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Overall the rubber provided me good development of technique and emphasis strokes, service and receives, attacking and drives. However the rubber is very hard meaning less control will be provided and more power will be generated than spin which requires maximum effort to provide the spin you're looking for and also it is hard to lift underspin or pushs due to the low throw angle which is why i'm changing my rubber to a soft rubber to provide me that control and throw angle to lift the ball over the net.

The rubber is overall very good in terms of all play styles, it is a very good starting rubber for backhand or forehand regardless to help you with the development of strokes and technique. The flicking especially is very good in terms of my experience and provides a good opening to my attack and service receive. Blocking is very good with this rubber as it is controlled.

That blade is just amazing. You can be late for the ball and still be able to hit it with so much power. Control is out of this world. It goes well with tenergies and any other medium, medium-hard rubbers. Dwell time is great. Nothing can compare to hinoki blades in terms of feel/touch. The only thing it may lack in the highest level of play is speed and that's probably no pros are playing with it. Short game is super easy, third ball attack and service also amazing. If You are looking for zylon blades because they give more "dwell" time, but You have always plaed all wood blades I would reccomend to try hinoki speial first before buying more expensive composite blades

This blade feels like composite blade, but You can tell the difference from non-zylon carbon blades. It gives much more "feel" and longer ball contact time.
It is not a blade for beginners and it is quite fast, but if You want to try composite blade I would reccomend innerforce series for sure. Counter looping, serving, block is just amazing. the only con I have found is short game. It can be tricky, but with Innerforce zlf or alc I don't think it would be any problem. Price is also high, but it goes with great quality.

Arirang is a 3rd Generation Aramid Carbon blade from Nexy. I cannot say the speed of the blade is such and such, because MANY of the Nexy blades have "Dual Impact" engineered as a feature that gives them a different low and top gear depending on the impact and grip of the user. It might be fair to describe a playing range. Arirang plays in the ALL to very low end of OFF range, yes, the range is that wide!

Arirang will best satisfy a player who really values control, creation of extreme spin on openers, construction of the point, and still have enough oomph to finish a point when the chance presents itself. Hey ! that is how I like to play! Arirang doesn't have that WOW top gear most OFF to OFF+ blades have... but who needs that kind of gear when you play close to the table (or a step away) and don't miss too many shots?

Receiving serves is forgiving, touch not to difficult to execute, and you still feel the ball at impact on a soft shot. Serving is also a good point, heavy spin to no spin is a breeze with the right grip and timing.

Opening topspins and continuous topspins are the core strength of this blade, you gotta hit with it to feel what we say when we say it is special. You feel really confident in your strokes and do NOT feel an urge to end the point on the first micro chance. This allows you to rally a shot or two more vefore pulling the trigger on a big swing.

Countering at the table is easier than the stiff OFF blades.

Counter-Looping rallies from mid distance, what most players consider the sexiest rally shots... WOW, you feel like you can counter ANYTHING. You take what opponent tries to shove down your throat and you ADD to his spin! If opponent is playing where he normally is, then he is positioned a bit too far, because your PLUS topspin will bring the ball down sooner than he is anticipating and he is now struggling to be in a position to continue the pressure.

I cannot tell you how many points I won in a match vs a higher grade topspinning player this way using Arirang.

With Tibhar FX-P, a soft defensive topspin game was also possible. One of my coaches from my home club in Korea can play some mean topspins right at your pocket, too fast to get out of the way and open stance to counter. So, I could slide/bend a little and use a forward slower compact swing with a softer hand and WOW! I could get back those balls and stay in the rally, sometimes, get back the initiative if i surprised coach or placed it right.

If you are are the standard I wanna destroy everything in sight with a powerloop blast that ball kinda player, the control and feel of Arirang and just enough finishing power will still allow you to play and succeed using that style, but honestly, Arirang is about feel and control and is best suited for those players who truly appreciate playing a flexible all-out allround topspin attacking style.

