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Luxilon Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L vs Prince Twisted 16L

Twisted 16L leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Twisted 16L is 23 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Luxilon

Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L

Polyester · 16L ga

Prince

Twisted 16L

Polyester · 16L ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
23395th pct
23094th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
4474th pct
4473rd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8631st pct
8520th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
3.314th pct
3.723rd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.37711th pct
0.3553rd pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.11680th pct
0.09657th 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 Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L at 52 lb

String Twisted 16L at 53.6 lb 24.3 kg

Coming from Twisted 16L at 52 lb

String Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L at 50.5 lb 22.9 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.

Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L mains / Twisted 16L crosses

Stiffness95th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss74th pct · 1 measured
Energy return27th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential15th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite9th pct · 1 measured
String friction78th pct · 1 measured

Twisted 16L mains / Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L crosses

Stiffness94th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss74th pct · 1 measured
Energy return24th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential22nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite4th pct · 1 measured
String friction65th 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.

Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L

~18 hours of play

Twisted 16L

~18 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Luxilon Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L Polyester16Lfind23344863.30.3770.116
Prince Twisted 16L Polyester16Lfind23044853.70.3550.096

Add a third string Monotec Super Poly 1.25/16L in full Twisted 16L in full