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  1. Vega Europe

    Review by 'greenbeanmachine' on item 'Vega Europe'

    I think this is supposed to be a rubber for beginners, because the sponge is very soft. For that purpose it's fine... but there are better options. This rubber is bouncy and fast, but it bottoms out very easily. This means that (1) you won't be able to create slow balls because the rubber is...

  2. Rank the Top 5 FH and BH in the world today!

    Felix still beats every other player in backhand-backhand rallies besides Fan Zhendong. Plus his backhand is the main part of his game -- forehand is an afterthought for him. In light of this, I don't see how anyone can argue that he doesn't have the second-best backhand in the world.

  3. Rank the Top 5 FH and BH in the world today!

    People are biased against penholders
  4. 802-40 Mystery III

    Review by 'greenbeanmachine' on item '802-40 Mystery III'

    I already reviewed 802-40 soft here, so I won't repeat things unnecessarily. Mostly I will compare this rubber to the 802-40 soft sponge version. The red rubber and the black rubber have different sponges. The sponges are different colors, and they have a slightly different feeling. The red...
  5. Spinfire

    Spinfire

    der-materialspezialist Spinfire combines short pip disruption properties with the speed and spin of inverted table tennis rubber. The narrowly arranged short pimple heads and the identical rubber compound allow for great rotation when serving and during offensive gameplay. The stellar shot and...

  6. Rank the Top 5 FH and BH in the world today!

    honestly I'm kind of insulted that I didn't make your top 5 equipment junkie list

  7. Rank the Top 5 FH and BH in the world today!

    Best forehand is between Quadri Aruna and Ma Long. If Quadri had any sort of backhand he would be a dominant force in the game. Best backhand is Fan Zhendong with Felix Lebrun a distant (but definitive) second. Fan is the only one who beats Felix Lebrun in backhand-backhand rally, not to...
  8. 802 Mystery III

    802 Mystery III

    Friendship 802 Short Pips is a newly developed rubber with higher elasticity and better control than previous models. These pips, designed for the 40+ plastic ball, have a new pimple structure. 802 is a fast-attacking spinny short pip that can also produce some disruption for your opponent.
  9. Super Spinpips

    Super Spinpips

    TSP Super Spinpips is a flexible rubber & Great improvements have been made in the shape of the pips. This soft rubber has great stability with excellent rotation. Super Spinpips is the new re-designed Spinpips. Super Spinpips retrains all of the playing characteristics of the orginal Spinpips...

  10. Looking for new blade

    Honestly you can't go wrong with either one. If you get Rosewood I highly highly recommend a Skyline rubber on FH -- it really makes the hard shots "pop".

  11. Looking for new blade

    Dynasty feels very similar to Rosewood NCT V. It's in between Rosewood and Viscaria but closer to Rosewood imo. The carbon layer is almost invisible, it's so thin.

  12. Looking for new blade

    Rosewood is not a very popular blade -- they're hard to find and I think Stiga stopped making them. YEO and Intensity are much more popular than Rosewood. But those who like Rosewood like it a lot. There are a few at my club, they swear by it. They also all use it with Skyline 2, Skyline 3...

  13. Looking for new blade

    I play both actually. I have the Yasaka Goiabao 5 (imitation of Rosewood NCT V) in shakehand, also with Skyline 2 and Hurricane 3. I play with unboosted TG2 and lightly boosted H3, both 2.2 mm and 41deg. It's 193g in weight, slightly head-heavy but you could probably cut that down by playing...

  14. Looking for new blade

    Rosewood is harder than Intensity. More in the direction of Viscaria, but still quite similar to Intensity. My impression of the difference between them is that Intensity (and YEO) is better for close-to-table attacks, whereas Rosewood gives you more power from behind the table at the expense of...
  15. Voodoo Classic

    Review by 'greenbeanmachine' on item 'Voodoo Classic'

    This is a very good blade for beginners looking to build their first custom racket, and it's an excellent blade for experimentation with rubbers. If you are still trying to learn what kind of rubbers you like, then this blade will help you figure it out. There is a reason that the TableTennis11...

  16. Tacky rubber care

    Clean your rubber with soap and a little bit of water. If you want to be fancy you can use this stuff: https://www.megaspin.net/store/default.asp?pid=rev3-cleaner
  17. 802-40

    Review by 'greenbeanmachine' on item '802-40'

    I think that this rubber is very good for playing a traditional Chinese penhold style (short pips FH, optional inverted BH). Serving is quite spinny (especially compared to other short pips) but not as spinny as inverted. Chop-blocking is incredible, and allows you to return extremely spinny and...

  18. Why Table Tennis is such a pure, unique 1-of-1 sport

    Strength and speed give a bit of an advantage, but not that much compared to other sports. Top women can compete with top-100 men in table tennis, for instance. There are women who can beat men in the top 100. As opposed to track & field or wrestling, where male high school athletes can...

  19. H3 style rubber for bh

    Probably pretty similar, maybe a slightly lower throw angle than D09c. Don't boost H8-80 though, the sponge will become very mushy. H8 has a better sponge for boosting than H8-80.

  20. Medium hard rubber for backhand

    Sounds like you're looking for Hurricane 8 (medium-hard) or Hurricane 8-80 (medium-soft)
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