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This blade has a very good control with a great sweet spot. This is reflected in excellent blocking and loops. It is not a very big blade 157x150 this is for me a small draw back. I like long blades. However, it overall performs really great and gives me great confidence when using. It is also rather good in the near field with also good control of under spin short game. Sweet spot is also really good. I that a huge nice wood feeling with a very deep hold. Handle is great for large hands but my hands are sized so that I prefer to sand the wings. The wings are normal sized but I like the increased control and also fit when I have sanded the wings 2-4mm. Build quality was good with nicely sanded edges. I put some varnish for protection as always do on any blade. I used Stiga DNA Hybrid H which give a rather low, not too low, arch (it is the rubber) otherwise I expect a nice arch from this blade. The only potentially weak spot might be smashed which are OK but could be a bit slow but this can be remediated by a fast rubber.

It is not a hard blade but rather have the nice dig in feeling and control.
Durability is also so far, played for more than a year, good. How durable in the long term it is I cannot say having not played with it the whole time.

The blade overall is an Off blade. it is slower than an outer carbon blade but go es more than enough power.

Great tacky hard rubber. The biggest issue I have is that after 3 months it started to degrade quickly. Now after 6 months its completely dead. I only play about 3-5hrs a week these days. That is a big disappointment.

It is basically a Timo Boll or Zhang Jike alc, so if you want the Butterfly feeling, but you want to save money, then this blade is a must have. You can get it for around a quarter of the price of a TB ALC, so it is very cost effective. I feel it is an upgrade from the Yinhe Pro 01, they are quite similar. Another thing is that it is limited edition, so there is some prestige around it if you are a collector. It is overall a high performing blade for and incredibly reasonable price!

I love linear rubbers, so this rubber is a good one for me. It does it's job well without high catapult. It's quite a hard rubber, so it can go fast as long as you hit through it. It can also play short, chop and spin pretty well. It is balanced, but it does nothing exceptionally well, and it's price is quite high for what it is giving. There are other rubbers out there that have a higher value, but you cannot go wrong with this rubber. One thing bad about this rubber, the bottomsheet is badly affected by regluing. The Glayzer's spring sponge is durable AS LONG AS you keep it on the blade you glued on when it was new. If you reglue it, it'll crater like the moon.

I love linear rubbers, so this rubber is a good one for me. It does it's job well without high catapult. It's quite a hard rubber, so it can go fast as long as you hit through it. It can also play short, chop and spin pretty well. It is balanced, but it does nothing exceptionally well, and it's price is quite high for what it is giving. There are other rubbers out there that have a higher value, but you cannot go wrong with this rubber. One thing bad about this rubber, the bottomsheet is badly affected by regluing. The Glayzer's spring sponge is durable AS LONG AS you keep it on the blade you glued on when it was new. If you reglue it, it'll crater like the moon.

This blade is to me the Innerforce ALC improved. It is a little heavy so that might be a negative for some but it increases its overall power. It's speed is pretty close to outer carbons but has the control and dwell of inner carbons and even comparable to wood blades. It's soft outer limba layers let me spin and loop confidently, as well as play the short games nicely. Blocking with this blade is as good as it's looping games. When I want speed, I just need to dig a tad bit harder and it gives me all the speed I need with added control.

But enough about performance specs. I've always prioritized the feel of the blade in my hand when searching for the right blade, and this blade does not disappoint. The soft Limba outerply gives the initial impact a very warm and broad feeling. These soft outer layers just begs to be deformed by a strong swing though, as when it is done so, the inner ALC kicks in, giving the softer outer plies stability and power, with a metallic crisp similar to the Viscaria, but muted by soft outer plies. Combined, the soft and the stiff form to give great feedback to the hand, and speed is not compromised at all.

This is the rubber with the best balance between usable catapult and linearity. This rubber does almost everything well, from looping to short work, from flat smashing to chopping. I have been on the market searching high and low for rubbers with not too extreme catapult, but not dead either. Having tested both extremes, ultra fast catapults like T05 and hard tacky Chinese rubbers, I have concluded that I preferred a blend of both. Not necessarily tacky, but medium/low catapult with good grip. I would rank this alongside Rakza Z and Dignics09C as one of the top 'linear' rubbers out there, and the G1 is the best one among the three when it comes to price to performance ratio. Serves and receiving serves are great as the linearity helps with overshooting and the grip helps with spin insensitivity. In short, my EJ syndrome has been put to an end with this rubber for my forehand. When my backhand gets better, this'll also go to my backhand.

