diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/StringCodec.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/StringCodec.java
index af64835e34..db9eda9ebd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/StringCodec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/StringCodec.java
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
-import java.nio.charset.*;
+import java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.CoderResult;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import io.lettuce.core.internal.LettuceAssert;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
@@ -100,6 +104,16 @@ public int estimateSize(Object keyOrValue) {
         return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEstimateExact() {
+
+        if (ascii) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return ToByteBufEncoder.super.isEstimateExact();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void encodeValue(String value, ByteBuf target) {
         encode(value, target);
@@ -186,8 +200,8 @@ public void encode(String str, ByteBuf target) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Calculate either the maximum number of bytes a string may occupy in a given character set or
-     * the average number of bytes it may hold.
+     * Calculate either the maximum number of bytes a string may occupy in a given character set or the average number of bytes
+     * it may hold.
      */
     int sizeOf(String value, boolean estimate) {
 
@@ -205,4 +219,5 @@ int sizeOf(String value, boolean estimate) {
 
         return (int) maxBytesPerChar * value.length();
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/ToByteBufEncoder.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/ToByteBufEncoder.java
index beedc8cd34..c3faea4596 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/ToByteBufEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/codec/ToByteBufEncoder.java
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ public interface ToByteBufEncoder<K, V> {
     int estimateSize(Object keyOrValue);
 
     /**
-     * Returns true if {@link ToByteBufEncoder#estimateSize(Object)} returns exact size
-     * This is used as an optimisation to reduce memory allocations when encoding data
+     * Returns {@code true} if {@link #estimateSize(Object)} returns exact size This is used as an optimization to reduce memory
+     * allocations when encoding data.
      *
-     * @return true if {@link ToByteBufEncoder#estimateSize(Object)} returns exact size
+     * @return {@code true} if {@link #estimateSize(Object)} returns exact size.
+     * @since 6.3.2
      */
     default boolean isEstimateExact() {
         return false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandArgs.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandArgs.java
index 3563bbaab2..b32b8edaa6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandArgs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandArgs.java
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ static void writeInteger(ByteBuf target, long value) {
 
     static class IntegerCache {
 
-        static final IntegerArgument cache[];
+        static final IntegerArgument[] cache;
 
-        static final IntegerArgument negativeCache[];
+        static final IntegerArgument[] negativeCache;
 
         static {
             int high = Integer.getInteger("io.lettuce.core.CommandArgs.IntegerCache", 128);
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ static void writeString(ByteBuf target, char[] value) {
             IntegerArgument.writeInteger(target, value.length);
             target.writeBytes(CRLF);
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
-                target.writeByte((byte) value[i]);
+            for (char c : value) {
+                target.writeByte((byte) c);
             }
             target.writeBytes(CRLF);
         }
@@ -681,29 +681,7 @@ static <K, V> KeyArgument<K, V> of(K key, RedisCodec<K, V> codec) {
         void encode(ByteBuf target) {
 
             if (codec instanceof ToByteBufEncoder) {
-
-                ToByteBufEncoder<K, V> toByteBufEncoder = (ToByteBufEncoder<K, V>) codec;
-
-                if (toByteBufEncoder.isEstimateExact()) {
-                    target.writeByte('$');
-
-                    IntegerArgument.writeInteger(target, toByteBufEncoder.estimateSize(key));
-                    target.writeBytes(CRLF);
-
-                    toByteBufEncoder.encodeKey(key, target);
-                    target.writeBytes(CRLF);
-                } else {
-                    ByteBuf temporaryBuffer = target.alloc().buffer(toByteBufEncoder.estimateSize(key) + 6);
-
-                    try {
-
-                        toByteBufEncoder.encodeKey(key, temporaryBuffer);
-                        ByteBufferArgument.writeByteBuf(target, temporaryBuffer);
-                    } finally {
-                        temporaryBuffer.release();
-                    }
-                }
-
+                CommandArgs.encode(target, (ToByteBufEncoder<K, K>) codec, key, ToByteBufEncoder::encodeKey);
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -737,27 +715,7 @@ static <K, V> ValueArgument<K, V> of(V val, RedisCodec<K, V> codec) {
         void encode(ByteBuf target) {
 
             if (codec instanceof ToByteBufEncoder) {
-
-                ToByteBufEncoder<K, V> toByteBufEncoder = (ToByteBufEncoder<K, V>) codec;
-                if (toByteBufEncoder.isEstimateExact()) {
-                    target.writeByte('$');
-
-                    IntegerArgument.writeInteger(target, toByteBufEncoder.estimateSize(val));
-                    target.writeBytes(CRLF);
-
-                    toByteBufEncoder.encodeValue(val, target);
-                    target.writeBytes(CRLF);
-                } else {
-                    ByteBuf temporaryBuffer = target.alloc().buffer(toByteBufEncoder.estimateSize(val) + 6);
-
-                    try {
-                        toByteBufEncoder.encodeValue(val, temporaryBuffer);
-                        ByteBufferArgument.writeByteBuf(target, temporaryBuffer);
-                    } finally {
-                        temporaryBuffer.release();
-                    }
-                }
-
+                CommandArgs.encode(target, (ToByteBufEncoder<V, V>) codec, val, ToByteBufEncoder::encodeValue);
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -771,4 +729,33 @@ public String toString() {
 
     }
 
+    static <T> void encode(ByteBuf target, ToByteBufEncoder<T, T> encoder, T item, EncodeFunction<T> encodeFunction) {
+
+        if (encoder.isEstimateExact()) {
+
+            target.writeByte('$');
+            IntegerArgument.writeInteger(target, encoder.estimateSize(item));
+            target.writeBytes(CRLF);
+
+            encodeFunction.encode(encoder, item, target);
+            target.writeBytes(CRLF);
+        } else {
+
+            ByteBuf temporaryBuffer = target.alloc().buffer(encoder.estimateSize(item) + 6);
+
+            try {
+                encodeFunction.encode(encoder, item, temporaryBuffer);
+                ByteBufferArgument.writeByteBuf(target, temporaryBuffer);
+            } finally {
+                temporaryBuffer.release();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    interface EncodeFunction<T> {
+
+        void encode(ToByteBufEncoder<T, T> encoder, T item, ByteBuf target);
+
+    }
+
 }