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Head to head

Gamma TNT2 Pro Plus 16 vs Head ETS 16

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is ball bite, where TNT2 Pro Plus 16 is 49 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

TNT2 Pro Plus 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Head

ETS 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15823rd pct
15619th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2638th pct
2534th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9495th pct
9598th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.111th pct
1.91st pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.44150th pct
0.3311st pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.14191st pct
0.17396th pct

Bars are percentile against all 788 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 TNT2 Pro Plus 16 at 52 lb

String ETS 16 at 57.8 lb 26.2 kg

Coming from ETS 16 at 52 lb

String TNT2 Pro Plus 16 at 49.6 lb 22.5 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.

TNT2 Pro Plus 16 mains / ETS 16 crosses

Stiffness21st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss37th pct · 1 measured
Energy return96th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential8th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite41st pct · 1 measured
String friction92nd pct · 1 measured

ETS 16 mains / TNT2 Pro Plus 16 crosses

Stiffness20th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss36th pct · 1 measured
Energy return97th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential3rd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite2nd pct · 1 measured
String friction95th 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.

TNT2 Pro Plus 16

~29 hours of play

ETS 16

~30 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma TNT2 Pro Plus 16 Nylon16find15826943.10.4410.141
Head ETS 16 Nylon16find15625951.90.3310.173

Add a third string TNT2 Pro Plus 16 in full ETS 16 in full