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A long term blade and good for beginners. Has enough speed and power with proper technique. Can pair with almost all of chinese rubbers.

Grande Madeira!!
Não é muito pesado, apesar de o peso estar mais centrado na ponta da pá, mesmo assim é perfeito para jogadores de Top Spin de esquerda!!
Madeira com grande sentimento, a bola fica muito tempo na madeira, sentimos sempre o controlo total da bola, e na colocação da bola na mesa!
A minha madeira está emparelhada com duas Borrachas Tenergy 05 Hard, 2.2mm (direita e na esquerda), e funcionam maravilhosamente!!
Sou treinador Profissional (tenho academia de ténis de mesa) e Recomendo esta madeira para jogadores evoluídos tecnicamente (jogadores de Spin e de blocos)

My youtube review:

Composition: koto-->pine tree-->kiri<--pine tree<--koto

This is the fastest and stiffest all-wood blade that I have ever used. Andro uses a high-temperature heating process to artificially harden and de-moisturise the wood, resulting in stiff and light plies. In conjunction with the hard koto wood on the outer plies, this almost creates a feeling of using a carbon blade rather than an all-wood blade. I have tested a friend's Butterfly Primorac Carbon and I think that the stiffness is in the same ballpark. Vibrations and feeling are much reduced compared to, say, the all-wood Stiga Allround Classic. The blade is very responsive and the ball shoots off the bat quickly with little effort which some say would result in lower control.

Looping with this blade is good, however, some people might be tempted to slap the ball rather than loop due to the stiffness and speed and go for outright winners that way. Playing loop drive kills is extremely satisfying as the blade makes a loud clicking noise and produces a very fast shot. Blocking is very fast and quick if you time your shot correctly. Punch shots with the backhand are very fast and effortless. Looping with the backhand is a bit more difficult due to the speed and you really need to brush the ball correctly to generate enough spin. I find producing spin with this blade a little more difficult compared to other softer blades such as the DHS 301 or the DHS Power G7.

Unfortunately, I don't really like the handle. Either the handle is too short, or perhaps too thick (making me think it is shorter). My hands are probably slightly smaller than average. After using other blades for a little while, and then going back to the Temper Tech OFF, I always feel like the blade is going to slip out of my hand (until I get used to it again). If the handle was slightly thinner (or perhaps slightly longer), I would say this was the perfect blade for me. Also, I've gone through about 2 or 3 of these blades as unfortunately the plies started coming apart after banging the blade on the table playing chop blocks.

I've been using the blade for almost the entire time I've been playing table tennis (around 4 years) and it is my no. 1 blade. I use Rasanster R47 on both sides and play an offensive style at around a 1300 level (on Ratings Central) and my forehand loop is my strongest shot. Perhaps I would have benefited from using a slower blade during my formative table tennis years as I think that my technique is a little too compact due to pulling back due to the speed of this blade. Due to the blade being discontinued, I've been searching for a few months for a worthy replacement and have so far found it a bit difficult as I didn't realise just how stiff the Temper Tech OFF was and how much that played into how the blade played.

Overall, I really like this blade and it's my favourite so far.

Blades I have used:
- Stiga Allround Classic
- DHS Hurricane 301
- Butterfly Primorac Carbon
- DHS Power G7
- Yinhe V-14 Pro

I have played with this rubber very long time, with a lot of different blades, in periods. Its spin is in 10 tops all time, and the serves and loops are great. Durability is awesome, but im very careful with my rubbers, spray sometimes Stiga Energy Spray (with voc) on, to get the ultimate spin, and put Nittaku tacky covers. I have a 6 year old one that is shiny as new, played with 30-40 times.
It is a fast rubber, and im a soin player offensive mid from table, so you cant have a very fast rack to do close monsterside-loops. I have used it approx. on 10 blades. On Yasaka Galaxia Carbon i could not handle it, but it playes very good on Stiga Rosewood 5 & 7, Stiga Clipper CR. I now play it on my favourite blade Nittaku Septear Lead, which is a softer blad, and that combination stands.

The Cons i have noticed is when you get very sweaty and warm, or much heat in the hall, it tends to "die" because it draw the moisture towards the rubber. (Nittakus incredible rubber Renanos Hold has that same thing!.

Anyway, those of you that not tested it, do it.

P,S a youth young boy borrowed it from me for a tournament, and won, mostly for the others in that age had not received this kind of spin before

To start, I have a terrible time finding shoes to fit my feet.

