Head to head

Gamma Solace 16 (1.32) vs Tecnifibre Multi-Feel 16

Solace 16 (1.32) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Solace 16 (1.32) is 35 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Solace 16 (1.32)

Nylon · 16 ga

Tecnifibre

Multi-Feel 16

Nylon/Polyurethane · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
14710th pct
15518th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2224th pct
2123rd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9272nd pct
9168th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.518th pct
3.314th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.50279th pct
0.43044th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.14291st pct
0.13087th 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 Solace 16 (1.32) at 52 lb

String Multi-Feel 16 at 49.3 lb 22.4 kg

Coming from Multi-Feel 16 at 52 lb

String Solace 16 (1.32) at 54.8 lb 24.9 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.

Solace 16 (1.32) mains / Multi-Feel 16 crosses

Stiffness12th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss24th pct · 1 measured
Energy return70th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential17th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite74th pct · 1 measured
String friction91st pct · 1 measured

Multi-Feel 16 mains / Solace 16 (1.32) crosses

Stiffness15th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss24th pct · 1 measured
Energy return70th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential15th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite50th pct · 1 measured
String friction89th 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.

Solace 16 (1.32)

~33 hours of play

Multi-Feel 16

~33 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Solace 16 (1.32) Nylon16$16.9514722923.50.5020.142
Tecnifibre Multi-Feel 16 Nylon/Polyurethane16$10.4615521913.30.4300.130

Add a third string Solace 16 (1.32) in full Multi-Feel 16 in full