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Chinese rubber from Three Sword comes in a nice packaging. Rubber has a tipical chinese smell/odour of vulcanised rubber.
Sponge is similar to open pored, but the bigger bubbles are not so frequent and uniform. So it is like the Bluefire M series sponge with less bubbles, colour is faint red. Rubber surface is slightly tacky just like Tenergy, not like Bluefire JP series.

Just tested it for the third time. I found it very slow, so I boosted it with oil. The rubber was light, uncut (166x171) black was 56g and the red was 60g. I boosted it with oil to give it more speed, boosted the sponge (4 layers) and the rubber sheet (2 layers) too.

In several techniques I find this rubber similar to ESN type rubbers, that have great spin and control: dropshot, loop, counterhit, counterloop, chops. Opening loops are a bit wierd, often too low, when trying to lift heavy underspin balls. Overall attacking performance is quite reliable, counterattacking is very easy.

Handling weakly chopped balls and spinless balls is a bit harder than ESN rubbers, this rubber does not tolerate mistakes at these shots: drive, opening loop, service recieve. I found out, that in the lower range of speed, the incoming balls tend to climb the rubber if weak force is applied to get the ball back. In the same situation, when more force is applied and the touch is not soft, the hit becomes direct and consistent.

The pore size is a bit uneven as said before, this leads to a non-linear bite effect, when looping or hitting. Similar to Bluefire M series, but less pronounced.

If we look at the price tag it is a cheap rubber. Compared to entry level or hobby rubbers from different manufacturers, this rubber is far-far better. Boosted rubber is even comparable with high-end rubbers. I did not haves to adjust much on my game, because this rubber works.
Since it is no ITTF rubber, I would recommend it for training purposes. It can be considered an alternative to Tenergy 64 when boosted. I train with this rubber, and I will go to camp with this rubber to hit the hell out of it in multiball or 1 on 1 excerscises.

Some pictures:
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I have a tried a lot of plastic balls in competition and found the Stag to be the most reliable and best out of all the plastic balls. However there are still a lot of issues for example when you top edge the ball, the ball just shatters. If I was to choose a plastic ball to practice with I would choose the Seamless balls to practice with over the seamless ones.

Practiced with these balls and they made me a bit disappointed. Way to many broke in just one practice and many was a bit egg formed. Some where of course alright but variation of quality between the balls where to big for its price.

Serve: serves are spinnies, but sometimes hard to control.
Flicks: very easy to flick. You can choose between short spinny and long fast flicks. It's one of the best parts of the rubber.
Push: not the best, sometimes the ball fly off the table.
Block: incredible simple.
Drive: good, easy to counter the opponent's fast loops.
Loop: with open racket angle you can loop the heaviest backspins with forehand. The backhand loop is good and easy to place, but sometimes I feel a lack of power.
Chop: it's absolutely not a chopping rubber.
Now it's my backhand rubber and I'm satiesfied. Mine is 2.0. I can recommand it for players, who have a more active forehand and doesn't like the feel of the Tenergy. Vega Pro have a softer feel and I think a lot more control. It's subjective but I like it. My only problem is, that it hasn't the great power of Tenergy. The Xiom is a very good and reliable company. There is any idea for a rubber like Vega Pro, only morer powerful?

I have tested this rubber on multiple blades,and the results from each blade gives this rubber good impressions.

This rubber does everything well,from chopping,to blocking,to hitting and to looping!

It is supposed to be more of a defensive rubber,but at 1.5mm sponge,consider it a all-off rubber.

Also,this rubber has a good disruptive effect.(Better than the Dr. N Allround Plus).this gives attacking an added advantage.

I definitely assure you that you won't go wrong with this rubber if you are a pimpled player.

Give it a try,it might make you become a short pimple player(it nearly made me )

I tested this rubber side by side with the Dr. Neubauer Leopard(sp). This was in 1.00 mm sponge
I tested it over a period of 3 months.

Speed,as you can imagine, wasn't what this rubber is after,but it did provide sufficient enough speed to bring the ball to the table from a distance.

Control...I loved it.very easy to control.

Spin reversal-in this aspect,I think it is lacking.the sp did a better job than this rubber.

Attacking capabilities-there is a chance,as long as your blade angle is wide open.

I am impressed witth the sponge durability.not 1 trace of tearing after swithing it frm blade to blade.

All in all,its a good blocking rubber.maybe not worth the price though.

