Hi, Andy.
How would you compare the EL-S and FX-S to the Omega V Asia that you have been using?
Starting with EL-S - it plays softer overall of course, and has more early catapult. It's also easier to generate spin and arc through the middle gears with EL-S - OVA requires more brush in the low/medium gears for this and is more demanding IMO. They are both quite spin sensitive, but EL-S is more jumpy due to the bigger catapult, so I'd say that EL-S is tougher to use during passive play in general (without being too much of a handful - certainly easier than T05, for example). The real headline is EL-S has an amazing quality when playing a general topspin attacking game, where it rivals T05, and looping/relooping/counterlooping/attacking backspin is super easy. OVA is more demanding in those areas, but is far more solid in the short game due to far less catapult and more linear behavior.
FX-S is obviously softer than EL-S, but seems to cross a line for me and results in too much instability for me to enjoy. Unlike many softer ESN (and Japanese) rubber, there seems to be a lot of low-speed damping going on, and then a lot of catapult, which I found hard to adapt to. I'd like a bit more time to really judge this though.
I have to admit though, as much as I can see how these rubbers have a lot of quality and performance, I don't think they're going to suit me. I've been using OVA for a full season now and I've grown to love the rock-solid stability and big brush spin it gives, so my FH wing is hard to change now. And I don't seem to like FX-S on my BH wing, so that only leaves EL-S as a BH option for me.
Hi Andy, you are right but I think the throw depends also which type of blade you use. I will try again all the 3 rubbers and I will ask to my friend to check the throw in my topspins slow and powerful: I will try also to make topspins with big brush and with less brush but with fast movement of my arm to see the difference. I will let you know, bye
OK, great stuff. Thanks for putting the time in, but don't bust a gut. The point is only that it's really tough to get a truly objective comparison of equipment without knowing something about the person using it.