Aquila reds stretch so much for me in the first two weeks I usually need to rewind the C string to reduce the number of windings building up on the tuning shaft.
Definitely normal, yes. Different materials and brands settle at different speeds. Of the ones I've tried (not many, just different Worth, Martin and Aquila), the Martin M600 settled the fastest (couple days).
Yep, and that's why you should always give string a good chance before deciding weather they work for you or not. I have had strings turn out to be favorites after I let them settle in real good. Almost wrote them off before that.
Well after playing (well messing about) for around 1 hour last night and this morning and retuning time and time again seem to be settling in .
Thanks for replying