Xiom Omega V Tour

I have tried these rubbers in max thickness on my main boy, Butterfly M.Maze OFF.

I used to use Tenergy 05s before but decided to look for cheaper ones to get used to since I'm NOT either sponsored by Butterfly or a billionaire...

It seemed to be tacky straight outta packaging and all seemed to go well since it certainly gave me more consistency in my shots.

After half an hour, I could easily tell that its ability to hold and grab the ball is noticeably inferior compared to Tenergy 05 I used to use.

I would certainly suggest you go for T05s despite it not being so budget friendly; it would feel worse, noticing it's not really worth the money after spending your money to buy this rubber.

For those who have solid techniques and are willing to adjust to this rubber, then this one's for you.

The only good sides I can mention are: Great for better consistency and Not as sensitive to spin.

I'm planning to try out Joola X-plode next time. My coach used to use it and I remember being amazed with the quality of its spin and catapult effect. So this one's looking a lot more positive for me. I will write my review on it here in the future so look for my reviews!

P.S. Andro Rasant is a great alternative for T05s but the only thing is it dies quickly...:L

Used on a Palio TCT blade. Control is good and it has good spin. Though I don't think it's a match for the blade I used, it would match softer and flexier blades.
Using it on the backhand, it was great for blocking, flicking,pushes and chops. Just ok on bh loops. All in all a good rubber. But would prefer the Tibhar Evolution MX-S or MX-P

Highly recommended.Great for attacking games e.g. looping and driving and serves.

I'm a long time XIOM rubber player and use XIOM Vega Pro and Vega Japan rubbers. With the new Omega V series coming out, I had to opportunity to "test drive" an Omega V Tour.

Omega V Tour is the same sponge hardness as Vega Pro or Omega V Pro, but with a topsheet that uses a differen pimple geometrie. Pimples are a bit wider and more dense. The topsheet therefore feels more dense and compact, compared to a Vega Pro.

I played the Omega V Tour on the FH in 2.0mm (on an Adidas Fibertec Classic), keeping my Vega Pro 2.0mm on the backhand for comparison

As all XIOM rubbers is takes a couple of hours until the rubber reaches its normal characteristics (XIOM rubbers feel stiffer and harder than their really are in the first 6 hours of play, so don't be surprised).
The Omega Tour has more catapult than the Vega Pro, while maintaining the same spin. The catapult effect kicks in very late, but then is higher than with other rubbers I played before.

Short game is easy and opening loops agains backspin aren't a problem. However playing loop against block or loop becomes a challange with the OMEGA V Tour. The additional catapult of the Tour made it difficult for me to not overshoot. On the otherhand, when not playing fast and strong enough the ball would drop into the net.
The OMEGA Tour is quite delicate to play, because the window for the right amount of force and speed to hit the balls is very narrow.

Push and Short game: Easy and very spinny
Block: passive blocks are easier, active blocks are a challange (catapult effect)
Loop: on backspin OK, against block or loop to difficult for me
Drive: challenging as well, because of the catapult effect

XIOM OMEGA V Tour is an excellent rubber, with long durability (played for 3 month, without any noticable degredation), but way to advanced for me. The number of unforced errors was too huge and therefore I switched back to Vega Pro.