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Gamma Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) vs Prince Perfection 16 (1.30)

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) is 16 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38)

Nylon · 15L ga

Prince

Perfection 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
16736th pct
16329th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
178th pct
166th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9384th pct
9378th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.748th pct
4.440th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.46865th pct
0.49676th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.09962nd pct
0.11378th 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 Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) at 52 lb

String Perfection 16 (1.30) at 53.4 lb 24.2 kg

Coming from Perfection 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) at 50.6 lb 23.0 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.

Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) mains / Perfection 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness33rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss8th pct · 1 measured
Energy return82nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential47th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite67th pct · 1 measured
String friction67th pct · 1 measured

Perfection 16 (1.30) mains / Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) crosses

Stiffness32nd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss7th pct · 1 measured
Energy return80th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential41st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite74th pct · 1 measured
String friction75th 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.

Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38)

~38 hours of play

Perfection 16 (1.30)

~38 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) Nylon15Lfind16717934.70.4680.099
Prince Perfection 16 (1.30) Nylon16find16316934.40.4960.113

Add a third string Synthtic Gut 15L W/wearguard (1.38) in full Perfection 16 (1.30) in full