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So that I don’t open a new topic, I’d like to ask something here. I was looking at Haifu boosters from well-known table tennis equipment sellers, and they are noticeably more expensive than the ones sold in some AliExpress stores. Has anyone tried the AliExpress versions? Are they different...

This isn’t really the right topic for this observation of mine, but I’d rather write it here while it’s still fresh in my mind. Let’s make one thing clear right from the start – I have never tuned or boosted rubbers, and I don’t even know exactly how it is properly done. Basically, I don’t have...

Okay, thanks for the suggestions and advice so far. It’s not urgent — I’m planning to try it in about 20 days. I might even order several rubbers to test. From what I can see, those Chinese rubbers aren’t very expensive. Also, I’m not sure whether the Chinese rubber I tried was boosted or...

Hello everyone. I’ve read quite a lot on the forum, but I still decided to open a new topic. I currently play in the third division in my country. My game has always been based on my FH side. My forehand is much better than my backhand in all aspects of the game – serve receive, passive play...

Until about 10 years ago, almost everyone in our club was using Joola Lex glue. It was very difficult to remove from the sponge, especially from softer tensor sponges. If someone re-glued their rubbers, they usually didn’t remove the old glue. I honestly don’t clearly remember how re-gluing...

Hello everyone. According to your experience, does the overall playing feeling change after re-gluing rubbers? I’m talking about factory-tuned ESN tensors (MX-P and similar). For example: you have completely new rubbers, glue them on, and play a few training sessions. Then after about 20 days...

Very interesting and logical reasoning. I’ll follow your advice and give it a try. Thanks

Hi everyone, I’d like to share a strange experience with my racket and hear your opinions. Over the past two months, while I was training a bit more intensively (around 15 practice sessions at our club), I noticed some unusual behavior. My blade is Viscaria, and I use MX-P on both sides. The...

According to your experience, what is the average weight of the handle grip plates on a Viscaria blade? These brand-new handle plates weigh about 22 grams.

Thank you for your reply and the photos. I will show him the photos and your response, and then he will decide. If he decides to remove the handle plates — do you have a recommended method for doing this in order to soften the glue? Perhaps using hot air from a hair dryer first, and then slowly...

I’m interested in whether the handle grip plates can be easily removed when they are factory-glued. A friend has an old Viscaria that he has been playing with for more than 10 years, and the handle plate on the FH side — the one with the small Viscaria badge — is quite damaged. For now, he has a...

Here’s a quick sketch I made. The green dashed line marks the balance axis where the blade rests on the ruler. Distances A and B indicate what the final balance will be once the rubbers are glued on. The smaller A and B are, the "lighter the head" will feel with the rubbers attached — and vice...

Based on what you wrote, it seems that you don’t feel comfortable when a fully assembled racket (with rubbers) is too head-heavy. That would mean you need a blade that will feel lighter when combined with Butterfly Rozena rubbers. In this case, it’s not only the total weight of the blade that...

I would also add the following… A top-quality blade will show far fewer of these negative effects, regardless of where you play or which rubbers you use. I’m referring to playing with smooth inverted rubbers on both sides. Not all blades are the same, even within the same model from a single...

This is a great topic on the forum—there is a lot to learn from it. Well done for sharing your knowledge and for the excellent photos that show your work on repairing the blade. I have a few logical questions. I understand that repairing damage on the edges of the blade head (from stronger or...

Here are the sound recordings of two Timo Boll ALC blades with MX-P max rubber. The test was done by a teammate from my club who owns that “best” specimen. The second Timo Boll ALC blade was borrowed from another player who lives in the same building as him – they are neighbors. I asked him to...

Thank you all for sharing your experiences. What is also interesting is that I could recognize that blade by sound alone. Without playing on the table at all, it is enough just to bounce the ball lightly on the racket. Its sound is a short, crisp “click” over a large area of the rubber — it...

It is really rare to see such a brave and open interview with a top-level player being done by a major table tennis equipment retailer like Table Tennis 11 from Estonia. Hats off to the retailer! I even have a small feeling that Alex from Table Tennis 11 asked Damien all of these questions not...

I believe that changing an already established production process — changing the type of glue, the pressure applied during pressing, the duration of pressing, and so on — is simply unrealistic for any manufacturer. Especially considering that each of them has 20, 30, or even 50 different blade...

Yes, I understand everything you wrote. Very few of us are wealthy enough to buy that much equipment, and becoming a sponsored player is even harder 🙂. On the other hand, we are all aware that blades are made from living materials, and that it is impossible for two pieces to be 100% identical...