happy 1 year anniversary of these reviews, special message at the end!
Zipline Polyesque || B (86/100)
The string is very plush and smooth, complimented by its tightish wind that makes the string very level. This wind and thickness combine to give secure binds between OT Normal and OT Fat levels. Still too thick for me regardless, but it still feels good. Slack feel is amazing, stupidly open and well paced. It’s fairly fast in the air but doesn’t close on itself while giving a solid feel when landing in the yoyo or on your hand. Whips are amazing, fast, easy, and stable. I don’t want to dock a string on feeling too easy to use, so both qualities will begin at a perfect 5. Durability is pretty good for poly, was averagely above average if that makes sense. Had a bit of wear and then started to stabilize around the end of the hour, as far as I know it doesn’t change afterwards. Mine got a little sticky though and had trouble rubbing against itself, maybe due to the humidity in my area and my sweaty hands.
Past the hour, nothing else really changed performance-wise, but the string did feel a bit rougher like I mentioned. Still soft, but rougher. This is a fantastic casual-feeling string that’ll last a while, not much effort has to be put in for the string to feel great. Some people like the required exertion and precision of other strings. some like strings like this. I’m in both fields. Make it a bit less thick, it’s excellent for my tastes. Stats below.
Durability 30 min (4)
Durability 1 hr (4.5)
Personal Thickness Feel (3)
Whip Feel Break-In (5)
Whip Feel 1 hr (4.5) couldn’t explain why, vibes-based
Slack Feel Break-In (5)
Slack Feel 1 hr (4.5) stickyyy
Tension Hold over 1 hour overall (3.5)
Softness during break-in (5)
Overall consistency over 1 hour (4)Total: 43 x 2 = 86, 86 = B graded based on letter system (A: 100-90, B: 89-80, C: 79-70, D: 69-60, F: 60<)
Ok I have a lot to say, so i’m splitting this into two topics.
Topic 1: About a year ago, i was still fairly new and wanted to have a “thing” that i did for people in the community. part of this was because I wanted to make a place for myself, part because i felt like there was a lack of collective knowledge on strings. as this thread grew, I felt the purpose of these change from me getting my thoughts out to a genuine archival catalogue of strings, often lost to time or not spoken about. I began making friends, and I was adopted by some amazing friends who’ve helped me more than I can say.
I have a certain responsibility to everyone who’s donated string, encouraged me, disagreed with me, and read the thread (this thread has THOUSANDS of views) to continue what i do, and i’m both deeply honored and very grateful you all trust me to do this. Thanks for one, singular year.
Topic 2: pumping out reviews consistently has made this change from a passion project to a sort of homework. This time limit helped me yoyo more consistently, but it also ripped the fun out of a hobby that’s supposed to be fun. Before this feeling gets too big, I’m going to stop promising Saturday reviews and just post whenever I have the time or feel like it. I still intend on getting through everything donated, but it’ll take another year or two.
TL;DR: Thanks for a year of service, say goodbye to Saturday reviews. Thanks for reading 