Very good rubber for forehand for any beginner, and very good for any good players for back hand , especially away from the table. Very fast rubber , counter spin is pretty awesome. Price is nice too, around 60$

Coming from the Ma long 1, so i adapted very well, this blade is very fast, great control, and very nice feel, not only good for looping but return short ball as well. Good craftsmanship, very well packaging , very solid blade. Great for both wings looper , over all its a very good blade.

It was my 1st blade , i played with it over a year , i still have it for back up. Overall its very solid blade, pretty fast and good control. Nice craftsmanship, design, texture is solid. Recommended for offensive players, that play Chinese style of looping, especially both wings looper. Its best to pair with Chinese rubber forehand, like National hurricane Orange , or National Hurricane Blue sponge . For backhand if u r close to table then i'll recommend Tenergy 05 , mid stand and away from the table i'll recommended Tenergy 64. Hope that's help

Its the best plastic ball that i have played with and it is the most comparable to the old celluloid ball. Everybody talks that the balls have a lack of durability but i have played tournaments and the balls have never broke during a match.

I did ordered a few boxes of 3 each , of all the new balls i got from different brands . This one is the most durable and the most feel compare to the old celluloid ball. i'll recommended to anyone. Oh yeah a bit heavy the ball tends to sink pretty fast .

I maybe biased having used a zlc before. Compared to zlc the blade feels faster than it actually is. I found I had lost the control and the natural feeling I've had with the zlc. Having said that it is still better than some of its cheaper counterparts and the speed on this blade is pretty good. But its definitely worse than zlc! So my advice is if you're willing to fork out on an expensive blade, go a bit further and get the zlc

This is an excellent rubber to use for a beginner. One of the best feeling rubbers around. In addition to that, it is deceptively spinny when it comes to those slow spins. The only drawback is speed perhaps, if you're focusing on an offensive game. However, I believe using a off++ blade can counter that deficiency although will probably mean sacrificing on the spin. Regardless, it is much cheaper than alternatives and one of the best value rubbers I've ever used.

This is the best rubber I've used. While the performance naturally drops after a while, it is still better than any copy out there. The thing that separates this rubber from other 'competitors' is the fact that you get a real 'feel' of the spin you put on and despite the rubber being one of the fastest it is very consistent, so easy to adapt to without losing much control.

The Nexy Arirang is a 7 ply blade. The blade reviewed was 83grams and has 2 layers of aramid carbon. The aramid carbon gives the blade a soft touch, slower than a TBS. I would of liked for the blade to have a bit more speed, sometimes I did not feel it had the spark needed for my shots. However one department this blade excels in is it's control. If you are after a carbon that doesn't have to much speed, this is a very good choice.

The Nexy Kanaph is a 5 ply (2 carbon layers) blade that has stunning looks. Below is a video review I did with Tom testing out both the Nexy Kanaph and the Arirang blade. Here are some quick details about the kanaph blade:

- Direct, low Trajectory
- Excellent for close range shots such as flicks, counter topspins and punch shots
- Fast (Off + blade)
- Dual impact (crisp sound)
- Solid sweetspot

This blade I feel is quick and suited for advanced players who have developed a solid technique.

Enjoy the review below which looks at both the Nexy and the Arirang blade.

This blade is a unique blade.

the ply build is 6, with 1 side being All+ and the other being ALL-.

it works very well with pipped rubbers,and i enjoyed using short pips especially on this blade.It feels as if it was designed for short pips.

However,do not get worried.Whether you are a Allrounder,to an offender or a defender,this blade will somehow suit you.

as a defender,lp on the bh and a thin sponged short pip on fh will do.
as an all rounder,sp on both sides will do
as an offender, max sponge sp will do.

by twiddling,you will be able to change the pace of the game easily.their is a noticeable difference between the sides.

