Welcome to the Rapid Repairs Stringing Service.

Rapid Repairs offers one of the most advanced and experienced stringing services in the UK.
We combine leading edge stringing equipment with extensive racket stringing experience and knowledge to ensure our restrings are of the highest quality.

There are so many different Tennis, Squash & Badminton strings to choose from that the player can be confused and sometimes misled. Our string selections are well tried & tested and cover all areas of demand.
If your favourite string is not on our list, we are happy to access it on your behalf.

Click on the racket type of your choice below to find out more about our Stringing service for that sport.

TENNIS

BADMINTON

SQUASH

Post rackets to:-	Rapid Repairs,
	1 East Links Road,
	Gullane,
	East Lothian,
	EH31 2AF

Some of our better known customers. Badminton, Robert Blair, Susan Hughes, Russell Hogg, Yuan Wemyss, Dan Travers, Kenny Middlemiss, Sandra Watt, Christine Black. Squash, Pamela Nimmo, Martin Heath. Tennis, John McEnroe, Peter Fleming, Henri Leconte, Ilie Nastase, Tracy Austin, Virginia Wade, Chanda Reubens, Conchita Martinez, Jimmy Connors, Gigi Fernandes, Lindsey Reilly. Manufacturers, Yonex & Wilson. Organisations, Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), Scottish Lawn Tennis Association (SLTA), Scottish Badminton Union (SBU).

Durability
Very durable main strings and more elastic cross strings - an ideal combination for string breakers.

POA
POA
POA
POA
POA

Durability
Solid, often single strand string made from either polyester or polyether.

POA
POA

All Round Performance
The most common string construction. The core reduces tension loss and aids durability, the wrap enhances playability.

PRINCE SYN GUT DURAFLEX
WILSON EXTREME SYN GUT
TECNIFIBRE SYN GUT

POA
POA
POA

Solid Core & double wrap strings

Performance
The extra wrap gives a softer feel and a better playability.

BABOLAT POWERGY

POA

Multifilament Core with wrap strings

Playability
The combination of a multifilament core and outer wrap gives outstanding performance.

WILSON NXT
WILSON SENSATION
HEAD PERFECT CONTROL
HEAD INTELLISTRING

POA
POA
POA
POA

Multifiliment strings

Playability
These strings have no solid core but are made up of 1000 plus filaments coated in polyurethane.

TECNIFIBRE TOURNAMENT
YONEX 850 PRO

POA
POA

Natural gut strings

Playability
The ultimate in power, performance and feel.

BABOLAT VS TOUCH

POA

Multifilament Core with wrap strings

All our popular badminton strings are of the above construction - for badminton they are better than all strings other than natural gut.

Durability

POA
POA

All Round Performance

YONEX BG 65 TITANIUM
YONEX BG 65
ASHAWAY RALLY 21

POA
POA
POA

Playability

ASHAWAY MICROLEGEND XL
YONEX BG 68 TITANIUM

POA
POA

Natural gut strings

Playability
The ultimate in power, performance and feel.

BABOLAT VS TOUCH

POA

How well a badminton string plays or how long it lasts depends on the string gauge and number of filaments in the core - more filaments and thinner gauge = better performance but poorer durability.

String thickness:

Rally 20	0.85mm	Rally 21 and Flex 21	0.75mm	Microlegend XL	0.73mm
BG 65 and 65Ti	0.70mm	BG 68Ti	0.68mm

Filaments:

Rally 20 and Rally 21

1000 filaments

Flex 21

2000 filaments

Microlegend XL

5000 filaments

Yonex - Information currently unavailable.

Construction

Benefits

String Name

Price

Monofilament
Strings

Durability
Solid, often single strand string made from either polyester or polyether.

POA

Solid Core & single wrap strings

All Round Performance
The most common string construction. The core reduces tension loss and aids durability, the wrap enhances playability.

PRINCE SYN GUT DURAFLEX
WILSON EXTREME SYN GUT
TECNIFIBRE SYN GUT

POA
POA
POA

Solid Core & double wrap strings

Performance
The extra wrap gives a softer feel and a better playability.

BABOLAT POWERGY

POA

Multifilament Core with wrap strings

Playability
The combination of a multifilament core and outer wrap gives outstanding performance.

ASHAWAY SUPERNICK TI
ASHAWAY SUPERNICK XL
TECNIFIBRE DURAMIX

POA
POA
POA

ASHAWAY POWER NICK ***

POA

Multifiliment strings

Playability
These strings have no solid core but are made up of 1000 plus filaments coated in polyurethane.

TECNIFIBRE X-ONE / 18 GAUGE
TECNIFIBRE CLASSIC 315

POA
POA

Natural gut strings

Playability
The ultimate in power, performance and feel.

BABOLAT VS TOUCH

POA