Head to head
Signum Pro Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) vs Wilson Ripspin 15
They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is ball bite, where Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) is 30 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.
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.
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Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)342nd
Ripspin 15355th
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Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)650th
Ripspin 15668th
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Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)168th
Ripspin 15151st
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Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)594th
Ripspin 15617th
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Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)488th
Ripspin 15552nd
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Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)478th
Ripspin 1537th
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Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)589th
Ripspin 15629th
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 Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) at 52 lb
String Ripspin 15 at 50.7 lb 23.0 kg
Coming from Ripspin 15 at 52 lb
String Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) at 54.7 lb 24.8 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.
Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) mains / Ripspin 15 crosses
Ripspin 15 mains / Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) 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.
Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19)
~22 hours of play
Ripspin 15
~19 hours of play
Both strings in full
| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signum Pro Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) Polyester | 17 | find | 213 | 36 | 87 | 4.8 | 0.447 | 0.093 |
| Wilson Ripspin 15 Polyester | 15 | find | 212 | 42 | 86 | 4.9 | 0.400 | 0.081 |
Add a third string Poly Megaforce 17 (1.19) in full Ripspin 15 in full