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Gamma Live Wire 17 (1.27) vs Yonex Rexis 16 (1.30)

Live Wire XP 17 (1.27) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Rexis 16 (1.30) is 10 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Live Wire XP 17 (1.27)

Nylon · 17 ga

Yonex

Rexis 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
14710th pct
15316th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
1811th pct
1914th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9490th pct
9490th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.927th pct
4.132nd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.42842nd pct
0.42742nd pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.11177th pct
0.10367th 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 Live Wire XP 17 (1.27) at 52 lb

String Rexis 16 (1.30) at 50.0 lb 22.7 kg

Coming from Rexis 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Live Wire XP 17 (1.27) at 54.0 lb 24.5 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.

Live Wire XP 17 (1.27) mains / Rexis 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness12th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss12th pct · 1 measured
Energy return90th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential29th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite42nd pct · 1 measured
String friction75th pct · 1 measured

Rexis 16 (1.30) mains / Live Wire XP 17 (1.27) crosses

Stiffness13th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss13th pct · 1 measured
Energy return90th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential31st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite42nd pct · 1 measured
String friction70th 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.

Live Wire XP 17 (1.27)

~37 hours of play

Rexis 16 (1.30)

~36 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Live Wire 17 (1.27) Nylon17find14718943.90.4280.111
Yonex Rexis 16 (1.30) Nylon16find15319944.10.4270.103

Add a third string Live Wire XP 17 (1.27) in full Rexis 16 (1.30) in full