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Rakza Z, as far as I’m concerned, has a sponge with higher catapult effect than most people think!!

Hi Ahma!! 1st question is - How did/are you getting on with the ELS? After a couple of weeks deciding which rubber to try!! 2nd question is - Why do you want to change to a tacky style Chinese rubber? (CTR) As far as having enough strength or being ‘ready’ to use a CTR, personally I don’t...

Good review by the TT11 team!! Bear in mind that they are not a BTY stockist!!!. But I would agree that D09C is the least like H3Neo. For me it’s a tensor type rubber with a small amount of tackiness, almost not worth calling it tacky!! I found it great for counter topspin and flatter hits...

N80 is just one rubber, like a lot of manufacturers there are different versions of the same rubber. The top sheet is likely to be the same, the sponges are often slightly different as far as hardness is concerned. For example Andro R53/R48 and now R45, I think these have the same top sheet with...

Loki Arthur Asia rubbers are pretty well priced compared to other manufacturers from Europe/Japan whose rubbers are made Germany. Arthur Asia/Europe, semi tacky hard and medium hard sponges. Arthur Europe Diamond is a non tacky Tensor type rubber, this is quicker than its brothers because of the...

Hi, Tibhar IVL balsa, 70grams, give or take, rated All / All+, very controllable!! You have the control!!! But this blade has user friendly characteristics!!! I bought a couple of these for my kids when they started playing, it is not a children’s blade though, nice a light with Tibhar Aurus...

Hi, A good description of playing style etc, but if you have video footage of you playing, that would be great to see, this can help people advise etc Is your old KL Euro blade all wood or composite? I don’t know anything about this blade!! Viscaria and Zhang Jike ALC are very similar, I have...

Yeah, you know the top sheet is under some tension!! Once you have glued a ‘curled’ rubber, you’ll get a system sorted out. Worst sheet I glued was pretty much a cylinder!!, 1st try failed, then I removed glue and went for it again, this time with some heavy weight ballast at the ready!!!😂

YEAH, before Brexit it was all soft fluffy clouds, sunshine and sweet smelling roses when UK residents bought from Europe. That Harimoto blade would have cost £299 if bought from BTY EU store and compared to £350 from Tees Sport, that’s was music to our ears!!! Now we’re getting use to crappy...

Haha, you think Sanwei are bad, check out the number of DHS H3 versions there are!!! Usually it’s a quality control thing with regard to National/Provincial/Commercial versions, National passing more stringent quality control measures, plus different sponges, different sponge hardnesses, factory...

Hi Lodro,Looks pretty flat to me!!! Gone down from the tube?? Strong glue Revolution no 4, DHS No15 or a Haifu glue should take care of ‘curled’ sheets along with a few heavy books!!! 😀

Yeah, I think it was released around the same time as the latest DNA Platinum (which were recently reviewed by Dan and Tom.) could be wrong, but it’s a new(er) rubber. Should play similar to Rakza Z, Donic Bluegrip, D09C, in that sort of range. If it’s like Rakza Z etc it won’t (or shouldn’t)...

Hi, Mostly it’s all online shopping here. Since Brexit things have ‘swapped’ around. Pre Brexit it was generally cheaper to buy from the EU. Now it’s cheaper or similar (under certain conditions) to buy from UK stores Depending on how much you spend effects how much taxes you have to pay when...

That’s a bad issue, Hopefully Victas are looking into it. As far similar rubbers, H3Neo and other DHS rubbers, H8-80 has a tad more bounce, is possibly more like a boosted H3Neo. Xiom Tau 2 is also very good.

I found RZ to be pretty bouncy when the sponge was engaged and with higher than average arc, this seemed to be the consensus from quite a few players using RZ. When I put RZ on a Viscaria it livened up even more!! Faster than expected!!

All the others posting have got if nailed down, All wood blade to start with and one that’s not too fast. Rubbers, again not too fast a rating for speed. Tibhar Aurus Sound, is a good rubber, BTY Rozena, Xiom vega Asia DF, Yasaka Rakza 7/7soft, all in thinner sponge versions 1.8/1.9 or at a...

Hi, Acoustic (all wood) is a good blade, Acoustic inner plays a little faster but still keeps the woody Acoustic feel. haven’t tried the Acoustic outer. I like the Acoustic blades I’ve tried but prefer Primorac all wood. BTY Viscaria is faster than the acoustic inner, too fast for me, so it...

Higher arc than RZ???? Never used G1 but if it has a higher arc than RZ, that ball is gonna have ice on it on the way back down !!!!!!😆

Hi Sergio, Both blades are excellent!!!! I’ve glued H8-80 to BH & FH of the Hinoki blade and Tau 2 to both sides of the Limba blade. I’ve used the Hinoki version 3 times now and played well with it from word ‘go’. The feel and speed is just how I like a set up to play. The ‘Dotec’ style...

So far, I've placed about 4 orders via Aliexpress, using maybe 3 different stores/sellers, All orders complete, legit and within a reasonable time. just depends what you call reasonable min 3 - 4 weeks roughly to UK. Not to say they are perfect, make sure that they have stock, or stock in...