StringSpec
String finder

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Every string, plotted

All 784 strings carrying both measurements, on one chart. Every percentile the rest of the site quotes is a position in this cloud. This is what the cloud actually looks like, and why some combinations of qualities simply are not available at any price.

78 82 85 89 93 97 10 21 32 44 55 66 Energy return (%) higher = livelier, more free power Tension loss (%) Energy 16L (1.25) Prime Gut Orange Bull 16L (1.25) Monotec Supersense 16L/1.25 ECO Spin 17 (1.25)
Polyester 480 Nylon 231 Nylon/Polyester 18 Gut 18 Nylon/Polyurethane 17 Nylon/Zyex 11 Nylon/Polyolefin 6 Unspecified 4 Polyolefin 3

Each dot is one string. The faint cross-hairs are the database median on each axis, the line every percentile quoted elsewhere on the site is measured against. Marked points are the four strings furthest into each corner: landmarks, not recommendations.

Axes are clipped to the 1st–99th percentile so the field is legible rather than squashed against one outlier. 10 strings sit outside that range and are drawn on the edge: Kirschbaum Touch Multifibre 16, Pacific Classic Natural Gut 16, Pacific Prime Gut Orange Bull 16 (1.30), Pacific Prime Gut Orange Bull 16L (1.25), Pacific Tough Gut 16L, Poly Star Energy 16 (1.30) and 4 more.

What the corners mean

The empty regions matter as much as the full ones. Where this plot has no dots, no manufacturer has managed that combination. It is not that nobody has thought to sell it.

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