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Head to head

Solinco Tour Bite 19 (1.10) vs Solinco Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15)

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is energy return, where Tour Bite 19 (1.10) is 10 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Solinco

Tour Bite 19 (1.10)

Polyester · 19 ga

Solinco

Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15)

Polyester · 18 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
17239th pct
17240th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3252nd pct
3150th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9061st pct
8850th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
7.292nd pct
7.393rd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.64999th pct
0.67499th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.09046th pct
0.09250th 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 Tour Bite 19 (1.10) at 52 lb

String Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15) at 51.8 lb 23.5 kg

Coming from Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15) at 52 lb

String Tour Bite 19 (1.10) at 52.2 lb 23.7 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.

Tour Bite 19 (1.10) mains / Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15) crosses

Stiffness40th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss51st pct · 1 measured
Energy return58th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential92nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite99th pct · 1 measured
String friction48th pct · 1 measured

Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15) mains / Tour Bite 19 (1.10) crosses

Stiffness40th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss51st pct · 1 measured
Energy return56th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential92nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite99th pct · 1 measured
String friction48th 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.

Tour Bite 19 (1.10)

~24 hours of play

Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15)

~25 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Solinco Tour Bite 19 (1.10) Polyester19$13.9917232907.20.6490.090
Solinco Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15) Polyester18$13.9917231887.30.6740.092

Add a third string Tour Bite 19 (1.10) in full Tour Bite Soft 18 (1.15) in full