Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

[turbozed]

Well maybe you're right. But lets here some testing from people who bought the more expensive version of LAC to see if it's more resistant to bubbling.

Agree, I think a good amount of us bought some LAC from the Loki Store recently. If none of ours bubble at all, then I think it's safe to say longle somehow found a bad batch.

If all of ours start bubbling too..... well, then I think Loki has a bigger problem on its hands than just some grey market products getting out.

BTW, I think our discussion about the price difference highlights some cultural differences. I'm American and I understand how a product selling for $20 and $13 might not sound like a big deal. But in Vietnam where I live, the difference between 370k VND and 560K VND to the average Vietnamese is pretty huge.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Oh no.. 😖 my 2nd sheet on the 4th day... I don't know if I should buy another sheet although I like it a lot 😞

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and what sponge hardness did you use this time?

 

[longle]

So you boosted this sheet as well?

I guess it's good to know that I should not boost my LAC rubber.

although it has the look of boosted rubber but no, I never boost it that even make it more heartbreaking

 

[longle]

I'm glad I ordered from the Loki Official store now instead of those Lazada sellers. 330k VND was low enough of a price to be enticing but also low enough to be a bit suspicious that something might be off. It's over a 40% discount from everywhere else.

yeah, I will make another bet by buying from a well known store, 490k VND. If it still breaks this time I'll quit LAC

 

[longle]

and what sponge hardness did you use this time?

it's 40 degrees this time, I couldn't choose the hardness

 

[TensorBackhand]

although it has the look of boosted rubber but no, I never boost it that even make it more heartbreaking

You didn't boost both rubbers?

So these rubbers just bubbled on their own? That is terrible.

 

[longle]

I just checked, I bought my LAC from Loki Official store on Aliexpress for $19.9

Is that much more expensive than Lazada?

In this store I usually bought from, which is a trusted store they sell the LAC for 488k VND ~ 21USD. Maybe it's the "official price". On LZD I found 2 stores sell it for 15$, I bought 2 sheets from both and met the same fate I will try the store with the "official price" and review it again haha

https://shopee.vn/(Siêu-Dính)-WANG-HAO-LOKI-ARTHUR-Ping-Pong-Mới-2022-Bằng-Cao-Su-i.428978178.18767621931?xptdk=0e587144-3816-4913-8543-29d8b162a954

 

[longle]

Oh shit I forgot I ordered 2 more sheets of LAC (14$) and 1 sheet of Rxton 3 Pink (11.5$) last week . Even the Rxton3 Pink is much cheaper than usual, it'll be ridiculous if they all meet the same fate

 

[TensorBackhand]

Oh shit I forgot I ordered 2 more sheets of LAC (14$) and 1 sheet of Rxton 3 Pink (11.5$) last week . Even the Rxton3 Pink is much cheaper than usual, it'll be ridiculous if they all meet the same fate

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Can you ask the seller why his LAC is cheaper than other shops?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

it's 40 degrees this time, I couldn't choose the hardness

and Loki only sells 41 degrees, at least, that is what I can buy from them....

 

[Zwill]

I got mine from the official Loki store and it is in 41 deg hardness.

 

[longle]

Can you ask the seller why his LAC is cheaper than other shops?

yeah I left them a message, they haven't replied yet

 

[longle]

and Loki only sells 41 degrees, at least, that is what I can buy from them....

and that leads to another theory: the 40d batch is faulty

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

and that leads to another theory: the 40d batch is faulty

suggest you email Loki and not some seller

 

[longle]

suggest you email Loki and not some seller

I just look in the website http://www.lokisport.com/ but could not find any emails, they use Weibo and Wechat which I don't use do you know anyway I can contact them ?

 

[Zwill]

The problem is one buys 3 sheets in 2 weeks and now you are in the territory that "should I have bought a sheet of K3 or D09c"?

 

[mattlamperouge]

The problem is one buys 3 sheets in 2 weeks and now you are in the territory that "should I have bought a sheet of K3 or D09c"?

Thats true but also @longle seems to be the only one with reported problems yet.. @Attitude shared a completly different experience

 

[TensorBackhand]

Thats true but also @longle seems to be the only one with reported problems yet.. @Attitude shared a completly different experience

I've never tested LAC yet, but I have never had problems with all my other Loki rubbers.

I have tried Rxton 1, Rxton 5, GTX, T3, Arthur Asia, Arthur Europe.

 

[Attitude]

The problem is one buys 3 sheets in 2 weeks and now you are in the territory that "should I have bought a sheet of K3 or D09c"?

I somewhat lack your logic here. So he should rather buy rubbers that cost three times of lac just because he got bad luck or what other reason there might be, why he got bubbles on his rubbers.
And you should especially put that garbage K3 out of the equation. I mean that rubber itself has a usage time that is simply a joke for its pricetag.

I must say im still irritiated by @longle experience because i never had bubbles with any rubber aside from boosted h3 bs. I recently even checked if the look of your rubber is reconstructable with lighting or angles. But i simply cant make my lacs show its pimples that much (neither the old nor the new ones). Even on both of your pictures it looks like the rubber curls around the edges. And if you hadnt boost your lac, then maybe the batches got somehow boosted.

Btw do you remember how the rubbers looked as you unboxed them? Were they already curled, did they smell, had the rubber any kind of tension after you removed the plastic cover?

 

[longle]

I somewhat lack your logic here. So he should rather buy rubbers that cost three times of lac just because he got bad luck or what other reason there might be, why he got bubbles on his rubbers.
And you should especially put that garbage K3 out of the equation. I mean that rubber itself has a usage time that is simply a joke for its pricetag.

I must say im still irritiated by @longle experience because i never had bubbles with any rubber aside from boosted h3 bs. I recently even checked if the look of your rubber is reconstructable with lighting or angles. But i simply cant make my lacs show its pimples that much (neither the old nor the new ones). Even on both of your pictures it looks like the rubber curls around the edges. And if you hadnt boost your lac, then maybe the batches got somehow boosted.

Btw do you remember how the rubbers looked as you unboxed them? Were they already curled, did they smell, had the rubber any kind of tension after you removed the plastic cover?

The LAC when unboxed is already curled in a bit like this: - make it a bit hard to glue the rubber on the blade

Also can you post a picture of the sponge's printing, because I saw a review and they have different printing to mine - this is mine: