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Limitless possibilities to select and customize blades. Veneers of different thicknesses or even different material, handles put on totally different blades altogether, or special made. A player´s individual blade might differ from the one sold with his name in detail, yet some just get sent a...

The newest addition to the line, the SYNTELIAC ZCI, is one that could raise a few eyebrows, particularly when compared to the Butterfly Apolonia or Franziska blades. Personally, I am not familiar with these so I asked someone who is (and will always come back to the Apolonia blade from sponsor...

The current LARC sees the first appearance of the andro NUZN 50 and NUZN 55 rubbers. It should be safe to say the numbers correspond with the sponge hardnesses, rubbers available in red and black (for now?) Any info would be appreciated, although I do not think there are many test rubbers...

The one with the allround JOOLA? Good point, but it seems what´s done is done ;-)

d09c and d05 is a combination aimed at and used by professionals and other advanced players. For the learning stage, try Rozena or even Glayzer if you want an "all Butterfly" racket. With that, there´d still be no need to go all wood, but Primorac is of course a very good racket as a basis for...

The jury is out on that. Surely mushy soft rubbers with a lot of catapult are not the best option either, but too hard is too hard and if you feel too "forced" by the rubbers it can also be a problem. In your case, if you want to "come back" to the ALC just keep it (you´re already used to its...

What I meant is that if XIOM players want to switch to a Hybrid rubber with a sticky surface they would have to choose J&H Z. If they don´t see the necessity for Hybrid there´s of course no need to change anything at all.

I agree. XIOM advertise Z52,5 as having a sticky surface. Tour i hasn´t. As for being an improved version, I guess the verdict is no. But maybe some XIOM top players will still switch to J&H, following the trend of using hybrid rubbers (d09c, K3, ...) at least on forehand.

I don´t think anyone will claim experience on a broad, general basis. There are differences between the originals and differences between the copies, so you might find one Stuor that plays almost exactly like the one Butterfly you have for comparison, but you could also have one Stuor that is...

It´s fairly new, has a 42 degree sponge and I think it could be seen as a modern successor to Calibra Sound. Not a high performance rubber but for "controlled" offensive with an emphasis on spin (so I read...). It could be a soft version of the Mantra Pro, which they´ve released as XH, H and M...

I´d call them both decent. GA8 reminded me of Tibhar Genius, and G1 (like Vega Pro, Hexer, Baracuda) is from the Genius "generation". Proof that not every ESN rubber released at the same time is identical to the others, since there are surely differences between Genius and G1 for example, but...

C45 is very grippy, though not really sticky, and its catapult is lower than that of R45. As all these different "hybrid" rubbers, it demands and rewards active play. For me this is really the make it or break it argument: If you play spinblocks and counter topspins on incoming balls "hybrid"...

R45 is a totally different rubber and it doesn´t feel like Rakza 7. Still if you don´t like Rakza 7 it doesn´t mean you will automatically like R45 ;-) And as for your question above how it compares to Gold Arc 5, I couldn´t say because I never tried GA 5. But I tried GA 8 once, quite like it...

No, TIBHAR is very strict about this. You could rather conceal another brand´s blade by putting TIBHAR handles on it, but even that is not well taken. Another brand´s rubber is totally out of the question. And also, K3 is a really good rubber, if maybe not the most durable, but what does a pro...

This is what i witness in German leagues 3 to 5 - since t05 has its own distinctive feel players just stick with it. Also, after so many years on the market, of course they know how much of which substance to apply to arrive at their individual optimum rubber performance... So why try all this...

Not like it used to be, when many players favoured t05 over their sponsor´s material. The days of trading one standard t05 for three ESN "Select" rubbers are long over.

Yes, of course.

That is correct, and the topsheet is the part that ITTF approves. Different sponges can be applied, but a change to the topsheet would be against the rules.

I wouldn´t except anything else. The catapult is reduced by the semi sticky topsheet, and the difference made by a three degrees harder sponge should really not be too noticeable in the short game? Played with more input, more power is enabled by the harder sponge, while the softer version is...

K3 both sides for Lebrun, K3 forehand for Jorgic (backhand Infinity MX-P) - so the most recent information.