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this rubber is fantastic, i use it on my forehand and it is easy to loop close and far away from the table, by far the best rubber ive ever used

Played with almost all of Rakza rubbers, Rakza 7 soft, Rakza 7, Rakza 9, and now Rakza X on both backhand and forehand side. Although it makes my paddle pretty heavy (blade Stiga Rosewood NCT V, which is pretty heavy as well) and blocking is very hard sometimes, I like Rakza rubbers, it fits my requirements.

I have been using this rubber for FH. It's great looping and great control.

It can allow us to make good topspins and make good delivering balls close to table but at long distance it is a bit slower so it is kind of difficult to make strong and fast spins at long distance.

The rubber of Ultimate speed and spinny players !!! FX-version
The Tenergy 64-FX is a very fast rubber for block or loop, but he is very spinny for a very spinny loop, flick or serve. With this rubber, My playing style has reached the high level. I use this rubber in forehand and my 1st loop and topspins go fast and spinny.

The Tenergy 25-FX is good rubber for player who is aggressive play with precision. This rubber has a good control but you can hitting the ball with very fast attack !!! The less point is durability, you can play with this rubber between 6 months to 1 year.

I've had two of these blades, one 86 grammes and one weighing in at 87 grammes. I think this is a baseline for composite blades that all other blades have to be compared against. It is quite hard, with a muted feel. What really excels with the TB ALC is the precision. Blocks and passive shots are easy to perform, as the blade has a low throw and great stability. There is a great deal of power if you need it and a good touch for the short game.

I wanted to find a softer version of the Timo Boll ALC. I took a chance and bought this. I think it's a unique blade and probably useful for a lot of players.
Compared to the TB ALC, it's softer and slower. It also has a much higher throw. You can feel exactly where the ball hit the racket. My backhand has improved with this blade. The lift of the higher arc is good for third ball attacks from backhand. The balance with Tenergy 64 is perfect. i really like the dimensions of this blade, a tad bit smaller than Innerforce. The blade has a crisp feel and a harder touch in the short game. When playing away from the table the sound is just great. Away from the table the TB ALC is better, but i find the ZLF better in all other aspects. The downside is the price. I also find that the edges are starting to chip away, since I do a lot of heavy pushes which slams the racket to the table. Woody feel, but with the stability that ZL fiber has. Mine is 86 grammes.

I was looking for a slower blade after playing a BTY photino.

The feel of the blade is hard, not too fast and with good control. The head size is smaller than my photino.

I used Yinhe Moon on both FH and BH. I noticed the combination was head heavy. IMO, it is good to play close to the table, especially with active blocks. If a ball pops up near the net, I was able to kill the point, due to the low arc.

Away from the table, I find it challenging to counter loop with opponent using the setup mentioned above - lack of speed and due to the low arc unable to clear the net.

If I use this blade again, I will put Acuda S1 or S2. I believe this will be a better setup.

Have been using this Acuda 2.0 for a year now, on both my FH and BH (1 ply hinoki blade). This rubber is soft and I can feel the grip every time I loop. Also, I find this rubber not heavy.

Overall, I love the combination of this rubber with my 1 ply hinoki blade. The only shortfall is the top sheet is not durable. I play 2-3 times per week, (6-9 hours). I will change the rubber every 3 months.

`This ball was more durable than expected
`Quality was also better than expected
`Speed and spin were noticeably lower
`Expensive
`Good serves were more difficult to execute
`Sound was different, but not necessarily worse than the old celluloid ball

`This rubber is well worth the price, but isn't as durable as most rubbers especially non-tacky ones (although that's to be expected)
`The performance of this rubber is fairly dependent on your technique. To get the best out of it you need nearly flawless technique
`Famous (used by many players of the Chinese National Team)
`Great for control in serves and the short game, pushing with spin, serving with a lot of spin, etc.
`If you don't hit it just right, it may result in a "dead feel", generating very low speed. But if you do, you can get immense power

`This rubber is much more grippy than most other Euro/Japan smooth rubbers, resulting in superior spin generation
`Serves and the short game are also very controllable
`Not particularly fast, but definitely fast enough to support an allround or normal offensive game that involves a lot of spin
`Fairly sensitive to incoming spin, but not as much as some other rubbers
`Not particularly durable, probably around average

Innerforce ALC is an amazing off- to off blade.
Limba outer ply with arylate composite are making this blade one of the spinniest I ever tried.
I've tested this blade with various rubbers, and it only works well with spingy rubbers like Calibra's, if you want to use a Tenergy on this blade, you should tune it, else it will be deadly slow and inert.

