Head to head

Gamma TNT2 Touch 16 vs Pacific Power Twist 16L

TNT2 Touch 16 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is tension loss, where Power Twist 16L is 10 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

TNT2 Touch 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Pacific

Power Twist 16L

Nylon · 16L ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15416th pct
15823rd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2638th pct
2328th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9381st pct
9384th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.416th pct
3.213th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.42037th pct
0.41936th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.12586th pct
0.13389th 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 Touch 16 at 52 lb

String Power Twist 16L at 49.0 lb 22.2 kg

Coming from Power Twist 16L at 52 lb

String TNT2 Touch 16 at 54.6 lb 24.8 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 Touch 16 mains / Power Twist 16L crosses

Stiffness18th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss35th pct · 1 measured
Energy return82nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential15th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite37th pct · 1 measured
String friction86th pct · 1 measured

Power Twist 16L mains / TNT2 Touch 16 crosses

Stiffness19th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss32nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return82nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential14th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite37th pct · 1 measured
String friction88th 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 Touch 16

~29 hours of play

Power Twist 16L

~32 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma TNT2 Touch 16 Nylon16find15426933.40.4200.125
Pacific Power Twist 16L Nylon16Lfind15823933.20.4190.133

Add a third string TNT2 Touch 16 in full Power Twist 16L in full