Not only are my feet wide, but I also have a high instep that just will not comfortably fit in most shoes resulting in shoes being either too tight on the sides or too tight on near the laces. Sometimes both.

Being in the U.S., finding table tennis shoes is a pain because I generally want to try shoes on before I buy them. I was looking at Mizuno, but finding my size was a challenge and having to get them shipped from overseas bothered me because I really believed I would have to return them. Didn't really want to deal with that.

Seeing another player at my club wearing the Blue Groovy's I noticed that the toe box seemed pretty roomy. I gave it a shot and ordered the Yellow Groovy's in a size 12 US and they fit PERFECT. My toes are not cramped, but are not loose either. I don't feel any pressure on the top of my foot. My actual size is an 11 US, but I went up to the 12 and it was the right call.

These shoes are light weight and grip the floor well, but still allow some slide. I can't really fairly rate the durability having them for just a month, but I am seriously considering ordering at least one more pair just to have in case they stop making them or something. I love these shoes and if you have wide feet, I would definitely give them a shot!

Rhyzer 43 is capable of doing everything, like blocking, flat hits and everything well except for chopping. Chopping is a lot harder with tensor rubber usually and this rubber is not exempted from this. I use it for BH and the transition from a inverted classic rubber like Mark V or Sriver to Rhyzer 43 is easy. It is also a good FH rubber to experiment with to test out tensor rubber.

**** died after a week, tried to salvage it by boosting but it was never the same. I know it's only been a week but damn.... So that's why acuda series are still a lot popular*** (IMHO)



Using it on my BH.
Will try to keep it short and sweet.

Serve:soft Topsheet bites the ball very well and the med sponge catapults it out giving tremendous heavy spin

Throw angle: medium

VS Backspin: having a hard time hitting top gear. Gives an easy slow spinny loop.

Blocking: absorbs the speed of the ball which makes blocking easier.

Receiving: not spin sensitive unless you dig it in the sponge.

VS Topspin drives: BH punches do so well against spinners. I was having a hard time with different rubber regarding this but this 1 makes it easy.

Chopping: Yes You Can!!!

Chiquita: easy!!

Hope it helps
any questions, comment below

I have previously used the Timo Boll Spirit, this Blade is a Little Bit different. Since I already used an alc blade I got used to this one quite quickly. The carbon is one layer closer to the center of the blade than in other alc blades. It gives a better control in pushes and, service/ service return. You still get the amazing Carbon feel when looping, hitting, driving, flipping etc. the only change necessary in my opinion is the handle. Other BTY blades like the Timo Boll spirit has a round and very comfortable handle. Don’t get me wrong the harimoto handle is comfortable however, this is just a minor tweak. I have been playing with this since it’s release.

I have bin playing with this rubber on my forehand for about two months now and i love it! The looping ability is great, especially close to the table. its also great for blocking and control/placement of the ball. Its not as direct as tennergy 05 and its a bit worse for smashing, but I really enjoy having both T05 and D05 on my blade. It makes it easier to adjust to different situations.
I Just got the Harimoto innerforce alc, so i might post my thoughts on that in a little while. Peace!

I played Nexxus EL PRO 48 on BH, and it's great, but for FH it's too slow and "bouncy" for me, so tried XT version... And for me XT Pro 48 is almost ideal for FH, it feels much harder than EL version, dwell time is much less on XT, it's have much more max speed and power potential compared to EL, the arc of XT is much lower than EL, so XT is great for powerful topspins and flat smashes, also nice on the short play because it's not bouncy and topsheet is very spinny (I even maked a few successesful backspins on topspins far away from the table, and they were deadly for my opponents)... For me XT on BH is not a option, because it's too speedy for me, but mosly because it's lacks of dwell time and have a low arc, so it's too hard for me to start topspin on backspin close to the table (or on table), for me EL is much better on BH...

So, for me EL PRO 48 on BH and XT PRO 48 on FH is just awesome combination, at least on my current blade (Tibhar Cedric Nuytinck), actually I like it so much, that I maked second setup, which is the same as my main, will be using one on trainings and second on tournaments.

My review in YouTube:

Pros:
Easy to control (really really easy)
Feel (easy to trick the opponent, serving feeling is superb)
Lots of spin
Good speed on smash balls
Easy to play accurate shots
A loop-machine

Cons:
Too light for offensive play (~85 grams)
Lacks power to finish the point with medium rubbers at max thickness
The flared handle I got was a little too thin for my taste, will definetely buy wide flared handles in the future.


