Search results

Lets see if they increase the 80 Dollar mark or keep it there

If you dont care about the money you could try the stuff you mentioned. My prediction would be that it will cause many mistakes in the beginning though. Especially if most shots go long anyway. I would just get a 5ply off- blade for roughly 50Euros (Stratus Powerwood might work), and maybe some...

How long have you been playing and do you notice some trends in your shots, like do they all go into the net or too far out? The things you got are all very nice, just a matter of practice, preferance and skill. For example Rakza Z might be to hard for some on backhand for others it might fit...

I advise beginners to just get whatever equipment for a cheap price that has a atleast some grip and not kills the balls speed comepletly. Then focus on thechnique, understand why your shots go in the net, over, have high, arc low arc, lots of spin, no spin etc. Once the fundamentels are set...

Do you know which match? Against Liang Jingkun it still looks white to me

Where did you see that? In Singapore it was still a white sponge -> Victas V15 sticky

Not sure, I can tell you that in terms of speed it is quite linear. Therfore managable in short game and far from the table, quite predictable therefore. But you do feel a little bounce, ecpecially when you put it on your HAL blade. Hard ESN Rubbers will be less linear but probably with more...

Sadly I have only tried Nexy, as far as I know Hammond Z2 will be even more for Offense type players. Nexy (especially at 47°) is slightly easier to use in passive shots aswell. Both have a low Arc and shouldn't be too dissimilar overall. (please take this with a grain of salt, since I only...

Try a harder Rubber if you have the technique or something Japanese like Nittaku Hammond Z2, Stiga Mantra Pro, Nexy Etika. They behave more linearly and their catapult isn't as strong but also not dead, while beeing plenty fast.

Nitaku Hammond Z2 and Nexy Etika (51) are arguably the closest, same factory and similar hardness level. But their price is also about the same so I don´t see why you would want to switch. Only if you want a different sponge thickness, then choose Hammond Z2 since it starts at 1.8mm

DHS Gold Arc 9, If I remember correctly it is a cheap Tenergy alternative which is also not that fast

Oh I hope not, just got mine... Guess my search for a cheap, durable, japanese Rubber continues. Or I have to get back to Nexy

They mentioned the use of booster in another video. I assume Spira will be a hard chinese style rubber. Etika beeing Tenergy 64 alternative and Spira an alternative to H3 then maybe? Cant tell if its sticky

While looking through the footage I still can't tell for certain if its gauze or not. But I did notice a new Nexy Rubber "Spira" on the channel. Made in China and seemingly Faster, Spinnier and maybe cheaper than Etika? if I understood correctly (Could be their marketing talk to be fair)

Not sure if it is an direct upgrade, and how they compare. But from the newer ones it is the closest. There might be more to come. And yes, O8C and J&C C55 have the same tech with O8C having a slightly softer sponge (52.5°) It is lighter and softer, therfore easier to play most likely, but less...

Sometimes a heavy 2.0mm can be almost the same as a light MAX rubber. And unless you need the absolute highest performance or the rubber is extremly slow otherwise, I dont see any need to go higher than 2.0/2.1mm really. For most players it is better to hit 1 or 2 shots more and score with work...

Should be softer and has their new sponge and other AI marketing stuff. J&H C55 is probably the closest from the newer ones?

I wouldn't recommend Sigma, since its hard to get in Europe and doesn't sell much. So once stock is out it will most likely be not available anymore. (Atleast so I think and can be different for you) For Omega 7, it should be very bouncy and pruduce high amounts of spin. Omega 8 I don't know...

You could try Vega Japan in 1.8 or 2.0mm, with a slightly softer sponge It should give you better feel. Or one of their Vega H's. It could also be that the Viscaria is numbing your feel.

I also feel like they mixed up Speed and Catapult. Like how does the Omega China, with hard sponge and and sticky surface have more catapult but less speed as the Euro. In my understanding it should be the opposite. And how is the J&H Z the slowest in the lineup, as shown in the Chart. It is the...