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Wilson Sensation 15 (1.35) vs Wilson Sensation Control 16 (1.30)

Sensation Control 16 (1.30) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is energy return, where Sensation Control 16 (1.30) is 5 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Wilson

Sensation 15 (1.35)

Nylon · 15 ga

Wilson

Sensation Control 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15417th pct
15013th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
178th pct
143rd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9381st pct
9386th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.851st pct
4.851st pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.38013th pct
0.39118th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08023rd pct
0.08126th pct

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.

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 Sensation 15 (1.35) at 52 lb

String Sensation Control 16 (1.30) at 53.4 lb 24.2 kg

Coming from Sensation Control 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Sensation 15 (1.35) at 50.7 lb 23.0 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.

Sensation 15 (1.35) mains / Sensation Control 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness15th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss6th pct · 1 measured
Energy return82nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential51st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite13th pct · 1 measured
String friction25th pct · 1 measured

Sensation Control 16 (1.30) mains / Sensation 15 (1.35) crosses

Stiffness15th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss4th pct · 1 measured
Energy return85th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential51st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite17th pct · 1 measured
String friction25th 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.

Sensation 15 (1.35)

~38 hours of play

Sensation Control 16 (1.30)

~39 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Wilson Sensation 15 (1.35) Nylon15$13.9515417934.80.3800.080
Wilson Sensation Control 16 (1.30) Nylon16$13.9515014934.80.3910.081

Add a third string Sensation 15 (1.35) in full Sensation Control 16 (1.30) in full