To conclude the review, the blade has good looping oppurtunities when paired with grippy rubbers, however it lacks some power (which might be because of its weight). Have in mind, that your physical strength will play a factor in how well the blade plays power-wise, which is why I'll keep this blade for a long time and improve my physical strength to maximise the power-potential. Smashes with the blade, on another hand are hyper-super fast and will probably stun you as much as your opponent.

Just switched to D05 from MXP on Acoustic Carbon Inner for my BH. I loved the feel and crisp feeling of MXP, but playing it for 3 months, it definitely started giving out after first 6 weeks or so when the factory booster wore off. D05 plays about the same, but just slight adjustment (my ball keep going into the net). It feels slower at weaker stroke, but a lot more power when you do a stronger stroke. I'm definitely loving it. Super easy lifting heavy back spins and generating top spins. Very Forgiving too for blocking heavy top spin.

Use it on BH of my Tibhar Cedric Nuytinck blade for about 1.5 month now... It's really great with 40+ ABS balls, with which is overall not easy to create much spin, but somehow with this rubber it really becomes easier to generate spin with this balls, also the trajectory is tends to be quite low, espessially close to the table, so it's really not comfortable for your opponent... It's show it's best qualities close to the table, "bananas", flicks are just amazing, blocks are also fantastic and precise. Far from a table it's alo plays quite nice, but you have to have at least OFF blade and put quite some power to your shot so that your topspin will be dangerous for your opponent...

All above is about BH, for me this rubber is too soft for FH, but it maybe only my own issues, I just like quite hard rubbers on FH, so I tried GEWO Nexxus XT PRO 48 on my FH about a week ago and so far like it very much, reaaly great for my FH (for BH for me it's a bit too hard, but main issue it's too fast for my BH, IMHO it's much faster than it's EL "brother") maybe write a small review for it a bit later...

I wrote up a little review shortly after having started using Rozena. I've been using it for a long time now, time to restate things. The following pertains to sheets of Rozena used for 10-16 hours/week in intensive training and matches during about 6 months, which is about 300-400 hours of use.

Rozena is a relatively spin-insensitive rubber. This also seems to entail that it is not always as easy to impart spin with it. This is especially so when pushing.

The short game is fine, but if at some point you seek to deliver a very tight and heavily loaded deep backspin ball, well, that's relatively hard to do and the ball won't be as spinny as with some other rubbers. So, don't do that.

When countering, blocking (actively or passively), or flat hitting, Rozena is extremely dependable. You can just keep going on and on keeping the ball in play if that's what you set out to do. As long as you're in position and manage to stay awake you'll keep going like a machine.

Opening up backspin balls is relatively easy, and the pleasant surprise Rozena brings to the table is a very high level of spin when engaging the sponge. A light brush will be less loaded than (say) with Tenergy 05, but with deep contact the difference isn't that big. Flicks are a bit easier, but might be a little less pressureful than with said T05.

It shines when counterspinning in half position or second position. Again, here Rozena produces massive spin, T05 level, upon deep contact, and has plenty punch to deliver quality of speed too. A high quality counterspinning game is enabled that way. My game has grown in solidity. This is a tradeoff; I also have a spare T05/NanoflexFT48 setup, with which I have higher percentages of both spectacular winners as well as abysmall errors. By now I prefer the certainty of getting in place, hitting the ball in full confidence that I'll bend it onto the table wherever and however I want it to.

After a while you get used to the way Rozena produces spin and incorporate the required deep contact in serving as well. That takes a little extra effort, and it requires a bit more skills. Learning this is a good thing anyway, and once this is mastered you get to play the deception game by way of deeper and shallower contact as well.

My slabs of Rozena are old enough to develop EJ rash in the meantime. They're worn a bit, visually, with a few crumbs breaking away from the edges; Rozena is more prone to breaking up when hitting the table edge or your partner's blade in doubles. I actually have a very little clot broken out when I brushed a ball that just cleared the long table corner, ever so gently grazing that corner. My index finger rest shows discolouration. Yet the rubbers still play pretty much like new; there's ball slippage only when things get all too wet/humid, and not more so now than when new. To I'm not giving in to EJ impulses just now; there's no justification for that.

This blade gives me the control I need in developing my strokes. I can feel the ball and place shots where I want them to go when I of course hit them correctly.

The downside is the speed. Even with well hit shots, I find the opposition catches up to the ball easily even when they are out of position.

Perfect blade in my opinion for starting out or just keeping the ball in play. Price is right too.

My review in YouTube channel: