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Gamma Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) vs Yonex Mono Preme 16 (1.30)

Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) is 17 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Marathon DPC 16 (1.32)

Nylon · 16 ga

Yonex

Mono Preme 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
17139th pct
16634th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
132nd pct
143rd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9493rd pct
9384th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.262nd pct
5.057th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.44855th pct
0.42038th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08636th pct
0.08432nd pct

Bars are percentile against all 788 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 Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) at 52 lb

String Mono Preme 16 (1.30) at 53.4 lb 24.2 kg

Coming from Mono Preme 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) at 50.6 lb 23.0 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.

Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) mains / Mono Preme 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness37th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss2nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return90th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential61st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite52nd pct · 1 measured
String friction35th pct · 1 measured

Mono Preme 16 (1.30) mains / Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) crosses

Stiffness36th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss2nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return89th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential58th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite41st pct · 1 measured
String friction32nd 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.

Marathon DPC 16 (1.32)

~40 hours of play

Mono Preme 16 (1.30)

~39 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) Nylon16find17113945.20.4480.086
Yonex Mono Preme 16 (1.30) Nylon16find16614935.00.4200.084

Add a third string Marathon DPC 16 (1.32) in full Mono Preme 16 (1.30) in full