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This blade was my 2nd blade. It has very good control and is highly durable. It is not too hard and is not amazingly quick but its still a relatively fast blade compared to some. For some reason it has a large sweetspot. I would definately recommend this blade to the intermediate standard player who has lots of potential.

I have had the pleasure to play on this table at my club and it's a superb table. The surface is matte to reduce glare and smooth but not slippery.
The bounce is superb and speed is top notch, the ball rly grips the table surface when you hit a topspin shot producing great speed of the bounce.

The table it self comes per-assembled and it can be moved around and set up by a single person with ease.

A great rubber from Donic. I use it with Timo Boll Forte blade in max thickness, and it is great. It has a decent amount of control, and good spin. It is easy to begin the attack, amazing for looping. I won't say it is better or worse than Tenergy, because they are different rubbers, which feel very different. Acuda S1T is better in the short game, but it doesn't give the arc of the Tenergy. Also you can buy 2 sheets of Acuda at the price of a Tenergy.

I have searched for the perfect backhand rubber for me and after using many rubbers of stiga,yasaka,adidas,ltk,friendship,butterfly,xiom but not was perfect suited for me. After seeing a poster of my favorite player Maze i wanted to give it a try. It felt fantastic, it give me the perfect touch to counter loop with backhand and the backhand topspin was amazing. I use this rubber with Tenergy 05 FX on forehand and a customized AnimusBlade from Italy with seven layers.

It is a very good rubber. I use it on my backhand because of it's excellent control and feeling. It is good for improving someones backhand.
It is also good for blocking close and mid table. It generates a lot of spin which is good especially for services and topspin. It's spin
is also good for chops. It's weakness is that it is not durable and its quite costly.

It is a blade that balances all the aspects of an attacking player attributes. It is very fast
but with good control. It is consistent enough and also good for attacking from mid and far table. It's
weight is comfortable for switching between backhand and forehand. It is also good for control. Its only
disadvantage is that it is very expensive,, though it gives you value for your money. I'd advise it for offensive players. Its combination
is generally good with most rubbers.

I would rate this rubber very highly because of the good amount of spin that it produces, It
is also generally good for service variation. The rubber is also very handy in control and you don't have to worry
about its durability. It is also very affordable. Its only minimal deficiency is blocking. Thank you DHS

Very good blade with excellent control , soft touches and a grate top spin.Very good for lifting backspin balls and chopping top spins.Grate on blocks ,active blocks, short push and smashes.On Flicks work perfect, is good blade on any kind of shots with large sweet spot! its a blade that you deserve to have it!!

The seamless ball is much more durable then the seamed ball. It's ofc slower and have less spin then the old ball but compared to other plastic balls it's the same. I played with balls from the first batch that come out of the factory that had some issues with roundness but I hear later batches is much better.

Like all seamed plastic balls the Stiga plays slower, with less spin and cracks just as easily as the rest.
Normal we would loose about a quarter to half our balls during a 3-4h training session and this is ofc. unacceptable.

The Acuda S2 is a soft springy tensor rubber that is well suited for the backhand.
The rubber is non tacky with good grip. The only downside I head with it is that it would crack around the edges easily due to hitting the table during play.

It's easy to play slow spiny shots due to the soft sponge but be weary not to hit through the sponge as you will loose control.

I've used it for my FH in max thickness and the speed is a little bit less than Sriver FX in theory. (mine was faster, maybe the blade had something to do with it)

What I loved about this rubber is the grip, perfect for hard chops at any distance from the table, only experienced players with proper techique will rise those chops. The serves are easier to do since its low speed and high tackiness would allow you to perform serves with extreme spin without having the trouble of a long serve. You can do decent topspins with it but they won't be super fast.

This rubber is for medium level players to play with and against, it's durable, tacky and reliable, but won't be popular with the offensive players.

very fast rubber suitable for the game away from the table. I use it in Max and the sponge is not soft at all, i can't feel the ball sink in even with the new plastic balls.

The FH topspins and the sidespins (far from the table) are amazing as long as you have the proper technique, the BH chops and pushes are risky moves because of its speed and the high throw bounce of the rubber.

The price of the rubber combined with its extreme fragility have become an issue for my tight budget.

This rubber is great. It is alot different than Euro tensors. It has a very hard sponge, and topsheet. The topsheet is very tacky which gives you great spin and control of the ball. But it also makes your hits flat, and a bit slower. If you don't have good technique this rubber will show it. If you have great technique this rubber shows it and improves upon it. Not meant for people who are used to t-rexing for their loops and smashes. You need full arm and body motion to get the most out of this rubber. Also good for blocking and chopping. Such great ball control, you can place the ball anywhere with ease.

Great rubber - not too reactive to spin whilst maintaining the ability to generate vast amounts of spin of its own. Very durable however not very fast.

This rubber has everything that you need.... in the first month or so. It is quick, spinny and easy to control, however, after a month or 2 you will notice that it starts to lose grip extremely quickly and will lose all grip in long rallies, you will find yourself having to constantly breathe on it to give it grip after allmost every point. If you could find a way of making it a lot more durable, then it would be a really good rubber for the allround/slightly offensive player.