My first review

Its the second set of MX-P I bought. Like many people I'm used to play with Tenergy both side, and boosted Tenergies are for me the "benchmarks" of today's rubbers.

Opening :
Nothing special about the packaging, packed like most of todays rubbers (Tenergy, Calibras...), no additional protective sheet is provided by Tibhar like it is with the Nimbus rubbers for example.
The Sponge is red/Orange, with very big bubbles (like bluefire M1 turbo sponge).
The topsheets are glossy. The rubbers are heavy (73gr uncut, 50gr cut to usual butterfly shape).
Topsheet and sponge are very flexible and elastics, no tack. The overall combination looks medium/hard, a touch harder than T05.

The rubbers were mainly tested on my Butterfly Kong Linghui Special blade (special made blade), pictures here :
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Rubbers have been tested also on all the blades you see below, feel free to ask anything about the potential combination you consider :


No booster or any kind of tunning was used

Warm Up :

You will immediately feel a huge catapult effect with the mx-p, the rubber feels very linear, the innerpower of the rubber feels rather accessible.
Very good feeling, solid feel, not as hard as you would expect i think, meaning that the dwell time is particulary good with mx-p.

Forehand topspin :
It is my best stroke, my principal source of points during competitive matches.
You will immediately notice the very high throw angle of the rubber and that the catapult on topspins is huge. Rubber is linear and predictable despite huge catapult effect.
Good touch provided by the racket permit to easy adjust your stroke.
The spin and speed are generated quite easy. The rubber can be used close to table as well as mid-distance.
Close your racket for countertopsins, nearly "as much as you can".
MX-P really shines against backspin balls, making a strong a fast topspin agaisnt backspin balls is realy easy, just as easy as making a classic openning loop with lot of spin but slow.
Just go for the power topspin on backspin balls.


Backand topspins :
Backhand topspin is not my best stroke.
With MX-P I was able to make strong and fast topspins against backspin balls. It is one of the very few rubber permitting me to do this.
Most of my errors were because I didn't close enough my racket, the result is that the MX-P is realy good for topsins over the table, even on backspin balls.
The rubber won't make you the new FZD or ZJK with awesome backhand topsin over the table, but it will make you better on that very popular stroke.

Blocks :
Once you get adjusted to the high throw, you will love the MX-P for any kind of blocks.
The rubber doesn't forgive technical errors like other rubbers can (lets say for example ; T80 and Calibra Tour M, those rubbers are less sensitive to incomming spin than MX-P).

Serves :
So far, one of the best rubber I ever used for serves. The hard topsheet has awesome grip. You will love the rubber when it come to serves.

Serves returns :
Just like with blocks, the rubber doesn't forgive technical errors as much as other rubbers can.
The rubber is sensitive to incomming spin, you will "break" the incomming spin easy if the serve is long, with a FH or BH strong topspin, or even with a BH over the table topspin.
But you will need strong technic to keep your returns low and short or to realize regular flicks.
The rubber will remind you T05, requires a good technic and anticipation on passive serves returns.

Other things and some comments :

I didn't tried the rubber on a all wood blade, but the rubber felt amazing on IF AL which is not far from a 5 ply all wood blade, with limba outer and very good flex (picture here http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/14/1427724201-ifal1.jpg ).
Tenergies felt, to me, really akward and inert on IF AL, like losing their "spring sponge" on flexible blades, it is not the case with MX-P and the rubber remains fast and "springy" even on flexible blades.
The rubbers are really heavy, you might really dislike it even if you enjoy the rubber.
This is my second pair of MX-P's. Durability is top end. Since I can't stand playing with an "almost not new" rubber, MX-P can last me 6 weeks (to compare, a T80 last me about 3-4 weeks). The lose of speed and spin is very linear and pretty slow, you will enjoy the durability of MX-P.


I hope you enjoyed this review, I'll try to answer your questions if you have any.

I use this glue to stick my rubbers to my blade. It sticks the rubbers to the blade very well and I have not found a problem. I have also been told it sticks to varnished blades well to.

This is a great table, it has excellent bounce and is of the highest quality I've ever seen in a table. It also looks great and is used in many major competitions and leagues around the world.

One thing I did notice was how well it folds away. It folds up very well and can be kept in a small area when not in use.

