Head to head
Head Fibergel Spin 16 vs Klip Scorcher 16/1.30
Fibergel Spin 16 leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Fibergel Spin 16 is 10 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.
-
Fibergel Spin 16603rd
Scorcher 16/1.30653rd
-
Fibergel Spin 16252nd
Scorcher 16/1.30248th
-
Fibergel Spin 16578th
Scorcher 16/1.30587th
-
Fibergel Spin 16185th
Scorcher 16/1.30176th
-
Fibergel Spin 16260th
Scorcher 16/1.30245th
-
Fibergel Spin 16518th
Scorcher 16/1.30665th
-
Fibergel Spin 16221st
Scorcher 16/1.30212th
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 Fibergel Spin 16 at 52 lb
String Scorcher 16/1.30 at 52.3 lb 23.7 kg
Coming from Scorcher 16/1.30 at 52 lb
String Fibergel Spin 16 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.
Fibergel Spin 16 mains / Scorcher 16/1.30 crosses
Scorcher 16/1.30 mains / Fibergel Spin 16 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.
Fibergel Spin 16
~29 hours of play
Scorcher 16/1.30
~30 hours of play
Both strings in full
| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Fibergel Spin 16 Nylon | 16 | find | 169 | 25 | 93 | 3.5 | 0.409 | 0.117 |
| Klip Scorcher 16/1.30 Nylon | 16 | find | 167 | 25 | 93 | 3.2 | 0.392 | 0.122 |
Add a third string Fibergel Spin 16 in full Scorcher 16/1.30 in full