Head to head

Gamma Moto 16 vs Tecnifibre Razor Code 17 (1.25)

Moto 16 leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Moto 16 is 16 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

Tecnifibre

Razor Code 17 (1.25)

Polyester · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
22792nd pct
22993rd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3149th pct
3048th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8953rd pct
8953rd pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.876th pct
5.671st pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.46162nd pct
0.48070th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07921st pct
0.08637th 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 Razor Code 17 (1.25) at 51.5 lb 23.4 kg

Coming from Razor Code 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String Moto 16 at 52.5 lb 23.8 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 / Razor Code 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness93rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss49th pct · 1 measured
Energy return53rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential74th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite63rd pct · 1 measured
String friction25th pct · 1 measured

Razor Code 17 (1.25) mains / Moto 16 crosses

Stiffness93rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss48th pct · 1 measured
Energy return53rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential72nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite69th pct · 1 measured
String friction33rd 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

Razor Code 17 (1.25)

~26 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
Tecnifibre Razor Code 17 (1.25) Polyester17$14.9622930895.60.4800.086

Add a third string Moto 16 in full Razor Code 17 (1.25) in full