I used this ball during a tournament and 3 broke. This upset my game as you keep thinking is the ball broke or is it going to crack whilst hitting the ball because their not durable. One thing I did like when they were okay was rallying. They seemed to have a very consistent bounce and I felt the rallies were longer which is good for spectators. However just the consistency of the ball needs to be improved.

I have used these trainers for a year now and they still are in good condition. The grip has remained consistent throughout. I like that they are light so I can move around easy.

I loved the Tenergy 64 on my backhand because it helped my style of play. From a backspin ball it produced enough spin to make it hard for the opponent to counter which then led to me being in control of the table. This rubber has more spin than the Tenergy 05 as it is a little bit softer which gives more dwell time an control. When countering it gives you great feeling when countering close to the table which helps me get my forehand in play.

The Tenergy series in general allows you to feel confident with all your shots. I would highly recommend this rubber for anyone who has a good controlled, steady backhand which allows them to get their strong forehand in.

The andro power grip is not as hard as Tenergy which gives you good feeling when blocking and also topspinning from a backspin ball. I wouldn't recommend this rubber for elite players who play consistently everyday because it does not last long enough. However if your local league player you will get great feedback from this rubber and will help your game due to it's great control.

I use Boost TC on the backhand side and find it excellent for spinning balls against backspin. It gives me the great control I need to place the ball down the line or playing cross court. The softness of the rubber allows me to take the ball early from a heavy top spin ball countering with great control. I love the noise of the rubber, it makes me realise when I contact the ball in the sweetspot. I haven't rated this rubber as 5 star because it does not give me the same amount of power of the table as a Tenergy would. This rubber is more suited for close to the table around the net stuff.

This blade has great feeling on the hand when playing my shots. It also gives me the speed that I need to use whilst playing close and away from the table. The blade also has great feeling for blocking shots aswell as strong attacks.

The weight is very good because it is not to heavy and is comfortable enough to play and train for a few hours with no problem. Currently i am using Stiga Boost TC and Donic Acuda rubbers which work well with this blade.

I don't actually see any cons to this blade on a performance scale however price can be quite but you are paying for what you get... good premium product.

This is the best rubber to use if you are an outright topspin player on both wings. It also has good feeling for touch play and also when flicking from a short ball.

I also find that this rubber is great for a half long ball, the grip and topspin the rubber produces could easily add 4 extra points to your game.

When your back from the table the speed and control of the rubber is fantastic, gives you great speed when playing a loop to loop rally, also whilst giving you great control in changing angle.

I have put durability low because i use rubbers everyday and you soon realise after a month or two that the rubber has lost its speed and lots its spark.

This is overall a outstanding if you can afford it.

Great blade from Stiga, I'm not surprised that it's one of the best selling blades and very popular in asia. Suits the most all round to offensive players who likes hard blades. I really like it especially from mid distance where I can get full use of the power in the blade. It's pretty fast but still got good control, but definitely a blade for more advanced players who got some years of experience. Not so much to complain about a great blade overall, 5 out of 5!

I used Bryce during the speed glue era and It was one of the best rubbers for my game style. A lot of speed and control I remember it was a very popular rubbers that many in my old club where using. Sadly the rubber is made for the speed glue so I was a bit disappointed when trying it with a water based glue last week. I have some great memories with this rubber but I think there is some better alternatives out there that are made for the new ball and without speed glue. Because it was so good before I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

I recently came back into the game after about 6 years absent because of University. I stopped playing just as Tenergy become hugely popular.
I loved Tenergy, and came back into the game shocked at the huge increase in price - but nevertheless payed the price and got on with it. I loved it.
After four / five months, I realised that the rubber was starting to wear a little bit and would probably need replacing. I then thought about the £100 I would need to spend to replace both sheets.

I decided to try some other rubbers which were 'nearly' as good as Tenergy but a lot cheaper. 7 Rubbers later, I'd spent enough money to buy 6 sheets of Tenergy and concluded that whilst the rubbers were good, nothing can still match the feeling you get from Tenergy 05.

It is great close to the table, and mid-distance. I can chop with it, serve with lots of spin. The 2.1mm version isn't great at smashing the ball, but it's not a weakness by any means. It just isn't as 'crisp'. It certainly has the power to put away any smash.
I'm not sure Tenergy will be beaten anytime soon - only maybe by Butterfly. I just hope they don't keep increasing the price!

Very nice rubber. Has the speed and catapult that is needed. God spin and ok grip. Very good control.