The blade have very good balance and his very confortable in ST handle, the weight is also controlled, usually between 80 and 85 gramms.
One of the "easiest" offensive blade on the market, and will suit most players far better than the usual ALC blades like viscaria or Timo Boll Spirit/ALC :
Easy topspins (off- with high throw angle), easy blocks (Arylate absorbing power of incomming shots in passive play), easy short game (very good feeling and feedback)......this balde makes everything easier.

If you are looking for a light and balanced offensive blade which tends to forgive your technical errors, go for it if you can afford this premium blade.

Feel free to ask specific questions

This rubber is the best forehand rubber for me. I played Acuda S2 and Tenergy 05 before I tried the Xiom Omega V Europe rubber ( max ).
The rubber has a medium sponge and a medium arc.

Serving: The rubber looks like anti spin rubber but it has so much spin. It is insane. My service is one of my strengths but with this rubber my short service is so good. I have not recognized it at the beginning but after a few Training- and Tournament-games my enemies made so many mistakes and couldn't return my serve.

Blocking: No problem with that but i like to counter topspin if it is possible.

Chop: FH rubber = only topspin, flip or take the return short

Short short: was a bit difficult at the beginning but i am totally statisfied now. Problem was the lower arc compared to Acuda S2 and Tenergy 05. Now flicks are easy 4 me.

Tospin: Spin is very good. Easy to lift underspin. The medium sponge can do everything. A soft Topspin with a lot spin and a hard topspin. No Problems here. The ball is hard to block for ur opponent because with this rubber u have always a descent length.

Topspin Topspin: The rubber shines here. I have a good technique i think and i won a lot of rallies in the past with Tenergy or Acuda but now... It feels so good. The catapult comes into play when u hit the ball harder. The medium arc makes it so easy

Durability: Changed it after 4 months but the rubber wasn't dead or something. It lost a bit spin and speed but i think it happens to every rubber. I would say the durability is a bit better than Acuda S2 and similar to the Tenergy 05.


Conclusion:
It is a very good rubber for attacking-minded players. It has a medium sponge and it is more forgiving than other rubbers but it isn't worse. The speed is really high und the Arc is medium too.
U should really try it. It looks so beautiful . Swam strength is max. and my blade is Stiga Infinity VPS.

Just ask if u have any questions. I must apologize for my bad english

Regards Chris

Similar feeling to the Tenergy 80, just a slightly softer feeling. Excellent on brush shots. Great for slow, spinny opening loops. Nice curly arc to provide large margin of error. Good spin and control for short, spinny pushes and serves.

Used this for 2 years.
Works really well with Tenergy rubbers. I have used the 05, 80, 80fx and 64.
This blade is really good for making slow, spinny, brush loops. Although it is a carbon blade, it has sufficient dwell time to create lots of spin.

Speed 9.2
Spin 9.4
Control 9.3
Tackiness Slightly Tacky
Weight Medium
Sponge Hardness Medium – Softer than MX-P, harder than FX-P
Overall 9.7

Thanks to all those who commented and got in touch with me after last week’s review – lots of requests coming in for different equipment, sorry my time is limited but I’ll keep doing my best to do one a week. I’m flying to China today for the WTTC, but yesterday after a relatively light training session I managed to test out the TIBHAR Evolution EL-P rubber on my spare blade to see how it felt.

The information I’d seen on this rubber was that it was basically the ‘middle’ option for those players who wanted the ‘in between’ rubber when compared to the harder Evolution MX-P and the softer Evolution FX-P. It makes sense that a lot of players of all levels would like a rubber that sits in between these two as some people want the best of both worlds, or as close to it as possible!

This rubber is currently available from my UK sponsors Bribar Table Tennis at a special offer, first 100 sheets sold price of £34.99, reduced from £46.99. You can view and buy it here:

http://shop.bribartt.co.uk/tibhar-evolution-el-p.html

The sheets I have are both maximum sponge thickness and the surface is not dissimilar to the TIBHAR Evolution MX-P, It’s slightly tacky, but not like a Chinese rubber and not as tacky as the Evolution MX-S. When I bounce the ball onto my bat and spin with the rubber, I still get plenty of ‘bite’ and a nice contact on the ball, it sounds great and feels spinny!

