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Greetings,

This was - and still is - my first and most used blade.

Control is the prime criterion for this blade - though it's not as "slow" as one might think. This is a excellent beginner's blade to learn the game.

A couple of coats of varnish - to protect the wood from glue - adds a bit of extra hardness to it with a concomitant slight loss of control making this almost ALL+.

Kindest regards,

James

Ok, just to start this review I'd like to say that these balls where used during the European Para Table Tennis Championships and I as an umpire, didn't see or experience any balls breaking. I never found one broken ball, and that was from early in the morining to late afternoon during a whole week.

I also got to play with them a little, and the bounce is definitely better (at least I like it that way) as it bounes higher and remarkably longer. The speed is much higher, so it requires less work go get decent speeds, something that I like a lot, as I love speed. The balls seem to be a little darker in their color, and a little more glossy than any other ball I've used, I don't see this as a pro or con, as it really doesn't matter to me.
Most of the balls are round and nice, but there are a few exeptions and that's something you should be aware of. During racket control in the EPTTC I also checked all the balls my players where to use (if they didn't choose themselves) and I found a few eggs amongst otherwise great and perfectly round balls.

The reason I have speed at 10, is because it's probably one of the fastest plastic balls there is, not as fast as celluloid, but fast. They have a crisp feel, but they don't sound as bad as other plastic balls, not as "broken".
Overall I like them. They are without doubt the best balls I've played with so far, and I've played with a lot. This is the closest thing I've found to celluloid and I can't wait to buy a few more myself, as I only managed to get hold of two balls at the EPTTC.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, if theres anything you're wondering about, feel free to leave a comment or send a private message.

A good blade to start off your journey of table tennis. This blades offers you control, good speed depending on rubbers of course, good feeling of the ball and on the initiation of strokes. I highly recommend this blade to anyone who is starting off or falling back on off- or + to this as this will help you redevelop your strokes to a slower pace.

I tested this plastic ball during my club practice in my opinion its pretty good, it felt different compared to the butterfly plastic training balls i won from butterfly took a 20 minutes and i was already into it and consistent throughout all my strokes. I believe this is the best plastic ball currently right now. However i still need more time for a solid conclusion for now.

Here is a first quick Review of the new G40+ Ball: After the first 2 training sessions i´m gonna let you know my first impressions of the new ball. We (my clubmates and me) picked randomly 3 balls out of a pack of 72 and we also added the Nittaku 40 cell ball as well as the XSF 40+ to have a wider and better comparison. Compared to the XSF the 40+ felt faster and lighter, compared to the easy ball it felt way more solid. The sound it makes seems to be the only big difference to the cell ball. In every other way it felt much closer to the cell ball than the XSF. It als seems to better pick up spin than the XSF. Our league is still allowed to use cell balls, since the performance of the p-balls wasn´t very consistent. But with these new balls i think this is gonna change within the next couple of seasons and no more c-balls will be allowed. But that´s just my personal prognosis.
The durability seems to be ok, (if one can tell after the first two training sessions. But other p-balls didn´t even make it up to here)

I feel quite happy we have the chance to already get used to them... So far this has been the best p-ball i´ve ever played with.
(Gotta admit, i didn´t try out the NP 40+ yet, mainly ´cause it has not been available in my area, and i didn´t feel like ordering directly from japan. Now since its availability is getting better, i´ll be able to compare these two balls in the near future.)
But for now: The Butterfly G40+ is the best poly ball on the market (to me).

EDIT: Meanwhile i´ve also had the chance to use the NP40+ in comparison. These two balls are my favourite, with a slight tendency leaning towards the G40+.
I get the feeling that it´s faster. But that´s my personal preference.

We´ve been using this ball in our club for about 2 years now and still didn´t manage to break one(!!). Its durability is extraordinary. We still got the same two sixpacks of balls since then. No cell ball has been lasting that long. It is very close to the old cell balls, except of the higher bounce and the less speed. The spin ability isn´t the same as cell balls but it´s quite close. Another plus is that they´re not as hard to get as a few other 40+balls. Many stores in my area seem to have them on stock.
All in all i think it´s a pretty good ball.

This is a very good equipment ! I advise you ! Good value for money ! The rubber has lots of speed and yet it is controllable. I like the rubbers durability it lasts a long time for me.

Comparing this to Bryce speed fx and vega europe, VJ is the fastest of the two. It is not a Vega rubber. It is closer to the Omega series or the Sigma. It is the fastest of the vega series and I would say with the speed it is faster than some of the Omega's. Also I would not recommend this rubber for beginners, you need to have a fairly good technique. I felt that the rubber is more bouncy than VE. After buying the rubber you notice that it is much more tacky than VE which is quite useful as it picks the ball up more. I have improved my flicks so much with this rubber, which made that I can play more aggressive at times. For me it does not feel that fast at lower speed but when you start to speed up you feel the speed, especially at smashing. I wouldn't say that it is the fastest rubber of all but if you want something with speed, spin and a fair amount of control and you play close-mid distance then it is perfect. A lot of people say that at times it is similar to T05 or even MX-P. 3 people in my club use it including me, counting that there are around 24 in my club in total.

