Head to head

Yonex Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) vs Yonex Rexis Speed 16L (1.25)

Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) is 43 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Yonex

Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25)

Nylon · 16L ga

Yonex

Rexis Speed 16L (1.25)

Nylon · 16L ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
1293rd pct
1263rd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2432nd pct
2946th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9276th pct
9270th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
6.485th pct
5.671st pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.47769th pct
0.53187th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07412th pct
0.09455th 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 Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) at 52 lb

String Rexis Speed 16L (1.25) at 53.2 lb 24.1 kg

Coming from Rexis Speed 16L (1.25) at 52 lb

String Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) at 50.8 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.

Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) mains / Rexis Speed 16L (1.25) crosses

Stiffness3rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss38th pct · 1 measured
Energy return73rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential83rd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite72nd pct · 1 measured
String friction20th pct · 1 measured

Rexis Speed 16L (1.25) mains / Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) crosses

Stiffness3rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss41st pct · 1 measured
Energy return73rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential74th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite84th pct · 1 measured
String friction45th 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.

Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25)

~30 hours of play

Rexis Speed 16L (1.25)

~26 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Yonex Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) Nylon16L$22.0012924926.40.4770.074
Yonex Rexis Speed 16L (1.25) Nylon16Lfind12629925.60.5310.094

Add a third string Rexis Comfort 16L (1.25) in full Rexis Speed 16L (1.25) in full