Head to head
Dunlop X-Life Synthetic 15L vs Gamma TNT2 16
TNT2 16 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where X-Life Synthetic 15L is 14 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.
Measured, side by side
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.
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X-Life Synthetic 15L622nd
TNT2 16644th
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X-Life Synthetic 15L289th
TNT2 16274th
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X-Life Synthetic 15L505th
TNT2 16523rd
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X-Life Synthetic 15L292nd
TNT2 16281st
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X-Life Synthetic 15L218th
TNT2 16203rd
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X-Life Synthetic 15L388th
TNT2 16669th
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X-Life Synthetic 15L294th
TNT2 16273rd
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 X-Life Synthetic 15L at 52 lb
String TNT2 16 at 55.1 lb 25.0 kg
Coming from TNT2 16 at 52 lb
String X-Life Synthetic 15L at 49.7 lb 22.5 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.
X-Life Synthetic 15L mains / TNT2 16 crosses
TNT2 16 mains / X-Life Synthetic 15L crosses
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.
X-Life Synthetic 15L
~32 hours of play
TNT2 16
~33 hours of play
Both strings in full
| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlop X-Life Synthetic 15L Nylon | 15L | find | 177 | 22 | 91 | 3.5 | 0.379 | 0.107 |
| Gamma TNT2 16 Nylon | 16 | $14.99 | 171 | 22 | 92 | 3.2 | 0.399 | 0.125 |
Add a third string X-Life Synthetic 15L in full TNT2 16 in full