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Kirschbaum Max Power 17 (1.25) vs Solinco Tour Bite 15L (1.35)

Max Power 17 (1.25) leads on 5 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is energy return, where Max Power 17 (1.25) is 13 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Kirschbaum

Max Power 17 (1.25)

Polyester · 17 ga

Solinco

Tour Bite 15L (1.35)

Polyester · 15L ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
24198th pct
23998th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2431st pct
2431st pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9062nd pct
8848th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.467th pct
5.159th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.48571st pct
0.47166th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08944th pct
0.09250th 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 Max Power 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String Tour Bite 15L (1.35) at 52.4 lb 23.8 kg

Coming from Tour Bite 15L (1.35) at 52 lb

String Max Power 17 (1.25) 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.

Max Power 17 (1.25) mains / Tour Bite 15L (1.35) crosses

Stiffness98th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss31st pct · 1 measured
Energy return58th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential65th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite71st pct · 1 measured
String friction45th pct · 1 measured

Tour Bite 15L (1.35) mains / Max Power 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness98th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss31st pct · 1 measured
Energy return56th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential61st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite67th pct · 1 measured
String friction48th 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.

Max Power 17 (1.25)

~31 hours of play

Tour Bite 15L (1.35)

~31 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Kirschbaum Max Power 17 (1.25) Polyester17find24124905.40.4850.089
Solinco Tour Bite 15L (1.35) Polyester15L$13.9923924885.10.4710.092

Add a third string Max Power 17 (1.25) in full Tour Bite 15L (1.35) in full