Luxilon Monotec Zolo 15L vs Weiss Cannon Scorpion 1.33

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.

• More spin and shape

  Monotec Zolo 15L419th

  Scorpion 1.33497th

• Easier on my arm

  Monotec Zolo 15L766th

  Scorpion 1.33774th

• More control, less launch

  Monotec Zolo 15L36th

  Scorpion 1.3337th

• More power and depth

  Monotec Zolo 15L762nd

  Scorpion 1.33764th

• Plays the same for longer

  Monotec Zolo 15L649th

  Scorpion 1.33661st

• Lasts longer before it breaks

  Monotec Zolo 15L46th

  Scorpion 1.3387th

• Best feel and touch

  Monotec Zolo 15L764th

  Scorpion 1.33768th

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 Monotec Zolo 15L in full Scorpion 1.33 in full