Recent content by Pe-ter

Hi all, As the title says, I'm looking for help/advice on euro/jap rubbers. Bit of a backstory: Using XIOM Offensive S with Palio cj8000 (36-38) both sides, and I'm quite happy with that setup. Sometimes I can hit shots that I was just dreaming of a year ago. So after EJ-ing and trying...

Hey @AcZending, I'm using the Loki Kirin K5 blade, bought 2 of 'em and they are great. Paired it with Mercury 2 soft on BH and medium on FH. Has lots of control, spin is there, speed only partially and not great when you're away from the table. Nevertheless, I think that it is an awesome blade...

Honestly, I think the Mercury 2 is an underrated rubber. People are seeing it as a cheap rubber because it cost like less than coffee. But for that price I think it can handle everything for a split of the price of any other rubber. Yes, it lacks speed, but how many of us is playing top tier...

To whomever is reading this anyway... You won't believe what you're going to witness here. After a whole year, I can honestly say. "You were right". My advice to any new player who wants to get better and is serious about that is "Listen to the guys, they know sh....oh, uhm, stuff. They know...

Medium on FH, Soft on BH.

Got myself a Sanwei T5000 with Mercury 2 on both sides, whole setup was less than 10€. Glue was more expensive than the racket. Has plenty of control and also speed if you need it to. Great setup for any amateur who wants to give table tennis a try and develop further. Friend of mine is using...

Agree. Some setups feel awesome, others not as much. For some reason beyond my understanding I fell in love with chinese tacky rubbers. The linear behaviour and lack of tensor effect makes them easier to use (at least for me). But as you stated, they're easy to use till the blade is not a speed...

So. Long time no update, so brace yourself. It's been 11 months since I bought my very first (and not last) blade (YSE+R7). My journey in table tennis has begun. With lot's of downs and no ups, many questions here and there, googling, revspin, help of you guys in this forum, etc. I fell in...

Well, the return board didn't make the picture. Anyway, I'd like to hear people opinions on the combination. Have 3 battle 2 soft rubbers, one regular blue sponge. Which blade would you put the blue sponge on? Cheers.

I'd vote for C1. But I'm not sure on the weight as I never played with Vega Europe.

Yinhe N10s or Sanwei T5000 and Mercury 2 rubbers, medium on FH, soft on BH.

No, unfortunately never had the DFVP1 so can't compare.

I'm on the very same page as you @Nakira. Started in Sept '24, bought a Yasaka Sweden Extra and Rakza 7 on both sides. Did not like the R7 that much, so went for a BTY Hadraw 5 (all wood blade) with Fastarc G1/C1 combination. Joined a league and lost everything I could (but I had 2 match points...

Using the DFVP2 for a very short period of time (2 weeks only) but I'm quite impressed, for 10€/rubber if Ali offers some discount, it's a reasonable rubber. Using the 35 deg on both sides. Spinny, harder than soft European rubbers, more straight, medium low arc, lots of control, medium speed...

Because why not, no import tax to EU. 6 rubbers for less than 20€, Yinhe V14-PRO for 30€. First I'm gonna put a set of the Mercurys on the Sanwei T5000, if that's going to be slow, the Yinhe can step in. Any feedback is appreciated. EDIT: Tried this exact combination on a blade of a friend of...