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The Pro-05 has a little less flex compared to the DHS FB B2 and feels a little harder.

I had ordered myself (on Feb. 13, 2023) a new 2022 Yinhe Pro-05 blade from Chinese PingPong via Aliexpress for $67.33 (blade only) with a red Xiom Vega Asia and a black Yinhe Big Dipper H39 sticky rubber. The order arrived on Tuesday March 7th via USPS (they do the last leg for AliExpress). As...

Yinhe Moon (medium sponge) forehand, Yinhe Moon (soft sponge) backhand. Yinhe Big Dipper II and Big Dipper (tacky, forehand). All in the $10-$15 price range.

I found the Victas Swat (7-ply Limba top, 1150Hz) has great touch and control. My current tournament blade. Note it is much slower than e.g. the 7-ply Clipper (~1400Hz).

I think Rosewood top with ALC underneath (external or inner) makes no sense whatsoever. I have a Yasaka Goiabao 5 which is a similar top wood (hard) with no ALC and it has a large sweet spot but is too hard for me to spin well. I also have Walnut top blades and they are a little softer but still...

Updated with proposing Yinhe Pro 01.

I am using the Tannius Tennis Racket Grip Tape from Amazon. You need roughly 1/2 of it for a TT racket. It makes the handle about 1-2 mm larger depending on the pitch of the spiral when you apply it. This worked really well for me so I have it on all my rackets. I start close to the rubber and...

Yinhe Moon soft sponge or Yinhe Moon medium sponge.

No, the Fextra 7 is not factory sealed. I have a couple of them and use Minwax fast-drying polyurethane stain to seal (all) my blades, after sanding them to my liking. I also seal the handle because I use grip tape. I recommend to seal all Limba top blades if you plan to change rubbers on the...

YINHE Galaxy 437S - 1270Hz without rubbers, Limba/5x Ayous/Limba 7 ply, slower than Fextra 7. Good control, stiffer than 5-ply Yinhe Galaxy T-8S - Cypress top, External carbokev, 1550Hz (fast, stiff). Sanwei HC.5S - Hinoki top, 1335Hz, Internal soft carbon. Good control. SANWEI FEXTRA 7 - Limba...

I assume from the flag that you are in Slovakia. Any 5-ply blade with Limba top is fine, so it just depends where you want to buy it. E.g. the Neottec Vodoo Classic (https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/neottec-voodoo-classic) $26 at tabletennis11.com (in Estonia, problem is the high...

If they are beginners and you want to stick with Yinhe I would go with the E3. It is a 5-ply Limba/Spruce/../Spruce/Limba blade and has good control. I would not go with a 7-ply at all (much stiffer, less feedback, heavier, thicker), these days inner ALC + 5 ply is better I think (e.g. DHS B2)...

Yinhe Blades I own: 437S: 1270Hz, Clipper clone, 7 ply (Limba/5x Ayous/Limba). Slower than Sanwei Fextra. Slower than 437. U1-VB: 1270Hz, Clipper clone, 7 ply 437: 1400Hz, Previous model of 437S, when ordering from AliExpress may get one or the other, slower/less jumpy than Sanwei Fextra...

I think the first question is what top layer you want: Donic Original True Carbon: Koto - hard (ALC carbon) Joola Emotion Rossi: Hinoki - softer (KLC carbon) (~1300 Hz) Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon: Limba - soft (Carbon?) For example, I now prefer Limba top to Koto or Hinoki top right now. So I am...

I am using the Tannius Tennis Racket Grip Tape (from Amazon.com). 9 for $12. I can do 2 rackets with one so that's 18 rackets' grip for $12. I use the usual edge tape at the end of the racket and cut the rest off with the scissors I use for the rubbers. Works really well, I've done ~20 rackets...

A good summary is in this link. Good short pips rubbers with sponge like the Nittaku Moristo SP or the Yinhe Uranus Pro still can impart good spin on the ball, so it is not as black and white as some of the posters make it sound. Still, with inverted backhand one can put more spin on the ball...

I am currently playing the DHS Fang Bo Carbon (B2) (TT11 link). Mine had 1320Hz, 91.9g, 6mm thick. It is Limba/Ayous/ALC/... like the DHS Hurricane Long 5 but only $60 (similar to what I pay from China). There is a faster version, the B2X with 1442Hz, also for $60. See this TT11 Blog post. I...

The Sriver rubbers were great when I played them in the 1970's, but today I would recommend a toned down non-tacky rubber like the Yinhe Moon, DHS GoldArc 5, Yasaka Rakza 7, or Nittaku FastArc G-1 (maybe too fast but very well controlled). The Viscaria blade is too fast for a beginner and you...

Note there are at least 2 DHS Fang Bo Carbon blades, the B2 and the B2X (Limba top layer). The B2 is slower than the B2X (I have both, ~1300Hz vs. 1442Hz). I think the Fang Bo Carbon on tabletennis11 is the B2 from the way it looks (also see the B2 vs B2X review on the tabletennis11 blog). This...

From Larry Hodges: http://www.tabletenniscoaching.com/node/19 Can't say it any better.