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These are two good questions. But my initial reaction also was "why change?" - there is no need to look for an "upgrade" every time you change a rubber. Get new sheets of the same if you´re satisfied and keep practicing :-) But if curiousity wins over reason, I agree with Lazer that nearly...

Both the "Inner vs. Outer" and the "All wood vs. Carbon" discussions suffer a little from generalization. A blade with fibres on the core should have a better feeling than the same construction with the same weight, but fibres below the top plies. However, in many cases blades of the same name...

Don´t worry, that should come back, and hopefully the pain will not. Best of luck with the new blade.

That sounds unusual. I have never had any other rubber that does so exactly what I want it to do, and does exactly what the feeling at the moment of impact tells me. I agree that it doesn´t feel very hard compared to other 50 degree sponge rubbers, but as a step onwards from 05fx a previous...

Novacell. Specs indicate a range between 71 and 80. Might be worth a try, if resting and healing is no option ;-)

Tibhar Illusion Killer and Tibhar Fortino Performance. But they are not amongst those you´ll see around with 60 grams, and like I said getting one with 80 would not help much in my opinion...

My two cents: If 177 grams are a problem, 5 less wouldn´t solve it. You have a light and as you say well-balanced setup and you love it. Changing one rubber and continuing to play, hoping the pain will go away, doesn´t seem like a good idea. Rest, doctor´s advice, treatment sound better to me...

With some manufacturers, you can have two dozen competition blades plus two dozen readymades named after you and never use a single one of those. ;-)

In this generalized form I would disagree. Some might, others would rather not. Trying something different when things go wrong is another story, but you´d have to be really disappointed with yourself, maybe on a rare occasion with a bad batch of rubbers provided to you.

There are different kinds of "good", so it´s pretty much impossible to give a definite answer. It all comes down to personal preferences and capabilities. Same blade weight and same rubbers will still result in different answers from different people. And one more thing: Many people might...

Indeed. But when supplying a player who has a signature blade they could use that one´s handles, if just to avoid discussions like this ;-)

Or take a look at the new Outerforce range, if it has to be Butterfly. They´re targeted at people who find regular outer fibre blades too fast, and they´re also competitively priced.

Other words for what I mean ;-)

This is a bit theoretical and about the fibre only. Don´t forget to consider the blade´s weight, thickness and its top veneer. If you are satisfied with the setup in general and overshoot on blocks "from time to time" I am not so sure that a different blade is necessary and even less sure it...

What would help in assessing the problem from the outside: which was your previous rubber and what is the new one? What could be tried to solve the problem: Take off the rubbers and glue them again, sometimes a bad glue job ruins it all.

One you didn´t mention: andro NUZN plays great without boosting AND lasts as long as a regular Tensor rubber. It is only slightly sticky and plays closer to a normal Tensor rubber than any other made in Germany hybrid, which is why some will tell you it´s not a hybrid - but andro product...

Even amongst the pro rubbers there can be some bad apples. They will not be as bad as those that appear in mass production, but then a player at that level would quite probably be more sensitive to slight imperfections ;-)

Yes.

I would say true to size, but no two feet are the same... As a small hint maybe, I bought Asics in UK 11 before and now it´s UK 11 for the Andro.

He is back in Romania since 2014 but I do not exactly know what he´s doing these days, probably coaching somewhere. As an 8 times World Championship player and 1 time Olympic Games participant he´s quite probably worth checking out ;-)