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Some pics from the Stiga site:

Looks like it's head-heavy.

An 'inner' fibre blade has the synthetic layers surrounding the core ply of the blade. An 'outer' fibre blade has the synthetic layers immediately underneath the face of the blade. Here's a picture from TT Gear Lab (ttgearlab.com): Generally speaking, and all other things being equal, 'inner'...

With those criteria in mind: Tibhar Samsonov Stratus Carbon (This would be the most 'direct' upgrade from your current blade) Xiom Stradivarius Andro Treiber CO or CI Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon (or Soft Carbon) Yasaka Alnade Donic Original True Carbon Donic Waldner Senso Carbon Joola Rossi Emotion I...

Hi Der, Hope you're having a nice weekend. You mention that you spent some time with soft rubbers on the FH; a couple of questions in that regard if I may: Did you also use soft rubbers on the BH? And, if not, why not? By "softer" do you mean around 43-degrees? (I think I recall from somewhere...

1 blade + 2 rubbers? 2 halves of a table + 1 net?

Indeed they do! As a fairly recent returnee to the sport I've learnt a lot (and saved myself a lot of money!) by sifting through the discussions on this forum. 👍

Hi Carl, Hope you're well today. In timcable's defence he's new to TTD (only 2 posts I see) and so won't yet be on top of the 'etiquette' of the forum. Timcable is possibly wondering about the choice between Chinese-style and Euro/Jap-style rubbers himself (as many of us are!), saw that there's...

Thanks! I just looked those two (Spin Art and Aibiss) up on Butterfly's site. At 48 and 50 degrees respectively on Butterfly's scale that's around 59-61 degrees on the ESN scale: that's pretty stiff!

Can't agree with you there Bram. Best rubbers on the planet ... for at least 15 minutes! 😉

👍 Got it!

Are you suggesting that Tenergy 19 is the modern version of Tackiness Drive?

😂!! A very plausible scenario indeed!! They do have different approval codes though: D09C is 14-035, and T09C is 14-032. I'm not sure if that negates the renaming explanation - I suppose time will tell... I must admit, though, I'm hoping it means that there will be an up-to-date Tackiness Drive...

Anyone know anything about Tenergy 09C and/or Tenergy 05N? Tenergy 09C sounds like it might be an up-to-date version of Tackiness Drive. If that's the case that would be very appealing! I can't guess what Tenergy 05N might be though. They both appear on the list of approved Tenergy rubbers...

Are you able to comment on the Platinum M in comparison to any other 47.5-degree rubbers?

Has anyone played with any of the DNA Platinum rubbers long enough to be able to comment on durability?

Given that you've just published reviews of both, it would be great to hear how you think the Rhyzen ZGR compares to the DNA Dragon Grip (as both are 55-degrees) if you have chance to comment.

I haven't tried as many other tacky rubbers as you have, Yogi, but I agree that the Dragon Grip is very easy to play with. It seems to me that this is an under-appreciated quality of Stiga rubbers generally: they have such good control and give the feeling of confidence in going for your shots.

Will Lin Yun-Ju be competing? If so he might be FZD's strongest challenger.

Hasn't ML has some injury concerns in recent years? If so, and especially given his physically intense style of play, I could understand the CNT bosses wanting to preserve him for 2023 while at the same time building squad depth in case his injury flares up before then. Similar to Roger Federer...