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Gosen Multi CX 17 (1.24) vs Yonex Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32)

Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Multi CX 17 (1.24) is 12 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gosen

Multi CX 17 (1.24)

Nylon · 17 ga

Yonex

Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15012th pct
14911th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
1811th pct
178th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9378th pct
9381st pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.337th pct
4.337th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.44754th pct
0.42842nd pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.10570th pct
0.10063rd 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 Multi CX 17 (1.24) at 52 lb

String Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32) at 52.4 lb 23.8 kg

Coming from Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32) at 52 lb

String Multi CX 17 (1.24) at 51.6 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.

Multi CX 17 (1.24) mains / Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32) crosses

Stiffness12th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss10th pct · 1 measured
Energy return80th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential37th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite52nd pct · 1 measured
String friction68th pct · 1 measured

Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32) mains / Multi CX 17 (1.24) crosses

Stiffness11th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss9th pct · 1 measured
Energy return80th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential37th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite45th pct · 1 measured
String friction66th 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.

Multi CX 17 (1.24)

~37 hours of play

Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32)

~38 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gosen Multi CX 17 (1.24) Nylon17find15018934.30.4470.105
Yonex Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32) Nylon16find14917934.30.4280.100

Add a third string Multi CX 17 (1.24) in full Tour Super Pro 850 16 (1.32) in full