This blade fits very well with modern ESN or Japanese rubbers. Gives very strong spinny loops. Blocking is good and particularly with faster rubbers. Smashing is good with faster rubbers but not with soft to intermediate sponge and speed rubbers. Can though be done with a flicking motion. Control is very good. The blade is not as speedy as the fastest 7-ply or carbon blades but with a fast rubber it gives plenty of speed. The handle is really outstanding particularly for intermediate or large hands. Actually quite unique in for for both anatomic as well as straight handles. The blade is for the price around 50€ worth every cent. The blades invites both a technical and offensive game. From mid-distance one needs some more powerful rubber and then it works rather well. Soft rubbers give too little power beyond a couple of meters. The blade had a very nice finish and I have had no tears or wear in the top pile from changing rubbers on several blades. I always put on a thin top seal. It has been my main blade for a couple of years. My level is intermediate varied play with offensive.

My setup:
Diode Pro ST
Loki Arthur China 2.1mm + 2 layers Haifu yellow
Dawei 388D-1 1.0mm sponge

My background: usually I play penhold with 2x inverted DHS rubber on hardwood blade such as YEO. Typically defensive style with counter-loops, lobs, and snakes from behind the table. I've chopped with Xiom Allround S, Diode Pro, and Koji Matsushita Offensive. I've played penhold with both short pips and long pips on forehand.

Diode Pro is very slow on most strokes, but with the potential for a very fast attack if you add enough power. The change between slow balls and fast balls is also very sudden -- below the power threshold is still quite slow, but once you hit hard enough to flex the blade then the ball goes very fast. Not much in the middle gears.

I don't know if this speed profile is standard for defensive blades, but I found it very hard to get used to -- particularly with the inverted rubber side. If I tried to gently scoop the ball onto the table (as I often do in my normal playing style), it would often go into the net, and if I tried to power-loop the ball it would often go long. Comparing to my Koji Matsushita Off, I think the power-loop is actually faster with the Diode Pro. Disclaimer: I think part of my trouble with this blade is that I am not used to playing with softwood blades.

I'm sure this construction is really good for players who like to play a modern defense style -- but I found it difficult to control. While Koji Matsushita Off was faster on most strokes, I found it easier to control than Diode Pro because the speed was more predictable.

Wood is very soft, giving good dwell times for chopping on both sides. The stability of chopping is really nice.

Adding sidespin is very easy and very potent. Sidespin is normally a big part of my game, but my practice partners were whiffing my sidespin balls much more than usual when I played with this blade. The sidespin scoop creates a really spinny ball (though it's not so fast). Strawberry chops with pips on backhand were also quite spinny -- more so than the straight backspin chop.

Generally a good defensive blade, but I think I still prefer a hardwood blade like Koji Matsushita Offensive. A defender who likes softwood will probably appreciate the Diode Pro a lot.

Usually I play with hard tacky Chinese rubbers like Hurricane 3 and Skyline 2, on a wood or woody-feeling blade.

My impression of Zyre 03 is that it's made for an all-out attacking game with little flexibility for anything else. This seems to be in line with how other amateur players feel.

I tried Zyre 03 2.7mm for a playing session on both sides my clubmate's Hadraw 5 FL (5 ply all wood blade). My first impression was that it completely lacks feeling -- to the point where the setup felt like 60 degree rubber on a carbon blade. The contact time is extremely little and there doesn't seem to be much vibrational feedback.

I was amazed at how well my attacking shots went in. Power loops went fast, with a big jump and safe arc. Looping from behind the table was especially nice -- I can't think of any other rubber that made such consistently powerful spinny shots from behind the table. Somehow power-looping is the only shot where you have any feeling -- everything else feels like nothing.

There are some shots I like to play away from the table which I found hard to play with Z03: strawberry slices, hooking forehand sidespins, and snakes. Playing with Z03 very much forced me to play a standard aggressive topspin game, whereas much of my usual style involves trying to confuse my opponents with strange spins.

My short game was terrible and I could not figure out how to push with heavy backspin. I'm sure there's a way to push, but I'd need to spend more time learning it. Any time I tried to push, my opponent would just flick or loop it with no issue at all. Even my long pushes were not so spinny. My best strategy was to serve fast and long every time, to get to open rally as quickly as possible.

I could not get any sort of feeling of gripping the ball. You have to be confident in your strokes without receiving feedback. Pushing underspin somehow feels like pushing underspin with pips -- the ball kinda rolls on it. It's very different from Tenergy 05, where you get a sharp crisp feeling of biting against the incoming spin.

Lifting backspin was pretty easy, but you have to add power. Slow looping is not an option.

Interesting experience overall, but I probably won't be using it again. Useful for a player who plays extreme unrelenting offense, but wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.

