionally struggle with lobs and needed to adjust a bit to have those land in. But a very happy trade off if I needed more arm comfort.

I’ll probably stick with tour m8 for now, but what an amazing string.

I bought a set of this along with tour m8 and tour sniper. Being the lesser hyped of the three, I didn’t have many expectations, but I found this played exceptionally in my pure aero. Because it’s marketed as soft, I thought it would be a good candidate to try higher tensions—worked well at 52/50, but i may try higher next time.
What i like about it: very predictable response. I get what I put into it, and if the ball is bad, there’s no ambiguity as to why. Like i said, pure aero + relatively high tension might spell discomfort, but i think it lives up to the selling point of being soft. Zero arm pain. I tried this alongside hyper g and while it doesn’t get as much spin as hyper g, I’ll gladly take the improved feel and comfort. I still felt like i got plenty of spin to dip in those deep shots.

Only negative i can think of is that it notched pretty quickly. I can’t say i’ve seen any dip in playability yet, so time will tell if the durability is good for me.

I gave this new string a try and very happy I did. I had been playing with Blackwidow and wanted a change. GS Alpha combines the ideal features for my play. I string it at 50 lbs in an Ezone 100. I am getting more spin and control and hitting more confidently as a result. The feel of the GS Alpha is softer than Blackwidow without loosing power and my 54 year old elbow appreciates a little softer impact on the elbow while still hitting crisp solid feeling shots.

This was such a hard string to control. Usually I’m able to control depth super well but if I tried hitting deep whatsoever it just went long. I felt the string was unpredictable. I consider myself a powerful baseliner, relying a lot on consistency and being aggressive on the court. With this string my consistency went through the floor. Super frustrating. One good thing I could say about it is my second serve had insane kick with it, bummer nothing else was good. Finally gave up after my 3rd session hitting with it. First string in a long time I cut out early.

Grapplesnake Alpha is a great string. I’d agree it’s a masterpiece. Me a 4.0 player formerly a multi-user, playing hybrid the previous 5 months, and now full poly with Alpha. I was looking for soft poly to transition too. Alpha offers great feel, top spin, and control. After the first 2 hours of a normal new string job, I can finally hit out without fear of overhitting. It has helped my ground strokes. I just really like the ball flight, the spin on the ball, and feel. More importantly, it is an arm friendly poly. Durability is pretty good, I get 12 hours before cutting out. I used Alpha in both hybrid set up (Multi/poly, and full bed poly) at 52/50 in both my Dunlop FX 500 Tour and SX 300 Tour. It's my go to string now and in my top 3.