Getting it done online isn't so bad, but I am guessing it will cost a fair bit to get it restrung by them once the strings have snapped again due to postage and packaging (if you want it by courier or Royal Mail). Although saying that, I have sent my racket to be repaired in a box with no racket cover (removes the weight) and no packaging using Royal Mail, and that wasn't too expensive. And I am guessing what ever method you use it will be a bit more costly that the Average Joe due to where you live. Maybe ask around at the clubs you play at and see where they get their rackets done. The stringing business is usually a word of mouth affair and best way to go. I know some people buy new rackets when the string snaps (crazy I know) but there must be some people who get their rackets restrung.

If you do get stuck, I do know of one person that restrings rackets and can do delivery, and as far as I know, he is a decent stringer too. I can give you his website address if you require it.

Regarding phoning up the retailer and asking for their advice, that is a hit and miss in my opinion. It all comes down to who you speak to, you may speak to someone who works on the shop floor or behind the counter who may know some information, or you might get the chance to speak to the person who will restring the racket who can give you more information and maybe help you pick a good tension to try. But then saying that, some stringers aren't very talkative and string at what they think is right (like I was saying in the previous post about the tension not being what was asked) and others will do exactly what you tell them and bore you to death with the finest details (stop looking at me!).

The other thing to bear in mind is that if you do get your racket redone by the retailer, or a big shop, you may get a different stringer each time. The person I would recommend to you is the only person who re-strings the rackets. Therefore, going back to what I was saying about consistency with the same stringer, you would know that if you asked for the same again, then it will feel roughly the same as before (once strings have settled if using BG65Ti and some other strings). Whereas a big retailer may have different stringers, or their is a shop in my local town who apparently send the rackets away anyway.

So just some things to be thinking about, I know it seems like a lot of hassle at the moment but if you do this at the beginning you will save so much time and money in the long run.

Oh, and whilst I think of it, you could always ask your sports centre if they know of any stringers as they may use one themselves or know of one (word of mouth see ).

I had a problem getting a decent stringer and someone I was happy with but a luck would have it I eventually went halves with a mate and we brought a stringing machine and now I have brought him out and string rackets myself. And one thing I know people like about the rackets I do for them, is that they know that they will get the same feeling as the last racket I did for them.

Good luck, and do let us know how you get on (or let me know how you get on!) 

You beat me to it Paul!

Although I think you can get a table top weight machine quite cheap ish new.

I have been tempted to buy a digital head for my machine but it’s worth about the same price as the machine! And I don’t fancy trying to break even again, took me a couple of years as it was!