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Head Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) vs Prince Premier Control 16

Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) leads on 5 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) is 9 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Head

Velocity MLT 17 (1.25)

Nylon · 17 ga

Prince

Premier Control 16

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15316th pct
15822nd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
154th pct
1811th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9492nd pct
9388th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.569th pct
5.467th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.45961st pct
0.47166th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08330th pct
0.08739th 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 Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String Premier Control 16 at 50.5 lb 22.9 kg

Coming from Premier Control 16 at 52 lb

String Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) at 53.5 lb 24.3 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.

Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) mains / Premier Control 16 crosses

Stiffness18th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss7th pct · 1 measured
Energy return91st pct · 1 measured
Spin potential68th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite61st pct · 1 measured
String friction31st pct · 1 measured

Premier Control 16 mains / Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness18th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss8th pct · 1 measured
Energy return89th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential68th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite66th pct · 1 measured
String friction37th 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.

Velocity MLT 17 (1.25)

~39 hours of play

Premier Control 16

~37 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Head Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) Nylon17$10.0015315945.50.4590.083
Prince Premier Control 16 Nylon16find15818935.40.4710.087

Add a third string Velocity MLT 17 (1.25) in full Premier Control 16 in full