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Dang that sucks. I guess it makes sense that buyers for Mercury 2 are value minded beginners looking for something easy to use. But the boosted medium is so nice, I was getting really curious about the potential of the boosted hard sponge. On a more positive note, I'm really starting to like...

Try Mercury 2 medium boosted for your BH. Try two layers of baby oil or one layer of Seamoon. You'd be surprised out much performance you can get out of one of the cheapest rubbers available.

I think maybe something is being lost in translation here since I didn't sense any intent on being offensive on Duke's part. English doesn't appear to be your native language so maybe there was a miscommunication somewhere. It's already difficult enough to sense a person's tone and demeanor over...

I was just looking at Moon Pro yesterday (the version in the gold foil package) since it showed up as #4 on this list of top Chinese rubbers: I can't make sense of some of the reviews on it. Some say it's a tacky Chinese hard rubber, others say it's non-tacky, bouncy and soft. I wasn't as...

You did a great and very thorough job reviewing Moon 12 Blue so I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of Moon Speed 53. Did you order the M- or M+ this time?

Interesting vertical streaks on the black rubber. Almost looks like wood grain. Any idea what's causing the rubber to look like htat?

Yeah, if you're going to be changing form, you want to be doing it at a lower weight than you're used to, not a higher weight. Also, form cues are helpful, but it doesn't always instantaneously translate to the correct muscle enagement. 'Bending the bar' is supposed to cue scapular retraction...

I was just looking for them a little while ago but nobody seems to be carrying it anymore on Aliexpress. I could've swore seeing them for sale late last year. I'll try messaging some sellers on Shopee.

I'm currently enjoying my Nittaku Acoustic with the regular (small) handle but it does feel a bit loose at times and I'm wondering whether this is causing some mis-hits. I feel it could be a bit more secure and was interested in either the SG Special handle or the LG handle. Would you consider...

I put a pretty thin layer of baby oil on it. Didn't curl at all. Maybe I should've gone for two layers and for a slight curl. The sponge on this thing is pretty dense. I'll probably pick up a Mercury 2 in hard sponge and see which dirt cheap rubber I like the most and will use for a while...

Second session training with Rxton 5 and it feels a lot better than before. Looks like it needed a bit of breaking in for it to be playable. Getting more spin and speed with it despite the lack of tackiness. Still pretty slow unless I hit hard enough for the ball to penetrate the rubber and hear...

Sounds like you got lucky. Muscle strains are generally way more benign than something involving tendons and ligaments. Bench press is not inherently injury inducing *as long as you have proper form.* This means keeping your elbows tucked, staying tight, and keeping your scapula retracted and...

There's a good deal on Aliexpress now if you want to try out some Chinese rubbers. Search for the "Chinese PingPong" store. Palio AK-47 is $11 a sheet on sale. You can get the Red (not the color but version) for your FH and Blue or Yellow for BH (slightly softer). That's $22. Really quite...

Well you're really tempting me here. A shade above $40 is pretty amazing deal for a well regarded blade like the Pro 01. But I think I'll pass anyway. I'm only a few months into training and outer carbon may be useable but there's a good enough chance that it'll interfere with the feel and...

Was tempted to buy the Yinhe Pro 01 but was able to resist. Composite blades are still in the distant future for me. Wound up buying a sheet of 729 Battle 2 Pro, Loki Rxton 3 Blue, and Loki Rxton 1 Plus. And a bottle of Haifu Seamoon.

These deals really are pretty good after taking a look. Blades like Yinhe Pro 01 and V14 Pro are like 30% off from what I saw a month or two ago, and that's before the extra store savings. Also many of the rubbers I've been interested in are around 10-30% off the regular price before the extra...

Reviving this old thread because I just used Rxton 5 for the first time and wanted to get some input from Rxton users. Based on this thread, I decided to apply a thin layer of baby oil to the sponge. After 24 hours there was no curl at all and I assume the sponge softened up a little bit...

You might be region locked out of those. If I watch Youtube from the USA VPN, you can see the multiple streams from WTT channel. However, if I'm watching from Vietnam internet, I'm region locked to watching some stream from some channel called SpotTVAsia.

I like how Singapore Smash is using the same fake Lenne Hardt announcer lady that does the fighter introductions for One Championship.

Anyone know the sizing for the Wave Medal SP4 (same as Wave Medal Rise)? They are ugly as sin but I've heard great things about the BOA lace system.