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Defensive blades generally have a larger head size, so it can be difficult to find light ones!! The TSP balsa blades in mentioned earlier such as the balsa 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 are slow, the glass fibre enhances the sweet spot, but not as much as the other carbon type fibres. I’ve tried a few...

Great facility to have!! Looks like it’s been a busy lockdown for you all, bet the Chairman did a lot of the ‘grafting’!!!! Looking forward to a flurry of equipment reviews and a season of TTD matches. Excellent effort and result by everyone involved with the project🤩

Neottec Amagi All+ about 71grams with Hinoki ply. Could be an option, not sure about handle size. Donic Appelgren Dotec Control, is a light blade, around 65 grams All / All+ rating, an ergonomic handle which may be an issue for some, also a couple of reports that the handle can be slippery. I...

Yeah the C2 is good, I haven’t really given it a run out during training, just testing at home. Previously it was mounted on a Viscaria, the Dotec blades have a different shape, so when I re-glue onto the Dotec in order to get the ‘best fit’ I have to leave a slightly splayed gap at the...

I have a pair of Yonex 65ZM Badminton shoes that I usually wear and a back-up pair of mizuno wave 6’s. Yonex have quite a few different models and the 65ZM’s are for a wider foot, there are a couple of other models for wider feet as well. From memory, I think the shop advised that Mizuno shoes...

Donic Bluegrip S2, Bluegrip tacky top sheet with a softer sponge, which is the Acuda S2 sponge. info from Donic website.

As you probably all know UK left the EU, we now pay VAT @ 20% on all goods bought from an EU seller, if combined value is less than £135. If combined value is £135+ then we have to pay some form of customs tax on top of that as well !! Sliding scale depending of type of product. Can be as much...

Ordered 2 sheets 37/38 degree as well !!!, I liked H8 hard/mid hard, wasn’t so keen on H3-50, hopefully the H8-80 will be good!!!

Ordered, awaiting delivery, likely weeks away though!!!

Because most people usually play different rubbers on FH & BH the difference in each sides speed rating can sort of ‘get lost in translation’!!!!!

Great match to watch!! Please keep posting these vids Der, always enjoyable!!

Interesting thread and posts!! I played both sports from about 11/12yrs old, stopping TT around 21 yrs old, Badminton until 36 / 38 ish when recurring injuries just niggled me into stopping, started TT again at 52 & Badminton at around 48 / 49. Not playing Badminton at present. My parents...

Equipment choice is a real minefield!! There’s so much choice, so much info available, so many PERSONAL opinions ( guilty on my part as I like to try rubbers and post reviews!!) good SCIENTIFIC evaluations are virtually non existent!! What I get from your posts in this thread is uncertainty and...

Hi Ahma, any footage of you playing? Can help a lot to see your standard etc !!

R53 has the sort of sponge hardness you are looking for, but no tackiness!! You can feel the ball seem to dwell longer because of the softer thin top sheet. I found it less controllable than D09C but it felt better when looping. Flatter hits and drives are real crisp with these 2, but R53 just...

Hi MOG, Good to have you active on the Forum again!!! l’m really quite fond of Rakza Z !!! Like it a lot, enough tackiness to add some control, good spring/ bouncy sponge and for me a softish feeling top sheet that can produce really good spin levels. Tackiness fades slightly over time. Does...

Yep, people produce & transfer energy, but rubbers can have different efficiency levels when it comes to transferring that energy. The ‘bounce test’ shows this to certain extent. A ball dropped from the same height bounces less for a tacky top sheet than it generally does for grippy one. Its the...

I generally sweat buckets!!! But luckily I don’t suffer with sweaty hands!!! But I agree that the handles do have a slightly less ‘grippy’ feel, haven’t had one fly out of my grip, yet!!!!

I’ve have 4 of the Dotec blades now, very comfortable once you get use to them. recently I’ve been using them quite a lot, picked my my Primorac with the Tau 2 on it this weekend. just as a reference for how the Tau 2 played. I found that the shoulders felt sharp and were verging on being very...

Dingo and Swiss (DS) make some blades that have different speed ratings for FH & BH Yin Yan blades, Yan = FH, Yin = BH Ding Yi special( Yin Yan All) DS ratings - speed FH60/BH40, control 100/100, large head size 165x156 5ply, weight around 65g, which is super light for a defensive sized...