Any questions then I am happy to answer, just PM me.

This is the best ball I have played with. Comparing to the Joola Plastic balls which I broke around 8/9. I haven't broke any of these. Around 60% of my club use this balls now after a lot of people moved to plastic balls. This are much more durable, especially at smashing. They are not very light which means you get more power but still a bit less than with the celluloid balls. Any questions just ask.

Although this is a rubber of some generations back, it's still one of my favorites. I'm a two wing looper (playing TT more then 25 years already) and my complete gameplay is based on (top)spin. I use the 375 in max on my FH and 425 2.0mm on my BH. Blade used is the Rossi Emotion.

Controll
This is where the Rhyzm 375 really shines. It nearly doesn't react to any incoming spin at all and due to the softness, it's very easy to spin even heavy backspin. Spin over spin is also very easy. When blocking, the rubber absorbs the speed and you are able to return slow and short blocks (perfect when your opponent is standing away from the table).

Speed
Certainly not a speed monster, not even close. The 375 is a nice rubber to play a controlled offensive play, but if you are a hardhitter, this is not your rubber.

Topspin
Main reason for me to enjoy this rubber. I'm able to generate a lot of topspin on both slow and fast strokes. Easy to play slow topspin with massive spin on heavy backspin push to open the game, followed by a fast topspin.

Smash
Uhm, no...just no. This rubber is way too soft to play a proper smash. If I get a high ball, I play some kind of a smash-loop.

Block
It's just so easy to both slow & passive blocks as fast & well placed blocks. The 375 almost doesn't react to the incoming spin. Although slow blocks are pretty easy, I prefer to play offensive when blocking. With this rubber, I'm able to generate backspin in my blocks just my moving my wrist just a little. Within a single rally I play dead blocks, spin blocks and backspin blocks. My oppenent is often surprised by this and makes a mistake.


The 375 is great if you prefer soft rubbers with high controll. Due to this high level is suits allround players both also offensive players who rely on spin.
If you play offensive , make sure you have a blade which is fast enough. On a 5 ply all wood blade, the 375 is too slow. However, for an allrounder this would be very nice combo.

Brand new balls from TPS! TSP always made brilliant balls although its quite unknown on the market. Before, in the celluloid era, training balls from TSP with their quality matched best 3 star balls from other manufacturers! Now they present 3 star plastic balls and they are really awesome! Not that expensive, comparing to other balls, but they bounce well, they dont crack that much and they are really round! So if you play some high league, you would like to have these ;-)

The ZJK blade is a nice carbon blade. Compared to the Timo Boll ALC, it is somewhat softer and slower. It has a low arc and a straight trajectory. Very well balanced from handle to head. The sweet spot is quite close to the handle, which might take some time to get used to. The dwell time is there for those spinny shots.

This blade is great for starter players.The blade has great control,but its slow.I was using this blade for 5 months.Also its heavy.

About durability(P.S. was not good for me ) xD

We have started to use this balls since few weeks. These balls are very durable and there is no fabric mistakes on them. Already we used JOOLA PARTICE-P which are full of fabric mistakes ,and not good durable

These are only my first pair of Table Tennis dedicated shoes, but I like them very much. I have low volume feet. Flat and narrow. So, many shoes allow my feet to slide around which causes hot spots. These are cut a little smaller, so they hold my feet very well. The bottom is also wide enough that I do not have turn over problems. Overall a good TT shoe.
Go raibh maith agat.

Got one of this from my friend, nice ball, the bounce feels good. When I do topspin shot, the ball really spins fast. The ball is hard enough. Perfect ball.

Overall this is a rubber suited for player who like flat hitting and punch block due to the low arc.

Speed is fast, spin is there, but due to the low arc I dont find this rubber suitable for people who like spinning. Fast drive punching shot is preferred more on this rubber.
Sponge hardness is medium, I find it really easy blocking using this rubber. Especially for punching slow spiny topspin.

I use it on the backhand, when I first tried it the ball often goes to the net due to the low arc, but after a while I can get used to it, but still I dont like low arc rubber

I play a lot with these balls and I am very pleased about them . The ball is resistant , have good speed and a nice sound when I hit them .

I am satisfied with this blade. It fits a developing player because it is very controllable, not too soft or hard and because it encourages a good technique (-> you have to create some speed from your own). I tested this blade with the adidas p7 and that is a very good combo. I'm able to create a lot of spin and have good control. The dwell time is good and I didn't notice a lot of vibration.
The disadvantage is that it is not so fast.

I didn't like the bty ball. The ball looks very weird, almost transparent.
The ball is durable and cheap but I found the bounce completely different than the other balls in the league i.e. tibhar, xushoafa.
The sound is also curious, different than the other plastic ball.

I've tried 4 plastic balls (tibhar, xushoafa, joola and bty) and I found this the worst.