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Luxilon Big Banger Rough 130/16 vs Weiss Cannon Turbotwist 17 (1.24)

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where Big Banger Rough 130/16 is 9 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Luxilon

Big Banger Rough 130/16

Polyester · 16 ga

Weiss Cannon

Turbotwist 17 (1.24)

Polyester · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
21381st pct
21785th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
5292nd pct
5087th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8414th pct
8520th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.440th pct
4.235th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.40526th pct
0.41231st pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.09250th 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 Big Banger Rough 130/16 at 52 lb

String Turbotwist 17 (1.24) at 53.8 lb 24.4 kg

Coming from Turbotwist 17 (1.24) at 52 lb

String Big Banger Rough 130/16 at 49.9 lb 22.6 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.

Big Banger Rough 130/16 mains / Turbotwist 17 (1.24) crosses

Stiffness82nd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss90th pct · 1 measured
Energy return16th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential38th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite27th pct · 1 measured
String friction53rd pct · 1 measured

Turbotwist 17 (1.24) mains / Big Banger Rough 130/16 crosses

Stiffness83rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss89th pct · 1 measured
Energy return18th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential36th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite30th 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.

Big Banger Rough 130/16

~13 hours of play

Turbotwist 17 (1.24)

~14 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Luxilon Big Banger Rough 130/16 Polyester16find21352844.40.4050.092
Weiss Cannon Turbotwist 17 (1.24) Polyester17find21750854.20.4120.097

Add a third string Big Banger Rough 130/16 in full Turbotwist 17 (1.24) in full