Donic Acuda S1 Turbo is by far the best rubber in the Acuda series and i personally would say that it is the best rubber ever made by donic (Better than Bluefire) it is very fast and extremely spinny, its control isnt amazing but that is expected. It is definately a good alternative to the common tenergy. I think that tenergy is slightly faster but has amost exactly the same amount of spin. It is perfect for the attacking player and is perfect for looping. there is no strugglewith blocking with this rubber. It also allows you to generate an enormous amount of spin of the push. Overall a very good rubber.

Speed 9.0
Spin 9.8
Control 9.0
Tackiness Slightly Tacky
Weight Medium
Sponge Hardness Medium – Hard, harder than MX-P.

Overall 9.8

As requested by some players after my last review of the TIBHAR Evolution MX-P, this week I have reviewed the TIBHAR Evolution MX-S. Like the MX-P, 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-mx-s.html

I tested this in Sweden where I’ve been practising for the last week for the upcoming World Championships – I’m feeling good and strong! I brought a couple of sheets out with me on the off chance I might get some time to test it. I tested this rubber for an hour after our session on my spare blade, which is a TIBHAR Samsonov Stratus Carbon. I played with the MX-S on both sides of my blade, with the maximum sponge thickness available.

When I prepared the rubber I noticed the sponge seemed a little more firm and harder to touch than my MX-P, and the surface of the MX-S was tackier than my MX-P sheets. It is not like a Chinese style extremely tacky surface, but it is tacky all the same and running my finger along the surface provides a fair amount of resistant. It feels like this rubber is going to provide me with a serious amount of spin.

The first obvious difference between the MX-P that I use and the MX-S is the speed and spin difference. The MX-S is a tiny fraction slower, but the surface is slightly different and the sponge feels harder – but the spin it’s able to generate is really, really heavy when I’m playing my forehand topspin loop to a block. It gives me more spin from mid distance when I’m looping the ball on both my forehand and backhand, through the curve on the ball is not increased – the ball flies in a similar manner to my shots when I use the MX-P, the curve I get is similar but that’s probably more to do with my technique, the angle I hit the ball and my contact, but the spin is definitely a little greater. Remember, when it comes to the technique and contact point we all do this a little differently to each other!

When I’m serving short with spin, it’s easy to control the ball and keep it short whilst loading the ball up with backspin or topspin. With the MX-S being a little slower than the MX-P, this is an advantage when serving short and then topspin looping the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] ball return from my opponents push ball. The high grip rubber top sheet allows me to spin the first ball aggressively.

When I’m receiving from my opponents serve, the top sheet allows me to touch the ball short easily with a really good amount of back spin. We do this a lot in the matches I play to try to prevent the first strong attack, so this is a really good aspect of the rubber. When I flick, the slightly harder sponge helps me to flick through the ball, and when my opponents serve drifts slightly long I am able to topspin over the table with relative ease as the rubber grips the ball so well.

Close to the table when my opponent is looping the ball at me, blocking and controlling feels easy. The ball does not sink as much into the sponge (although this is very, very marginal) but I am able to block very well and place the ball as I want to. The main difference is that the sponge makes the ‘feeling’ of the ball different. It’s not any better or worse than the MX-P that I use, but it’s a slightly different type of reaction and feeling that I think some players will really love.

For speed, I have rated the Evolution MX-S as 9.0. It’s fast, and a very good versatile attacking rubber. The sponge provides good speed and the top sheet is still a Tensor style rubber so the tacky nature does not take away from the speed, but it is a little slower than my MX-P sheets. Away from the table, when I’m playing topspin to topspin the MX-S feels brilliant, I am able to topspin the ball hard and with lots of spin, the arc is not huge but straighter than I expected, but the shot feels very safe and the topspin generated is brilliant.

For spin, I have rated the Evolution MX-S as 9.8. The amount of spin the top sheet provides is outstanding! It’s tackier than my MX-P sheets, and provides more spin. The ‘bite’ on the ball when I try to spin heavily from my loop shots, serves and receive of service push shots is really heavy. I practised some short sidespin serves with both backspin and topspin, and the kick on the other side table when the ball bounced was really extreme.

For control, I have rated the MX-S as 9.0. It is similar to my MX-P in this respect, but the feeling is different – it is a different type of rubber for a slightly different type of style so of course this will be the case. It is easy to serve short with spin, easy to receive with and great for blocking and controlling. The control on my attacking topspin shots is similar to my MX-P sheets, but again it just feels like a different reaction on the bat. It is the same control level but different. If you try both of these rubbers, then you will definitely be able to see what I mean by this!

To sum it up, this rubber is a fantastic choice for those attacking players who love the feeling of a slightly harder sponge and a top sheet that will produce lots of spin. I have played in the past with much harder sponges than this, so compared to those this sponge would still be medium-hard but this is certainly a harder sponge than the MX-P and the top sheet provides more grip. It offers a really good level of control, and a very good balance between the speed it can provide and the spin it generates.