Head to head

Kirschbaum P2 16/1.30 vs Wilson Enduro Tour 16

Enduro Tour 16 leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is stiffness, where P2 16/1.30 is 12 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Kirschbaum

P2 16/1.30

Polyester · 16 ga

Wilson

Enduro Tour 16

Polyester · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
21987th pct
25299th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3865th pct
3863rd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8631st pct
8736th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.262nd pct
5.262nd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.41231st pct
0.41433rd pct
Snapback lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07921st pct
0.07921st 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 P2 16/1.30 at 52 lb

String Enduro Tour 16 at 32.9 lb 14.9 kg

Coming from Enduro Tour 16 at 52 lb

String P2 16/1.30 at 70.0 lb 31.8 kg

Clamped — the proportional answer was 108.6 lb, outside what most frames are rated for.

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.

P2 16/1.30 mains / Enduro Tour 16 crosses

Stiffness95th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss64th pct · 1 measured
Energy return34th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential62nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite31st pct · 1 measured
Snapback21st pct · 1 measured

Enduro Tour 16 mains / P2 16/1.30 crosses

Stiffness97th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss64th pct · 1 measured
Energy return34th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential62nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite32nd pct · 1 measured
Snapback21st 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.

P2 16/1.30

~21 hours of play

Enduro Tour 16

~21 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugeStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFSnap COF
Kirschbaum P2 16/1.30 Polyester1621938865.20.4120.079
Wilson Enduro Tour 16 Polyester1625238875.20.4140.079

Add a third string P2 16/1.30 in full Enduro Tour 16 in full