Kirschbaum Pro Line X 17 (1.25) vs Mantis Comfort Poly 16

Measured, side by side

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.

• More spin and shape

  Pro Line X 17 (1.25)363rd

  Comfort Poly 16352nd

• Easier on my arm

  Pro Line X 17 (1.25)685th

  Comfort Poly 16736th

• More control, less launch

  Pro Line X 17 (1.25)126th

  Comfort Poly 1662nd

• More power and depth

  Pro Line X 17 (1.25)605th

  Comfort Poly 16688th

• Plays the same for longer

  Pro Line X 17 (1.25)500th

  Comfort Poly 16532nd

• Lasts longer before it breaks

  Pro Line X 17 (1.25)353rd

  Comfort Poly 16162nd

• Best feel and touch

  Pro Line X 17 (1.25)614th

  Comfort Poly 16692nd

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.

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.

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.

Both strings in full

Add a third string Pro Line X 17 (1.25) in full Comfort Poly 16 in full