StringSpec
String finder

Browse all 791

Head to head

Gamma TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27) vs Prince Premier LT 18

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is ball bite, where TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27) is 27 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27)

Nylon · 17 ga

Prince

Premier LT 18

Nylon · 18 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
1324th pct
15115th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2843rd pct
2842nd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9276th pct
9274th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.416th pct
3.518th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.42440th pct
0.38013th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.12485th pct
0.10975th 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 17 (1.27) at 52 lb

String Premier LT 18 at 45.3 lb 20.5 kg

Coming from Premier LT 18 at 52 lb

String TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27) at 59.6 lb 27.0 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.

TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27) mains / Premier LT 18 crosses

Stiffness5th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss42nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return75th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential17th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite35th pct · 1 measured
String friction83rd pct · 1 measured

Premier LT 18 mains / TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27) crosses

Stiffness7th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss42nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return75th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential17th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite16th pct · 1 measured
String friction78th 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 17 (1.27)

~27 hours of play

Premier LT 18

~28 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27) Nylon17find13228923.40.4240.124
Prince Premier LT 18 Nylon18find15128923.50.3800.109

Add a third string TNT2 Touch 17 (1.27) in full Premier LT 18 in full