My first impression is that the rubber is as described – it is very obviously harder and faster than Evolution FX-P, but slightly slower and with more control than Evolution MX-P. Objective achieved on that score! When I’m topspinning the ball, the contact feels great and the rubber feels quick. The arc of the ball is not quite as straight as the Evolution MX-S, this is more of a traditional European style rubber and I get a good arc depending on how much topspin I impart with my stroke. The more I try to get a good contact the more arc I’m getting, and the grip here surprises me for a rubber that does not feel that tacky.

When I’m away from the table and in a topspin rally, the rubber feels safe. I don’t have to hit it on the ‘sweetspot’ every time, it’s very forgiving. If my timing point is slightly away from being ideal, I can still produce a good amount of spin and in this sense the Evolution EL-P feels very reliable.

When I’m blocking for my opponent, the Evolution EL-P offers a really superb amount of control when compared to the speed and spin levels. I feel like I can either do a safe, steady block, a soft block or even a hard punch block from my opponents top spin with ease, and again it is the contact that really stands out, the rubbers offers really good feeling. If I try to re-loop close to the table from my opponents attacking shot, the rubber is again very ‘forgiving’ – I do not need a perfect contact every time to generate a good return.

When I’m serving, the spin I can generate is really good but not as high as when I played with the Evolution MX-S last week. The ‘balance’ feels better, but the bite is not quite the same. I have to give my service action a little more wrist in order to generate this level of spin. On my follow up 3rd ball attacking shot, I am able to topspin my opponents heavy backspin push return quite easily, thought again the difference between the Evolution EL-P and the Evolution MX-S is that the arc of the ball signifies the amount of topspin on the ball – it feels very safe, and the more I try to spin heavily the more the arc, like a traditional style Tensor rubber.

When I’m receiving from my opponents serve, I can receive with confidence. Although I can’t generate quite as much backspin with such a short action (this was something I could do when I tested the Evolution MX-S), I can still touch short with confidence and flicking is also very controlled. To generate a lot of backspin on my long push, I need to use my wrist more and really try to get a good contact, but when I do it’s still heavy.

For speed, I have rated the Evolution EL-P as 9.3. This is a fast, attacking rubber, especially when combined with the maximum sponge thickness. The rubber feels best for me personally when I’m just a couple of feet away from the table, not quite mid distance but in between mid distance and close to the table. From here I can topspin the ball quickly and with a good level of spin with confidence. The speed I can produce when I’m trying to hit the ball hard is really good!

For spin, I have rated the Evolution EL-P as 9.4. It doesn’t grip the ball as well as the more tacky Evolution MX-S, but the surface is still very good when trying to produce heavy spin on serves, heavy push receives or when playing the first opening topspin. The reaction is as you would ‘expect’ from a rubber like this – the arc increases when you improve the contact and really try to spin the ball up. The sponge is slightly softer than the Evolution MX-P, so that slight extra dwell time allows you to generate a touch more spin with a little less effort.

For control, I have rated the Evolution EL-P as 9.3. The key to this rubber is the combination of the three factors – speed, spin and control. When I’m playing quickly I still feel like I have great control. Again, the slightly softer sponge allows me that. When I’m moving from blocking to re-looping the rubbers feels so reliable and consistent, and it seems to be more forgiving and have a better margin for error than the spinier MX-S or the faster MX-P.

To sum this up, this rubber is totally ideal for those attacking players who want some variation in their attacking game. It’s meant to be an allround attacking rubber, and in this respect it does totally offer some great characteristics. The balance between speed, spin and control is brilliant. I could serve, receive, loop close to the table, loop at mid distance and also far away from the table and the feeling on all of these shots felt really good. Blocking and then turning to attack felt great as the control I was able to execute on the shots was superb.

If you are an attacking player who likes to play quick top spin shots combined with good blocking and a good all round game, this is a rubber you should check out – particularly if you do not enjoy the ‘tacky’ feeling of the MX-S or if you feel the MX-P is slightly to hard for you. The key is the sponge – with it being slightly softer, I think this rubber will suit a lot of players out there who need to add a a little bit more control to their attacking shots.

good rubber, very good choice for allround players, beginners
good choice for backhand
as forhend rubber it will be good on primorac, violin (off- or soft blades)
i not like it as forhand rubber on maze off, viscaria. soft rubber going to be uncontrollable on hard strokes, hard to make heavy topspin
rubber are very durable, after playing 2 months it still in good condition
price less than tenergy it is good, but it still too high

Very good shoes, perfect on teraflex, not so good on hard surface
durable, very light, comfortable
if u have normal weight and play on teraflex - i recommend it