Depends on how durable it is. Sponge should not be a problem due to its hardness but the topsheet might be.
Glayzer 09C is 44,90€ over here and a Rasanter C53 or C48 64,95€ without discounts (goes down to 48 something when buying 10) and I would definitely choose G09C over these Rasanters on FH...
If you like the feeling of the Korbel than simply get a new one but keep the blade weight in a normal range (85g to 90g). There are Korbels with 100g and very light ones around 80g.
If you don't like the feeling of the Korbel or especially don't like the balance (Korbels get quite head heavy...
Controlled compared to some hybrid bouncy balls, which are only slowed down to a certain extent by their sticky topsheet but not (too) slow.
It is definitely a rubber that rewards good shot execution. With a good position and good stroke execution there is enough speed even on the backhand...
I agree with most of that but still would recommend it
Setup: H3 39 boosted on FH, G09C unboosted on BH on a heavier 92g Falcima
Pros:
- light: 44g cut in 2.1 mm
- low catapult which I like
- low tackiness but better than no tackiness at all ;)
- short game
- not to reactive to incoming spin...
6 month is doable with one sheet of H3 but I'm using such sheets only for training because in matches I can't rely on the topsheet's grip of these old H3s. Never used national H3s though only commercial and provincial and some Nittaku H3 Neo (orange sponge, only 4 corners like a national but...
Would like to know that too. Didn't find the time to play when I was there a couple of months ago :)
Cabo Girão
Levada dos Balcões/Miradouro dos Balcões
DHS 301, 301X, 301T, 301Z, 729 F-1, Yinhe Mars 201 and 202, Sword Diamond Fire and Diamond Wind, Donic True Carbon Inner.
Afaik True Carbon Inner, Diamond Fire and F-1 use kiri for the core all other blades use ayous.
If I'm not mistaken than the Septear Lead has a kiso kinoki top ply. The only blade I had with such an outer ply was a Cornilleau Hinotec Off- (hinoki, limba, ayous, limba, hinoki), 6mm, quite stiff and fast for a 5-ply wood (off- to low off when hit hard). Felt nice on BH with H8-80 but...
Depending on the weight of the Infinity smaller/larger upgrades could be
Avalox AVX P500: 5-ply, koto instead of limba outer ply
YEO/Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive: 5-ply, walnut instead of limba outer ply
Both have spruce as a second ply and an ayous core like the Infinity so they behave...
Current WTT rankings:
1. Fan Zhendong D09C
2. Wang Chuqin H3
3. Ma Long H3
4. Liang Jingkun H3
5. Hugo Calderano Omega 7 something
6. Lin Yun-Ju D05
7. Lin Gaoyuan D09C
8. Felix Lebrun: K3
9. Lin Shidong: D09C
10. Jang Woojin: V>15 (at least he was using this)
1. Sun Yingsha: H3
2. Wang Manyu...
Just for testing and training commercial H3 (Neo) is good enough. Commercial might become a bit too inconsistent after heavy boosting or reboosting (too often).
Btw for some reason Li-Ning now tries to sell rubbers and blades in their German online shop...
It depends... if this is the only part of the rubber coming off I might just reglue this part with WBG or rubber cement. Either Fixogum or the good, old bicycle tire vulcanization fluid (Rema TipTop aka first speed glue).
If regluing completely: If the rubber is still doming I'm using no...
Miikka O'Connor is still in according to https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kr6zDvRkM-OXnYeXS5-Om1Zuoh9T6wN3/view / https://www.tt-kharkiv.com/en/tags/finlandia-open-2023/news
Like heavy blades? 92g Falcima, 1424 Hz (ball drop) vs 1372 Hz for my YEO (93g) and 1445 Hz for the 729 Blue Arylate (90g). That's definitely not a slow blade for noobies.
Handle: Length 9.9 cm, width (thinnest part) 2.5 cm, height (thinnest part 2.3 cm, thumb rest width 2.5 cm.
As far as I can...
It depends... 1. which sponge hardness you start with, 2. which sponge hardness you want to have, 3. how much tensioning you want the topsheet to get, 4. which booster you use, 5. BS or OS.
I use 2-4 layers on BH (red OS, provincial and commercial, 37° and recently 38°), and 1-3 layers on FH...