This rubber is very good, until it gets power crept by Dawei 388D-1, and Dawei in general. The reversal is great, feeling is nice, like most other long pips.

(I have not used 388D-1 yet, though I have used Saviga. It outclasses 955)

For its price, this rubber tops every chart. Its speed, spin, and overall quality is on par with some 729, or even DHS rubbers. However, this does not mean it's a must buy. Mercury has glaring problems, like gears and feeling. Overall, a very nice rubber for its price, but if you have a big budget might as well get some other rubber.

Mark V is a very good rubber made for all kinds of players. Has great control, capable for every possible shot with hardly any problem and has a lot of potential. I personally use it on the backhand (RPB) and it has amazing control and I can place very well. There's a reason why this rubber is one of the longest standing rubbers ever.

Hurricane 3 has no introduction, it's one of the most famous rubbers of all time. For good reason too, it has some of the best feeling from a rubber, high gears, very controllable, and extremely spinny! It also promotes a correct and powerful form using the entire body, as a failure to do so leads to a miss or a low quality shot.

Overall, everything about this rubber is great!

I bought a new Zyre 03 recently and I find it fast and spinny, with enough control, but it does require experience as it isn't a rubber aimed for beginners, it does require a good understanding. The spin is rather impressive (imo not as good as Hurricane and other Chinese rubbers but for what it is, it's very impressive.) You also need a confident shot, you can't just do a "nothing" shot and expect it to be decent like Tenergy. For this rubber you need to hit it confidently to get the best out of the rubber. For me, the rubber suits my backhand very well, I might switch to it fully. Compared to D09C I would say it's a little less forgiving and faster. The spin is pretty similar though. The thickness I haven't gotten used to yet and I find the thickness really weird but I like that feeling. I would recommend this rubber to those who want good enough control without it being crazy fast and bouncy like the Dignics 80 or Tenergy series, while having an impressive amount of spin and have good power.

I picked up this bad boy in a nice deal that I just completely jumped on. Second hand but hardly used, and it got me really curious as to how it plays.
I tested this blade with 2x T05 (which it came with) as well as my current main rubbers, Fastarc G1 and C1.
I mainly compare this to my main blade, the Innerforce Layer ALC.

Touch and push
Regardless of the rubber, this blade has more feeling than I expected. This is probably due to it being slightly thinner at 5.5mm than the 5.7-5.8 on the Innerforce. I grew up using a thin blade which makes it surprisingly familiar despite being a Koto topped, fiber-infused beast.
You absolutely need to have a soft touch, though.

Drive and speed
This is where the blade delivers standout performance. As soon as you start tightening up the grip, it will accelerate. Quickly. You will still feel it clearly, as opposed to a thicker outer fiber blade, but it ramps up really fast and you need to anticipate on that.

Top spin game
Despite its speed in a straight line, this baby can spin! I suspect the thin structure produces enough flex to make it whip around the ball like I'm used to.

Conclusion
This blade is for compact strokes, but if you have a bigger topspin stroke that's OK, too. Keep your flat hits, touches and pushes compact and you will have a good feeling bat on your hands with tons and tons of power when you want it.
Would I buy it for the MRSP? Definitely not. Would I buy it over the IFL ALC for the same price? I don't think so. It ramps up too quickly for me to be safe with it. But players with more flow and relaxed motion can make real good use of this.

Escribo desde Argentina. Aclaro esto porque aca no son particularmente populares los robots asi que no tengo muchos puntos de comparacion. Aclarado este punto, debo decir que estoy increiblemente sorprendido. Para mi nivel incicial en tenis de mesa, me esta yudando muchisimo para ganar en consistencia, mejorar el la creacion de efectos y aprender distintas tecnicas. E visto aca la publicacion de reseñas exhaustivas y muy tecnica por lo que quiza no pueda aportar demasiado. Lo que si puedo decir con seguridad es que no se atasca pese al hecho de que lo uso en una terraza abierta. Si bien antes de ponerlo en funcionamiento limpio bien el piso, la acumulacion de polvillo, pelos de mi gato y pequeñas particulas de las plantas que se desprenden ensucian las pelotas e indefectiblemente algo siempre cae en la cesta de pelotas y va al interior del robot. Hasta ahora, luego de un mes y medio de uso, nunca se atasco y el funcionamiento es perfecto. Por ahora no lo e desarmado para una limpieza intensiva pero despues de cada uso lo aspiro y le hago una limpieza general. Soy amateur, voy tres veces por semana a entrenar a un club y este robot me resulta un increible y divertido complento. Puedo replicar facilmente los ejercicios multibola que practico en el club, hacer saques y configurar ejercisio para trabajar cosas muy puntuales. No se me ocurre una mejor inversion para mejorar. En la puntuacion voy a poner durable, porque no tengo evidencia contraria pero es algo que el tiempo dira realmente si es asi.

