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Luxilon Big Banger Timo 18 (1.10) vs Weiss Cannon Scorpion 1.22

Scorpion 1.22 leads on 5 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Scorpion 1.22 is 13 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Luxilon

Big Banger Timo 18 (1.10)

Polyester · 18 ga

Weiss Cannon

Scorpion 1.22

Polyester

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
18956th pct
19360th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
4578th pct
4474th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8628th pct
8735th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.621st pct
4.030th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.38214th pct
0.38515th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.10772nd 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 Timo 18 (1.10) at 52 lb

String Scorpion 1.22 at 51.4 lb 23.3 kg

Coming from Scorpion 1.22 at 52 lb

String Big Banger Timo 18 (1.10) at 52.7 lb 23.9 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 Timo 18 (1.10) mains / Scorpion 1.22 crosses

Stiffness58th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss76th pct · 1 measured
Energy return32nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential22nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite14th pct · 1 measured
String friction69th pct · 1 measured

Scorpion 1.22 mains / Big Banger Timo 18 (1.10) crosses

Stiffness58th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss76th pct · 1 measured
Energy return33rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential29th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite15th 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.

Big Banger Timo 18 (1.10)

~17 hours of play

Scorpion 1.22

~18 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Luxilon Big Banger Timo 18 (1.10) Polyester18find18945863.60.3820.107
Weiss Cannon Scorpion 1.22 Polyester—find19344874.00.3850.097

Add a third string Big Banger Timo 18 (1.10) in full Scorpion 1.22 in full