Head to head

Gamma TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) vs Gosen Multi CX 16 (1.30)

TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) is 37 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24)

Nylon · 17L ga

Gosen

Multi CX 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
14912th pct
15518th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
1810th pct
1810th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9490th pct
9388th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.645th pct
4.645th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.50580th pct
0.42943rd pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.11076th pct
0.09353rd 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 TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) at 52 lb

String Multi CX 16 (1.30) at 50.1 lb 22.7 kg

Coming from Multi CX 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) at 54.0 lb 24.5 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 17L (1.24) mains / Multi CX 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness15th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss10th pct · 1 measured
Energy return89th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential45th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite75th pct · 1 measured
String friction70th pct · 1 measured

Multi CX 16 (1.30) mains / TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) crosses

Stiffness15th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss10th pct · 1 measured
Energy return89th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential45th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite50th 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.

TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24)

~37 hours of play

Multi CX 16 (1.30)

~37 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) Nylon17Lfind14918944.60.5050.110
Gosen Multi CX 16 (1.30) Nylon16find15518934.60.4290.093

Add a third string TNT2 Pro Plus 17L (1.24) in full Multi CX 16 (1.30) in full