Head to head

Klip K-Boom 16/1.30 vs Signum Pro Poly Megaforce 16

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is ball bite, where Poly Megaforce 16 is 25 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Klip

K-Boom 16/1.30

Polyester · 16 ga

Signum Pro

Poly Megaforce 16

Polyester · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
23797th pct
23596th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3456th pct
3558th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8739th pct
8735th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.132nd pct
4.337th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.38013th pct
0.42037th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.09353rd pct
0.09759th 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 K-Boom 16/1.30 at 52 lb

String Poly Megaforce 16 at 57.5 lb 26.1 kg

Coming from Poly Megaforce 16 at 52 lb

String K-Boom 16/1.30 at 45.8 lb 20.8 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.

K-Boom 16/1.30 mains / Poly Megaforce 16 crosses

Stiffness96th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss57th pct · 1 measured
Energy return39th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential33rd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite16th pct · 1 measured
String friction55th pct · 1 measured

Poly Megaforce 16 mains / K-Boom 16/1.30 crosses

Stiffness96th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss57th pct · 1 measured
Energy return39th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential36th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite33rd pct · 1 measured
String friction57th 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.

K-Boom 16/1.30

~23 hours of play

Poly Megaforce 16

~23 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Klip K-Boom 16/1.30 Polyester16find23734874.10.3800.093
Signum Pro Poly Megaforce 16 Polyester16find23535874.30.4200.097

Add a third string K-Boom 16/1.30 in full Poly Megaforce 16 in full