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How about this one? https://topsas.lt/produktas/shang-kun-hybrid-ac/?lang=en

Rastaman's whole setup is about 172g with the blade being 82g. So a cut O8pro is about 45g.

Supposedly Felix Lebrun used Innerforce ZLC, then Shang Kun Hybrid AC and then his signature blade Felix Lebrun Hyper Carbon. You may want to try those out and see how similar they are.

You should get both. If you only get one of them, you will keep wondering "what if I picked the other one?"

My Rxton 9 is 62g uncut but it plays fine for me. Not very fast but definitely spinny. For reference it was glued on a FZD ALC.

Didn't T3 just get new packaging at the beginning of this year? They are changing fast... Axing the Arthur series makes sense, I think only the Arthur China is popular and Rxton 9 is sort of replacing it to be THE forehand LOKI rubber anyway. I tried Arthur China and Europe, they are not as...

I think the Arthur line can stay but it should be more distinctive from Rxton 9/7. Rxton can be the classic Chinese rubber and Arthur can be the hybrid line (but it better be REAL hybrid sponge, not just slightly more boosted).

I agree that Loki's rubbers series are a bit crowded and overlapping. I think Tibhar and Stiga are doing relatively well in this department; they have a top-performance grippy rubber line (Evolution, DNA Platinum), a hybrid rubber line (Hybrid K1/K3 [could we count MK?], DNA Hybrid +...

Yes, you should be in a neutral stance so you can cover any (unexpected) returns.

Kirin series seems to be the non-tacky softer sponge equivalent of the Rxton series. Both Kirin 1 and 3 are supposedly 37d. Kirin 1 has kunlun sponge, Kirin 3 has the Carbon sponge.

There are lots of drills you can do, starting from simple to difficult: - regular FH/BH without real movement: works on a smooth stroke and the mechanics - alternate FH/BH around centre of the table: works on transition sideways - alternate FH/BH around the backhand corner: works on pivoting -...

From what I've seen, European/Japanese rubbers rarely drop prices - Mark V is still 30 EUR/GBP after all these years. Prices of Razka, Fastarc are still holding up after 10+ years. If something is unpopular they just stop producing it e.g. Aibiss. Chinese rubber sometimes have a price drop...

reasonable, amateurs like me hit nowhere as hard.

Don't get the very cheap double fish 3* balls in bulk without box (usually sold in 30/50/100/120), I tried them and I think they are rejected balls due to poor QC. On the other hand, the WTT versions are very good, on par with DHS WTT in my opinion. Sanwei 3* are about as good as Yinhe 3*...

DHS 4002 is about 35 USD. Blade I would go for 5+2 innerfibre (729 Yellow ALC) or 5-ply (Sanwei Flextra 5), depending on how strong/fit you are. These would be 15-20 USD. Forehand I would go for tacky rubber but not too hard. I would go for Yinhe Big Dipper H38 (~15 USD) if you don't mind...