Head to head
Luxilon Monotec Zolo 15L vs MSV Focus Evo 16
Focus Evo 16 leads on 5 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is spin potential, where Focus Evo 16 is 9 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.
Measured, side by side
Bars are percentile against all 788 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.
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Monotec Zolo 15L419th
Focus Evo 16355th
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Monotec Zolo 15L766th
Focus Evo 16771st
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Monotec Zolo 15L36th
Focus Evo 1618th
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Monotec Zolo 15L762nd
Focus Evo 16758th
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Monotec Zolo 15L649th
Focus Evo 16601st
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Monotec Zolo 15L46th
Focus Evo 16122nd
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Monotec Zolo 15L764th
Focus Evo 16758th
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 Zolo 15L at 52 lb
String Focus Evo 16 at 50.0 lb 22.7 kg
Coming from Focus Evo 16 at 52 lb
String Monotec Zolo 15L at 54.1 lb 24.5 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 Zolo 15L mains / Focus Evo 16 crosses
Focus Evo 16 mains / Monotec Zolo 15L crosses
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 Zolo 15L
~16 hours of play
Focus Evo 16
~17 hours of play
Both strings in full
| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
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| Luxilon Monotec Zolo 15L Polyester | 15L | find | 220 | 47 | 84 | 4.6 | 0.382 | 0.083 |
| MSV Focus Evo 16 Polyester | 16 | find | 226 | 44 | 85 | 4.9 | 0.394 | 0.080 |
Add a third string Monotec Zolo 15L in full Focus Evo 16 in full