Post your latest EJ purchase

[riemsesy]

long pips and super-anti.. the root of all evil

 

[Matej T]

Hey no judgment! In fact I'll go first.
I bought a sheet of DHS Skyline 3-60 for my BH. Did I need it now? No.

Full disclosure I got the idea of this topic from another forum (I won't mention which one but has nothing to do with TT), just I won't take credit for the idea.

FZD ALC feld good i bought new rubbers too after 2 weeks haha D09c and T05

 

[Archosaurus]

Not exactly mine (I built it for a coworker), but I had to share for the reactions.

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Is it warm in Hell this time of year?

 

[Novarac23]

Not exactly mine (I built it for a coworker), but I had to share for the reactions.

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Smack through spin FH, poke with BH setup

 

[Haito]

I did purchase the Omega Pro 8, o heck, what dissapointment. Cannot play with that rubber. Good for smashing, not much anything else. The boundary between spinning and smashing through the sponge was too thin. Balls always went net or long. I will stay with different rubbers. This one too finicky. Over the last 7 years of my life i played many rubbers, this is the first one that is completely messed up for me.

 

[Haito]

How many sessions did you play with it?

12 x 1.5-2.5h

 

[Haito]

I glued it on, around May 4th. Played about 9-10 sessions with the rubber on the backhand. 2-3 on the FH. On either side it was completely unstable. Whenever I switched to the Xiom C55 the ball was stable, spinny. Whenever I switched to Pro 8 it was all over the place. I was twiddling every couple of balls in the last session, yesterday I just ripped the rubber off the blade, and gave it away. I will be glueing something else today.

 

[Migzkulit]

I glued it on, around May 4th. Played about 9-10 sessions with the rubber on the backhand. 2-3 on the FH. On either side it was completely unstable. Whenever I switched to the Xiom C55 the ball was stable, spinny. Whenever I switched to Pro 8 it was all over the place. I was twiddling every couple of balls in the last session, yesterday I just ripped the rubber off the blade, and gave it away. I will be glueing something else today.

Had the same experience with Omega 7 Pro ;(

 

[Haito]

I have the EL-D stashed for testing as well, will give it a try... I did use the Joola ACC for a while on the BH, but I am a bit too weak. I mean the performance was good and consistent, but tiring. Worst case scenario I will do the C52.5 + C57.5 next time round.

 

[Archosaurus]

Found a Sanwei Fextra 7 30th for cheap so I grabbed one. The handle looks alright for me and it's supposedly a more flexible, more elastic Clipper, so I'm curious. Just hoping I don't get a QC dud.

 

[Matteones]

Planning a real EJ summer:

- Stiga Inspira Plus directly from Japan. (Already tried it, I just wanted a viscaria-like blade but not viscaria because everyone has viscaria 😁)
- DHS Wang Chuqin in exchange for my HL5 (arrived last week, still have to try it).
- Second handed but practically new Freitas ALC.
- Hurricane National Blue sponge also incoming because one has to try the difference with provincial no?

I'm strongly eyeing the new Darko Jorgic blade too, I have never tried an asymmetric blade, I know there are so many non believers, but well, I have to try it don't I? Also the OSP Martin AC and the OSP Vario AC (that I imagine very similar to the Jorgic one) but I think I'll try and be patient and wait for some second hand to come out for these ones.

 

[Haito]

I just bought a new blade with omega VIII China, only had two sessions with it but my experience is so far so good, coming from a 47.5⁰ rubber.

yeah, I was purely talking about the VIII Pro version.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

Found a Sanwei Fextra 7 30th for cheap so I grabbed one. The handle looks alright for me and it's supposedly a more flexible, more elastic Clipper, so I'm curious. Just hoping I don't get a QC dud.

If you want a more elastic Clipper I'd recommend the Stiga Pure if you have some spare cash. I love this blade and you can get it Cybershaped too. Cybershape Clipper is also an upgrade to the normal Clipper as well IMO

 

[Archosaurus]

If you want a more elastic Clipper I'd recommend the Stiga Pure if you have some spare cash. I love this blade and you can get it Cybershaped too. Cybershape Clipper is also an upgrade to the normal Clipper as well IMO

Thanks, but I'm not looking for anything specific. I'm pretty sure I've already bought the for-now perfect blade for me with the 5X Inner. The rest is just experimenting and buying backups in case I tear the handle off that one.

 

[Lando]

I'm waiting for my next purchase to be in stock!
Need to wait another month, apparently

 

[Haito]

Yesterday was my first training with FX-D. Really nice and easy going rubber. Does not have the power, but its stable AF. I am going to stick with it. For my level its perfect. I am pretty sure I can get "some" power from it, but I enjoy the stability.

 

[dingyibvs]

About 1350 Hz, similar to my Q968, so gonna be interested with the comparison. I just finished sealing it. My Q968 needs new rubbers so I'll glue the old ones onto this one and do a comparison. I shaved the Q968's head slightly so should fit this slightly smaller blade.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

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About 1350 Hz, similar to my Q968, so gonna be interested with the comparison. I just finished sealing it. My Q968 needs new rubbers so I'll glue the old ones onto this one and do a comparison. I shaved the Q968's head slightly so should fit this slightly smaller blade.

How's the handle size difference between the Q?

 

[dingyibvs]

How's the handle size difference between the Q?

I've only held it briefly so far but both the handle size and the shoulder feel similar to the Q968, which has a fairly typical DHS handle.

 

[dingyibvs]

How's the handle size difference between the Q?

Actually, I'd like to revise my previous assessment. I came home, sanded the wings a bit and then compared them directly, the LJK's handle is actually a bit thicker in the direction perpendicular to the blade face. It's wings/shoulder region are fairly narrow comparable to DHS blades. Overall the handle is more like FZD ALC's.