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Head to head

Gamma Moto 17 (1.24) vs Tourna Big HItter Silver 16

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where Big HItter Silver 16 is 23 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Moto 17 (1.24)

Polyester · 17 ga

Tourna

Big HItter Silver 16

Polyester · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
20270th pct
20978th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2638th pct
2639th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8844th pct
8846th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
6.384th pct
6.889th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.53888th pct
0.50781st pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08636th pct
0.07513th 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 Moto 17 (1.24) at 52 lb

String Big HItter Silver 16 at 50.1 lb 22.7 kg

Coming from Big HItter Silver 16 at 52 lb

String Moto 17 (1.24) at 53.9 lb 24.4 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 17 (1.24) mains / Big HItter Silver 16 crosses

Stiffness73rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss38th pct · 1 measured
Energy return45th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential84th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite88th pct · 1 measured
String friction31st pct · 1 measured

Big HItter Silver 16 mains / Moto 17 (1.24) crosses

Stiffness74th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss38th pct · 1 measured
Energy return45th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential88th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite82nd 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 17 (1.24)

~29 hours of play

Big HItter Silver 16

~28 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Moto 17 (1.24) Polyester17find20226886.30.5380.086
Tourna Big HItter Silver 16 Polyester16find20926886.80.5070.075

Add a third string Moto 17 (1.24) in full Big HItter Silver 16 in full