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I tried out Stiga Airoc Soft yesterday and I think they felt very good. First I like the control and also the spin, I got very spinny serves. I have not played with so many soft rubbers before but I like the feel when hitting hard loops. I tried the rubbers with Clipper Wood and the new poly ball.

Not bad this is a really good blade for loopers and I've just got it and I'm loving it more than the Zhang Jike Super ZLC I had tried before. Definitely is capable to add lots of speed on the ball.

I probe this rubber for about two months, the first impression was than this rubber is the most faster that i never had in my hands. For serve is cool but not the best, if you want to use a kill backspin, but when you play with an agressive player, you have a little advantage with your block, because this rubber can reverse the hit with good accuracy.

Sidespin and another hits are stronger, however you have to do all of the hits with perfect technique if you don't want to lose by not forced errors.

Dhs pf-4 new, a very good rubber. Very good spin and control, a slow rubber. Medium tacky topsheet and hard sponge.

I've used this rubber for 1 year and still the same now, no downgrade in performance. I used it on both FH and BH on a 5 ply cornilleau blade, well it was very heavy. But later while playing i get used to it. A very good rubber for looping, blocking, serving, loop drives and topspin.

Best rubber to start with, to develop strokes and controlling the game and then later on can upgrade. But a very good overall rubber.

I have been playing with this blade two years, very good power and attack...

The donic bluefire m2 is a very good rubber. At first when i got the rubber, i had a very hard time to play with it. But when i got use to it, that rubber was a killing one. Spin is incredible, speed is good, not too fast and control and feel was great.

I used it as my FH on a Donic waldner senso ultra carbon and i found the combination was working well. I used the rubber for 6 months and still using it now, durability is very good and still very grippy and slighty tacky topsheet.

Very good rubber, very spinny, very good speed and amazingly very good control. But it is not that durable. Overall very good rubber for offensive play.

The soft sponge of the rubber makes it difficult to play if not a trained player. The blade also should be well considered, i use a carbon blade and the combination does work very well.

The Boll spirit is in my opinion a very good blade with the following characteristics:
- good power for your own attack
- good feeling and control for the serve recieve
- less vibration due to carbon layer

This is my first post on this forum. Hope you like it and useful to you.

Airoc Astro S red max 2.1 on Intensity NCT and the other side is Evolution El-p.
This combination doesn't feel head heavy and it is well balance even the blade is about 87g.
This is my second stiga rubber in 20 years after Almana sound! which it doesn't let me down at all.
The first look of AAS has caught my eye as the rubber seems to have some glitter in it. The sponge is blue color and it's not with many big pores like other makers are trying to copy spring sponge from TG05 or whatever.

Here comes to the points which I will compare directly with Rakza 7 soft and Evolution El-p which I used it on Intensity Carbon.

Spin: about 30% better than R7S but a bitless than El-p.
Speed :about 20-30% faster than both R7S and El-p
Control and block : about 20% better than R7S and 30% better than El-p.

When I play R7S I use it on forehand as I don't like the mushy feel of soft spong on back hand side. But in case of AASis different, I can use both backhand and forehand and don't have that mushy feel. The feeling is greater than both R7S and El-p.
The placement of the ball is also great and more powerful than R7S.
The AAS is very forgiving rubber with easy to use and not that sensitive to incoming spin.
If you want any question, and if I can answer, I will respond.

I played with this blade for a year. It is a classic beginners' blade in Sweden. Controllable with good feel. Slow and light. The main drawback is the difference between two blades. Some are softer and some have a more direct feel.

So I tried this ball recently and was impressed with it actually. It did not break and it felt a lot better than other plastic balls I have tried.

I use these for multiball. They are of low quality with regards to roundness. I think the might be the ones that does not pass quality control for the 3-star version. Be aware of strange bounces. None of the 30 balls I've tested is suitable for match play.

This is a very expensive shoe. It is quite narrow so people with wide feet might have to try another shoe. I have used mine for a year, and it was fully functional, but I decided to buy a new pair and keep the old ones for the gym. I play about 8 hours a week, which means they are very durable. They have Asics Gel techology which is used in running shoes for cushioning. They are quite cushioned compared to many other shoes. The grip is excellent. A mesh net in the bottom of the shoe should provide breathability but I have not felt any difference compared to other shoes. A good thing is that they do not smell bad after one year of heavy use! Quite incredible.

I have always been a fan of the Stiga allround Classic which was one of my first blades that I started out with. I have actually never had the chance to try out the Stiga Offensive Classic before yesterday. I used it together with Airoc M on backhand and Tenergy 05 on forehand.

First of all I think this blade also got a nice feel, you can really feel the ball hitting the blade. The control was great and of course it was a little faster compared to the Allround classic. It was fast but not to fast, I would say off to off-. I liked it very much in my returns where I got a good connection with the ball and could together with the rubbers get really good controlled returns. I felt stabile in my block and I got a good pressure on my opponent.

I tried it with both the old and the new ball. This blade should work fine if you like the Allround classic but want a little more speed. Even if this blade suited my game style I'm still to happy with my Carbonado 190 so I won't do any changes. Someone knows when the Allround classic was released?

Pretty good blade, but don't drop it on the ground, it's going to be broken. Otherwise, it's a blade that gives a lot of speed. If you want that blade, I recommend you to buy it twice so you have another one if you break it. It costs around 45$ so it is not that expensive.

Pretty expensive just like all the Tenergys, but I love the control I get with it on my backhand. In my opinion, compared to the Tenergy 05, the Tenergy 64 has less spin and speed, but more control and that's what I like for my backhand. I especially love the counter attacking I get with that rubber.

I use that rubber on my forehand and it is just amazing ! If you are an offensive player, the Tenergy 05 should fit you well, but it is pretty expensive.

As you can see from my ratings i really like this rubber.
It is fairly fast enough if you ovecome the tackyness, but it's not bouncy like e.g
T05. Also from mid distance the tempo was fast enough to make opponents sweat with counterloops. (that could be, cause i used it on a pretty fast carbon blade.)

It´s got a pretty long lasting topsheet, if you keep it clean after playing and put on a protection sheet after every play. (After two league seasons it still behaves almost like fresh out of the box on day 1...)

The sponge is a little harder than t05, its density seems to be equal and it also uses the spring sponge tech, which (in my case) didn´t wear off after nearly 2 years of constant play.
But it recquires a different technique than typical japanese or european rubbers. I would highly recommend a full arm swing while looping.
Now that's when this rubber shows its real potential and allows you to make fast and pretty spinny loops with beautiful arcs.

Great control at short game and serves cause it´s not bouncy at all. Also good for very spinful pushes.
Looping from table and mid distance is best, but also ok from a little further (if you use it on a fast blade) and the loops have a real nice arc.

The price is a bit high but worth it, ´cause of the long durability.

This rubber is definitely one of my favourites.

In general behaviour i find it is closer to factory tuned chinese tacky rubbers like e.g. DHS H3 neo, Yinhe Sun, etc. than to tenergy or tensor rubbaz.

I have tried many of the new balls but the andro ball is my favourite because the ball doesn't break as easily as some of the other new balls and the ball is nice and round unlike some of the other balls

I have used these shoes for 2 months now and they are the comfiest table tennis shoe I have ever used, these shoes are very grippy and don't lose grip quickly and they are also very light, the shoe is very stylish but would be nice if there was more selection in the colour