Head to head

Gamma WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 vs Prince Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 is 11 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

Prince

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17

Nylon · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm

16533rd pct

16127th pct

Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it

2225th pct

2327th pct

Energy return higher = livelier, more free power

9272nd pct

Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed

2.87th pct

3.111th pct

Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder

0.3636th pct

0.38917th pct

String friction lower = strings slide and snap back

0.13087th pct

0.12686th 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.

More spin and shape

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16695th

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17662nd
Easier on my arm

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16242nd

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17207th
More control, less launch

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16574th

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17599th
More power and depth

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16248th

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17228th
Plays the same for longer

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16210th

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17225th
Lasts longer before it breaks

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16619th

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17685th
Best feel and touch

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16253rd

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17230th

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 Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 at 54.2 lb 24.6 kg

Coming from Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 at 52 lb

String WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 at 49.7 lb 22.5 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 / Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 crosses

Stiffness31st pct · 1 measured

Tension loss26th pct · 1 measured

Energy return72nd pct · 1 measured

Spin potential8th pct · 1 measured

Ball bite7th pct · 1 measured

String friction87th pct · 1 measured

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 mains / WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 crosses

Stiffness29th pct · 1 measured

Tension loss27th pct · 1 measured

Energy return72nd pct · 1 measured

Spin potential10th pct · 1 measured

Ball bite15th pct · 1 measured

String friction86th 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

Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17

~32 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
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
Prince Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 Nylon	17	find	161	23	92	3.1	0.389	0.126

Add a third string WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 in full Synthetic Gut Multifilament 17 in full