Head to head

Gamma Poly Z 16 vs Wilson Revolve Spin 16

Poly Z 16 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Revolve Spin 16 is 39 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Poly Z 16

Polyester · 16 ga

Wilson

Revolve Spin 16

Polyester · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
18046th pct
17341st pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
5291st pct
5594th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
814th pct
360th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.467th pct
5.056th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.39621st pct
0.45760th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07412th pct
0.09250th 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 Poly Z 16 at 52 lb

String Revolve Spin 16 at 54.1 lb 24.5 kg

Coming from Revolve Spin 16 at 52 lb

String Poly Z 16 at 50.0 lb 22.7 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.

Poly Z 16 mains / Revolve Spin 16 crosses

Stiffness44th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss93rd pct · 1 measured
Energy return0th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential65th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite27th pct · 1 measured
String friction20th pct · 1 measured

Revolve Spin 16 mains / Poly Z 16 crosses

Stiffness43rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss94th pct · 1 measured
Energy return0th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential58th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite54th pct · 1 measured
String friction41st 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.

Poly Z 16

~13 hours of play

Revolve Spin 16

~12 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Poly Z 16 Polyester16find18052815.40.3960.074
Wilson Revolve Spin 16 Polyester16$13.9517355365.00.4570.092

Add a third string Poly Z 16 in full Revolve Spin 16 in full