Head to head

Gamma RZR Rx 17 vs Solinco Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25)

Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) is 27 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

RZR Rx 17

Polyester · 17 ga

Solinco

Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25)

Polyester · 16L ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
18552nd pct
17240th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2945th pct
2945th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8848th pct
8846th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.851st pct
5.262nd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.44855th pct
0.51282nd pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.09455th pct
0.09962nd 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 RZR Rx 17 at 52 lb

String Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) at 56.0 lb 25.4 kg

Coming from Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) at 52 lb

String RZR Rx 17 at 48.3 lb 21.9 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.

RZR Rx 17 mains / Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) crosses

Stiffness46th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss45th pct · 1 measured
Energy return48th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential53rd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite60th pct · 1 measured
String friction57th pct · 1 measured

Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) mains / RZR Rx 17 crosses

Stiffness44th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss45th pct · 1 measured
Energy return48th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential61st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite79th pct · 1 measured
String friction60th 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.

RZR Rx 17

~27 hours of play

Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25)

~27 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma RZR Rx 17 Polyester17find18529884.80.4480.094
Solinco Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) Polyester16L$13.9917229885.20.5120.099

Add a third string RZR Rx 17 in full Hyper-G-Soft 16L (1.25) in full