Stiga Calibra Tour blade advice

joseph.luck · Feb 22, 2015

Hi guys!

I'm looking for some advice. Following on from Dan's excellent review of the Stiga Calibra Tour series rubbers, I've decided to buy a couple of the Tour S and Tour M rubbers for my forehand and backhand respectively.

I currently play with Sriver and Mark V on a BTY Primorac off- but I'm looking try something new as my Sriver is getting a little dead. My playing style is offensive shakehand, I like to play mid distance from the table and my game is primarily loop / drive forehand.

I'm looking for a good blade match for the Calibra Tour rubbers, I've heard BTY Innerforce, Stiga VPS Infinity V and Stiga Offensive Classic are good, but I'm really rather new to EJing

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

mahomedy13 · Feb 22, 2015

I would say your current blade is good enough,though you can try other blades like the infinity vps v.

joseph.luck · Feb 22, 2015

mahomedy13 said:
I would say your current blade is good enough,though you can try other blades like the infinity vps v.

Thanks! Yeah I thought I'd stick a couple of sheets to the Primorac, but it's getting a little worn out too. I bought 4 sheets of the Calibra on special offer so I'll stick a some to the Primorac if the Infinity is a little too quick.

raazzz · Feb 22, 2015

I would also suggest the Infinity vps v!

harpoplayer07 · Feb 23, 2015

I am between infinity vps v and the allaround NCT. which one would be better for the calibra tour series?

josephluck · Feb 23, 2015

Hey Harpo, I've ordered the infinity vps and the calibra rubbers arrived today. The topsheet is very strange! Absolutely no tackyness whatsoever and feels a little like an antispin. It seems as though these rubbers will shine on mechanical spin drive loops (my favourite!!)

I'll let you know how I get on

harpoplayer07 · Feb 23, 2015

That would be awesome!

Killerspintt · Feb 24, 2015

Already ordered

Calibra Tour M indeed looks like an antispin, but it can generate realy good spin, even on serves.
Calibra TOur M plays well on flexible blades with high dwell time.

raazzz · Feb 24, 2015

Yeah the rubber has no grip touching with the hand but very good grip against the ball, really weird.

josephluck · Feb 24, 2015

Haha yeah! I couldn't wait to try it out. I hope infinity will be flexy enough. I've heard it takes a while to get used to the rubbers but I'm really excited to try them out

xVill · Feb 26, 2015

Infinity has good flex it doesn't vibrate much in your hand, as it's been said on here a thousand times a good all wood blade with decent power close to the table depending on your rubbers you take a couple steps back and it lacks gears, I've trie both t05 and Donic acuda, both worked well but switched back to my viscaria with rasant simply for power hahaha

Airoc · Feb 26, 2015

I´ve played Tour M on an Ebenholz, albeit an HRT clone. That felt really good, and in direct comparison to a genuine Stiga Ebenholz the HRT Ebenholz did not fail - nice work for a 25 $ blade.

josephluck · Feb 28, 2015

I had my first hit with the new setup last night and... Wow I'm happy. I feel like the setup really suits my aggressive close/ mid distance play, but away from the table the lack of gears caused problems, particularly with the tour s, the balls were either flying off the end of the table or dipping into the net. The blade feels real nice to hold and the sound is lovely too

phillypong · Feb 28, 2015

joseph.luck said:
Hi guys!

I'm looking for some advice. Following on from Dan's excellent review of the Stiga Calibra Tour series rubbers, I've decided to buy a couple of the Tour S and Tour M rubbers for my forehand and backhand respectively.

I currently play with Sriver and Mark V on a BTY Primorac off- but I'm looking try something new as my Sriver is getting a little dead. My playing style is offensive shakehand, I like to play mid distance from the table and my game is primarily loop / drive forehand.

I'm looking for a good blade match for the Calibra Tour rubbers, I've heard BTY Innerforce, Stiga VPS Infinity V and Stiga Offensive Classic are good, but I'm really rather new to EJing

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

i would also advice on keeping the blade.
just to inform you, i have tested my 20 year old ( yes i am serious here ) after boosting it ( on the sponge AND on the rubber surface ) with WD40 and it was back as new again (a red 2 mm Sriver D-13 L), and i have to say this Sriver plays really well , i could do just all the things i do with a Tibhar Genius or my Andro Revo Fire ( on Donic Waldner Senso Carbon blade)
technique is far more important than rubber choice , just choose a rubber that suits your style of play (offence, allround, defence) and then stick to it !

following equipment advice of guys like Der Echte or carl is always good !

cheers !

jasonxian24 · Feb 28, 2015

Hi
I have a Primoroc off- with Stiga Tour on the back hand and it almost anhilated the spin of my old, dead Sriver. I also have a Infinity but I dont feel it is stable enough for it so I glued it to my BTY Primoroc instead. I don't kmow about Tour M.

josephluck · Feb 28, 2015

I agree, the spin is really really good. I bought a few sheets of calibra, so I'm going to try them in the primorac and compare the two

I agree, technique is everything, I just fancied something a little different and boy, I'm glad I did!

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