Head to head
Gamma WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 vs Klip Venom 16/1.30
They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 is 8 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.
Measured, side by side
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.
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WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16695th
Venom 16/1.30705th
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WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16242nd
Venom 16/1.30229th
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WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16574th
Venom 16/1.30583rd
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WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16248th
Venom 16/1.30257th
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WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16210th
Venom 16/1.30178th
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WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16619th
Venom 16/1.30622nd
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WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16253rd
Venom 16/1.30250th
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 WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 at 52 lb
String Venom 16/1.30 at 52.4 lb 23.8 kg
Coming from Venom 16/1.30 at 52 lb
String WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 at 51.5 lb 23.4 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.
WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 mains / Venom 16/1.30 crosses
Venom 16/1.30 mains / WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 crosses
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.
WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16
~32 hours of play
Venom 16/1.30
~34 hours of play
Both strings in full
| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 Nylon | 16 | find | 165 | 22 | 92 | 2.8 | 0.363 | 0.130 |
| Klip Venom 16/1.30 Nylon | 16 | find | 163 | 21 | 92 | 2.3 | 0.381 | 0.169 |
Add a third string WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 in full Venom 16/1.30 in full