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Kirschbaum Max Power Rough 16 (1.30) vs Solinco Tour Bite 16L (1.25)

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where Max Power Rough 16 (1.30) is 15 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Kirschbaum

Max Power Rough 16 (1.30)

Polyester · 16 ga

Solinco

Tour Bite 16L (1.25)

Polyester · 16L ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
23194th pct
23897th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2844th pct
2536th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8844th pct
8850th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
6.079th pct
5.978th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.46865th pct
0.50580th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07819th pct
0.08534th 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 Rough 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Tour Bite 16L (1.25) at 50.5 lb 22.9 kg

Coming from Tour Bite 16L (1.25) at 52 lb

String Max Power Rough 16 (1.30) 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.

Max Power Rough 16 (1.30) mains / Tour Bite 16L (1.25) crosses

Stiffness95th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss41st pct · 1 measured
Energy return48th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential79th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite67th pct · 1 measured
String friction22nd pct · 1 measured

Tour Bite 16L (1.25) mains / Max Power Rough 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness96th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss38th pct · 1 measured
Energy return48th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential79th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite77th pct · 1 measured
String friction32nd 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 Rough 16 (1.30)

~27 hours of play

Tour Bite 16L (1.25)

~29 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Kirschbaum Max Power Rough 16 (1.30) Polyester16find23128886.00.4680.078
Solinco Tour Bite 16L (1.25) Polyester16L$13.9923825885.90.5050.085

Add a third string Max Power Rough 16 (1.30) in full Tour Bite 16L (1.25) in full