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TTGearLab compared and measured both https://ttgearlab.com/2020/10/14/dhs-hurricane-long-5x-overview-lab-test/

60 bucks are not much but it's doable... Blade: Sanwei Fextra 7 (7-ply, all-wood), 729 Yellow Arylate (5+2, inner carbon structure like Hurricane Long 5) or 729 Blue Arylate (5+2, outer carbon structure like Viscaria) Rubbers: Hurricane 3 Neo 39° FH and 37° BH or 729 Battle 2 FH 38/39° and BH...

There's quite a difference between balls. Personally I like DHS (D40+ and DJ40+) and their derivatives (e.g. from Andro) best although some of them like the 3S sound broken. If no one believes you: The Difference of the Stroke Effect between Two Types of New Material Seamed Plastic Table...

I don't think so ;) It's the NEO (Battle 2) from DHS, featuring BIOS/Tensor from ESN and Hyper Energy from Loki made by 729?

TT11, right? Sometimes their prices are just ridiculous... 106.56€ is without VAT so 126.81€ incl. VAT over here... prott.vip $55/51.38€ and 61.14€ incl. VAT

If it were that simple... League matches and tournaments are the problem when one can't choose which balls to use. Some data but only for different Butterfly balls and rubbers: Table Tennis: Effect of Humidity on Racket Rubber Tribology, 2021...

Depends on the ball... Nittaku J-Top or Premium: No chance to lift a ball when I'm sweating but maybe 10 to 20 cm under normal conditions, Sanwei ABS around 50 cm under normal conditions, Andro zeroTT around 2 cm (20 mm) but the best ball I've played with not only in humid conditions. B3, H3...

That's more or less how I understood him. Some quotes from the video: "... just use good rubbers from the very start and learn how to use it there's no need to start with basic rubbers and then work your way up doesn't work... I want my players to topspin properly right really topspin properly...

From https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment/manuals M4 "Brands that produce, market, sell, or are otherwise associated with illegal substances and treatments may not apply for authorisation of any racket covering. Their equipment will not be permitted to appear on the LARC and may not use the...

I know, hopefully just a temporary relapse of my dormant EJitis 🙂

We are definitely not their target group ;) It's very rare to see a player over here that uses Chinese rubbers. Maybe a handful that I encountered in the last 5 or so years but a lot more that use blades Made in China (many Andro blades even some of the expensive ones for example) ;) Btw: Loki...

Maybe someone asks the guy from TTGearLab if we can send him some blades for measurement or if he wants to share information so others can do similar measurements ;) One player from https://www.youtube.com/@Lets_play_table_tennis has around 1900 TTR

I would keep and at least try it. Looks like the one Loki presented here Thickness/Weight: Read some reviews of Donic's True Carbon Inner or the new Xiom Hayabusa ZL Pro (https://ttgearlab.com/2024/05/16/xiom-hayabusa-zl-pro-photos-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3189). Both vary a lot but...

The Falcima is not a slow blade. Faster than a Korbel and better suited for hitting than looping (when looping hard it has a weird mushy, imprecise feeling and these loops lack much spin compared to all my other blades incl. Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive and fast outer-carbon blades). If...

Actually that's not even bad quality control: Yasaka is more honest than other manufactures and states the hardness range. For the R7 Soft 37° to 42° https://www.yasakajp.com/items/rakza_7_soft/ and 45° to 50° for the normal R7

https://ttgearlab.com/2024/02/03/dhs-506a-photos-information/ https://ttgearlab.com/2024/02/01/dhs-506x-photos-information/ 506X, 85.2g, Vp = 1.31, Vl = 1.39, Vl/Vp = 1.06 506A, 87.6g, Vp = 1.24, Vl = 1.37, Vl/Vp = 1.10...

The V40+ Volant balls got some good reviews in Germany at least on par with Nittaku Premium. Imo DHS D(J)40+ (andro ZeroT) and DF V40+ are the best balls currently on the market. Maybe the Nittaku Premiums (NP) are slightly better selected regarding roundness compared to the standard D(J)40+...

Very similar to the Clipper but might be easier to get with less than 90g: Tibhar Force Pro Black Edition or Tibhar Bernadette Szöcs Signature 1. Edit: Forgot the Sanwei Fextra/Fextra One that might also be easier to get below 90g. Maybe some carbon blades like the Butterfly Innerforce ALC or...

Maybe just another limited edition like the Viscaria Golden?

Maybe not ;) 2016 Qatar Open Highlights: Zhang Jike/Fan Zhendong vs Koki Niwa/Maharu Yoshimura (Final) Seeing these players live vs on YT is even more impressive. Some of the small adjustments/movements are just too fast/small.