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Wilson Sensation 15 (1.35) vs Wilson Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

Sensation 15 (1.35) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) is 22 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

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

Nylon · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15417th pct
15823rd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
178th pct
178th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9381st pct
9384th 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
0.41735th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08024th pct
0.08637th 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 Sensation 15 (1.35) at 52 lb

String Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) at 50.7 lb 23.0 kg

Coming from Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String Sensation 15 (1.35) at 53.3 lb 24.2 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 / Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness18th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss8th pct · 1 measured
Energy return82nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential51st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite15th pct · 1 measured
String friction28th pct · 1 measured

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) mains / Sensation 15 (1.35) crosses

Stiffness20th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss8th pct · 1 measured
Energy return82nd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential51st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite30th pct · 1 measured
String friction33rd 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

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

~38 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 Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) Nylon17find15817934.80.4170.086

Add a third string Sensation 15 (1.35) in full Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) in full