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Gosen OG Sheep Micro Super 16L vs Tecnifibre TGV 17/1.25

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is ball bite, where TGV 17/1.25 is 37 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gosen

OG Sheep Micro Super 16L

Nylon · 16L ga

Tecnifibre

TGV 17/1.25

Nylon/Polyurethane · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
16431st pct
16533rd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2123rd pct
2122nd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9381st pct
9378th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
2.76th pct
3.09th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.39822nd pct
0.45459th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.14592nd pct
0.14993rd 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 Super 16L at 52 lb

String TGV 17/1.25 at 51.5 lb 23.4 kg

Coming from TGV 17/1.25 at 52 lb

String OG Sheep Micro Super 16L at 52.8 lb 23.9 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 Super 16L mains / TGV 17/1.25 crosses

Stiffness31st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss23rd pct · 1 measured
Energy return80th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential7th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite27th pct · 1 measured
String friction92nd pct · 1 measured

TGV 17/1.25 mains / OG Sheep Micro Super 16L crosses

Stiffness32nd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss22nd pct · 1 measured
Energy return80th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential8th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite52nd pct · 1 measured
String friction92nd 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 Super 16L

~33 hours of play

TGV 17/1.25

~33 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gosen OG Sheep Micro Super 16L Nylon16Lfind16421932.70.3980.145
Tecnifibre TGV 17/1.25 Nylon/Polyurethane17$14.9616521933.00.4540.149

Add a third string OG Sheep Micro Super 16L in full TGV 17/1.25 in full