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Gamma WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 vs Wilson NXT Max 16

WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where NXT Max 16 is 78 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

Wilson

NXT Max 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
16533rd pct
17038th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2225th pct
2120th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9272nd pct
9063rd pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
2.87th pct
2.54th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.3636th pct
0.52184th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.13087th pct
0.20698th 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 NXT Max 16 at 49.7 lb 22.5 kg

Coming from NXT Max 16 at 52 lb

String WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 at 54.4 lb 24.7 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 / NXT Max 16 crosses

Stiffness35th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss24th pct · 1 measured
Energy return67th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential7th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite16th pct · 1 measured
String friction93rd pct · 1 measured

NXT Max 16 mains / WearGuard Synthetic Gut 16 crosses

Stiffness36th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss22nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return66th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential4th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite76th pct · 1 measured
String friction97th 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

NXT Max 16

~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
Wilson NXT Max 16 Nylon16find17021902.50.5210.206

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