Loki RXTON 9 new sponge.

[ZSQ]

Gan and coach Xiaoyu both reviewed it and said the 40 degree version is about 52-53 grams cut to Vis. Coach Xiaoyu also reviewed the 37.5 BH version and said it's a bit lighter at around 49 grams.

It might be unit-to-unit variation.
The general feedback from regular players is consistent: The performance is good, it’s just heavy. And it doesn’t absorb oil, so they’re worried they won’t be able to handle it.

 

[Haito]

37.5 came out lighter at 51g. That being said it came out much much bouncier.

 

[Haito]

It might be unit-to-unit variation.
The general feedback from regular players is consistent: The performance is good, it’s just heavy. And it doesn’t absorb oil, so they’re worried they won’t be able to handle it.

I agree with that. The 39 did not want absorb booster very much. After glueing it feels a bit dead. I might try reboosting it over the weekend if it plays badly.

 

[dingyibvs]

It might be unit-to-unit variation.
The general feedback from regular players is consistent: The performance is good, it’s just heavy. And it doesn’t absorb oil, so they’re worried they won’t be able to handle it.

Yeah, very possible. I recently bought 10 LACs and measured all of them while still in package. The 5 red ones were remarkably consistent, ranging from 100.7 to 102.2 grams. The 5 black ones were not so much, 2 were within that same range, one was 98, and 2 were 94 grams.

 

[Haito]

Yeah, very possible. I recently bought 10 LACs and measured all of them while still in package. The 5 red ones were remarkably consistent, ranging from 100.7 to 102.2 grams. The 5 black ones were not so much, 2 were within that same range, one was 98, and 2 were 94 grams.

Have you tested if they fall apart? The LAC recently had a pimple glueing issue.

 

[dingyibvs]

Have you tested if they fall apart? The LAC recently had a pimple glueing issue.

Haven't had an issue with the 3 sheets that we've played with. Note that I also bought 3 sheets from Aliexpress before the more recent 10, but they were purchased only a couple weeks before (thr 10 were shipped by sea, so arrived much later though). The sponge is fairly fragile though, my first test sheet which admittedly went through a lot as I tested it on quite a few blades kind of tore apart at the edge.

For those 3 sheets I've played with, 2 were for about 2 weeks each on the BH side. I mostly do BH training these days so they went through a good bit. Another was played on a clubmate's FH. He hits fairly hard, it's been a couple weeks no issues with bubbling yet.

Perhaps there'll be issues when regluing, but we all go through rubbers pretty quickly, maybe 2-3 months at most, with 1 to 2 reglues in between at most, so probably not gonna be an issue for us.