Head to head

Topspin Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) vs Weiss Cannon Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16)

Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) is 34 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Topspin

Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)

Polyester · 17L ga

Weiss Cannon

Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16)

Polyester · 18 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
18551st pct
18248th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
3455th pct
3559th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8741st pct
8844th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.159th pct
5.671st pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.42541st pct
0.49576th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08331st pct
0.08944th 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 Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) at 52 lb

String Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) at 52.7 lb 23.9 kg

Coming from Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) at 52 lb

String Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) at 51.4 lb 23.3 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.

Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) mains / Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) crosses

Stiffness50th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss56th pct · 1 measured
Energy return42nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential61st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite48th pct · 1 measured
String friction33rd pct · 1 measured

Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) mains / Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) crosses

Stiffness50th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss58th pct · 1 measured
Energy return43rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential68th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite71st pct · 1 measured
String friction41st 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.

Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)

~23 hours of play

Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16)

~22 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Topspin Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) Polyester17Lfind18534875.10.4250.083
Weiss Cannon Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) Polyester18find18235885.60.4950.089

Add a third string Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) in full Mosquito Bite 18 (1.16) in full