Head to head

Gosen OG-Sheep Micro 16 vs Wilson Stamina 16

They split the measurements 2–2. The widest gap is string friction, where OG-Sheep Micro 16 is 15 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gosen

OG-Sheep Micro 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Wilson

Stamina 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
18450th pct
18450th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2123rd pct
2122nd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9276th pct
9276th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.416th pct
3.09th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.3594th pct
0.3729th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.10570th pct
0.12485th 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 OG-Sheep Micro 16 at 52 lb

String Stamina 16 at 49.9 lb 22.6 kg

Coming from Stamina 16 at 52 lb

String OG-Sheep Micro 16 at 54.3 lb 24.6 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.

OG-Sheep Micro 16 mains / Stamina 16 crosses

Stiffness50th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss22nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return76th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential15th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite5th pct · 1 measured
String friction75th pct · 1 measured

Stamina 16 mains / OG-Sheep Micro 16 crosses

Stiffness50th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss22nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return76th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential10th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite8th pct · 1 measured
String friction83rd 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.

OG-Sheep Micro 16

~33 hours of play

Stamina 16

~33 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gosen OG-Sheep Micro 16 Nylon16find18421923.40.3590.105
Wilson Stamina 16 Nylon16find18421923.00.3720.124

Add a third string OG-Sheep Micro 16 in full Stamina 16 in full