LaserFibre Vorso 17 (1.23) vs Prince Tour XT 18

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

  Vorso 17 (1.23)122nd

  Tour XT 18143rd

• Easier on my arm

  Vorso 17 (1.23)346th

  Tour XT 18351st

• More control, less launch

  Vorso 17 (1.23)432nd

  Tour XT 18423rd

• More power and depth

  Vorso 17 (1.23)357th

  Tour XT 18335th

• Plays the same for longer

  Vorso 17 (1.23)545th

  Tour XT 18496th

• Lasts longer before it breaks

  Vorso 17 (1.23)294th

  Tour XT 18237th

• Best feel and touch

  Vorso 17 (1.23)369th

  Tour XT 18341st

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 Vorso 17 (1.23) in full Tour XT 18 in full