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Gamma TNT2 Tour 17 (1.27) vs Prince Premier Control 17

Premier Control 17 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Premier Control 17 is 15 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

TNT2 Tour 17 (1.27)

Nylon · 17 ga

Prince

Premier Control 17

Nylon · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15518th pct
15316th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2017th pct
1916th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9274th pct
9270th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.543rd pct
4.748th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.45459th pct
0.43145th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.10063rd pct
0.09148th 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 Tour 17 (1.27) at 52 lb

String Premier Control 17 at 52.7 lb 23.9 kg

Coming from Premier Control 17 at 52 lb

String TNT2 Tour 17 (1.27) at 51.3 lb 23.3 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 Tour 17 (1.27) mains / Premier Control 17 crosses

Stiffness17th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss16th pct · 1 measured
Energy return73rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential44th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite56th pct · 1 measured
String friction60th pct · 1 measured

Premier Control 17 mains / TNT2 Tour 17 (1.27) crosses

Stiffness17th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss16th pct · 1 measured
Energy return71st pct · 1 measured
Spin potential47th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite47th pct · 1 measured
String friction53rd 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 Tour 17 (1.27)

~35 hours of play

Premier Control 17

~35 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma TNT2 Tour 17 (1.27) Nylon17find15520924.50.4540.100
Prince Premier Control 17 Nylon17find15319924.70.4310.091

Add a third string TNT2 Tour 17 (1.27) in full Premier Control 17 in full