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I player VE on a 5 ply all wood (YSE), I tested O7E on a 7 ply all wood (BLY Power 7). Feeling was amazing. I think the BP7 blade was doing a nice job, but I'm confident O7E was playing a decent role in that job. O7E is a natural overall upgrade for VE especially because it's not increasing...

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This is what I have done, 4 layers of 2mm cardboard without holes in it. I also pressed the blade downwards with the free hand while cutting to increase friction and avoid the cutter to could catch the rubber and pull.

It takes 2 days for glueing this way

Hello, It's several times now I try to glue myself the rubbers and most tricky part for me is cutting. I tried scissors, scalpels, razor blades, whatever... My issue isn't the shape of the cut, I mean that is just aesthetic and I can live with it. Edge tape also helps hiding a little bit. My big...

Some overgrip tapes for tennis rackets are "absorbent" and it may help. I also use a wristband to avoid sweat from the arm to move toward the hand. I noticed not all handles make my hand sweat the same. The Victas Euro Feeling Off- in example is the one that makes me sweat the most. I guess it's...

I have one in shrink wrap and I'll likely glue it tomorrow. As soon as I open the package I'll post the weight.

Right after tonight update seems Vega Pro and Vega X are the only available ones.

Joola Rossi Emoticon is 85g, inner carbon, Koto is just below the thin outer hinoki layer. Very controlled, FL handle feels slightly thick.

First of all, let me say I'm very sad for your story and wish you to fully recover soon. I usually play with people 65/70+ years old and they tend to take advantage of anti-top and pips out rubbers (especially LP OX) to catch up with the reduced mobility due to age. Now I understand, this isn't...

I used a Primorac during the celluloid balls era. Now that we are in the ABS balls era, Korbel is the new Primorac. It's a great blade and if you can get the made in Japan version is even better. You can buy it without hesitation, that is a safe buy. Great alternatives as non-Butterfly 5 ply...

The FX-P Is slow and very controlled. I really liked it. However I ended up buying FX-S because topsheet is a little spinnier and harder. I then tried the Aurus (classic) and it is just awesome. I would say it has less control, but it's still controlled. Definitely faster and spinnier. I...

Some people using this rubber during the stroke tend to finish too early... not so great after all!

I do understand that, 5kg on 1000 pimples is 5g per pimple. It's the longer time the force is applied compared to a bouncing ball that worries me.

I'm not entirely convinced either, but I would agree that putting a weight on top of the rubber doesn't seem right to me, because you stress the pimples that are not designed to hold Kg of weight for hours.

Let us know the long term results!

Surely it is. As I mentioned the edge tape doesn't totally seal the topsheet. However, due to the instantaneous nature of ball contact the air flow between rubber and tape can be relevant. That may explain the dampening and muffling that in a first analysis I considered impossible. Experimental...

He meant that between the topsheet and the sponge, amongst the pips, air can actually flow. If you seal the tosheet so that air cannot escape, then deformation of the topsheet should find opposition of the air. Hence energy during the stroke has to account for air compression plus topsheet...

It wouldn't work that close to the handle. It must be above the part where the brand and cert. no. are printed on the rubber. A small hole can make sense, ideally air should be able to escape anyways because edge doesn't seal perfectly the rubber, but there might be not enough air flow :)

Didn't think about air escaping, then I guess it's best to leave a small area uncovered, maybe as close to the handle as possible.