Banjo appraisal

[Jess L.]

... Be prepared for the strings to stretch out approximately forever; you'll be touching up your tuning for months, probably. ...

Yup. Learned that on nylon-strung banjo.

... On the other hand, the strings also last approximately forever; I'm working with five-year-old strings on my Regal taropatch (double-strung uke), and they sound pretty much as they did when I put them on.