Head to head

Gamma Moto 16 vs Gosen Polylon Premium 16 (1.32)

Polylon Premium 16 (1.32) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Moto 16 is 8 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Moto 16

Polyester · 16 ga

Gosen

Polylon Premium 16 (1.32)

Polyester · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
22792nd pct
21886th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3149th pct
3149th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8953rd pct
8955th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.876th pct
5.876th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.46162nd pct
0.44754th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07921st pct
0.07717th 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 Moto 16 at 52 lb

String Polylon Premium 16 (1.32) at 54.2 lb 24.6 kg

Coming from Polylon Premium 16 (1.32) at 52 lb

String Moto 16 at 49.9 lb 22.6 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.

Moto 16 mains / Polylon Premium 16 (1.32) crosses

Stiffness90th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss49th pct · 1 measured
Energy return54th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential74th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite60th pct · 1 measured
String friction20th pct · 1 measured

Polylon Premium 16 (1.32) mains / Moto 16 crosses

Stiffness89th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss49th pct · 1 measured
Energy return54th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential74th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite55th pct · 1 measured
String friction18th 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.

Moto 16

~25 hours of play

Polylon Premium 16 (1.32)

~25 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Moto 16 Polyester16$6.9922731895.80.4610.079
Gosen Polylon Premium 16 (1.32) Polyester16find21831895.80.4470.077

Add a third string Moto 16 in full Polylon Premium 16 (1.32) in full