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Head to head

Gamma Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) vs Gamma TNT2 15L (1.40)

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where TNT2 15L (1.40) is 20 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Ocho TNT 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Gamma

TNT2 15L (1.40)

Nylon · 15L ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
18754th pct
18147th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
132nd pct
166th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9490th pct
9381st pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.467th pct
5.773rd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.47166th pct
0.44754th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08739th pct
0.07819th 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 Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String TNT2 15L (1.40) at 53.8 lb 24.4 kg

Coming from TNT2 15L (1.40) at 52 lb

String Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) at 50.2 lb 22.8 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.

Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) mains / TNT2 15L (1.40) crosses

Stiffness51st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss3rd pct · 1 measured
Energy return87th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential68th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite64th pct · 1 measured
String friction33rd pct · 1 measured

TNT2 15L (1.40) mains / Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness50th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss4th pct · 1 measured
Energy return86th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential72nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite56th pct · 1 measured
String friction25th 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.

Ocho TNT 16 (1.30)

~39 hours of play

TNT2 15L (1.40)

~38 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) Nylon16find18713945.40.4710.087
Gamma TNT2 15L (1.40) Nylon15Lfind18116935.70.4470.078

Add a third string Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) in full TNT2 15L (1.40) in full