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Head Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) vs Prince Premier Control 15

Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) is 38 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Head

Reflex MLT 17 (1.25)

Nylon · 17 ga

Prince

Premier Control 15

Nylon · 15 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
1416th pct
15417th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
1916th pct
1914th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9386th pct
9384th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.748th pct
4.645th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.50178th pct
0.42340th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.10772nd pct
0.09250th 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 Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String Premier Control 15 at 47.6 lb 21.6 kg

Coming from Premier Control 15 at 52 lb

String Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) at 56.8 lb 25.8 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.

Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) mains / Premier Control 15 crosses

Stiffness10th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss15th pct · 1 measured
Energy return85th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential47th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite74th pct · 1 measured
String friction68th pct · 1 measured

Premier Control 15 mains / Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness11th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss14th pct · 1 measured
Energy return85th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential47th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite47th pct · 1 measured
String friction56th 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.

Reflex MLT 17 (1.25)

~35 hours of play

Premier Control 15

~36 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Head Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) Nylon17$19.0014119934.70.5010.107
Prince Premier Control 15 Nylon15find15419934.60.4230.092

Add a third string Reflex MLT 17 (1.25) in full Premier Control 15 in full