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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ashaway ZyMax® TX Family of Badminton Strings Off ers
Trio of Proprietary Features
-- Strings score high in recent blind playtest for durability,
control, spin, and tension holding
Ashaway’s ZyMax® TX family of badminton strings combines a trio of proprietary features to provide both
amateur and professional players a new level of playability and performance. The TX family currently
includes two strings, 68 TX and 64 TX. Both include a proprietary textured surface coating to enhance feel
and control of the shuttle. They also utilize Ashaway's proprietary BETA polymer fi bers and are constructed
using the company's special ZyWeaVe™ string core technology.
Combined, these features allow the ZyMax TX string family to off er sensational elasticity and dynamic
stiff ness for maximum shuttle speed, as well as optimum power and durability, incredible knot and shear
strength, and exceptional tension holding ability for consistent reliable performance.
The family's BETA polymer multifi lament core provides 25% greater dynamic stiff ness and elasticity than
comparable strings, and its BETA polymer braided construction provides 25% better knot and shear
strength. Ashaway's trademarked ZyWeaVe technology generates a string core that is stronger and holds
tension better than traditional badminton strings. This allows for thinner, more playable strings that perform
consistently at higher tensions throughout the life of the string.
ZyMax 68 TX is geared for professional players and advanced amateurs, as well as players desiring the du-
rability of a heavier gauge string along with better feel and control. Thinner ZyMax 64 TX is geared for those
players desiring the superior performance of a micro gauge string along with better feel and control.
In a recent playtest conducted by the European Racket Stringers Association (ERSA), 23 member playtest-
ers were given unmarked sets of ZyMax 68 TX in unmarked packages and played with them for an average
of 8.7 hours. As reported in the March 2019 issue of ERSA’s Pro Stringer magazine, no tester broke his
string during the test, and all rated the string well above average for durability, control, spin potential, and
tension maintenance. The report concluded, “The string does what it was made to do, off ers great durability
and tension control with a new textured surface.”
ERSA is an international racket sports association of stringers, shops, distributors and manufacturers with
over 3,500 members in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. ERSA off ers training
and certifi cation in badminton, squash and tennis stringing, and is considered by many to be the number 1
such organization in the world. Many tournaments request ERSA Pro Tour Stringer Certifi ed Stringers, and
some will have only ERSA Pro Tour Stringers.
ZyMax 68 TX and ZyMax 64 TX, measure 0.68
and 0.64 mm (21 and 22 gauge) respectively and
are available in white, orange and optic yellow in
both sets and reels.
For more information visit
www.ashawayusa.com.
Also, follow Steve Crandall on Instagram at
ashawayusastring.
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