Head to head
Gamma Zo Power 16L vs Prince Poly Spin 3D
They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is stiffness, where Poly Spin 3D is 16 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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Zo Power 16L682nd
Poly Spin 3D657th
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Zo Power 16L624th
Poly Spin 3D502nd
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Zo Power 16L273rd
Poly Spin 3D400th
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Zo Power 16L739th
Poly Spin 3D691st
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Zo Power 16L752nd
Poly Spin 3D761st
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Zo Power 16L538th
Poly Spin 3D451st
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Zo Power 16L742nd
Poly Spin 3D693rd
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 Zo Power 16L at 52 lb
String Poly Spin 3D at 58.8 lb 26.7 kg
Coming from Poly Spin 3D at 52 lb
String Zo Power 16L at 30.0 lb 13.6 kg
Clamped. The proportional answer was 17.9 lb, outside what most frames are rated for.
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.
Zo Power 16L mains / Poly Spin 3D crosses
Poly Spin 3D mains / Zo Power 16L 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.
Zo Power 16L
~11 hours of play
Poly Spin 3D
~11 hours of play
Both strings in full
| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma Zo Power 16L Polyester | 16L | find | 193 | 57 | 82 | 2.9 | 0.383 | 0.132 |
| Prince Poly Spin 3D Polyester | — | find | 179 | 60 | 80 | 3.3 | 0.373 | 0.113 |
Add a third string Zo Power 16L in full Poly Spin 3D in full