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L-Tec Premium 3S 16L (1.25) vs Wilson Enduro Pro 17 (1.25)

They split the measurements 2–2. The widest gap is ball bite, where Premium 3S 16L (1.25) is 54 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

L-Tec

Premium 3S 16L (1.25)

Polyester · 16L ga

Wilson

Enduro Pro 17 (1.25)

Nylon/Polyester · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
22088th pct
22792nd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3659th pct
3354th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8844th pct
8844th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.030th pct
4.030th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.46563rd pct
0.37410th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.11580th pct
0.09455th 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 Premium 3S 16L (1.25) at 52 lb

String Enduro Pro 17 (1.25) at 44.1 lb 20.0 kg

Coming from Enduro Pro 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String Premium 3S 16L (1.25) at 55.8 lb 25.3 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.

Premium 3S 16L (1.25) mains / Enduro Pro 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness90th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss57th pct · 1 measured
Energy return44th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential30th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite57th pct · 1 measured
String friction75th pct · 1 measured

Enduro Pro 17 (1.25) mains / Premium 3S 16L (1.25) crosses

Stiffness91st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss56th pct · 1 measured
Energy return44th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential30th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite17th pct · 1 measured
String friction62nd 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.

Premium 3S 16L (1.25)

~22 hours of play

Enduro Pro 17 (1.25)

~24 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
L-Tec Premium 3S 16L (1.25) Polyester16Lfind22036884.00.4650.115
Wilson Enduro Pro 17 (1.25) Nylon/Polyester17find22733884.00.3740.094

Add a third string Premium 3S 16L (1.25) in full Enduro Pro 17 (1.25) in full