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Tabletennis11 were good enough to give me credit to the value of the blade on the strength of the photograph (it was just under 3 months old), not knowing what to do with the blade, I sent it back to Stiga at my own expense, they didn't even acknowledge or contact me in any way. With the rubber...

My experience with a Stiga Emerald: I also had this weird thing with a sheet of Astro S having the wrong LARC number on:

Xiom Energy is very similar to the higher viscosity versions of Revolution No.3. You have to be a bit more careful when spreading the glue to keep it smooth. I think it has slightly stronger adhesion, but is more difficult to remove from the sponge, which might be worth keeping in mind if you...

Interesting, looks like it's new as it's not on the DHS site yet. It makes a lot of sense to do a harder version, which could be an alternative to the Tibhar K1 and Joola Golden Tango ranges. I'm sure TT11 will know how hard it is.

I have tried mid-hard and mid-soft I measured the hardness at mid-hard: 48°, mid soft: 45° with a Shore O durometer. To be honest I didn't notice a huge difference between the two, obviously the mid-soft felt slightly softer, but the difference did not feel as big as between 45 and 47.5° ESN...

A lesson from a good coach on service/receiving would cost less than most rubbers and probably help you more, but if you are dead set on changing back to inverted and want something controllable without too much catapult, then some of the Spinlord rubbers might be worth a look. The Marder line...

Both sides of the AZX are harder and faster than the Timo Boll ALC. I have not tried the blade with the same rubber on both sides, but judging by how it feels in comparison with other blades, I would say the ALC side is very slightly faster and feels like it has a bit more of a kick to it.

Are contact lenses an option for you? 'Toric' contact lenses that correct correct astigmatism can be really good, but you do have to put them in at least a couple of hours before you play to allow your eyes/brain to adjust to the slight difference between them and glasses. Do your glasses have...

Whilst there are always going to be differences between the same model of blades, due to variances in the wood etc. They can often be much more pronounced in cheaper blades. I have two Palio YueWang blades that apart from looking visually similar, couldn't be more different. One is really good...

If you haven't used any sort of pimples much, then Spinlord Gipfelsturm is probably not the best place to start, even Spinlord describe it as 'strange'. I have used both short and medium pimples for reasonable amounts of time and am back using short pimples again now, but I just can't get on...

The Xiom Ice Cream AZX has a claimed thickness of 5.7mm, but I've just measured mine at 6.05mm. The outer Koto layer also looks visually thicker than on my other Koto blades.

Difficult for me to say without trying the blade with the same rubbers on both sides. The blade just feels generally faster, it could be the ALC side is slightly more so, but it is certainly only a small difference if this is the case.

I'm currently trying out an Xiom Ice Cream AZX. With the same rubbers, compared to my Donic Ovtcharov True Carbon (which is very close to a Viscaria) the AZX is noticeably faster and harder feeling. The blades both weigh 88g. I think the blade has a lot of potential for me, the ZLC side works...

I think so. It certainly doesn't feel ridiculously hard in use, in fact I would say a softer over all feel than similar shaped SPs with a harder topsheet but softer sponge.

I can thoroughly recommend SpinLord Wyvern as a spinny short pip. It has a soft, grippy top sheet, which is as easy to generate spin with as any of the ESN rubbers and you would probably find it easier to use in the short game than Spin Pips. It has a harder sponge than a lot of the ESN short...

Is this happening at the same venue, with the same table and balls? Some people find it much easier to adjust to these variables than others.

Did you get a chance to try the Walnut - Ayous - ZLC - Ayous - ALC - Ayous - Walnut blade out? How is the ALC compared to the ZLC side?

There are more photos on the ITTF site where it can be seen more clearly. It looks like he is still using his Cornilleau blade (or one with the same composition) with an Xiom handle the same design as the Ice Cream, but in a different colour.

The HRT Bamboo Dragon is a similar design, but you can't see the slots from the side.

I once had something similar happen to a sheet of DHS Skyline 3-60, for no obvious reason, but have not experienced it before or since. My best guess was that a drop of something got on the surface when I left it on a table between games and then when I cleaned it at the end of the session with...