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Head to head

Gosen AK Control 17 (1.24) vs Tecnifibre Multifeel 16 Black (1.30)

AK Control 17 (1.24) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is energy return, where Multifeel 16 Black (1.30) is 12 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gosen

AK Control 17 (1.24)

Nylon · 17 ga

Tecnifibre

Multifeel 16 Black (1.30)

Nylon/Polyurethane · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
14911th pct
14911th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
179th pct
1811th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9378th pct
9490th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
7.695th pct
6.989th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.57793rd pct
0.52485th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07615th pct
0.07615th pct

Bars are percentile against all 788 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 AK Control 17 (1.24) at 52 lb

String Multifeel 16 Black (1.30) at 52.0 lb 23.6 kg

Coming from Multifeel 16 Black (1.30) at 52 lb

String AK Control 17 (1.24) at 52.0 lb 23.6 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.

AK Control 17 (1.24) mains / Multifeel 16 Black (1.30) crosses

Stiffness11th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss10th pct · 1 measured
Energy return84th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential94th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite92nd pct · 1 measured
String friction15th pct · 1 measured

Multifeel 16 Black (1.30) mains / AK Control 17 (1.24) crosses

Stiffness11th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss11th pct · 1 measured
Energy return86th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential91st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite87th pct · 1 measured
String friction15th 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.

AK Control 17 (1.24)

~37 hours of play

Multifeel 16 Black (1.30)

~37 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gosen AK Control 17 (1.24) Nylon17find14917937.60.5770.076
Tecnifibre Multifeel 16 Black (1.30) Nylon/Polyurethane16find14918946.90.5240.076

Add a third string AK Control 17 (1.24) in full Multifeel 16 Black (1.30) in full