Li-Ning L64 string review: a sound-effect-first 0.64mm high-elasticity option
Li-Ning L64 is a China-made 0.64 mm nylon with a loud crack and easy repulsion, and the durability score on the card is a 6 for a reason.
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Overview
Li-Ning L64 is a China-made 0.64 mm nylon with a loud crack and easy repulsion, and the durability score on the card is a 6 for a reason. The 2026 Li-Ning gear list carries it as AXJU011, a 10 m set at a China list price of 43 yuan, with a 200 m reel beside it. Retail shelves abroad have it near 8 dollars. The sets I actually bought were closer to 18–25 yuan. Construction on the spec sheet is a high-elasticity nylon core inside a high-density, high-strength nylon braid. Made in China. The printed scorecard, which matches what is on the pack, is repulsion 10, hitting sound 10, durability 6, control 9, shock absorption 9. I have not found a nano coating on that sheet, so I am not going to claim one. I have now had it at 26–27 lb two-knot on a speed frame, at 27 lb on an Astrox 88S Pro (27 mains, 29 crosses), and at 28 lb on an attack frame. The story does not change with the racket. The shuttle leaves early, the sound is the point, and how long the string lasts depends on how hard you hit.
Feel
The jacket is smooth. It is not the dry, grabby coat of a control string, and it is not mush. Hardness sits in the middle: firmer than a soft durable line, softer than a board. Air swings already whoosh. Sweet-spot contact is a clean crack, louder than L69, and not the full EXBOLT 63 explosion on every hit. Some nights it is that loud. Most nights it is simply the crispest thing in a club bag at this price. Repulsion is the other half of the sale. A light clear goes deep. On the 88S Pro, a 60–70 percent smash left like a slingshot, steep, without beating up my wrist. Flat drives are quick. They can float a little if you are late. Defence does not jar the hand the way a harsher thin string does. Compared with N65, repulsion is in the same neighbourhood, feedback is clearer, and shock absorption is a step worse. Compared with L67, the thinner gauge is faster and the short swing is crisper. Compared with L69, this is the lively one and L69 is the one that survives.
Control
Low dwell is the skill tax. The shuttle does not sit. Drops and net kills that I place by feel on a thicker string sail high until I put my fingers and wrist back in the shot. After a few sessions the landing is actually easy, including the arc of a drop, because the leave is so consistent. Rolls are fine. If your net game depends on the string holding the shuttle, L64 will annoy you for a week. The printed control score of 9 is about that consistency, not about forgiveness. I would not hand this to someone whose timing is still moving around.
Durability
The 6 on the card is the honest number, and the court time splits by workload. At 27 lb, on a main racket, about a month of normal club play: the jacket fuzzed and the core never showed. Mains stayed put more often than on other thin high-rep lines I have used. At two or three easy sessions a week, fuzz showed up inside seven days and the string had not broken. At 28 lb, and on any night of full smashes, the mains walk and the break comes sooner than it does on L69. Tension hold over a short run of matches is decent for the gauge. It is not a set-and-forget string if you hit hard four times a week. Stringers like it. The braid pulls smoothly.
Verdict
Buy L64 if you play two or three times a week, your power is moderate, and you want the sound and the free depth of a thin high-rep string without paying EXBOLT money. Skip it if you smash the shuttle to pieces, or if you want the string to fix a late swing. At the list price it is still a value string. At the 20-yuan street price it is the one I keep in the bag.
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