Luxilon Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17) vs Pacific Poly Force 16L

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

  Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17)441st

  Poly Force 16L439th

• Easier on my arm

  Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17)604th

  Poly Force 16L659th

• More control, less launch

  Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17)256th

  Poly Force 16L202nd

• More power and depth

  Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17)551st

  Poly Force 16L623rd

• Plays the same for longer

  Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17)611th

  Poly Force 16L613th

• Lasts longer before it breaks

  Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17)516th

  Poly Force 16L134th

• Best feel and touch

  Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17)582nd

  Poly Force 16L646th

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 Big Banger TiMO 17L (1.17) in full Poly Force 16L in full