Head to head

Babolat Hurricane Feel 17 vs Tecnifibre Razor Code 16 (1.30)

Hurricane Feel 17 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Hurricane Feel 17 is 12 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Babolat

Hurricane Feel 17

Polyester · 17 ga

Tecnifibre

Razor Code 16 (1.30)

Polyester · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
24098th pct
24398th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3251st pct
3353rd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8843rd pct
8844th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.440th pct
4.235th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.3708th pct
0.37611th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08534th pct
0.09046th pct

Bars are percentile against all 791 strings, and the marked side is the one that measures better, which is not always the one you want. A firmer bed is worse for your elbow and better for your control, and no measurement knows which of those you came for.

Which one wins, by problem

Each string's standing on the site's rankings, out of every measured string in the database. This is where a comparison stops being arithmetic and starts being a decision.

Swapping between them: what tension?

Bed stiffness is published at one reference tension, so the only honest conversion is to scale it. These are starting points from 52 lb, not prescriptions. The calculator takes your own tension.

Coming from Hurricane Feel 17 at 52 lb

String Razor Code 16 (1.30) at 51.3 lb 23.3 kg

Coming from Razor Code 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Hurricane Feel 17 at 53.0 lb 24.0 kg

Hybrid: what if you used both?

Estimated, not measured. No hybrid combination has been tested as a bed. These figures are the two strings' own lab measurements weighted by how much of the bed each one actually is. Treat them as a guide to which way a pairing moves, never as lab data.

Hurricane Feel 17 mains / Razor Code 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness98th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss52nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return43rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential38th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite8th pct · 1 measured
String friction38th pct · 1 measured

Razor Code 16 (1.30) mains / Hurricane Feel 17 crosses

Stiffness98th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss52nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return43rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential36th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite11th pct · 1 measured
String friction43rd pct · 1 measured

Open this in the hybrid builder

Which goes dead first?

Estimated from tension loss, which is the only thing the database measures about ageing. This is when the bed stops playing the way you strung it, not when the string breaks.

Hurricane Feel 17

~25 hours of play

Razor Code 16 (1.30)

~24 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Babolat Hurricane Feel 17 Polyester17find24032884.40.3700.085
Tecnifibre Razor Code 16 (1.30) Polyester16$14.9624333884.20.3760.090

Add a third string Hurricane Feel 17 in full Razor Code 16 (1.30) in full