Some people might disagree with my hardness rating, but I compare most blades to my first (Butterfly VSG21-4000) and that thing was essentially a paddle-shaped plate of ceramic. In comparison, the Joola Rossi Emotion (JRE) is firm but still has dwell. The hinoki outer veneers give it wonderful soft touch in over-the-table play.

Loop: 8/10
Drive/Flat Hits: 9/10
Counterloop: 10/10
Block: 8/10
Push: 10/10
Chop: ??? (I'm not really a chopper so I haven't tested it.)
Serve: 8.5/10

Overall I'd give the JRE an 8/10. It's a great intermediate blade; fast but not too fast, responsive, and controllable. It's solid in most areas and excels at counterlooping and touch play, almost regardless of the rubber attached. Blocking and serves are the two areas that are more affected by rubber choice. Loops also have a rather low trajectory, so it can benefit from a higher-throw rubber. It marries well with Euro/Japanese rubbers, as well as hybrids. I have not tested hard, tacky Chinese rubbers on it.

If it could be said to have any downsides, it does lose a little speed farther from the table—though not enough to keep the ball from going over the net—and the FL handle, while comfortable to hold, does not make for an easy transition between FH and BH shots. (I haven't quite figured out why; maybe wing height?)

I am writing this review based on using Zyre 03 on the FH wing using an ALL WOOD blade.
I am a level 1 TTE approved coach, the lowest level of coach. I play local league table tennis, depending on the league in question either Prem or Div 1. This gives you and idea of my standard of play. I have also posted footage in the past on the TTD forum.

Now on to Zyre 03 !!

Out of all the Butterfly rubbers -Glazer, Tenergy 05/19 and Dignics 09C that I have played with / tested Zyre 03 is my favourite by far!!

General speed - fast.
General feel - medium hard - to me it felt softer than T05/19 Glazer and D09C

short game - Good touch capability, not too bouncy. Pushes feel secure and with better technique than mine, can be spin loaded.

Serves - again not too bouncy, high spin with well brushed serve technique. Serves can be kept short easily with an all wood set up. I found it easier to serve short with Z03 compared to T05/19 and D09C.
Long serves are fast.

FH top spin - great arc, great spin, controllable especially mid / far distance. Good speed/fast
FH open up v back spin - good, slow spinny open ups achievable. Faster lower open ups need a little more care. Arc is good, heavy spin drags the ball onto the table. Good kick.

Drive - pretty stable great speed. Good kick.
Counter top spin v spinny open ups ( not my strong point !!) if you step back and then counter topspin brushing over the top of the ball it’s easier. Closer to the table a low energy drive is much safer, due to the speed of the rubber the balls returns with good pace. If you try and put too much into the stroke the result can be on the wild side!!

Blocking - stable, controllable, active blocking is better than passive blocking. The pace of the returning ball can be controlled with grip pressure. General speed is quick.

Flat hits - fast!! User need good control.

Chopping - tried a few chops!! Good spin and trajectory.

Where this rubber really excels is when looping mid distance and away from table. It felt really nice on the all wood set up, doesn’t feel like it explodes of the bat with short dwell, but it’s still quick.
Overall it’s a pretty stable rubber with great spin, speed etc.

On blades with carbon / composite layers this rubber may be a beast. There have been some mixed reviews by better players than me!! It doesn’t feel like T05/19/D09C does to me, which I like, but other players who love D09C/T05/19 may not like how this rubber plays and feels.

Can this rubber be used by intermediate level players With good basic technique? For sure on an all wood set up, maybe not on carbon set ups. This rubber is unlikely to be unsuitable for beginners, lower level players.

I played Zyre for the first time yesterday.
2.7 red on Viscaria Light.
Tremendous kick feeling on small effort.
Hard to control in the beginning definitely.
Push and receive is little bit tricky, ball goes upward and long.
No way to passive block, but aggressive and active block is really good. Counter is easy, just go forward.
If you play active the pressure is really big for opponent.
I' didn't play faster rubber before. Feeling is different.
It's not similar to eu hybrids in my way (metal feeling).
It's more like really heavy boosted Hurricane but sometimes like really hard Tenergy. Kick is special.
I think players like Gerassimenko, Alexis Lebrun, and Hugo would make great use of this rubber in the 2nd and 3rd zones. It's very easy to transition from defense to attack, and high lobs are really powerful. It's a bit ridiculous.
I think 2.5 will be more familiar for us amateurs.