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I've been testing the KLC-9 for a month or so and it's quite unremarkable. Quite good for low effort shots and that's it. It doesn't have the top-end speed and spin of the KLC Pro, the ball quality is much lower in general as well.

Google Maps says the closest one is the Taipei Bridge station. I would like to go shopping for a Stiga or Andro blade, as well.

The current plan is Sanchong District, near the Taipei Bridge, but I can switch place anytime :D

Digging up this old thread cuz I'm going solo to Taipei for a week and would like to play some tt as well. My level is probably around 2000 USATT if that matters :D

I have the Telson CNF and the handle feels so thin compared to, say, the Viscaria.

https://ibb.co/ Got some sheets of H3N National BS in 42 degree, cuz why not?

It has koto top plies, which I'm not interested in, but the handle is so nice...

I have used the normal Sea moon, national white, and national black haifu oils with H3. The sea moon and white oil soften the sponge too much for my liking, and expand the sponge a lot more than the black oil. The resulting rubbers play differently obviously, but I would say which one is best...

There are some sellers on Taobao, but there are no ways to check for authenticity, so I wouldn't recommend to go for them, given that they cost around $2000. They're supposed to be supplied to sponsored players only. Here is an example https://e.tb.cn/h.TTqkccngYQw0f2b?tk=29333zMTP9H

The waiting time is much longer, though.

Always curious about CNF blades, so jumped on a deal to get a Loki Telson CNF for $26

Ever since I started to use No 1, I immediately know I don't need to try any other glue. It's freaking easy to be removed from the sponge, and has no weird odors. On top of it, it's just so cheap. I guess you can't go wrong with either.

The head sizes for both are 150*157, very similar to Viscaria's. They're around 90-92g as per the manufacturer.

That is not a Viscaria, the lens is green, which kinda looks like this one https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/stiga-surge-hybrid-carbon.35849/

BD is just slightly tacky, easy to play, but the shot quality is just so so compared to H3. It's slower and less spinny than H3 on top gears. BD is a good rubber to try if you're new to tacky rubber, both on FH and BH, though.

Not necessarily true. I use it quite often, even when I play shakehand. The down side, as I mentioned, is that it's not very effective. The ball quality in general is just not as high as the BH flick, and it's not as versatile as the BH flicks as well.

It's not hard if you can do the normal FH flick, i.e. that you know how to use the wrist for on the table strokes. But the hardest part is to judge the incoming spin to pull that off.

That's a forehand flick wi th lot of side spin, particularly easier to do with penhold than shakehand grip. Sometimes it makes the opponent surprised, but in general, it's a very easy to counter shot if expected.

I seriously hope the pros have other sources of income beside WTT money, cuz it's just beyond sad if you're in top 30-100 of your field worldwide and not making $100k.

9 hours with the golden vis and I still like my KLC Pro better. May be I will give the golden vis another 10-20 more hours before deciding if I want to keep it or not. Guess I'm on inner carbon camp now.