An incredible feeling is the lightness of this blade.I am actually amazed by all the work of Dr N and how he can make such light but good blades that do not even feel head heavy with rubbers on them.

if you have the money and being an EJ,then why not?give this blade a try,it might suit you!

A rubber with great control is the major positive of this rubber, which is also why the rubber is ideal for anyone wanting to improve on their strokes. This rubber is a bit slower than most though however, so if you are playing with a fast rubber such as Tenergy then switching to this may not feel very good.

This is a very high quality blade which you will notice as soon as you hold the blade in your hand. I think this is suited for the attacking player and perhaps a more experienced player too as the blade is quite fast. I was previously using the Ma Lin Carbon blade which is very light so I can't really comment on the weight of this blade as it does feel a bit heavy in comparison to my previous blade - but not enough to affect performance. Although the price of this blade is expensive I do believe Stiga products are of the highest quality.

Hello everybody this is my first review , that's why i choose a blade what i played for about 3-4 years. I will give you my tl dr already now : This blade is not stable/ consistent enough for what i would call a solid all/all+ blade. Of course the blade also has its advantages but they are not big enough in my opinion. In retrospect i dont know why i played with it so long ( i also owned 4 pieces of it) , i think because it makes me uncomfortable to change my gear too much. I'll try to explain to you whats going on with that blade.

The pros:
- It produces slow very spinny forehand topspins when attacking on backspin
- The forehandblock is really good to control and the blade gives it an extra catapult effect because of its elasticity
- quite easyli to do short and chop backhandblocks
- good feeling for short-game
- good feeling to control the length of the serves
- good feeling to control the rotation of the serves
- good controllable defense strokes on fore- and backhand

Disadvantages:
- heavy
- high vibrations that made me feel that it is impossible to get a routine in my strokes. Especially on sidespin receive it behaved horrible if i wanted to answer with topspin
- extremely difficult to receive a long ball with heavy backspin with chop
- BIG disadvantage: i never experienced that it is so difficult to do smashshots on high balls with forward rotation as with that blade. i could do better shots on these balls with my bare hand
- it is nearly impossible to do really hard and fast spins to end a point. in mid-air it seems that the ball is losing all its energy and if you come to higher classes they will shoot you these balls in your face ( my experience)
- now comes the no-go of this blade: absolutely 0-Feeling to : receive serves with heavy side spin, forward spin or no spin with the backhand, it was for me like i would have a hammer in my hand. IN ADDITION because the blade is really heavy the change from fore to backhand feels like you have to turn a truck and it is really hard to generate acceleration. Even if you managed to accelerate enough, i dont know how i can describe it else, i just makes BLOB. Nothing comes out of it . The spin is slow and has not enough rotation or power to get any benefit from it. The offensive of the backhand is dead on this blade.
- Last but not least: There is a reason why i had 4 pieces of this blade. My first blade lost again and again the gripshell (?? i dont know what is the right word for it, i hope you understand) . Because of that i bought a second one and it was like a total different balde. Not just a bit different like it is usual because it is a wooden product. It was a lot heavier, it was totally off balance, its centroid was far too much on the head of the blade. It was unplayable for me so i repaired over and over again my old one. After some time i got 2 more blades of this type as a gift from people who didnt like it. The third one was similar to my actual racket and i could use it. The fourth one was again completely different. I dont know if it is this EPOX technology that is producing this variation in results. I got 4 blades with the same name but actually it was 3 different types of blades.

So again my conclusion is. If you are looking for a solid all / all+ blade I am sure you can find better options than this blade!

I hope the review was at least a bit helpful and excuse my english. (i have no idea how to set commas

I use this rubber on my backhand (red) in 1,8mm. This rubber is absolutely amazing when it comes to spin. So if you like to loop, or even chop, this rubber will do wonders. It's also very good if you like to lob away from the table. This rubber isn't very fast, so it's pretty much the perfect rubber for beginners. Note; The Akkadi Taichi is SUPER tacky. It's just as tacky as H3. (I have not tried the "black sponge" version)