What do you use for Drop C

I can't be the only guy around here bringing the big low end with a drop C (CGCF) tuning on my 4 string bass.
Tell me about the brand, style, and gauge of strings you use if you use drop C tunings on any of your basses.

Currently I buy a heavy (.110-.050) DR Hi-Beams set and an extra .120, then toss the .110, giving me a custom set of .120, .090, .070, .050. I'm thinking about moving to Lo-riders for a little extra tension without adding thickness to the string.
In the past I tried D'Addario's "balanced" set, but they died very quickly. I usually can get months out of a set and these lasted weeks.
I recently tried a custom set of Ernie Ball Slinky strings (.125, .090, .070, .050) that were super mellow, but they actually sort of worked on the bass I put them on.
I'm REALLY tired of having to custom order sets because it always pushes my shipping dates out, sometimes a week or two.

 

I am curious to hear from people that have used the DR DDT and Dunlop Heavy Core strings.

 

Sets for D standard are a cake walk. Any .110 set will do. Drop D with a .105 set is pretty easy too. The whole step drop on the E string from a standard D to C messes everything up. I want to get a conversation going about how people handle the difficulties of a tuning that is common in some forms of music, but that isn't being supported by string companies at all.
I want to hear the creative ways people have gotten around this obstacle.

 

Generally I like using Hi-Beams but I've been wondering lately if at that tuning I shouldn't be using something else. I'm also having a heck of a time getting DR singles.

 

Wow! Do you have your action set really high? I would think that would make a heck of a racket on your frets.

 

I'm guessing this is a custom order set. I don't even see some of those gauges listed as part of the sets.
Where do you get your strings?

 

That's where I generally order my strings from. The place is less than an hour away from me.

 

I'm rezzing my own thread. I still need a better solution to this. I can't seem to find a set that has the right gauges, and no matter what angle I go at this from its going to take 1-2 weeks for me to get my strings. That's just too much lead time to be reliable if something happens and I need a string now.
It seems really ridiculous that with the modern rock market the way it is, string manufactures haven't figured out that people are using drop tunings and making specialized sets. A .125\.120 .090 .070 .050 set is perfect for me but I can't seem to get it without spending $40 and wasting strings, or waiting for stock to come in.