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

Gamma

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Klip

Venom 16/1.30

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
16533rd pct
16330th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2225th pct
2121st pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9272nd pct
9269th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
2.87th pct
2.33rd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.3636th pct
0.38113th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.13087th pct
0.16996th 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 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

Stiffness31st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss24th pct · 1 measured
Energy return71st pct · 1 measured
Spin potential6th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite7th pct · 1 measured
String friction91st pct · 1 measured

Venom 16/1.30 mains / WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 crosses

Stiffness31st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss22nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return70th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential4th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite12th pct · 1 measured
String friction95th 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.

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16

~32 hours of play

Venom 16/1.30

~34 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 Nylon16find16522922.80.3630.130
Klip Venom 16/1.30 Nylon16find16321922.30.3810.169

Add a third string WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 in full Venom 16/1.30 in full